Even so, he later wrote of himself: “You, of course, heard about my conduct formerly in Judaism, that to the point of excess I kept on persecuting the congregation of God and devastating it. ”
पुढे करिंथकरांना, फिलिप्पैकरांना व तीमथ्याला पत्रे लिहिताना पौलाने आपल्या पूर्वीच्या या खेदजनक चुकांबद्दल पुन्हा उल्लेख केला.