1 Timothy 1:13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer [of our Lord] and a persecutor [of His church] and a shameful and outrageous and violent aggressor [toward believers]...

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Amplified Bible - even though I was formerly a blasphemer [of our Lord] and a persecutor [of His church] and a shameful and outrageous and violent aggressor [toward believers]. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.
新标点和合本 - 我从前是亵渎　神的，逼迫人的，侮慢人的；然而我还蒙了怜悯，因我是不信不明白的时候而做的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我从前是亵渎、迫害、侮慢上帝的人；然而我还蒙了怜悯，因为我是在不信、不明白的时候做的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我从前是亵渎、迫害、侮慢　神的人；然而我还蒙了怜悯，因为我是在不信、不明白的时候做的。
当代译本 - 尽管我从前是个亵渎上帝、迫害和侮辱信徒的人，但我仍然蒙了怜悯，因为那时我无知，还没有信耶稣。
圣经新译本 - 我从前是亵渎　神的、迫害人的、凌辱人的，然而我还蒙了怜悯，因为我是在不信的时候，由于无知而作的。
中文标准译本 - 虽然我原先是亵渎神的、逼迫人的、侮慢人的，但是我却蒙了怜悯，因为我是在不信、不明白的时候做的；
现代标点和合本 - 我从前是亵渎神的、逼迫人的、侮慢人的，然而我还蒙了怜悯，因我是不信、不明白的时候而做的。
和合本（拼音版） - 我从前是亵渎上帝的，逼迫人的，侮慢人的，然而我还蒙了怜悯，因我是不信、不明白的时候而作的。
New International Version - Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.
New International Reader's Version - I used to speak evil things against Jesus. I tried to hurt his followers. I really pushed them around. But God showed me mercy anyway. I did those things without knowing any better. I wasn’t a believer.
English Standard Version - though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
New Living Translation - even though I used to blaspheme the name of Christ. In my insolence, I persecuted his people. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.
Christian Standard Bible - even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I received mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief,
New American Standard Bible - even though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;
New King James Version - although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
American Standard Version - though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
King James Version - Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
New English Translation - even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
World English Bible - although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
新標點和合本 - 我從前是褻瀆神的，逼迫人的，侮慢人的；然而我還蒙了憐憫，因我是不信不明白的時候而做的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我從前是褻瀆、迫害、侮慢上帝的人；然而我還蒙了憐憫，因為我是在不信、不明白的時候做的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我從前是褻瀆、迫害、侮慢　神的人；然而我還蒙了憐憫，因為我是在不信、不明白的時候做的。
當代譯本 - 儘管我從前是個褻瀆上帝、迫害和侮辱信徒的人，但我仍然蒙了憐憫，因為那時我無知，還沒有信耶穌。
聖經新譯本 - 我從前是褻瀆　神的、迫害人的、凌辱人的，然而我還蒙了憐憫，因為我是在不信的時候，由於無知而作的。
呂振中譯本 - 雖則我先前是謗讟、逼迫、損害者。然而我蒙了憐憫，因為我是在不信中愚蒙而作的，
中文標準譯本 - 雖然我原先是褻瀆神的、逼迫人的、侮慢人的，但是我卻蒙了憐憫，因為我是在不信、不明白的時候做的；
現代標點和合本 - 我從前是褻瀆神的、逼迫人的、侮慢人的，然而我還蒙了憐憫，因我是不信、不明白的時候而做的。
文理和合譯本 - 昔我為謗讟窘逐狎侮者、但我所行、乃由不知不信、故蒙矜恤、
文理委辦譯本 - 昔我嘗謗讟、窘逐、狎侮之、第此妄作、乃由不知不信而然、故猶蒙矜恤、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我昔為毀謗者、窘逐者、侮慢者、但此因在不信之時、無知而作、故猶蒙矜恤、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 我本為褻瀆天主、摧殘教會、倨傲無禮之人、而竟蒙天主之矜憐者、蓋以我當時未有信德、盲目而行耳。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Anteriormente, yo era un blasfemo, un perseguidor y un insolente; pero Dios tuvo misericordia de mí porque yo era un incrédulo y actuaba con ignorancia.
