Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,

For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone.

I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.