Concerning the difficult position of the early Christians in Roman society, sociologist and theologian Ernst Troeltsch wrote: “All offices and callings were barred which had any connection with idol - worship, or with the worship of the Emperor, or those which had anything to do with bloodshed or with capital punishment, or those which would bring Christians into contact with pagan immorality. ”
इस बात से अवगत कि यहूदी उसकी हत्या करने का षड्यंत्र बना रहे थे, पौलुस ने नीरो की दोहाई दी, और इस प्रकार रोमी सम्राट के अधिकार को स्वीकार किया ।