1 Timothy 1:14. Our Lord. In the earlier Epistles we have the forms ‘the Lord,' ‘the Lord Jesus Christ,' ‘Jesus Christ our Lord.' The use of this shortened form belongs to St. Paul's later language (2 Timothy 1:8).

With faith and love. ‘Grace' came as the result of ‘mercy,' bringing with it the new trust which contrasted with his former unbelief, the new love which replaced the bitter hatred of the persecutor. And these were not simply human feelings. They had their life, their home, ‘in Christ'

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Old Testament