Yet, in principle they also apply to those of the other sheep, who have been declared righteous as God’s friends, as was Abraham in pre - Christian times. ​ — Romans 4: 20 - 22; James 2: 21 - 23.
असे करण्यामागचा त्याचा एक उद्देश म्हणजे यहोवाच्या खऱ्‍या उपासनेत खंड पाडणे.