1 Timothy 1:13

1:13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant ¹  man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

1 Timothy 2:7

2:7 For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle – I am telling the truth; ²  I am not lying – and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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¹ tn Or “violent,” “cruel.”

² tc Most mss (א* D² H 33^vid Ï) have ἐν Χριστῷ (en Cristw) after λέγω (legw) to read “I am telling the truth in Christ,” but this is probably an assimilation to Rom 9:1. Further, the witnesses that lack this phrase are early, important, and well distributed (א² A D* F G P Ψ 6 81 1175 1739 1881 al sy co). It is difficult to explain the shorter reading if it is not original.