1 Timothy 1:13 meaning and explanation
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
1 Timothy 1:13, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is writing to Timothy, his younger coworker in Ephesus, and here he recalls his own past before Christ. The three terms are blunt: he had spoken against God, hunted believers, and used force against them, as Acts describes.
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