Augustine of Hippo, on Acts 13:9

“Then Saul, otherwise Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, looking upon him,”

“The apostle Paul, who was previously called Saul, had no other reason, it seems to me, for choosing this name but to point out his own smallness as the least of the apostles. Hence, in order to praise this grace of God, he frequently fought courageously and vigorously against the proud and the arrogant and those who relied on their own works. After all, the grace of God was really seen more clearly and more obviously in him.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.