After encouraging fellow Christians to cultivate such qualities as endurance, brotherly affection, and self - control, the apostle Peter said: “I shall be disposed always to remind you of these things, although you know them and are firmly set in the truth. ” ​ — 2 Pet.
برای مثال ،‏ وقتی پولُس در روم زندانی بود ،‏ به تیموتائوس چنین گفت :‏ « نمونه‌ای بگیر از سخنان صحیح که از من شنیدی .‏ »