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Let us not despair; but even if you were slanderous, even if you were selfish and whatever your personality, remember that Paul was also a blasphemer, a persecutor, an oppressor and the first of sinners, but he suddenly reached the highest degree of virtue, and everything that was before did not serve as an obstacle to him. No one gives himself over to vice with such fury as he did against the Church; he then gave up his soul and regretted that he did not have a thousand hands to hit Stephen with all of them; however, even without that he found a way to defeat him with numerous hands, the hands of false witnesses whose clothes he guarded. Then he entered houses, invaded them like a wild beast, dragged and tormented husbands and wives, filling everything with horror, confusion and a thousand insults. He was so terrible that even after his miraculous conversion, his apostles did not dare to enter into intercourse with him. But, despite all this, he became what he became; there is no need to add anything more. Where are those who subordinate free will to inevitable fate? Let them hear this and stop their lips! Whoever wants to be good, nothing can hinder him, even if he was previously one of the most vicious (12). You might be interested in: