His strong feelings on this matter were evident in the letter he had written a few years earlier to the congregation in Rome: “I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart.
Pāvils savu attieksmi pret viņiem bija paudis jau dažus gadus iepriekš, kad vēstulē Romas draudzēm rakstīja: ” Man ir lielas skumjas un nepārtrauktas sāpes sirdī.