There was a certain person who came before Rabbi Ami and said to him: In the Torah scroll that I wrote for so-and-so, I did not write the mentions of God’s name with the proper intention. Rabbi Ami said to him: This Torah scroll is in whose possession?Hesaid to him:in the buyer’s possession.Hesaid to him: You are deemed credible to cause the loss of your wage. But you are not deemed credible to cause a loss ofthe Torah scroll.

There was an incident involving onewho came before Rabbi Yehuda and said to him: I converted in private. Rabbi Yehuda said to him:Doyou have witnesses? He said to him: No.Doyou have children? He said to him: Yes.Hesaid to him: You are deemed credibleto render yourself unfit, but you are not deemed credibleto render your children unfit.

Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said that this is what Rabbi Yehuda said to him: According to your statement you are a gentile, and there is no testimony for a gentile.