9. knowing this, that the law is not given for a righteous person but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and totally worldly, for the one who kills his father and the one who kills his mother, for murderers,
10. sexually immoral people, homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is opposed to sound teaching,
11. according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God that I was entrusted with.
12. I give thanks to the one who strengthens me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful, placing me into ministry,
13. although I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, but I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
14. and the grace of our Lord abounded with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
15. The saying is trustworthy and worthy of all acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.