In his message to the spirit - begotten elders in the first - century congregation of Philadelphia in Asia Minor, the risen Christ said: “Because you kept the word about my endurance, I will also keep you from the hour of test, which is to come upon the whole inhabited earth, to put a test upon those dwelling on the earth.
(‏ ٢ بط ١ :‏ ١٠‏ )‏ فَيَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَجْتَهِدُوا لِتَنْمِيَةِ ٱلصِّفَاتِ ٱلْمَسِيحِيَّةِ كَٱلْإِيمَانِ ،‏ ٱلتَّعَبُّدِ لِلهِ ،‏ ٱلْمَوَدَّةِ ٱلْأَخَوِيَّةِ ،‏ وَٱلْمَحَبَّةِ .‏