Some 30 years after Christ’s death, the apostle Peter wrote to Christians living in different parts of the Roman world: “Beloved, I exhort you as aliens and temporary residents to keep abstaining from fleshly desires, which are the very ones that carry on a conflict against the soul.
فَبَعْدَ نَحْوِ ٣٠ سَنَةً مِنْ مَوْتِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ ،‏ كَتَبَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بُطْرُسُ إِلَى ٱلْمَسِيحِيِّينَ ٱلْعَائِشِينَ فِي مُخْتَلِفِ أَرْجَاءِ ٱلْعَالَمِ ٱلرُّومَانِيِّ :‏ « أَيُّهَا ٱلْأَحِبَّاءُ ،‏ أَحُثُّكُمْ كَمُتَغَرِّبِينَ وَنُزَلَاءَ أَنْ تُوَاصِلُوا ٱلِٱمْتِنَاعَ عَنِ ٱلشَّهَوَاتِ ٱلْجَسَدِيَّةِ ٱلَّتِي تُصَارِعُ ٱلنَّفْسَ .‏