Bwerani Mutakonzeka Kuyesedwa
Ulendo wachitatu wakonzedwa, ndipo nthawi ino Paulo sadzalekerera amene anapitiriza kuchimwa. Ankafuna umboni wakuti Khristu amalankhula kudzera mwa iye, choncho akutembenuza mayesowo: dziyeseni nokha. Iye angakonde kuoneka wofooka mu mphamvu ya Atate wathu ndi kuwapeza ali athunthu kusiyana ndi kufika nagwetsa.
13 1Aka ndi kokhala kachitatu ndikubwera kwa inu. “Nkhani iliyonse iyenera kutsimikizidwa ndi umboni wa mboni ziwiri kapena zitatu.” 2Ndinawauza kale amene anachimwa poyamba, ndi ena onse, monga ndinachitira ndili nanu pa ulendo wanga wachiwiri, ndipo ndikuwauza tsopano ndili kutali kuti: ngati ndibweranso, sindidzawaleka, 3popeza mukufuna umboni wakuti Khristu amayankhula kudzera mwa ine. Iye si wofowoka kwa inu, koma ndi wamphamvu pakati panu. 4Pakuti anapachikidwa mu kufowoka, komatu ali ndi moyo mwa mphamvu ya Atate wathu. Pakuti ifenso ndife ofowoka mwa Iye, komatu kwa inu tidzakhala ndi moyo pamodzi ndi Iye mwa mphamvu ya Atate wathu.
5Dziyeseni nokha—kodi muli m'chikhulupiriro? Dzisanthuleni nokha. Kodi simukudziwa kuti Yesu Khristu ali mwa inu, ngati simulephera kuyesedwa? 6Ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti mudzazindikira kuti ife tomwe sitinalephere kuyesedwa.
7Tikupempha kwa Atate wathu kuti musachite choipa chilichonse—osati kuti tionetse kuti ife tavomerezeka, koma kuti inu muchite chabwino, ngakhale ife tikhale ngati osavomerezeka. 8Pakuti sitingathe kuchita kanthu kotsutsana ndi choonadi, koma cha choonadi chokha. 9Timakondwa pamene ife ndife ofowoka ndipo inu ndinu amphamvu; tikupemphanso kuti mukonzedwe kwathunthu. 10Chifukwa chake ndikulemba zinthu izi ndili kutali, kuti pamene ndikhala nanu ndisafunike kukhala wankhanza, pogwiritsa ntchito ulamuliro umene Ambuye anandipatsa—kuti ndimange, osati kugwetsa.
Chikondi ndi Mtendere wa Atate wathu
11Potsiriza, abale ndi alongo, kondwerani, yesetsani kukonzedwa kwathunthu, limbikitsanani wina ndi mnzake, ganizani mofanana, khalani mu mtendere—ndipo Atate wathu wa chikondi ndi mtendere adzakhala ndi inu. 12Lonjeranani wina ndi mnzake ndi kupsompsona koyera.
13Oyera mtima onse akupatsani moni.
14Chisomo cha Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, chikondi cha Atate wathu, ndi chiyanjano chakuya cha Mzimu Woyera zikhale ndi inu nonse. a a v14 Dalitso lotsirizali litchula Anthu atatu onse pamodzi—Mwana, Atate, ndi Mzimu Woyera—liwu la atumwi lobwereza dalitso la ansembe limene linaika dzina la Atate wathu pa anthu ake.
