1 Timothy 1:12

WEB

¹²I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service,

KJV

¹²And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

BSB

¹²I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.

FBV

¹²I'm just so grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord for the strength he's given me, and that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to work for him.

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Extra References

Philippians 4:13

¹³I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

2 Timothy 4:17

¹⁷But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

⁹He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

¹⁰Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

Colossians 1:25

²⁵of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,

Philippians 2:11

¹¹and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Acts 9:15

¹⁵But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

2 Corinthians 4:1

¹Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

⁵not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God, ⁶who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

1 Corinthians 7:25

²⁵Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

Acts 9:22

²²But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.