Kodi Akorinto akafulumizidwa mofananamo ‘kuchuluka m’kupatsa kwachifundo’? Pamene anachezera Korinto choyamba, Paulo anakakamizidwa kudzichilikiza iyemwini monga wosoka mahema. (Machitidwe 18:1-3) Iye anapitirizabe ndi kachitidweka ka kudzichilikiza ngakhale pamene mpingo unakula kumeneko, akumakana kugwiritsira ntchito “ulamuliro” wake monga mlengezi wa nthaŵi zonse kulandira chilikizo la ndalama.​—1 Akorinto 9:3-12.

Akutero wochitira ndemanga pa Baibulo Thomas Scott kuti: “Mwinamwake, iye anawona zinazake m’kachitidwe ka zinthu ka Akristu a ku Korinto, zimene poyambapo zinampangitsa iye kukana kulandira chilikizo lirilonse kuchokera kwa iwo.” Mwinamwake atayambukiridwa ndi kukondetsa zakuthupi kowazinga, Akorinto olemera ochepera angakhale anali osafunitsitsa kukhala owoloŵa manja. Paulo angakhale anaopanso kuti Akorinto okhoterera ku malonda akakaikira cholinga chake adakalandira chilikizo la ndalama. Pangakhale panalidi awo amene, mofanana ndi ena mu Tesalonika, anali aulesi ndipo anafuna chodzikhululukira cha kukhalirira pa za Akristu anzawo.​—2 Atesalonika 3:7-12.

Mulimonse momwe zingakhale zidaliri, Paulo ndi anzake anasankha kudzichilikiza iwo eni, ‘mmalo mwakuti tisaike chokhumudwitsa ku uthenga wabwino wonena za Kristu.’ (1 Akorinto 9:12) Ngakhale ndi tero, m’kupita kwa nthaŵi, Paulo anagwera m’vuto la ndalama, mbiri yake inafikira abale osauka okhala mu Filipi. Paulo anauza Akorinto kuti: “Ndinalanda za mipingo yina, ndi kulandira kwa iwo kulipira kuti ndikatumikire inu; ndipo pakukhala nanu, ndi kusoŵa, sindinasaukitsa munthu aliyense; pakuti abale kuchokera ku Makedoniya, [mwachidziŵikire Filipi] anakwaniritsa kusoŵa kwanga; ndipo m’zonse ndinachenjera ndekha, ndisalemetse inu, ndipo ndidzachenjerapo.”​—2 Akorinto 11:8, 9; yerekezerani ndi Afilipi 4:15, 16.

Koma sitifunikira kuyembekezera tsoka kudzatsimikizira chikondi chathu chaubale. Mkristu mnzathu atavutika ndi zodidikiza zandalama, tingakhale ofulumira ku zosoŵa zake, kuchita zoposa kunena kuti, “Mukafunde ndi kukhuta.” (Yakobo 2:15, 16) Ndipo bwanji ponena za omwe ali mu utumiki wa nthaŵi zonse amene “amakhala ndi moyo ndi uthenga wabwino.” Mofanana ndi Paulo, otereŵa samakakamiza kapena kuyembekezera thandizo landalama kwa omwe akuwatumikira. Mosasamala kanthu za izo, ambiri asonkhezeredwa kusonyeza kuwoloŵa manja kwa awo amene amagwira ntchito ‘kufesa zinthu zauzimu’ mmalo mwawo.​—1 Akorinto 9:11, 14.