More than 20 years after Jesus personally chose Paul to carry the Christian message to people of the nations, this hardworking apostle wrote: “I pummel my body and lead it as a slave, that, after I have preached to others, I myself should not become disapproved somehow. ” — 1 Corinthians 9: 27; Acts 9: 5, 6, 15.
Bija pagājis vairāk nekā 20 gadu, kopš Jēzus pats bija izvēlējies Pāvilu, lai tas nestu Kristus vēsti pagānu tautām, kad Pāvils, šis čaklais apustulis, rakstīja: ” Es norūdu un kalpinu savu miesu, lai, citiem sludinādams, pats nekļūstu atmetams. ”