“ If [a person] suffers as a Christian, ” wrote Peter, “let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God. ”
वधस्तंभावर मरण सोसलेल्या व्यक्‍तीला मशीहा मानणे पहिल्या शतकातील समाजात मूर्खपणाचे मानले जायचे.