Christians.”78 The meaning was clear: in the final judgment the standard by which Christians are measured is the works of compassion that they have done or not done toward their poor and needy Christian brothers and sisters. The orientation of this interpretation is usually parenetic: the text is designed to motivate the churches to works of mercy. That in this model the people did not know that they were dealing with Christ is of little importance. It was often seen as an expression of the humility