According to historian and New Testament scholar, N.T. Wright, people in the first century did not understand “humility”, “patience”, “chastity”, or “charity” to be virtues. If you think about it, you can see how these would not be sought-after qualities—they don’t have the “what’s-in-it-for-me?” factor. The value of these virtues came to us, according to Dr. Wright, through Christianity.
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