In answering such personal questions, we can keep in mind what the apostle Paul told his fellow Christians in Rome: “All the things that were written aforetime were written for our instruction, that through our endurance and through the comfort from the Scriptures we might have hope. ”
آنچه هر یک از ما را در پاسخ به این سؤالات یاری می‌کند یادآوری سخن پولُس به مسیحیان روم است که گفت :‏ « زیرا همهٔ چیزهایی که از قبل مکتوب شد ،‏ برای تعلیم ما نوشته شد تا به صبر و تسلّی کتاب امیدوار باشیم .‏ »