And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
The honour of having the Gospel ministry committed to him suggests the digression to what he once was, no better (1 Timothy 1:13) than those lawless ones above (1 Timothy 1:9-10), when the grace of our Lord (1 Timothy 1:14) visited him.
And. So Delta. Omitted in 'Aleph (') A G g, Vulgate.
I thank, х charin (G5484) echoo (G2192)] - 'I have (i:e., feel) gratitude' (1 Corinthians 15:9; Ephesians 3:8). Paul can never allude to God's mercy to him without an outburst of thanksgiving.
Enabled me, for ... the ministry, х endunamposanti (G1743)] - 'put power in me.' Except in Paul's letters, found nowhere except Acts 9:22. An undesigned coincidence between Paul and Luke, his companion. Man is by nature "without strength" for good (Romans 5:6). Conversion confers spiritual power.
For that (the cause of his 'thanking Christ') he counted me faithful - in His predestinating foresight (1 Corinthians 7:25); the proof of which is His
Putting me into - rather (1 Thessalonians 5:9), 'appointing me (in His sovereign purpose of grace) unto the ministry' (Acts 20:24). Faithfulness is the quality required in stewards (1 Corinthians 4:1-2).