Ko ia ai, naʻe kōlenga ʻa Paula ki hono kaungā Kalisitiané ke ‘ʻoua ʻe tuku ke fakaangatatau kinautolu ki he maama ko ení.’ (Loma 12:2) Ko ha tokotaha liliu Tohitapu ʻe taha naʻá ne toe fakalea ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Paulá ʻi he foungá ni: “ʻOua ʻe tuku ʻa e māmani takatakai ʻiate koé ke ne kokoʻi koe ki he fakafuo ʻaʻaná.” (Loma 12:​2, Phillips) ʻE feingaʻaki ʻe Sētane ha meʻa pē ke fakamālohiʻi ʻaki koe ki heʻene fakafuó, hangē ko e tokotaha tufunga ʻumea he kuonga muʻá ʻa ia naʻá ne fakamālohiʻi ʻa e ʻumeá ki ha fuo ʻoku ava ke maʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻilonga mo e ngaahi anga naʻá ne fiemaʻu ke ʻai ke hā ʻi aí. Kuo teuteuʻi ʻe Sētane ʻa e ngaahi tuʻunga politikí, komēsialé, lotú, mo e fakafiefia ʻo e māmaní ke nau fai ia. ʻOku hūhū fēfē ʻene tākiekiná? ʻOku mafolalahia tatau pē ia mo ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻo e ʻapositolo ko Sioné. “Ko hono kotoa ʻo mamani,” ko e lau ia ʻa Sioné, “ʻoku ʻi he nima ʻo e Fili.” (1 Sione 5:​19; toe sio ki he 2 Kolinito 4:4.) Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai haʻo veiveiua fekauʻaki mo e malava ʻa Sētane ke fakataueleʻi ʻa e kakaí mo fakameleʻi ʻenau fakakaukaú, manatuʻi ʻa e anga ʻo e ola lelei ʻo ʻene fai eni ki ha puleʻanga kakato ʻo e kakai ʻIsilelí, ʻa ia naʻa nau fakatapui ki he ʻOtuá. (1 Kolinito 10:​6-​12) ʻE hoko nai ʻa e meʻa tatau kiate koe? ʻE lava ia kapau te ke tuku ʻatā ho ʻatamaí ki he tākiekina fakatauele ʻa Sētané.

ʻOku ʻaʻau ʻa e filí. ʻE lava ke ke fili ke hoko ʻo ‘fakaangatatau ki he maama ko ení’ ʻaki hono tuku ʻa e ngaahi filōsofia mo e fokotuʻutuʻu mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻo e māmani ko ení ke ne puleʻi hoʻo fakakaukaú. (Loma 12:2) Ka ʻoku ʻikai ke mahuʻingaʻia ʻa e māmani ko ení ʻiate koe. Ko ia ai, “vakai,” ko e fakatokanga ia ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, “naʻa faifai pea ai ha taha, te ne fai ʻaki ʻene poto fiefilosefa, ʻa ia ko e koto muna mo e kākā, ʻo ne holataki kimoutolu ʻi he ʻalunga ʻo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni fakaeonoʻaho ʻa e kakai.” (Kolose 2:8) ʻI hono kokoʻi ki he fakafuo ʻa Sētané ʻi he founga ko ení, pe hoko ʻo “holataki,” ʻoku ʻikai faingataʻa. ʻOku hangē ia ha ʻahu ʻoku toki puhiʻi maí. ʻE lava ke uesia koe ʻaki pē hoʻo mānavaʻaki ʻa e ʻea kuo ʻuliʻí.