Paul was very much aware that he had neither earned nor deserved God’s great mercy, having been a former persecutor of Christians.
وَفِي ٱلْوَقْتِ نَفْسِهِ ،‏ أَدْرَكَ تَمَامًا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكْسِبْ أَوْ يَسْتَحِقَّ رَحْمَةَ ٱللهِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةَ ،‏ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَضْطَهِدُ ٱلْمَسِيحِيِّينَ .‏