I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen, though I be despised by some.

I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God.

If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.

How is it that in Ireland, where they never had any knowledge of God but, always, until now, cherished idols and unclean things, they are lately become a people of the Lord, and are called children of God; the sons of. the Irish and the daughters of the chieftains are to be seen as monks and virgins of Christ.

If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me.