Paul was very much aware that he had neither earned nor deserved God’s great mercy, having been a former persecutor of Christians.
پولُس که پیش‌تر به مسیحیان آزار می‌رساند ،‏ به‌خوبی می‌دانست که مستحق و لایق رحمت عظیم خدا نبوده است .‏