Ukuma Nikhululekile kuKrestu

Inkululeko yile uKrestu wayithengayo, ngoko uPawulos ulumkisa ukuba ulwaluko luya kubabuyisela phantsi komthetho wonke. Kodwa inkululeko ayisosithuba senyama: uthando luyakhonza, yaye imisebenzi yenyama ikrazula ibandla, igxothe abantu ebukumkanini bukaBawo wethu, ngelixa uMoya ukhulisa uthando, uvuyo, uxolo, umonde.

Isahluko 5.

UKrestu wasikhululela inkululeko. Ngoko yimani ngokuqinileyo—ningabuyi nibotshwe edyokhweni yobukhoboka.

Phulaphulani: mna Pawulos, ndiyanixelela—ukuba niyaluswa, uKrestu akayi kunizuzisa nto. Ndiyangqina kwakhona: wonke umntu owamkela ulwaluko umelwe ukugcina wonke umthetho. Nina nifuna ukugwetyelwa ngomthetho nahlukanisiwe noKrestu; niwele ebabalweni. Kuba ngoMoya oyiNgcwele, ngokholo, silindele ngolangazelelo ithemba lobulungisa. Kuba kuKrestu Yesu akubalulekanga nolwaluko nokungaluki—koko lukholo olusebenza ngothando.

Nanibaleka kakuhle. Ngubani onithintele ukuba ningayithobeli inyaniso? Oku kucenga akuveli kuBawo wethu, onibizayo. Igwele elincinane libilisa yonke intlama. Ndinethemba eNkosini ukuba aniyi kuba nazimvo zimbi; lowo unibandezelayo uya kuthwala isigwebo.

Kodwa bazalwana, ukuba ndisashumayela ulwaluko, kutheni ndisatshutshiswa? Ngoko ke isikhubekiso somnqamlezo sitshatyalalisiwe. Akwaba abo baniphazamisayo bezinqamla ubudoda! ^a

Nabizelwa enkululekweni, bazalwana—kodwa sanukuyivumela loo nkululeko ibe sisithuba senyama; endaweni yoko, khonzanani ngothando.

Kuba wonke umthetho uzaliseka kumyalelo omnye: “Uya kumthanda ummelwane wakho njengoko uzithanda wena.”

Kodwa ukuba niyalumana nidlana, lumkani ukuba ningatshabalalisani.

Kodwa ndithi: hambani ngoMoya, aniyi kuzenza iinkanuko zenyama. Inyama inqwenela oko kuchasene noMoya, noMoya unqwenela oko kuchasene nenyama; ziyachasana, ngoko anikwenzi oko nikuthandayo. Kodwa ukuba nikhokelwa nguMoya, aniphantsi komthetho. Imisebenzi yenyama isobala: uhenyuzo, ukungcola, uburheletya. ukukhonza izithixo, ubugqwirha, ubutshaba, iingxabano, ikhwele, imisindo, ukuzifunela, iyantlukwano, amahlelo, umona, ukunxila, imigidi yokurheletya, nezinto ezinjengezi. Ndiyanilumkisa ngoku, njengakuqala: abo benza izinto ezinjalo abayi kubudla ilifa ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu.

Kodwa isiqhamo soMoya luthando, uvuyo, uxolo, umonde, ububele, ukulunga, ukuthembeka, ubulali, ukuzibamba. Akukho mthetho uchasene nezinto ezinjalo. Kananjalo abo bakaKrestu Yesu bayibethelele emnqamlezweni inyama kunye neenkanuko neminqweno yayo. Ukuba sidla ubomi ngoMoya, masihambe ngoMoya. Masingabi ngabazidlayo, siqholoselana, simonelana.