Grebel saw this as an issue of obeying God rather than men, and, with others, could not conscientiously continue in that which they had condemned as unscriptural.
Grebel mente, at det var at adlyde Gud frem for mennesker og kunne ikke, sammen med andre, med god samvittighed fortsætte, hvad de havde fordømt som ikke i overensstemmelse med Biblen.