The new believer is "born again of the Spirit".
There are also some new believers in the company.
"I'm a newer believer than you, my friend," Michael said.
And how often had he heard those words spoken-by different hearths, to other new believers?
All use an emotional "altar call" in which new believers step forward to declare their "decision for Christ."
Bruce was fast becoming one of the leading prophecy scholars among new believers.
Laslos's wife had apparently been trying to recruit new believers.
"And can you add to it what the rules are for morality for new believers?"
"This kind of oversight to keep the message simple enough for a new believer drives the intellectuals up a wall," she said.
He was the next newest believer, so perhaps he identified with her.