1 Timotius 1:12-13

1:12 I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry, 1:13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant ¹  man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

1 Timotius 4:4

4:4 For every creation of God is good and no food ²  is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

[1:13]  ¹ tn Or “violent,” “cruel.”

[4:4]  ² tn Grk “nothing.”