현대인의 성경 - 내가 전에는 하나님을 모독하고 성도들을 핍박하던 난폭한 사람이었으나 믿지 않을 때에 모르고 한 짓이므로 하나님께서는 나를 불쌍히 여겨 주셨습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - несмотря на то что я прежде был кощунником, гонителем и наглецом. Но ко мне была проявлена милость, потому что я действовал по незнанию и неверию.
Восточный перевод - несмотря на то что я прежде был кощунником, гонителем и наглецом. Но ко мне была проявлена милость, потому что я действовал по незнанию и неверию.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - несмотря на то что я прежде был кощунником, гонителем и наглецом. Но ко мне была проявлена милость, потому что я действовал по незнанию и неверию.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - несмотря на то что я прежде был кощунником, гонителем и наглецом. Но ко мне была проявлена милость, потому что я действовал по незнанию и неверию.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - moi qui, autrefois, l’ai offensé, persécuté et insulté. Mais il a été compatissant envers moi car j’agissais par ignorance, puisque je n’avais pas la foi.
リビングバイブル - 以前の私は、キリストの名をあざけり、主を信じる者たちを追い回し、あらゆる方法で迫害しました。しかし主は、そんな私さえ、心にかけてくださったのです。その時はまだ、キリストを知らず、自分のしていることの恐ろしさもわからなかったからです。
Nestle Aland 28 - τὸ πρότερον ὄντα βλάσφημον καὶ διώκτην καὶ ὑβριστήν, ἀλλ’ ἠλεήθην, ὅτι ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα ἐν ἀπιστίᾳ·
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - τὸ πρότερον ὄντα βλάσφημον, καὶ διώκτην, καὶ ὑβριστήν; ἀλλὰ ἠλεήθην, ὅτι ἀγνοῶν, ἐποίησα ἐν ἀπιστίᾳ.
Nova Versão Internacional - a mim que anteriormente fui blasfemo, perseguidor e insolente; mas alcancei misericórdia, porque o fiz por ignorância e na minha incredulidade;
Hoffnung für alle - Dabei habe ich ihn früher doch verhöhnt, ich habe Christus und seine Gemeinde mit blindem Hass verfolgt und bekämpft. Aber Gott hat sich über mich erbarmt und mir alles vergeben. Denn in meinem Unglauben wusste ich nicht, was ich tat.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Trước kia, ta là người phạm thượng, tàn bạo, khủng bố người theo Chúa, nhưng Chúa còn thương xót vì ta không hiểu điều mình làm khi chưa tin nhận Ngài.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ถึงแม้ว่าครั้งหนึ่งข้าพเจ้าเคยหมิ่นประมาทพระองค์ ข่มเหงผู้เชื่อและก่อความรุนแรง แต่พระองค์ทรงกรุณาข้าพเจ้าเพราะข้าพเจ้าได้ทำไปด้วยความไม่รู้และไม่เชื่อ
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แม้ว่าก่อนนี้ข้าพเจ้าเคยพูดหมิ่นประมาท กดขี่ข่มเหงและก้าวร้าว ถึงกระนั้นข้าพเจ้ายังได้รับความเมตตา เพราะข้าพเจ้ากระทำไปโดยความไม่รู้ และจากความไม่เชื่อในพระองค์

交叉引用

Luke 23:34 - And Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing His clothes among themselves.
Hebrews 4:16 - Therefore let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God’s gracious favor] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment].
1 Corinthians 15:9 - For I am the least [worthy] of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I [at one time] fiercely oppressed and violently persecuted the church of God.
