Uthando Lungaphezu Kokwazi
Ngaba amakholwa angayidla na inyama ebingelelwe kwizithixo? Isithixo asinto yanto, kananjalo mnye uBawo wethu zonke izinto zivela kuye. Kodwa ukwazi kuyakhukhumalisa, uthando luyakha: ukuba ukudla kwakhe kutshabalalisa umzalwana uKrestu amfelayo, uPawulos akasayi kuphinda ayidle inyama.
8 1Ngokudla okubingelelwe kwizithixo: siyazi ukuba sonke sinokwazi. Ukwazi kuyakhukhumalisa, kodwa uthando luyakha. 2Ukuba ubani ucinga ukuba wazi into, akazi njengoko afanele ukwazi ngayo. 3Kodwa ukuba umntu uyamthanda uBawo wethu, uyaziwa nguye.
4Ngokudla ukudla okubingelelwe kwizithixo: siyazi ukuba isithixo asinto yanto ehlabathini, nokuba akukho Bawo ngaphandle komnye. 5Kuba nokuba bakho ababizwa ngoothixo, emazulwini nasemhlabeni—kananjalo ngokwenene bakho “oothixo” abaninzi “neenkosi” ezininzi. 6Kodwa kuthi mnye uThixo, uBawo wethu, zonke izinto zivela kuye, thina sikhoyo ngenxa yakhe; neNkosi enye uYesu Krestu, zonke izinto zabakho ngaye, thina sikho ngaye. a a v6 Apha uPawulos ubeka uBawo noNyana ndawonye: uThixo omnye nguBawo wethu, umthombo wezinto zonke, yaye iNkosi enye nguYesu, ekwabakho ngaye zonke izinto.
7Kodwa asingabo bonke abanokwazi oku. Abanye, besaqhele izithixo kude kube ngoku, badla oku kudla ngokungathi kungumbingelelo wesithixo ngokwenene, size isazela sabo esibuthathaka senziwe inqambi. 8Ukudla akusisondezi kuBawo wethu. Asisweli nto ukuba asidli, asizuzi nto ukuba siyadla. 9Kodwa lumkani ukuze eli lungelo lenu lingabi sikhubekiso kwababuthathaka. 10Ukuba umntu ukubona wena, onokwazi, usidla etempileni yesithixo, isazela sakhe esibuthathaka asiyi kukhuthazwa na ukuba sidle ukudla okubingelelwe kwizithixo? 11Ngoko ngokwazi kwakho lo mntu ubuthathaka uyatshabalaliswa—umzalwana lowo uKrestu wafa ngenxa yakhe. 12Xa none ngolu hlobo kubazalwana benu, nilimaze isazela sabo esibuthathaka, none kuKrestu. 13Ngoko ukuba ukudla kumkhubekisa umzalwana wam, andiyi kuphinda ndiyidle inyama naphakade, ukuze ndingamkhubekisi umzalwana wam.
