First Reading 1 Timothy 1:1-2, 12-14
1Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the authority of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope,
2to Timothy, beloved son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Some verses are not read.
12I give thanks to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he has considered me faithful, placing me in the ministry,
13though previously I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contemptuous. But then I obtained the mercy of God. For I had been acting ignorantly, in unbelief.
14And so the grace of our Lord has abounded greatly, with the faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.
Catholic Public Domain Version
Read in the CPDV: The whole of 1 Timothy 1