8. We know that the law is good if a man uses it right.
9. We also know that the law is not made for good men. The law is made for people who are against the law and for those who refuse to follow the law. It is for people who are against God and are sinful, who are unholy and ungodly, who kill their fathers and mothers, who murder,
10. who take part in sexual sins, men who have physical relations with other men, those who sell slaves, who tell lies, who speak falsely, and who do anything against the true teaching of God.
11. That teaching is part of the Good News that God gave me to tell. That glorious Good News is from the blessed God.
12. I thank Christ Jesus our Lord because he trusted me and gave me this work of serving him. And he gives me strength.
13. In the past I spoke against Christ and persecuted him and did all kinds of things to hurt him. But God showed mercy to me because I did not know what I was doing. I did those things when I did not believe.
14. But the grace of our Lord was fully given to me. And with that grace came the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
15. What I say is true, and you should fully accept it: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the worst of those sinners.