Paul calls disciples to demonstrate...
Paul calls disciples to demonstrate forbearance. Gelon's wife didn't know Paul, but she knew about forbearance.
Gelon was the tyrant of Syracuse, which in the fifth century before Christ, was part of the Athenian Empire. He suffered from bad breath, but was unaware of it for a long time. Finally one of his friends mentioned it to him. He went to Bilia, his wife, and scolded her for never telling him.
His wife replied that, since she had never been at close quarters with any other man, she had assumed that all men had disagreeable breath.
Philippians 4:1-9