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. ”
رَغْمَ ذٰلِكَ ،‏ كَتَبَ لَاحِقًا عَنْ نَفْسِهِ :‏ « لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُمْ بِمَسْلَكِي قَبْلًا فِي ٱلدِّيَانَةِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ ،‏ أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَضْطَهِدُ بِشِدَّةٍ جَمَاعَةَ ٱللهِ وَأُدَمِّرُهَا » .‏