Many years later, Paul told his fellow Christians: “I do not yet consider myself as having laid hold on it; but there is one thing about it: Forgetting the things behind and stretching forward to the things ahead, I am pursuing down toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God by means of Christ Jesus. ”
પાઊલ સુસમાચારમાંથી લાભ મેળવતા હતા કારણ કે તેમણે પરમેશ્વરથી દૂર લઈ જતી સર્વ બાબતોનો સ્વેચ્છાએ ત્યાગ કર્યો.