Chikondi Choposa Chidziwitso
Kodi okhulupirira angadye nyama yoperekedwa nsembe kwa mafano? Fano si kanthu, ndipo pali Atate mmodzi amene zinthu zonse zimachokera kwa iye. Koma kudziwa kumadzikuza pamene chikondi chimamanga: ngati kudya kwake kuwononga m'bale amene Khristu anamufera, Paulo sadzadyanso nyama ngakhale pang'ono.
8 1Za zakudya zoperekedwa nsembe kwa mafano: tikudziwa kuti tonse tili ndi chidziwitso. Chidziwitso chimatukumula, koma chikondi chimamanga. 2Ngati munthu aliyense akuganiza kuti akudziwa kanthu, sanadziwebe monga ayenera kudziwa. 3Koma ngati munthu aliyense akonda Atate wathu, ameneyu amadziwika ndi Iye.
4Za kudya zakudya zoperekedwa nsembe kwa mafano: tikudziwa kuti fano ndi chinthu chopanda pake m'dziko, ndipo palibe Atate wina koma mmodzi yekha. 5Pakuti ngakhale pali zinthu zotchedwa milungu, kumwamba kapena pansi pano—ndipotu indedi pali “milungu” yambiri ndi “ambuye” ambiri. 6Koma kwa ife kuli Mulungu mmodzi, Atate wathu, zinthu zonse zichokera kwa Iye ndipo ife tilipo chifukwa cha Iye; ndiponso Ambuye mmodzi Yesu Khristu, zinthu zonse zinadza kudzera mwa Iye ndipo ife tilipo kudzera mwa Iye. a a v6 Pano Paulo akuyika Atate ndi Mwana pamodzi: Mulungu mmodzi ndiye Atate wathu, gwero la zinthu zonse, ndipo Ambuye mmodzi ndiye Yesu, amene kudzera mwa Iye zinthu zonse zinakhalapo.
7Koma si aliyense ali ndi chidziwitso ichi. Ena, amene akadali ozolowera mafano mpaka tsopano, amadya chakudya ichi ngati kuti chinaperekedwadi nsembe kwa fano, ndipo chikumbumtima chawo chofooka chimadetsedwa. 8Chakudya sichisenderetsa ife kwa Atate wathu. Ngati sitidya, sititaya kanthu; ndipo ngati tidya, sitipeza kanthu. 9Koma samalani kuti ufulu wanu uwu usakhale chokhumudwitsa kwa ofooka. 10Pakuti ngati munthu akuonani inu amene muli ndi chidziwitso mukudya m'nyumba ya fano, kodi chikumbumtima chake chofooka sichidzalimbikitsidwa kudya zakudya zoperekedwa nsembe kwa mafano? 11Chotero chifukwa cha chidziwitso chanu, munthu wofooka uyu awonongeka—m'bale amene Khristu anamfera. 12Pamene muchimwira abale anu motere, ndi kuvulaza chikumbumtima chawo chofooka, mukuchimwira Khristu. 13Chotero ngati chakudya chimakhumudwitsa m'bale wanga, sindidzadyanso nyama ku nthawi zonse, kuti ndisamkhumudwitse m'bale wanga.
