*3. 121:3.4 ''The small [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_class middle class]''. Although this [[group]] was indeed small, it was very [[influential]] and provided the [[moral]] backbone of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christian_Church early Christian church], which encouraged these groups to continue in their various [[crafts]] and trades. Among the [[Jews]] many of the [[Pharisees]] belonged to this class of tradesmen. | *3. 121:3.4 ''The small [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_class middle class]''. Although this [[group]] was indeed small, it was very [[influential]] and provided the [[moral]] backbone of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christian_Church early Christian church], which encouraged these groups to continue in their various [[crafts]] and trades. Among the [[Jews]] many of the [[Pharisees]] belonged to this class of tradesmen. |