1 Timothy 1:12-13 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

AKJV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; ¹³ Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.