9. Ko e hā ʻoku fakahoa ai ʻe Paula ʻa e kau Kalisitiane pani ʻe he laumālié ki he ngaahi mēmipa ʻo ha sino?

⁹ Lau ʻa e Loma 12:4, 5, 9, 10. ʻOku fakahoa ʻe Paula ʻa e kau Kalisitiane paní ki he kau mēmipa ʻo ha kulupu ʻoku ngāue fāʻūtaha ʻi he malumalu ʻo honau ʻUlú, ko Kalaisi. (Kol. 1:18) ʻOkú ne fakamanatu ki he kau Kalisitiane pani ʻe he laumālié ko ha sino ʻoku lahi hono ngaahi mēmipá fakataha mo e ngaahi ngāue kehekehe pea ko kinautolú neongo ʻenau “tokolahi, ko e foʻi sino ʻia Kalaisi.” ʻI ha founga meimei tatau, naʻe ekinaki ʻa Paula ki he kau Kalisitiane pani ʻi ʻEfesoó: “Tau fai ʻaki ʻa e totonu ʻi he ʻofa, ʻo tau tupu hake ʻi heʻetau meʻa kotoa pe ke hokosi ʻa e toko taha ko ia, ʻa ia ko e ʻUlu, ʻa Kalaisi: ʻa ia ʻoku hokohoko lelei mei ai, mo femaʻumaʻutaki mei ai, ʻa e sino kotoa, pea fai ai pe ʻene tupu mei he ngaahi fakahokoʻanga kotoa pe ʻo e tokoni, ʻi he ngaue ʻa e foʻi meʻa taki taha ʻo tāu mo ʻene mafai, moʻo langa hake ʻo e sino ʻi he ʻofa.”—Ef. 4:15, 16.

11. Ko e hā ʻoku makatuʻunga ai ʻetau fāʻūtahá, pea ko e hā ʻa e toe akonaki naʻe ʻomai ʻe Paulá?

¹¹ Ko e fāʻūtaha ko iá ʻoku makatuʻunga ia ʻi he ʻofá, ko e “fakamaʻu ʻo e haohaoa.” (Kol. 3:14) ʻI he Loma vahe 12, ʻoku fakamamafaʻi ai eni ʻe Paula, ʻo ne pehē ko ʻetau ʻofá ʻoku totonu ke “taʻeloi” pea ʻi he “ʻofa ki he kainga lotu” pe fanga tokouá ʻoku totonu ke tau “fai ʻo hange ko ha kainga moʻoni [pe ʻofa māfana].” ʻOku iku eni ki he fefakaʻapaʻapaʻaki. ʻOku pehē ʻe he ʻapositoló: “ʻI he fakaʻapaʻapa mou tāimuʻa kimoutolu.” Ko e moʻoni, kuo pau ke ʻoua te tau fetoʻoaki ʻa e ʻofá mo e ongoʻí. ʻOku totonu ke tau fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa ʻoku tau malavá ke tauhi ʻa e fakatahaʻangá ke maʻa. ʻI hono fai ʻene akonakí ʻi he ʻofá, ʻoku tānaki mai ʻe Paula: “Fehiʻaʻia ki he kovi; pikitai ki he lelei.”