These newly converted Christians “suffered at the hands of [their] own countrymen ” and needed encouragement.
لٰكِنَّ هٰؤُلَاءِ ٱلْمَسِيحِيِّينَ ٱلْجُدُدَ ‹ عَانَوْا عَلَى أَيْدِي أَبْنَاءِ بَلَدِهِمْ › وَٱحْتَاجُوا إِلَى ٱلتَّشْجِيعِ .‏