1 Timothy 1:16 - Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost [of sinners], Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example or pattern for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
Romans 5:20 - But the Law came to increase and expand [the awareness of] the trespass [by defining and unmasking sin]. But where sin increased, [God’s remarkable, gracious gift of] grace [His unmerited favor] has surpassed it and increased all the more,
Romans 5:21 - so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness which brings eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Luke 12:47 - And that servant who knew his master’s will, and yet did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will be beaten with many lashes [of the whip],
2 Peter 2:21 - For it would have been better for them not to have [personally] known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to have turned back from the holy commandment [verbally] handed on to them.
2 Peter 2:22 - The thing spoken of in the true proverb has happened to them, “The dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “A sow is washed only to wallow [again] in the mire.”
Acts 26:9 - “So then, I [once] thought to myself that it was my duty to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Acts 26:10 - And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; I not only locked up many of the saints (God’s people) in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
Acts 26:11 - And I often punished them [making them suffer] in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme; and in my extreme rage at them, I kept hunting them even to foreign cities [harassing and persecuting them].
Numbers 15:30 - But the person who does [anything wrong] willfully and defiantly, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one is blaspheming the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].
Philippians 3:6 - as to my zeal [for Jewish tradition], a persecutor of the church; and as to righteousness [supposed right living] which [my fellow Jews believe] is in the Law, I proved myself blameless.
Hebrews 10:26 - For if we go on willfully and deliberately sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice [to atone] for our sins [that is, no further offering to anticipate],
Hebrews 10:27 - but a kind of awful and terrifying expectation of [divine] judgment and the fury of a fire and burning wrath which will consume the adversaries [those who put themselves in opposition to God].
Hebrews 10:28 - Anyone who has ignored and set aside the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Hebrews 10:29 - How much greater punishment do you think he will deserve who has rejected and trampled under foot the Son of God, and has considered unclean and common the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and has insulted the Spirit of grace [who imparts the unmerited favor and blessing of God]?
1 Corinthians 7:25 - Now concerning the virgins [of marriageable age] I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
Romans 11:30 - Just as you once were disobedient and failed to listen to God, but have now obtained mercy because of their disobedience,
Romans 11:31 - so they too have now become disobedient so that they too may one day receive mercy because of the mercy shown to you.
Galatians 1:13 - You have heard of my career and former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to hunt down and persecute the church of God extensively and [with fanatical zeal] tried [my best] to destroy it.
Acts 22:4 - I persecuted and pursued the followers of this Way to the death, binding them with chains and putting [followers of Jesus] both men and women into prisons,
Acts 9:1 - Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord [and relentless in his search for believers], went to the high priest,
Hosea 2:23 - I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; And I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people,’ And they will say, ‘You are my God!’ ”
1 Peter 2:10 - Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Acts 9:5 - And Saul said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He answered, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,
Acts 3:17 - “Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance [not fully aware of what you were doing], just as your rulers did also.
John 9:39 - Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment [to separate those who believe in Me from those who reject Me—to declare judgment on those who choose to be separated from God], so that the sightless would see, and those who see would become blind.”
John 9:40 - Some Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “Are we also blind?”
John 9:41 - Jesus said to them, “If you were blind [to spiritual things], you would have no sin [and would not be blamed for your unbelief]; but since you claim to have [spiritual] sight, [you have no excuse so] your sin and guilt remain.
Hebrews 6:4 - For [it is impossible to restore to repentance] those who have once been enlightened [spiritually] and who have tasted and consciously experienced the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 6:5 - and have tasted and consciously experienced the good word of God and the powers of the age (world) to come,
Hebrews 6:6 - and then have fallen away—it is impossible to bring them back again to repentance, since they again nail the Son of God on the cross [for as far as they are concerned, they are treating the death of Christ as if they were not saved by it], and are holding Him up again to public disgrace.
Hebrews 6:7 - For soil that drinks the rain which often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whose benefit it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God;
Hebrews 6:8 - but if it persistently produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.
Acts 9:13 - But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, especially how much suffering and evil he has brought on Your saints (God’s people) at Jerusalem;
Acts 8:3 - But Saul began ravaging the church [and assaulting believers]; entering house after house and dragging off men and women, putting them in prison.

