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 cruelly harassed the Church. He went into house after house, and, dragging off both men and women, threw them into prison.

Now Saul, whose every breath was a threat of destruction for the disciples of the Lord,

I persecuted to death this new faith, continually binding both men and women and throwing them into prison;

"I myself, however, thought it a duty to do many things in hostility to the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.

For I am the least of the Apostles, and am not fit to be called an Apostle--because I persecuted the Church of God.

For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously persecuted the Church of God, and made havoc of it;

as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless.

General references

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He turned to the paralytic, and said,

"Moreover every one who shall speak against the Son of Man, may obtain forgiveness; but he who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never obtain forgiveness.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

of sin, because they do not believe in me;

But Saul cruelly harassed the Church. He went into house after house, and, dragging off both men and women, threw them into prison.