Within 30 years after the outpouring of the holy spirit at Pentecost, Paul wrote that the good news had been “preached in all creation that is under heaven, ” possibly referring to the then - known earth. ​ — Colossians 1: 23.
या आधीची काही वचने दाखवतात की इफिसात बरेचजण सत्य स्वीकारू लागले आणि जे जादूटोणा करत होते त्यांपैकी बऱ्‍याच जणांनी सर्वांसमोर आपली पुस्तके जाळून टाकली.