When a man lame from birth asked for money, Peter replied: “Silver and gold I do not possess, but what I do have is what I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk! ” ​ — Acts 3: 6.
खरे तर, पहिल्या शतकातील अनेक ख्रिश्‍चनांची परिस्थिती बेताचीच होती.