Later he admitted that although he was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and an insolent man, “[he] was shown mercy, because [he] was ignorant and acted with a lack of faith. ” — 1 Timothy 1: 13.
बाद में, यरूशलेम में उसे “गमलीएल के पावों के पास बैठकर ” पढ़ने का अवसर मिला, जो व्यवस्था सिखानेवाला प्रतिष्ठित शिक्षक था । — प्रेरितों २२: ३, २६ - २८.