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"I am grateful" or "I am thankful"
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## he considered me faithful ##
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"he considered me trustworthy" or "'he thought I would be reliable"
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## and placed me into service ##
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"so he appointed me to the ministry" or "since he put me in a position to serve"
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## me, a former blasphemer ##
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"even though I spoke evil against Christ" or "someone who was a blasphemer in the past"
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## violent man ##
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"a person who hurts others." This is a person who believes that he has the right to hurt others.
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## But I received mercy ##
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"yet I received mercy from God" or "yet God showed his mercy on me"
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## because I acted ignorantly in unbelief ##
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## But ##
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"And"
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## overflowed with faith and love ##
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"was in great abundance" or "was more than enough"
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