The apostle Paul admonishes us: “Keep doing all things free from murmurings and arguments, that you may come to be blameless and innocent, children of God without a blemish in among a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you are shining as illuminators in the world. ” ​ — Philippians 2: 14, 15; Colossians 3: 5 - 10; 1 John 2: 15 - 17.
इसके विपरीत, यीशु के चेले होने के नाते हम इस “पीढ़ी ” की जीवन - रीति के अनुरूप होने से इनकार करते हैं ।