All the while that the church was practicing their abominable wickedness, they were claiming they had done nothing wrong, that they were sinless and innocent, and that they were pure and clean and not polluted (2:21-23, 35).
Wakati huu wote ambao Kanisa lilikuwa likitenda machukizo yake ya uovu, walikuwa wakidai kuwa hawajafanya lolote lililo baya, kwamba hawakuwa wadhambi wala kuwa na hatia, na kwamba walikuwa safi na bila taka na pasipo kuchafuliwa (2:21-23, 35).