1 TIMOTHY 1:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.”
But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life — Paul becomes a living parable of redemption: his extreme past combined with his present faithfulness demonstrates Christ's patience (makrothumia) and the sufficiency of grace for the worst cases.
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