1 Timothy 1:12-17 - Paul's Thankfulness For The Mercy Shown To Him
12 And I am thankful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has thus enabled me, that he accounted me faithful, and appointed me to his service, 13 although I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a doer of outrage. But I obtained mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord overflowed with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus. 15 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners"! And there is no greater sinner than I! 16 Yet for this very cause I obtained mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might display all his boundless patience as an illustration for those who should later believe in him, and so gain life eternal. 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be glory and honor forever and ever. Amen!