For instance, the apostle Paul wrote that the congregation of anointed Christians is clean in the sight of God, like a chaste bride for Christ, who cleansed it “with the bath of water by means of the word..., that it should be holy and without blemish. ”
उदाहरणार्थ, प्रेषित पौलाने असे लिहिले की अभिषिक्‍त ख्रिश्‍चनांची मंडळी, ख्रिस्तासाठी तयार केलेल्या निष्कलंक वधूप्रमाणे देवाच्या नजरेत शुद्ध आहे.