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交叉引用

Amplified Bible - even though I was formerly a blasphemer [of our Lord] and a persecutor [of His church] and a shameful and outrageous and violent aggressor [toward believers]. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.
新标点和合本 - 我从前是亵渎　神的，逼迫人的，侮慢人的；然而我还蒙了怜悯，因我是不信不明白的时候而做的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我从前是亵渎、迫害、侮慢上帝的人；然而我还蒙了怜悯，因为我是在不信、不明白的时候做的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我从前是亵渎、迫害、侮慢　神的人；然而我还蒙了怜悯，因为我是在不信、不明白的时候做的。
当代译本 - 尽管我从前是个亵渎上帝、迫害和侮辱信徒的人，但我仍然蒙了怜悯，因为那时我无知，还没有信耶稣。
圣经新译本 - 我从前是亵渎　神的、迫害人的、凌辱人的，然而我还蒙了怜悯，因为我是在不信的时候，由于无知而作的。
中文标准译本 - 虽然我原先是亵渎神的、逼迫人的、侮慢人的，但是我却蒙了怜悯，因为我是在不信、不明白的时候做的；
现代标点和合本 - 我从前是亵渎神的、逼迫人的、侮慢人的，然而我还蒙了怜悯，因我是不信、不明白的时候而做的。
和合本（拼音版） - 我从前是亵渎上帝的，逼迫人的，侮慢人的，然而我还蒙了怜悯，因我是不信、不明白的时候而作的。
New International Version - Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.
New International Reader's Version - I used to speak evil things against Jesus. I tried to hurt his followers. I really pushed them around. But God showed me mercy anyway. I did those things without knowing any better. I wasn’t a believer.
English Standard Version - though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
New Living Translation - even though I used to blaspheme the name of Christ. In my insolence, I persecuted his people. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.
Christian Standard Bible - even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I received mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief,
New American Standard Bible - even though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;
New King James Version - although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
American Standard Version - though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
King James Version - Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
New English Translation - even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
World English Bible - although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
新標點和合本 - 我從前是褻瀆神的，逼迫人的，侮慢人的；然而我還蒙了憐憫，因我是不信不明白的時候而做的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我從前是褻瀆、迫害、侮慢上帝的人；然而我還蒙了憐憫，因為我是在不信、不明白的時候做的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我從前是褻瀆、迫害、侮慢　神的人；然而我還蒙了憐憫，因為我是在不信、不明白的時候做的。
當代譯本 - 儘管我從前是個褻瀆上帝、迫害和侮辱信徒的人，但我仍然蒙了憐憫，因為那時我無知，還沒有信耶穌。
聖經新譯本 - 我從前是褻瀆　神的、迫害人的、凌辱人的，然而我還蒙了憐憫，因為我是在不信的時候，由於無知而作的。
呂振中譯本 - 雖則我先前是謗讟、逼迫、損害者。然而我蒙了憐憫，因為我是在不信中愚蒙而作的，
中文標準譯本 - 雖然我原先是褻瀆神的、逼迫人的、侮慢人的，但是我卻蒙了憐憫，因為我是在不信、不明白的時候做的；
現代標點和合本 - 我從前是褻瀆神的、逼迫人的、侮慢人的，然而我還蒙了憐憫，因我是不信、不明白的時候而做的。
文理和合譯本 - 昔我為謗讟窘逐狎侮者、但我所行、乃由不知不信、故蒙矜恤、
文理委辦譯本 - 昔我嘗謗讟、窘逐、狎侮之、第此妄作、乃由不知不信而然、故猶蒙矜恤、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我昔為毀謗者、窘逐者、侮慢者、但此因在不信之時、無知而作、故猶蒙矜恤、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 我本為褻瀆天主、摧殘教會、倨傲無禮之人、而竟蒙天主之矜憐者、蓋以我當時未有信德、盲目而行耳。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Anteriormente, yo era un blasfemo, un perseguidor y un insolente; pero Dios tuvo misericordia de mí porque yo era un incrédulo y actuaba con ignorancia.
