Christ Jesus Came to Save Sinners

¹²I thank him xwho has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, yappointing me to his service, ¹³though formerly I was a blasphemer, zpersecutor, and insolent opponent. But aI received mercy bbecause I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, ¹⁴and cthe grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the dfaith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵The saying is etrustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus fcame into the world to save sinners, gof whom I am the foremost. ¹⁶But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. ¹⁷To hthe King of the ages, iimmortal, jinvisible, kthe only God, lbe honor and glory forever and ever.4 Amen.

¹⁸This charge mI entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with nthe prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may owage the good warfare, ¹⁹pholding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have qmade shipwreck of their faith, ²⁰among whom are rHymenaeus and sAlexander, whom I thave handed over to Satan that they may learn not to ublaspheme.

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