Drunkery, adultery, fornication, theft, pride, lying. These are all sins that we might have endulged in. As for Paul, he was a persecutor. He persecuted the church of God! But God did something miraculous in Paul, something that he can do in all of us. Through the power of the gospel he washed Paul clean and gave him a new heart and new desires. When we believed and put our faith in the true gospel of salvation, he can do the same for us.