“ I became a minister, ” he wrote, adding: “To me, a man less than the least of all holy ones, this undeserved kindness was given, that I should declare to the nations the good news about the unfathomable riches of the Christ. ” ​ — Eph. 3: 7, 8.
به من که کمتر از کمترین همهٔ مقدّسینم ،‏ این فیض [لطف] عطا شد که در میان امّت‌ها به دولت بی‌قیاس مسیح بشارت دهم .‏ › —‏ اَفَسُسیان ۳ :‏ ۷ ،‏ ۸‏ .‏