1 mTargmnelisagan me-17 saukunis sasuliero moRvawis ...

gvTavazoben asisTavis rwmenas, rogorc keTili rwmenis magaliTs da miaCniaT,
rom rwmena, romelic unda miviRoT, rogorc magaliTi qristianTa mibaZvisa,
swored is rwmenaa, romelmac qriste ganakvirva. magram RvTaebrivi
maswavlebeli, roca is warmarTis, anu ucxo adamianis rwmenas aqebs, amiT
Tavisi xalxis _ israelelTa rwmenas amxels. mec mas mivbaZav da nacvlad
imisa, rom mivuTiTo asisTavis rwmenaze, rogorc magaliTze, umjobesia is
davupirispiro imas, rac Cven sinamdvileSi gvwams, raTa aman, ara rogorc
magaliTma, aramed rogorc mxilebam, sargebloba mogvitanos. ise
srulyofilad irwmuna asisTavma, rom rwmenis damfuZneblis qeba daimsaxura.
me ki msurs giCvenoT, Tu ra aris WeSmariti rwmena. Tqveni rwmenis
gamowvlilviT minda Cveni naklovanebani vamxilo, raTa CvenSi sircxvili
aRvZra da gavimeoro qristes sityvebi: `arcaRa israelsa Soris esodeni
sarwmunoebaÁ vpove~.
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roca dausabamo sityvam, gankacebulma, Cveni buneba da siglaxake miiRo,
xalxisaTvis magaliTis micema ineba, Tu rogor erwmunaT da ecxovraT, raTa
saukuno cxovrebisaken ori gza gaxsniliyo maTTvis _ gza WeSmaritebisa, anu
WeSmariti RmerTis Secnobisa da gza siwmidisa _ yovel saTnoebaTa
gamoCinebisa. pirvelis Sesaxeb is Tavad ambobs Tavis zeciur mamasTan
saubrisas: `ese ars cxovrebaÁ saukunoÁ, raÁTa gicodian Sen mxoloÁ
WeSmariti RmerTi da romeli moavline ieso qriste~’ (in.17, 3), anu kacTaTvis
saukuno cxovreba imaSi mdgomareobs, rom maT zecaSi RmerTi Seimecnon misi
sakuTari pirvelsaxiT, arsebiTa da yofierebiT (rogorc erTiani sameba), raTa
mis yovladZlierebasa da srulyofilebas erTian Semoqmed RmerTSi scen
Tayvani; miwaze ki mis cocxal saxes, xorcSesxmul sityvas umziron, raTa
erTian macxovar RmerTSi misi sikeTisyofis saxiereba Seimecnon, rac Seexeba
meore gzas, mociquli pavle gvarwmunebs, rom Ze RvTisam xorci imisaTvis
Seisxa, rom Cvengan axali eklesia, axali eri Seeqmna _ ubiwo da ucodveli
eklesia, romelSic mciredi mwikvlis povnac ki SeuZlebeli iqneba. `raÁTa
warudginos Tavadman Tavsa TÂssa didebulad eklesiaÁ, raÁTa ara aqundes
mwikulevanebaÁ arca naoW brZÂlisaÁ~ (ef. 5, 27). yovelgvari naklovanebisagan
Tavisufali, sikeTis mkeTebeli eri misi saukuno siyvarulis Rirsia _ `da
ganmwmindes Tavisa TÂsisa erad mogebulad, mobaZavad keTilTa saqmeTa~ (tit.
2, 14). es axali eklesia _ Cvenia; da es axali eri _ Cven varT; es axali wesi
Cveni aRmsareblobisa da cxovrebisa aris _ sarwmunoeba, romelic amis gamo,
rogorc amboben RvTismetyvelni, erTdroulad mWvreteluricaa da qmediTic,
rameTu is erTgvarad Cveni gonebis Tvalia, raTa Cveni sarwmunoebrivi
swavleba davinaxoT, da xelia Cveni gulisa, raTa zneobrivi swavlebis
siwminde aRvasruloT. erTica da meorec unda gagvaCndes, raTa srulyofil
rwmenas vflobdeT. pirveli meores gareSe mkvdaria, meore pirvelis gareSe
brmaa. qristiani, romelsac erTi an meore aklia, avadmyofs hgavs, romelsac
uZlurebisagan siaruli ar SeuZlia, an brmas, romelmac ar icis saiT wavides.
erTs cixe-simagre ara aqvs, meores _ xelmZRvaneloba; erTica da meorec
dacemisTvisaa ganwiruli: erTi _ uZlurebis, meore _ sibrmavisa gamo.
daveTanxmoT amas da vnaxoT Cven, qristianTa Soris, Tu aris imdeni rwmena,
ramdenic mis damfuZnebelsa da Cvens maswavlebels surda rom gvqonoda. oh,
Zmano, WeSmaritad `arcRa israelsa Soris esodeni sarwmunoebaÁ vpove~. Cvens
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