Recalling a time when he and his missionary companion were mistreated by opposers, he wrote: “After we had first suffered and been insolently treated... in Philippi, we mustered up boldness by means of our God to speak to you the good news of God with a great deal of struggling. ”
پولُس با به خاطر آوردن بدرفتاری مخالفان با او و همکار میسیونرش چنین نوشت :‏ « قبل از آن در فیلِپّی زحمت کشیده و بی‌احترامی دیده بودیم ،‏ .‏ .‏ .‏