¹ ʻOku ofi mai ʻa e taimi ke fai ai ha fakamatala ʻe he faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻo e tangatá. ʻOku ui ia ʻi he Tohitapú ko e “aho oe Otua.” Ko e taimi ia ʻe fakahoko ai ʻa e fakamaau ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he anga-fulikivanú; ko e toe taimi foki ia ki hono fakahaofi ʻo e māʻoniʻoní. Ko e faʻahinga kotoa pē ʻe moʻui ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻe fiemaʻu ke nau fai ha fakamatala ki he founga naʻa nau ngāueʻaki ki ai ʻa ʻenau moʻuí. ʻI he fakakaukau ko iá, naʻe langaʻi ai ʻe Pita ha fehuʻi hangatonu: “Koeha ae aga oku tāu mo kimoutolu”? Naʻá ne fakamamafaʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e ‘ngaahi ʻulugaaga maonioni, aga faka-Otua [“ngaahi ngāue ʻo e anga-līʻoa ki he ʻOtua,” NW] mo holi atu ki he hoko mai oe aho oe Otua,’ pea pehē ki he fiemaʻu ke ‘melino, tae ha ila mo taehalaia.’​—2 Pita 3:​11-14, PM.

⁵ Taʻe ha ʻIla, Taʻehalaia, mo Melino: ʻI he tuʻunga ko e konga ʻo e fuʻu kakai lahí, kuo tau ‘fō hotau kofu, ʻo fakahinehina ʻi he taʻataʻa ʻo e Lami.’ (Fkh. 7:14) Ko ia, ʻoku ʻuhinga ʻa e “tae ha ila” kuo pau ke tau tuʻumaʻu ʻo maluʻi ʻetau moʻui maʻa naʻe fakatapuí mei hano ʻuliʻi ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi ʻuli mei he māmaní. ʻOku tau tauhi kitautolu ke “taehalaia” ʻaki ʻetau fakafisi ke ʻoua ʻe fakaʻatā ʻa e tulimui anga-taʻefakaʻotua ki he ngaahi meʻa fakamatelié ke nau maumauʻi ʻa hotau ʻulungaanga faka-Kalisitiané. (Sēm. 1:27; 1 Sione 2:​15-17) ʻOku tau fakahāhā ʻoku tau nofo “melino” ʻaki hono tapua atu ʻa e “nonga ʻa e ʻOtua” ʻi heʻetau feangainga kotoa mo e niʻihi kehé.​—Fili. 4:7; Loma 12:18; 14:19.