Fiemaʻu ki Heʻetau Ngāue Fakafaifekaú ʻa e Fakapotopoto Faka-Kalisitiané
1 Kuo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e fakapotopotó ko “ha ongoʻi vēkeveke fekauʻaki mo e meʻa ke fai pe leaʻaki koeʻuhi ke tauhi maʻu ʻa e ngaahi vahaʻangatae lelei mo e niʻihi kehé pe fakaʻehiʻehi mei he fakatupu ʻitá.”
2 Ko e fakapotopoto faka-Kalisitiané kuo pau ke mafamafatatau ia mo e tuʻumaʻú. Kuo pau ke ʻoua ʻaupito te ne fakangaloku ʻa e moʻoní pe hōloa ki ha tuʻunga kalofanga. Ki he niʻihi, ko e pōpoaki ʻa e Tohitapú, tatau ai pē pe ʻoku fēfē hono fakahokó, ʻe fakatupu ʻita ia.
3 ʻIkai ko ia pē, ko e fakapotopoto faka-Kalisitiané ʻoku ueʻi ia ʻe he fua ʻo e laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá. (Kal. 5:22, 23) ʻOku ʻikai fokotuʻu ʻa e ʻofá ke ne fakatupunga ʻa e loto-ʻitá. Ko ha tokotaha anga-lelei te ne feangai anga-mokomoko mo e niʻihi kehé. Ko ha taha ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e mapuleʻi-kitá ʻoku anga-mokomoko ai pē ia ʻi he malumalu ʻo e ngaahi tuʻunga faingataʻá, ko hono olá, ʻoku fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Palovepi 15:18 (PM): “Oku lolomi ae feiteitani eia oku fakatotoka ki he ita.”
4 ʻI he tuʻunga ko e ngaahi tokoni ki he fakapotopoto ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻoku ʻomai ai ʻa e ngaahi fakamanatu hono hokó:
◼ Fakamamafaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki pau ʻo e pōpoaki ʻa e Tohitapú
◼ Feinga ki ha tuʻunga felotoi.
◼ ʻOua ʻe fakaanga pe fakahalaia, ʻo tāpuniʻi ai ʻa e ʻatamai ʻo e tokotaha-ʻapí.
◼ Hoko ko ha tokotaha fanongo lelei. ʻOua ʻe hoko ʻo puleʻi ʻa e fetalanoaʻakí.
◼ Fakakaukau ki he vakai ʻa e tokotaha kehé.—1 Kol. 9:20-22.
◼ ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻi he fakapotopotó ʻa e taimiʻi totonu. ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku lelei tahá ke tukunoaʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻoku leaʻakí, ke tuku ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe niʻihi ki ʻamui ange.—Sione 16:12.
◼ ʻOku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke fakahalaʻi ʻa e taʻeloto pe fakamatala hala kotoa pē.
5 ʻI hono tefitó, ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ke te ako maʻuloto ha lisi lōloa ʻo ha ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni. Hoko ʻo fakaʻatuʻi. Fakahāhā ʻa e ʻofá. Fai ki he niʻihi kehé ʻo hangē ko ia te ke loto ke nau fai mai kiate koé.—Mt. 7:12.