Speaking as one of the anointed and referring to faithful men and women who lived before Christ, the apostle Paul wrote: “All these, although they had witness borne to them through their faith, did not get the fulfillment of the promise, as God foresaw something better for us [the anointed], in order that they might not be made perfect apart from us. ”
پولُس رسول که یکی از مسح‌شدگان بود راجع به مردان و زنان وفاداری که پیش از مسیح می‌زیستند نوشت :‏ ‏ « جمیع ایشان با اینکه از ایمان شهادت داده شدند ،‏ وعده را نیافتند .‏