Indeed, Jesus viewed endurance as such an important quality for his followers that in his very last conversation with his apostles, recorded in the Gospel of John, Jesus twice urged: “Continue following me. ” Many early Christians did just that.
जवळजवळ सात दशके ख्रिस्ताचा एक विश्‍वासू शिष्य राहिलेल्या प्रेषित योहानाने एका महत्त्वाच्या मुद्द्‌याकडे लक्ष वेधले.