“ They are puzzled that you [Christians] do not continue running with them in the same decadent course of debauchery, ” wrote the apostle Peter, “so they speak abusively of you. ”
كَتَبَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بُطْرُسُ مُخَاطِبًا ٱلْمَسِيحِيِّينَ :‏ « لِأَنَّكُمْ لَا تُوَاصِلُونَ ٱلرَّكْضَ مَعَهُمْ فِي هٰذَا ٱلْمَسْلَكِ إِلَى بُؤْرَةِ ٱلْخَلَاعَةِ عَيْنِهَا ،‏ يَتَحَيَّرُونَ وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِكَلَامٍ مُهِينٍ » .‏