현대인의 성경 - 내가 전에는 하나님을 모독하고 성도들을 핍박하던 난폭한 사람이었으나 믿지 않을 때에 모르고 한 짓이므로 하나님께서는 나를 불쌍히 여겨 주셨습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - несмотря на то что я прежде был кощунником, гонителем и наглецом. Но ко мне была проявлена милость, потому что я действовал по незнанию и неверию.
Восточный перевод - несмотря на то что я прежде был кощунником, гонителем и наглецом. Но ко мне была проявлена милость, потому что я действовал по незнанию и неверию.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - несмотря на то что я прежде был кощунником, гонителем и наглецом. Но ко мне была проявлена милость, потому что я действовал по незнанию и неверию.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - несмотря на то что я прежде был кощунником, гонителем и наглецом. Но ко мне была проявлена милость, потому что я действовал по незнанию и неверию.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - moi qui, autrefois, l’ai offensé, persécuté et insulté. Mais il a été compatissant envers moi car j’agissais par ignorance, puisque je n’avais pas la foi.
リビングバイブル - 以前の私は、キリストの名をあざけり、主を信じる者たちを追い回し、あらゆる方法で迫害しました。しかし主は、そんな私さえ、心にかけてくださったのです。その時はまだ、キリストを知らず、自分のしていることの恐ろしさもわからなかったからです。
Nestle Aland 28 - τὸ πρότερον ὄντα βλάσφημον καὶ διώκτην καὶ ὑβριστήν, ἀλλ’ ἠλεήθην, ὅτι ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα ἐν ἀπιστίᾳ·
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - τὸ πρότερον ὄντα βλάσφημον, καὶ διώκτην, καὶ ὑβριστήν; ἀλλὰ ἠλεήθην, ὅτι ἀγνοῶν, ἐποίησα ἐν ἀπιστίᾳ.
Nova Versão Internacional - a mim que anteriormente fui blasfemo, perseguidor e insolente; mas alcancei misericórdia, porque o fiz por ignorância e na minha incredulidade;
Hoffnung für alle - Dabei habe ich ihn früher doch verhöhnt, ich habe Christus und seine Gemeinde mit blindem Hass verfolgt und bekämpft. Aber Gott hat sich über mich erbarmt und mir alles vergeben. Denn in meinem Unglauben wusste ich nicht, was ich tat.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Trước kia, ta là người phạm thượng, tàn bạo, khủng bố người theo Chúa, nhưng Chúa còn thương xót vì ta không hiểu điều mình làm khi chưa tin nhận Ngài.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ถึงแม้ว่าครั้งหนึ่งข้าพเจ้าเคยหมิ่นประมาทพระองค์ ข่มเหงผู้เชื่อและก่อความรุนแรง แต่พระองค์ทรงกรุณาข้าพเจ้าเพราะข้าพเจ้าได้ทำไปด้วยความไม่รู้และไม่เชื่อ
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แม้ว่าก่อนนี้ข้าพเจ้าเคยพูดหมิ่นประมาท กดขี่ข่มเหงและก้าวร้าว ถึงกระนั้นข้าพเจ้ายังได้รับความเมตตา เพราะข้าพเจ้ากระทำไปโดยความไม่รู้ และจากความไม่เชื่อในพระองค์

Luke 23:34 - And Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing His clothes among themselves.
Hebrews 4:16 - Therefore let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God’s gracious favor] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment].
1 Corinthians 15:9 - For I am the least [worthy] of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I [at one time] fiercely oppressed and violently persecuted the church of God.
