It is in this world, amid its trials and temptations, that we are to gain a fitness for the society of the pure and holy. Those who become so absorbed in less important studies that they cease to learn in the school of Christ are meeting with infinite loss. They insult the divine Teacher by the rejection of the provisions of His grace. The longer they continue in their course, the more hardened they are in sin. Their retribution will be proportioned to the infinite value of the blessings they have spurned. {CT 51.3}

Det er i denne verden, iblandt dens prøvelser og fristelser, at vi gør os skikkede til det rene og hellige samfund. Dem som bliver så optaget af mindre vigtige studier, og de ophører med at lære i Kristi skole, lider et uendeligt tab. De forhåner den guddommelige Lærer ved at forkaste hans nådes forsyn. Jo længere de fortsætter i den kurs, des mere forhærdede er de i synd. Deres straf vil stå i forhold til den uendelige værdi af velsignelser som de har afvist foragtet.