Like Satan, some in the congregations evidently wanted to be shining ones rather than ‘ lesser ones, ’ as Jesus said his true followers would be.
( यशया ६०: १७) या भविष्यसूचक शब्दांच्या अनुषंगाने ख्रिस्ती मेंढपाळ आपसांत आणि कळपामध्ये शांतीला बढावा देण्याकरता झटतात.