1 Timothy 1:16 - Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost [of sinners], Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example or pattern for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
Romans 5:20 - But the Law came to increase and expand [the awareness of] the trespass [by defining and unmasking sin]. But where sin increased, [God’s remarkable, gracious gift of] grace [His unmerited favor] has surpassed it and increased all the more,
Romans 5:21 - so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness which brings eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Luke 12:47 - And that servant who knew his master’s will, and yet did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will be beaten with many lashes [of the whip],
2 Peter 2:21 - For it would have been better for them not to have [personally] known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to have turned back from the holy commandment [verbally] handed on to them.
2 Peter 2:22 - The thing spoken of in the true proverb has happened to them, “The dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “A sow is washed only to wallow [again] in the mire.”
Acts 26:9 - “So then, I [once] thought to myself that it was my duty to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Acts 26:10 - And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; I not only locked up many of the saints (God’s people) in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
Acts 26:11 - And I often punished them [making them suffer] in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme; and in my extreme rage at them, I kept hunting them even to foreign cities [harassing and persecuting them].
Numbers 15:30 - But the person who does [anything wrong] willfully and defiantly, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one is blaspheming the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].
Philippians 3:6 - as to my zeal [for Jewish tradition], a persecutor of the church; and as to righteousness [supposed right living] which [my fellow Jews believe] is in the Law, I proved myself blameless.
Hebrews 10:26 - For if we go on willfully and deliberately sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice [to atone] for our sins [that is, no further offering to anticipate],
Hebrews 10:27 - but a kind of awful and terrifying expectation of [divine] judgment and the fury of a fire and burning wrath which will consume the adversaries [those who put themselves in opposition to God].
Hebrews 10:28 - Anyone who has ignored and set aside the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Hebrews 10:29 - How much greater punishment do you think he will deserve who has rejected and trampled under foot the Son of God, and has considered unclean and common the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and has insulted the Spirit of grace [who imparts the unmerited favor and blessing of God]?
1 Corinthians 7:25 - Now concerning the virgins [of marriageable age] I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
Romans 11:30 - Just as you once were disobedient and failed to listen to God, but have now obtained mercy because of their disobedience,
Romans 11:31 - so they too have now become disobedient so that they too may one day receive mercy because of the mercy shown to you.
Galatians 1:13 - You have heard of my career and former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to hunt down and persecute the church of God extensively and [with fanatical zeal] tried [my best] to destroy it.
Acts 22:4 - I persecuted and pursued the followers of this Way to the death, binding them with chains and putting [followers of Jesus] both men and women into prisons,
Acts 9:1 - Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord [and relentless in his search for believers], went to the high priest,
Hosea 2:23 - I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; And I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people,’ And they will say, ‘You are my God!’ ”
1 Peter 2:10 - Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Acts 9:5 - And Saul said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He answered, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,
Acts 3:17 - “Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance [not fully aware of what you were doing], just as your rulers did also.
John 9:39 - Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment [to separate those who believe in Me from those who reject Me—to declare judgment on those who choose to be separated from God], so that the sightless would see, and those who see would become blind.”
John 9:40 - Some Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “Are we also blind?”
John 9:41 - Jesus said to them, “If you were blind [to spiritual things], you would have no sin [and would not be blamed for your unbelief]; but since you claim to have [spiritual] sight, [you have no excuse so] your sin and guilt remain.
Hebrews 6:4 - For [it is impossible to restore to repentance] those who have once been enlightened [spiritually] and who have tasted and consciously experienced the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 6:5 - and have tasted and consciously experienced the good word of God and the powers of the age (world) to come,
Hebrews 6:6 - and then have fallen away—it is impossible to bring them back again to repentance, since they again nail the Son of God on the cross [for as far as they are concerned, they are treating the death of Christ as if they were not saved by it], and are holding Him up again to public disgrace.
Hebrews 6:7 - For soil that drinks the rain which often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whose benefit it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God;
Hebrews 6:8 - but if it persistently produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.
Acts 9:13 - But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, especially how much suffering and evil he has brought on Your saints (God’s people) at Jerusalem;
Acts 8:3 - But Saul began ravaging the church [and assaulting believers]; entering house after house and dragging off men and women, putting them in prison.