In sooth, there will be found in those regions certain persons like the
Pharisees of the time of Christ, who, night and day, will exert themselves
with all heart and soul to cast forth doubts, in order that they may
deprive the souls of the glad-tidings of the Holy Spirit. They will
disseminate false rumors and utter many a calumny and will publish and
announce stories. They will undertake all these only for the sake of
earthly vanities.
And some Pharisees among the missionaries of the Gospel will hasten
thither from Iran and say, "We are aware of the secret of the matter." All
they may say is sheer slander.
Now know you these things, that in its time you may dispel and annihilate
the darkness of those suspicions, like unto a manifest light. I beg of God
that He may grant thee a power that thou mayest resist all in the
earth--how much more these weak, hired individuals who receive salary and
bribe for spreading such calumnies!
Be ye admonished, O possessors of understanding!