3. Ngobani okukhulunywa ngabo ku-2 Thimothi 3:2-5?

³ Umphostoli uPhawuli wabhala wathi “ezinsukwini zokucina kuzakuba lezikhathi ezinzima.” Ngemva kwalokho waqamba izinto ezingu-19 ezazizakwenziwa ngabantu esiphila labo kulezinsuku. Akukhulumayo kuhambelana lalokho akutsho kuRoma 1:29-31 kodwa umehluko okhona yikuthi ngesikhathi ebhalela uThimothi waqamba lezinye izinto ezingatholakaliyo kweminye iMibhalo yamaKhristu yesiGrikhi. Ngesikhathi uPhawuli elandisa lokho okwakuzakwenziwa ngabantu ngezinsuku zokucina waqala ngokuthi “abantu bazakuba . . . ” Wayengatsho ukuthi bonke abantu bazakuba njalo ngoba amaKhristu wona alezimpawu ezitshiyene kakhulu lalezi.​—Bala uMalaki 3:18.

4. Kuyini okwenziwa ngumuntu ozigqajayo?

⁴ Ngemva kokuqamba abantu abazithandayo labathanda imali, uPhawuli waqhubeka wathi kuzakuba labazikhukhumezayo, labazigqajayo labaziphakamisayo. Izikhathi ezinengi lokhu kubangelwa yikuthi umuntu uyabe ezibona engcono kulabanye ngenxa yesikhundla, imali, isiphiwo alaso kanye lendlela abukeka ngayo. Abantu abanjalo bayakuthanda ukubukwa lokufuna ukuzibonakalisa. Esinye isikhwicamfundo sithi umuntu onjalo “kungani ule-alithare enhliziyweni yakhe lapho afika akhothame khona azikhonze.” Abanye bathi ukuzigqaja kubi okokuthi lomuntu okwenzayo uyakwenyanya nxa esekubona kusenziwa ngabanye.

8. (a) Abanye abantu bathini ngendaba yokulalela abazali? (b) IMibhalo ibakhuthazani abantwana?

⁸ UPhawuli wakhuluma langendlela abantu ababezaphatha ngayo abanye ngezinsuku zokucina. Wathi abantwana bazabe bengasalaleli abazali. Lamuhla inhlelo eziphuma kumaTV, amafilimu lamabhuku kwenza kukhanye angathi akukubi ukuthi abantwana bangalaleli abazali babo. Kodwa iqiniso yikuthi ukungalaleli abazali kwenza kungabi lokumanyana ezimulini futhi kuyawuphambanisa umphakathi ngoba ubunjwa yizo izimuli. Lakudala abantu babekwazi ukuthi ukungalaleli abazali kuyawuphambanisa umphakathi. Ngokwesibonelo eGreece umntwana wayethathelwa wonke amalungelo emphakathini nxa angatshaya umzali wakhe. Umthetho wamaRoma lawo wawusithi ukutshaya umzali kulicala elifanana lokubulala. ILizwi likaNkulunkulu likhuthaza abantwana ukuthi bahloniphe abazali babo.​—Eks. 20:12; Efe. 6:1-3.

10, 11. (a) Yiziphi izimpawu ezitshengisa ukuthi abantu abalathando lamuhla? (b) AmaKhristu eqiniso wona atshiyene njani labantu laba?

¹⁰ UPhawuli waphinda waqamba ezinye izinto ezazizatshengisa ukuthi abantu abalathando. Wathi esanda kukhuluma ngabantwana abangalaleli abazali wasekhuluma ngabantu abangabongiyo. Kulengqondo ukuthi imikhuba le ilandelane ngoba umuntu ongabongiyo uyabe etshengisa ukuthi kalandaba lokuhle akwenzelweyo. Wathi kuzakuba labantu abangathembekanga labangathetheleliyo. Waphinda wathi kuzakuba labantu abathukayo labalamacebo amabi abalomkhuba wokuthethisa abanye kanye loNkulunkulu. Kanti njalo wakhuluma langabantu abahlebayo, okutsho abantu abahamba bekhuluma kubi ngabanye abantu loba bebanyundela.a