Not to the early church only, but to all future generations, this example of God's hatred of covetousness, fraud, and hypocrisy, was given as a danger-signal. It was covetousness that Ananias and Sapphira had first cherished. The desire to retain for themselves a part of that which they had promised to the Lord, led them into fraud and hypocrisy.

Dette eksempel på Guds afsky for begærlighed, bedrag og hykleri blev givet som et faresignal ikke blot for den første kirke, men for alle fremtidens slægter. Det var griskhed, som Ananias og Safira først havde næret. Deres ønske om at gemme noget af det, som de havde lovet Herren, førte dem ud i bedrageri og hykleri.