Paula—Ko ha ‘Tokoni’ mo ha ‘Setuata’

4. Ko e hā ʻa e ngaahi monū laulōtaha naʻe fiefia ai ʻa Paulá?

⁴ Ko Paulá ko ha tokotaha tuʻu-ki-muʻa ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e muʻaki kau Kalisitiané, pea ʻoku lava ke mahino pē ia. ʻI he ʻalunga ʻo ʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú, naʻá ne fononga ʻi he ngaahi kilomita ʻe laui afe ʻi tahi pea ʻi ʻuta, pea naʻá ne fokotuʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga lahi. Tānaki atu ki aí, naʻe tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova ʻa Paula ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi vīsone mo e tufakanga ʻo e lea ʻi he ngaahi lea muli kehekehé. (1 Kolinito 14:18; 2 Kolinito 12:​1-5) Naʻá ne toe fakamānavaʻi ʻa Paula ke ne tohi ʻa e ngaahi tohi ʻe 14 ʻa ia ko e konga kinautolu he taimí ni ʻo e Ngaahi Konga Tohitapu Faka-Kalisi Kalisitiané. ʻOku hā mahino, ʻoku lava ke pehē naʻe mahulu atu ʻa e ngaahi ngāue ʻa Paulá ia ʻi he kotoa ʻo e kau ʻapositolo kehé.—1 Kolinito 15:10.

5. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe Paula naʻá ne maʻu ha fakakaukau anga-fakanānā kiate ia tonu?

⁵ Koeʻuhi ko Paula naʻe muʻomuʻa ʻi he ngāue faka-Kalisitiané, ʻoku ʻamanaki nai ai ʻa e niʻihi ke ʻiloʻi ia ʻoku fakahaaʻi ko e fakamaʻungaʻanga ʻo e tokangá, naʻa mo hono futaʻaki hono mafaí. Kae kehe, naʻe ʻikai ke pehē ia, he naʻe anga-fakanānā ʻa Paula ia. Naʻá ne ui ia tonu ko e “siʻi taha ʻi he kau Aposetolo,” ʻo tānaki atu: “ʻOku ʻikai te u tāu ke ui ko e aposetolo, koeʻuhiā naʻa ku fakatangaʻi ʻa e siasi ʻo e ʻOtua.” (1 Kolinito 15:9) ʻI hono tuʻunga ko ha tokotaha fakatangaʻi ki muʻa ʻo e kau Kalisitiané, naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke ngalo ʻia Paula ko e ʻofa maʻataʻataá pē naʻe malava ai ke ne maʻu ha vahaʻangatae mo e ʻOtuá, ʻo fiefia ai ʻi he ngaahi monū makehe ʻo e ngāué. (Sione 6:44; Efeso 2:8) Ko ia ai, naʻe ʻikai ke ongoʻi ʻe Paula naʻe hanga ʻe heʻene ngaahi lavameʻa mahulu atu ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻo ʻai ia ke ne māʻolunga ange ai ʻi he niʻihi kehé.—1 Kolinito 9:16.

6. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahāhā ʻe Paula ʻa e anga-fakanānaá ʻi heʻene ngaahi feangainga mo e kau Kolinitoó?

⁶ Naʻe tautefito ʻa e hā mahino ʻa e anga-fakanānā ʻa Paulá ʻi heʻene ngaahi feangainga mo e kau Kolinitoó. ʻOku ngalingali, ko e niʻihi ʻo kinautolu naʻa nau mamana ʻaki ʻa e faʻahinga naʻa nau fakakaukau ko e kau ʻovasia tuʻu-ki-muʻá, ʻo kau ai ʻa ʻApolosi, Kīfasi, mo Paula tonu. (1 Kolinito 1:​11-15) Ka naʻe ʻikai ke koleʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e fakahīkihiki ʻa e kau Kolinitoó pe kai melie ʻi heʻenau fakavīkivikí. ʻI heʻene ʻaʻahi kiate kinautolú, naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻai ʻa ia tonu “i he malie oe lea, be i he boto.” ʻI hono kehé, naʻe pehē ʻe Paula ʻo fekauʻaki mo ia pea mo hono kaungā fonongá: “Ko eni ʻa e lau ke fai ʻe he kakai kiate kimautolu, Ko e kau Tokoni pe ʻo Kalaisi, pea ko e kau Setuata ʻo e ngaahi misiteli ʻo e ʻOtua.”a—1 Kolinito 2:​1-5, PM; 4:1.

7. Naʻe anga-fēfē hono fakahaaʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e anga-fakanānaá naʻa mo e taimi ʻo ʻene fai ʻa e akonakí?

⁷ Naʻe aʻu ʻo fakahāhaaʻi ʻe Paula ʻa e anga-fakanānaá ʻi he taimi naʻe pau ke ne fai ai ha akonaki fefeka mo e fakahinohinó. Naʻá ne kōlenga ki hono kaungā Kalisitiané “ʻi he funga ʻo e ngaahi fai manavaʻofa ʻa e ʻOtua” pea “tuʻunga ʻi he ʻofa” kae ʻikai ʻi he mamafa ʻo hono tuʻunga mafai fakaʻapositoló. (Loma 12:​1, 2; Filimone 8, 9) Ko e hā naʻe fai ai ʻe Paula ʻa e meʻá ni? Koeʻuhi naʻá ne vakai moʻoni kiate ia ko ha “kaungāngāue” ʻo hono fanga tokouá, ʻikai ko ha ‘pule ki heʻenau tuí.’ (2 Kolinito 1:​24, NW) ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua ko e anga-fakanānā ʻa Paulá naʻe tokoni ki hono ʻai ia ke tautefito hono ʻofeina ʻe he ngaahi fakatahaʻanga Kalisitiane ʻo e ʻuluaki senitulí.—Ngāue 20:​36-38.