Iculo likaPawulos lothando, uthando yeyona ndlela ilungileyo
Isisa ligama lonqulo elithetha uthando. Kweli nqaku sifuna ukukushiyela iculo olithandayo, mhlawumbi elona lidumileyo nelibalaseleyo kwezakha zabhalwa. Ngaphambi kokufika kobuKristu, uthando lwalusele lunabaxhasi abaliqela. Oyena wayebalasele yayinguPlato, owabhala ingxelo epheleleyo ngayo.
Ngelo xesha, iuthando lwalubizwa ngokuba yi-eros. UbuKristu babukholelwa ukuba olu thando lushushu lokufuna nomnqweno lwalunganelanga ukubonisa ubutsha bengcamango yeBhayibhile. Ngoko ke, waliphepha igama elithi eros waza walitshintsha agape, enokuguqulelwa njenge ulonwabo okanye uthando.
Umahluko ophambili phakathi kwezi ntlobo zimbini zothando ngulo: iuthando lomnqweno, okanye eros ikhethekile kwaye ityiwa phakathi kwabantu ababini. Kulo mbono, ukungenelela komntu wesithathu kuya kuthetha ukuphela kolu thando, ukungcatsha. Ngamanye amaxesha, nokufika kwe unyana lunokulubeka emngciphekweni olu hlobo lothando. Ngokuchasene noko, ii-agape ibandakanya wonke umntu kuquka notshaba
Omnye umahluko kukubauthando oluvuselela inkanuko okanye ukuthandana ngokwayo ayihlali ixesha elide okanye ihlala kuphela ngokutshintsha izinto, ngokulandelelana ukuthandana nabantu abahlukeneyo. Le yesisa, nangona kunjalo uhlala ngonaphakade, nokuba nini fede kwaye ithemba liphelile.
Nangona kunjalo, phakathi kwezi ntlobo zimbini zothando akukho ukwahlukana okucacileyo kodwa kunoko uphuhliso, ukukhula. L'Eros kuthi indawo yokuqala, ngelixa i-agape iyindawo yokufika. Phakathi kwezi zibini kukho yonke indawo yemfundo yothando nokukhula kuyo.
uPaolo ubhala isicatshulwa esihle ngothando kwi ITestamente Entsha ebizwa"iculo lothando” yaye sifuna ukuyishiya kuwe kweli nqaku.
Iculo lesisa
Nokuba ku Ndathetha iilwimi owabantu neengelosi, kodwa bendingenalo uthando, ndifana ne bronzo elihlokomayo, necangci elikhenkcezayo.
Ukuba bendinayo isipho sokuprofeta nokuba bendizazi zonke iimfihlelo nayo yonke inzululwazi, ndinalo ukuzaliseka kokholo, ngokokude ndisuse iintaba, kodwa ndingenalo uthando, andinto yanto.
Kwaye ukuba kunjalo ukuhambisa zonke izinto zam, nomzimba wam ndawunikela ukuba utshiswe, kodwa uthando ndandingenalo. akukho nto indincedayo.
Isisa unomonde kwaye ulungile. Isisa akanamona. uthando, akaqhayisi, alukhukhumali, alunantlonelo, alufuni ezalo izilangazelelo, alucaphuki; uyavuya yenyaniso. Lugubungela yonk’ into, lukholelwa yonk’ into, luthemba yonk’ into, lunyamezela iinto zonke.
Isisa ayisayi kuze iphele. Iziprofeto ziya kutshabalala; isipho sokuthetha ngeelwimi siya kuphela kwaye inzululwazi iya kubhanga.
Ulwazi lwethu alufezekanga yaye isiprofeto sethu asifezekanga. Kodwa xa oko kugqibeleleyo kufikile,
loo nto ikhoyo ukungafezeki kuya kunyamalala.
Oko bendingumntwana, bendithetha ngokomntwana; Ndandicinga ndisengumntwana, ndaqiqa ndisengumntwana. Kodwa, ekubeni ndiyindoda, ndayishiya into endandiyiyo ebuntwaneni. Ngoku sibona ngokwesipili, ngendlela edidekile;
ngoko ke sobonana ubuso ngobuso. Ngoku ndiyazi ngokungafezekanga, kodwa ke ndiya kwazi ngokugqibeleleyo,
njengokuba ndisaziwa nam. Ngoko ke ezi izinto ezintathu eseleyo: ukholo, ithemba nothando; ke eyona inkulu ke luthando.