Paul was evidently referring to this kind of sin when he wrote: “It is impossible as regards those who have once for all been enlightened, and who have tasted the heavenly free gift, and who have become partakers of holy spirit, and who have tasted the fine word of God and powers of the coming system of things, but who have fallen away, to revive them again to repentance. ”
მოციქულმა აგრეთვე თქვა: « თუ ჩვენ მას აქეთ, რაც მივიღეთ ჭეშმარიტების შემეცნება, კვლავ ნებსით [„შეგნებულად“, აქ] ვცოდავთ, აღარა რჩება მსხვერპლი ცოდვებისათვის ».