All Christians were to repudiate ungodliness and live with soundness of mind in this system of things while awaiting the glorious manifestation of God and of Jesus Christ, “who gave himself for us that he might deliver us from every sort of lawlessness and cleanse for himself a people peculiarly his own, zealous for fine works. ”
Kõik kristlased pidid hülgama jumalakartmatuse ja elama terve mõistusega selles asjadesüsteemis, oodates Jumala ja Jeesus Kristuse auhiilguse ilmumist, „kes iseenese andis meie eest, et meid lunastada kõigest ülekohtust ja puhastada enesele pärisrahvaks, kes agar on tegema häid tegusid ”.