We have shown that there was not just one command to be understood before baptism; therefore the "commandment" in the singular may suggest that there was a body of teaching very clearly defined that had to be understood before baptism.
Hapa "njia" na "amri takatifu" ambavyo "aliwatolea" kwao vyote viwili vimeungwa na kuoshwa kwa ubatizo; basi "amri" katika umoja yaweza kudokeza ya kwamba ulikuwepo muundo mkuu wa mafunzo ulioainishwa wazi wazi kabisa ambao ilibidi ufahamike kabla ya kubatizwa.