Kuyima Mwaufulu mwa Khristu
Ufulu ndi chimene Khristu anagula, choncho Paulo akuchenjeza kuti mdulidwe ungawabwezere pansi pa malamulo onse. Koma ufulu si chilolezo chochita chilichonse: chikondi chimatumikira, ndipo ntchito za thupi zimang'amba mpingo ndi kutsekera anthu kunja kwa ufumu wa Atate wathu, pamene Mzimu amakulitsa chikondi, chimwemwe, mtendere, kuleza mtima.
5 1Khristu anatimasula kuti tikhale mwaufulu. Chifukwa chake imani molimba, ndipo musalole kumangidwanso ndi goli la ukapolo.
2Taonani: Ine Paulo ndikukuwuzani kuti, ngati mudulidwa, Khristu sadzakupindulitsani kanthu. 3Ndikuchitiranso umboni kuti, munthu aliyense amene avomera mdulidwe ayenera kusunga lamulo lonse. 4Inu amene mukufuna kulungamitsidwa ndi lamulo mwalekanitsidwa ndi Khristu; mwagwa kuchoka ku chisomo. 5Pakuti kudzera mwa Mzimu Woyera, mwachikhulupiriro, timadikira mwachidwi chiyembekezo cha chilungamo. 6Pakuti mwa Khristu Yesu mdulidwe kapena kusadulidwa sizili kanthu—koma chikhulupiriro chimene chimagwira ntchito mwa chikondi.
7Munathamanga bwino. Kodi ndani anakusokonezani kuti musamvere choonadi? 8Kunyengerera uku sikuchokera kwa Atate wathu, amene akukuyitanani. 9Chotupitsa chochepa chimatupitsa ufa wonse wokandidwa. 10Ndili ndi chitsimikizo mwa Ambuye kuti simudzaganiza mosiyana; ndipo aliyense amene akukuvutitsani adzasenza chiweruzo.
11Koma abale, ngati ine ndikulalikirabe mdulidwe, nanga ndikuzunzidwabe chifukwa chiyani? Ngati zili choncho, chokhumudwitsa cha mtanda chachotsedwa. 12Ndikanakonda kuti amene akukusokonezani adzithene okha! a a v12 Paulo akutembenuza mpeni mwaukali: ngati kudula ndiye cholinga, aphunzitsi a mdulidwe apitirire mpaka kumapeto.
13Munayitanidwa ku ufulu, abale—koma musalole kuti ufulu umenewu ukhale mpata wa thupi; m'malo mwake, tumikirananani wina ndi mnzake mwa chikondi.
14Pakuti lamulo lonse limakwaniritsidwa mu lamulo limodzi: “Udzakonda mnansi wako monga iwe mwini.”
15Koma ngati mumalumana ndi kudyana wina ndi mnzake, chenjerani kuti musawonongane.
16Koma ndikunena kuti: yendani mwa Mzimu, ndipo simudzachita zilakolako za thupi. 17Thupi la uchimo limalakalaka zinthu zotsutsana ndi Mzimu, ndipo Mzimu zotsutsana ndi thupi la uchimo; zimenezi zimalimbana, kotero kuti simuchita zimene mukufuna. 18Koma ngati mutsogoleredwa ndi Mzimu, simuli pansi pa lamulo. 19Ntchito za thupi la uchimo ndi zoonekera poyera: dama, zodetsa, ndi khalidwe lotayirira. 20kupembedza mafano, ufiti, udani, mikangano, nsanje, mkwiyo, kudzikonda, magawano, zipani, 21njiru, kuledzera, maphwando achiwawa, ndi zinthu zonga zimenezi. Ndikukuchenjezani tsopano, monga ndinachitira kale, kuti amene amachita zinthu zotere sadzalandira ufumu wa Atate wathu.
22Koma chipatso cha Mzimu ndi chikondi, chimwemwe, mtendere, kuleza mtima, kukoma mtima, ubwino, kukhulupirika, 23kufatsa, ndi kudziletsa. Palibe lamulo lotsutsa zinthu zotere. 24Ndipo amene ali a Khristu Yesu apachika pamtanda thupi la uchimo pamodzi ndi zilakolako ndi zokhumba zake. 25Ngati tikukhala ndi moyo mwa Mzimu, tiyeni tiyendenso motsatira Mzimu. 26Tisadzitukumule, kukwiyitsana wina ndi mnzake, ndi kuchitirana njiru.