It most certainly required courage in the first century to reject family religious traditions ​ — Judaism, emperor worship, worship of pagan deities — ​ and to join a movement that was derided by both Jews and Romans.
देवाला संतुष्ट करायचे असल्यास, ख्रिस्ती धर्म हा उपासनेचा नवीन प्रकार अवलंबण्याची गरज होती.