U-Paulos Ebalisa Ngamava Akhe

Ebhalela kwabaseFilipi, uchaza amava akhe angaphambhi kokuguquka kwakhe nawasemva kwako. “Ukuba kukho bani uba unokukholosa ngenyama,” utsho, “be ndingaba ngakumbhi mna: ndaluk’ayo ngomhla wesibhozo, ndingowenzala kaSirayeli, ndingowesizwe sikaBenjamin, umHebere wamaHebere, ngokomthetho ndingumFarisi, ngokwenzondelelo ndilitshutshisa ibandla, ngokobulungisa obo basemthethweni ndingongenakusoleka.” Filipi 3: 4-6.IL 279.2

Emva kokuguquka kwakhe ubunqhina bakhe buthi:IL 279.3

“Ewe, okunene, ndisuke izinto zonke ndizibalele ekuthini ziyinkxwaleko, ngenxa yokongama kokumazi uKristu Yesu iNkosi yam; endithe ngenxa yakhe ndoonakalelwa zezi zinto zonke, ndizibalela ekuthini ziyinkunkuma, ukuze ndimzuze uKristu, ndifunyanwe ndikuye, ndingenabo obam ubulungisa, obo basemthe-thweni; ndinobo bungokukholwa kuKristu, ubulungisa ke obuphuma kuThixo ngalo ukholo.” Filipi 3: 8, 9.IL 279.4

Ubulungisa awayefudula ebucingela ukuba buxabiseke kangaka babungenaxabiso ngoku emehlweni akhe. Umnqweno womphefumlo wakhe wawungulo: “Ukuba ndimazi, kwa namandla ovuko lwakhe, no- kuba ndibe nobudlelane naye ngeentlungu zakhe, ndifaniswe nokokufa kwakhe ; ukuba ndingade ndifikelele ekuvukeni kwabafileyo. Kungekuko ukuthi se ndamkele, nokuthi se ndigqibelele; ke ndiphuthuma ukuba ndingakug’anga no nokukug’anga oko, ndathi mna ndagangelwa kona nguye uKristu Yesu. Bazalwana, mna andizibaleli ekuthini ndig’angile; ke ndenza nto nye; ndithi, ndizilibala izinto ezisemva, ndisolulela kweziphambhili, ndiphuthume ngokoxunele umvuzo wobizo lwaphezulu lukaThixo kuKristu Yesu.” Filipi 3: 10-14.IL 279.5