This former Pharisee went so far as to say that compared with his new, enlightened understanding of God’s purposes and the privilege of the Christian ministry, what he once thought was important he now considered to be “a lot of refuse. ”
(‏ مت ۲۴ :‏ ۲‏ )‏ او هنگامی که به مقصود خدا و ارزش افتخارات خدمت مسیحی پی برد امتیازات گذشتهٔ خود را « زیان » دانست .‏