The apostles, in their work, met all grades of people, and all kinds of faith and religion. They were brought in opposition to Jewish bigotry and intolerance, sorcery, blasphemy, unjust magistrates who loved to exercise their power, false shepherds, superstition, and idolatry. While persecution and opposition met them on every hand, victory still crowned their efforts, and converts were daily added to the faith.{LP 55.2}

I deres arbejde mødte apostlene alle grader af folk, og alle slags tro og religioner. De kom i modstand mod jødisk blind tro og introlerance, trolddom, bespottelse, uretfærdige bydommere som elskede at udøve deres egen kraft, falske hyrder, overtro og afgudsdyrkelse. Selvom de mødte forfølgelse og modstand fra enhver side, blev deres anstrengelser stadig kronet, og nyomvendte blev dagligt føjet til troen.