although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
And injurious ...  "This third word, although the English version obscures the fact, continues the ascending scale of self-condemnation."[29] It indicates a person who takes a savage personal delight and a malicious enjoyment in the afflictions inflicted upon another.  Surely no sinner should ever despair of receiving God's mercy if he repents.