His feelings toward them are described at Ephesians 5: 25: “Christ also loved the congregation and delivered up himself for it. ”
त्याअर्थी हे वचन “देवाची मंडळी ” असे कोणत्याही विशिष्ट काळात राहात असलेल्या ख्रिश्‍चनांना लागू होते.