Before departing, he wrote Christians in Rome to pray that he ‘ might be delivered from unbelievers in Judea and that his ministry for Jerusalem might prove to be acceptable to the holy ones. ’
(‏ رومیان ۱۵ :‏ ۳۰ ،‏ ۳۱‏ )‏ مقدّسین یقیناً اعانهٔ ارسالی را با قدردانی و کمال رضامندی می‌پذیرفتند .‏