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. ”
ثَمَّةَ صُعُوبَاتٌ أُخْرَى يُضْطَرُّ كَثِيرُونَ إِلَى تَحَمُّلِهَا مِثْلُ تَقَدُّمِ ٱلسِّنِّ وَٱلصِّحَّةِ ٱلرَّدِيئَةِ ،‏ أَمْرَانِ قَدْ يَحُدَّانِ مِمَّا يَسْتَطِيعُ ٱلْمَرْءُ فِعْلَهُ فِي عَمَلِ ٱلْكِرَازَةِ .‏