He admitted that he had so hated the Christians that “to the point of excess [he] kept on persecuting the congregation of God and devastating it. ”
(‏ اف ٤ :‏ ​ ٣ -‏ ٦‏ )‏ كَمَا يُشَجِّعُنَا ٱلْكِتَابُ ٱلْمُقَدَّسُ أَنْ ‹ نَلْبَسَ ٱلْمَحَبَّةَ ،‏ لِأَنَّهَا رِبَاطُ وَحْدَةٍ كَامِلٌ › .‏ —‏ كو ٣ :‏ ١٤‏ .‏