though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;

For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.

having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but let them serve them the rather, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. These things teach and exhort.