Paul urged the Corinthians to look forward to their eternal home in heaven, a perspective that would enable them to endure hardships and disappointments in this life. “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
Huyu aliitwa Abrahah al- Ashram. Inaelezwa kwamba alikuwa na wivu na mji wa Makka kwa jinsi ambavyo watu wengi walikuwa wakienda kuhiji (yaani hija ya kipagani), hivyo na yeye naye akajenga kanisa kubwa kule Sanaa, Yemen akitarajia kuvuta watu wengi, jambo ambalo halikutokea.