1 Timothy 1:13

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Summary

Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Was

Philippians 3:6

General references

Acts 8:3

Bible References

Was

But Saul began to devastate the Church; he entered house after house, dragged out men and women alike, and threw them into prison.

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the High Priest,

In my persecution of this Cause I did not stop even at the taking of life. I put in chains, and imprisoned, men and women alike--

I myself, it is true, once thought it my duty to oppose in every way the Name of Jesus of Nazareth;

For I am the meanest of the Apostles, I who am unworthy of the name of 'Apostle,' because I persecuted the Church of God.

You heard, no doubt, of my conduct when I was devoted to Judaism--how I persecuted the Church of God to an extent beyond belief, and made havoc of it,

As to zeal, I was a persecutor of the Church; as to such righteousness as is due to Law, I proved myself blameless.

General references

But that you may know that the Son of Man has power to forgive sins on earth"--here he said to the paralyzed man--

Every one who shall say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for him who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

The Son of Man has come to 'search for those who are lost' and to save them."

As to Sin, for men do not believe in me;

But Saul began to devastate the Church; he entered house after house, dragged out men and women alike, and threw them into prison.