persecutor
Dioktes describes a person identified in 1 Timothy 1:13 as formerly acting against others before receiving mercy.
The attested use identifies a person by former hostile action toward others, within a confession that also mentions mercy and prior ignorance in 1 Timothy 1:13.
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A person marked by former hostile action · dominant
In 1 Timothy 1:13, the accusative singular masculine form occurs in a list describing the speaker's former conduct; the APB renders the clause, “Although I was formerly blasphemous, a persecutor, and an insolent man,” before stating that mercy was shown.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Timothy 1:13, the APB presents the term within a list of former descriptions as “a persecutor.” The verse is read as a whole, though the clause plainly places it among the speaker's prior conduct.