Some 30 years after Christ’s death, the apostle Peter wrote to Christians living in different parts of the Roman world: “Beloved, I exhort you as aliens and temporary residents to keep abstaining from fleshly desires, which are the very ones that carry on a conflict against the soul.
Umbes 30 aastat pärast Kristuse surma kirjutas apostel Peetrus Rooma impeeriumi eri osades elavatele kristlastele: „Armsad, ma kutsun teid üles kui võõramaalasi ja ajutisi elanikke: hoiduge edaspidigi lihalikest himudest, mis sõdivad hinge vastu.