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Yet for this reason I afound mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might bdemonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
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1 Corinthians 7:25, 1 Timothy 1:13
1 Corinthians 7
25
Now concerning virgins I have ano command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who bby the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy.
1 Timothy 1
13
even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a apersecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was bshown mercy because cI acted ignorantly in unbelief;