And centuries later, the apostle Paul told Titus that Jesus gave himself to cleanse his followers to make them “a people peculiarly his own, zealous for fine works. ”
وَبَعْدَ قُرُونٍ ،‏ قَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بُولُسُ لِتِيطُسَ إِنَّ يَسُوعَ بَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ لِيُطَهِّرَ أَتْبَاعَهُ وَيَجْعَلَهُمْ « شَعْبًا خَاصًّا بِهِ وَحْدَهُ ،‏ غَيُورًا عَلَى ٱلْأَعْمَالِ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ » .‏