1 Timothy 1:13 BSB — MannaFest

1 Timothy 1:13

I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

BSB

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ASV

though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;

KJV

Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

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Commentary

4 voices

Tertullian

On Modesty (220)

For, when affirming that Christ came for this end, that He might save sinners, of whom himself had been the "first," what does he add? "And I obtained mercy, because I did (so) ignorantly in unbelief." Thus that clemency of God, preferring the repentance of a sinner to his death, looks at such as are ignorant still, and still unbelieving, for the sake of whose liberation Christ came; not (at such) as already know God, and have learnt the sacrament of the faith.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Who was before a blasphemer,.... Of the name of Christ, contrary to which he thought he ought to do many things; and he not only blasphemed that name himself, calling him an impostor and a deceiver, but he compelled others to blaspheme it also, Act 26:

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

A reviler - Of his doctrine and people. But I obtained mercy - He does not say, because I was unconditionally elected; but because I did it in ignorance. Not that his ignorance took away his sin; but it left him capable of mercy; which he would hardly have been, had he acted thus contrary to his own conviction.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Who was before a blasphemer - This does not mean that Paul before his conversion was what would now be regarded as an open blasphemer - that he was one who abused and reviled sacred things, or one who was in the habit of profane swearing. His character appears to have been just the reverse of this, for he was remarkable for treating what he regarded as sacred with the utmost respect; see the notes on Php 3:4-

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
πρότερον	proteron	formerly	G4386 →
ὄντα	onta	being	G1510 →
βλάσφημον	blasphēmon	a blasphemer	G989 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
διώκτην	diōktēn	a persecutor	G1376 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὑβριστήν·	hubristēn	insolent;	G5197 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ἠλεήθην,	ēleēthēn	I was shown mercy,	G1653 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
ἀγνοῶν	agnoōn	being ignorant	G50 →
ἐποίησα	epoiēsa	I did [it]	G4160 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἀπιστίᾳ·	apistia	unbelief;	G570 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
leads to
- Hosea 2:23
  And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they…
- Hosea 1:9–10
  And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
- Romans 9:25–26
  As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
- Hebrews 4:16
  Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
- Romans 11:6–7
  And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
Through
Acts 9:13
But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 1:13–15
  I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
Through
Acts 8:3
But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
leads to
- Philippians 3:6
  as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
- 1 Corinthians 15:9
  For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Timothy