1 Timothy 1:13
Even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor, I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;
Acts 8:3
But Saul began ravaging the church, and, entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
Acts 3:17
And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
Luke 12:47
And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not ready himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Luke 23:34
And the people stood watching; but even the rulers sneered at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One."
John 9:39-41
Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."
Acts 9:1
Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Acts 9:5
And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,
Acts 9:13
But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints at Jerusalem;
Acts 22:4
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prison both men and women,
Acts 26:9-11
I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Romans 5:20-21
Law came in, that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
Romans 11:30-31
Just as you were once disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,
1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Galatians 1:13
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it;
Philippians 3:6
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
1 Timothy 1:16
But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to those who would believe in him for eternal life.
Hebrews 4:16
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 6:4-8
For it is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:26-29
For if we sin deliberately after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
1 Peter 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
2 Peter 2:21-22
For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.