“Antap Long Ol Narafala Samting, Yufala i Mas Lavlavem Yufala”

“Yumi kam klosap finis long taem we ol samting blong wol ya bambae i lus. . . . Antap long ol narafala samting, yufala i mas lavlavem yufala [“wetem wan lav we i strong gud,” NW].”—1 PITA 4:7, 8.

JISAS i save se hem i mas yusumgud ol laswan aoa we hem i gat wetem ol aposol blong hem. Hem i save ol samting we i stap fored long olgeta. Oli mas mekem wan bigfala wok, be ol man bambae oli no laekem olgeta nating, bambae oli agensem olgeta olsem we oli agensem hem. (Jon 15:18-20) Long laswan naet ya we hem i stap wetem olgeta, hem i talem bakegen mo bakegen long olgeta se oli mas ‘lavlavem olgeta.’—Jon 13:34, 35; 15:12, 13, 17.

² Aposol Pita we i stap wetem Jisas long naet ya, hem i kasem gud mining blong tok blong hem. Plante yia biaen, jes bifo we Jerusalem i lus, Pita i raetem leta blong hem, mo long leta ya, hem i tokbaot olsem wanem lav i impoten. Hem i talem long ol Kristin se: “Yumi kam klosap finis long taem we ol samting blong wol ya bambae i lus. . . . Antap long ol narafala samting, yufala i mas lavlavem yufala [“wetem wan lav we i strong gud,” NW].” (1 Pita 4:7, 8) Ol tok ya blong Pita oli gat bigfala mining long olgeta we oli stap laef long “ol las dei” blong rabis fasin blong wol ya. (2 Timoti 3:1, NW) ?Lav ya we i strong gud i olsem wanem? ?From wanem i impoten we yumi lavem narafala olsem? ?Olsem wanem yumi save soemaot lav ya?

Lav We i Strong Gud—?Hem i Olsem Wanem?

³ Plante man oli tingbaot lav olsem wan filing we i kamaot olsem nomo. Be Pita i no stap tokbaot enikaen lav nomo. Hem i stap tokbaot wan kaen lav we i hae we i hae. Long 1 Pita 4:8, Grik tok we oli yusum blong tokbaot lav ya, hemia a·gaʹpe. Tok ya i minim lav we man i soemaot taem i tingbaot narafala fastaem, mo taem ol stret rul mo stret fasin oli lidim hem no oli bos long hem. Wan buk i tokbaot lav ya se: “Agape lav, hem i kaen lav ya we yumi save bos long hem, from we lav ya i no kamaot long filing blong yumi nomo. Yumi mekemap tingting blong yumi blong soem lav ya, nao desisen ya i lidim yumi blong mekem wan samting blong soemaot.” From we yumi evriwan i bon wetem fasin ya blong tingbaot yumi wan fastaem, yumi nidim advaes oltaem blong pulum yumi blong lavlavem yumi, mo blong soemaot lav ya long wan rod we ol stret rul blong God oli lidim yumi long hem.—Jenesis 8:21; Rom 5:12.

⁴ Be hemia i no min se yumi lavlavem yumi nomo from we hem i wan samting we yumi mas mekem. Lav ya a·gaʹpe i joen wetem filing blong yumi tu. Pita i talem se yumi mas “lavlavem yumi [“wetem wan lav we i strong gud,” NW, we long lanwis Grik i minim “wan lav we yumi mekem i kam bigwan moa,” Kingdom Interlinear].”a Blong soem lav ya, i nidim bigfala traehad. Wan man blong stadi i tokbaot Grik tok ya we oli tanem i kam “lav we i strong gud” i se: “Grik tok ya i givim tingting long saed blong wan man blong resis we i taetem ol masel blong leg blong hem, blong fosem hem blong finisim resis.”

⁵ Taswe, blong soem lav ya, yumi no mekem ol samting long narafala we i isi nomo blong mekem, mo yumi no soem lav ya long samfala nomo. Blong soem Kristin lav ya, i olsem we yumi mas ‘mekem hat blong yumi i kam bigwan moa,’ i min se yumi soemaot lav taem we i hadwok blong mekem olsem. (2 Korin 6:11-13) I klia se kaen lav ya i wan samting we yumi mas wokhad blong kasem, olsem wan man blong resis i mas wokhad blong kamgud moa. Be i impoten tumas we yumi lavlavem yumi olsem. ?From wanem? From tri risen.

⁷ Seken risen from wanem yumi mas lavlavem yumi moa naoia, hemia blong yumi save givhan long ol brata blong yumi we oli gat nid, from we “yumi kam klosap finis long taem we ol samting blong wol ya bambae i lus.” (1 Pita 4:7) Yumi stap laef long ‘taem ya we laef i strong tumas.’ (2 Timoti 3:1) Wol i nogud, i gat ol disasta oli stap kamkamaot, mo plante man oli agensem yumi. Ol samting ya i mekem se laef i had. From samting ya, yumi nidim blong kam klosap moa long ol Kristin brata sista blong yumi. Lav we i strong gud bambae i fasem yumi, mo bambae i pulum yumi wanwan blong “givhan long ol narafala.”—1 Korin 12:25, 26.

⁸ Namba tri risen from wanem yumi mas lavlavem yumi, hemia from we yumi no wantem “givim janis long Setan” blong spolem yumi. (Efesas 4:27) Setan i stap lukaot rod oltaem blong yusum sam slak fasin, mastik, no rong blong ol Kristin brata blong yumi blong mekem yumi foldaon. ?Olsem wanem? ?Sipos wan Kristin brata no sista i talem no i mekem wan samting long yumi we i no kaen, bambae yumi no moa joen long kongregesen? (Ol Proveb 12:18) !Sipos lav blong yumi i strong gud, yumi no save lego kongregesen! Lav ya bambae i givhan long yumi blong holem pis wetem ol narafala mo joengud blong mekem wok blong God olsem we “solda blong wan i joen long solda blong narawan.”—Sefanaea 3:9.

¹³ Lav bambae i pulum yumi blong fogetem ol mastik blong ol narafala. Taem Pita i talem se yumi mas ‘lavlavem yumi wetem wan lav we i strong gud,’ hem i talem from wanem lav ya i impoten tumas, i se: “From we lav i save kavremap fulap sin.” (1 Pita 4:8, NW) “Kavremap” i no minim se yumi haedem ol bigfala sin, nogat. I stret nomo blong ripotem ol bigfala sin long ol brata we oli lukaot long kongregesen, blong oli save stretem. (Levitikas 5:1; Ol Proveb 29:24) Sipos yumi no ripotem ol bigfala sin we oli save spolem no trikim ol gudfala man, bambae yumi no gat lav nating, mo yumi no stap folem ol tok blong Baebol tu.—1 Korin 5:9-13.

¹⁴ Bighaf blong ol mastik mo slak fasin blong ol Kristin brata sista blong yumi oli smol nomo. Yumi evriwan i mestem samtaem long ol toktok mo aksen blong yumi, nao yumi mekem narafala i harem nogud no yumi spolem narafala. (Jemes 3:2) ?Olsem wanem? ?I stret we yumi talemaot olbaot ol slak fasin blong narafala? Sipos yumi mekem olsem, yumi stap mekem trabol mo rao insaed long kongregesen. (Efesas 4:1-3) Sipos lav i bos long yumi, bambae yumi no save “spolem nem” blong wan Kristin brata no sista blong yumi. (Ol Sam 50:20) Olsem we simen mo pen i save kavremap ol hol long wol blong haos, long sem fasin lav i save kavremap ol mastik blong ol narafala.—Ol Proveb 17:9.