Psalms 116:16-18

16O Lord, I am your aservant;
I am your servant, bthe son of your maidservant.
You have cloosed my bonds.
17I will doffer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and ecall on the name of the Lord.
18I will fpay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,

1 Corinthians 15:9

9For gI am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because hI persecuted the church of God.

1 Timothy 1:13-16

13though formerly I was a blasphemer, ipersecutor, and insolent opponent. But jI received mercy kbecause I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14and lthe grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the mfaith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 15The saying is ntrustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus ocame into the world to save sinners, pof 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.
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