1 Timothy 1:12-14

I give thanks to CHRIST JESUS our LORD for enabling me, having counted me faithful, and for appointing me to serve him. Although I was once a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man, GOD had mercy on me, for I had acted in ignorance and unbelief. Our LORD showered me with grace, filling me with the faith and love that are in CHRIST JESUS.