Recalling a time when he and his missionary companion were mistreated by opposers, he wrote: “After we had first suffered and been insolently treated... in Philippi, we mustered up boldness by means of our God to speak to you the good news of God with a great deal of struggling. ”
हमारे परमेश्‍वर ने हमें ऐसा हियाव दिया, कि हम परमेश्‍वर का सुसमाचार भारी विरोधों के होते हुए भी तुम्हें सुनाएं । ”