St Jerome has preserved for us this anecdote from the 1st century:
![](https://seedus2043.gloriatv.net/storage1/cbqjsos1njjtbitmzi59eovj1qqywpf4m70txpb.webp?scale=on&secure=got4kt2hYVvvR9X7RMuyUg&expires=1724412958)
At last his disciples and brethren were weary of hearing these words so often, and asked him: 'Master, wherefore ever sayest thou this an answer worthy of John: 'Because it is the commandment of the Lord, and if this only be done, it is enough' " (Commentary on Galatians, ch. VI).