Jesus said: “Continue to love your enemies and to pray for those persecuting you; that you may prove yourselves sons of your Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous. ”
(‏ مت ۵ :‏ ۴۴ ،‏ ۴۵‏ )‏ شاگردان عیسی وقتی به همنوع خود ،‏ حتی به دشمنانشان نیز محبت کنند در واقع از نمونهٔ کامل خدا پیروی کرده‌اند .‏