Notice how he reacted to such opposition: “After we had first suffered and been insolently treated, ” he wrote,“ we mustered up boldness by means of our God to speak to you the good news of God with a great deal of struggling. ”
बेशक, पकड़े जाने, कपड़े फाड़े जाने, बेतों से पीटे जाने और जेल में डाले जाने के बाद, पौलुस के लिए प्रचार करते रहना आसान नहीं था ।