15. Kukhulunywa ngabobani nakutsiwa “bonkhe batawutfola kuphila”?

¹⁵ Naka kutsi Pawula watsi “kuKhristu bonkhe batawutfola kuphila.” (1 Khor. 15:22) Incwadzi yaPawula beyibhalelwe emaKhristu lagcotjiwe aseKhorinte lebekatawuvuselwa ezulwini. LamaKhristu ‘bekangcwelisiwe ebunyeni naKhristu Jesu, futsi wawabita kutsi abe ngulabangcwele.’ Pawula wakhuluma ‘ngalabo labafe basebunyeni naKhristu.’ (1 Khor. 1:2; 15:18; 2 Khor. 5:17) Kulenye incwadzi yakhe, Pawula wabhala kutsi labo ‘labamunye [naJesu] ekufeni batawuba munye naye ekuvusweni lokufana nekwakhe.’ (Rom. 6:3-5) Jesu wavuswa angumoya futsi waya ezulwini. Nguloko lokutawenteka kulabo ‘labasebunyeni naKhristu,’ lokungibo bonkhe labagcotjiwe.

17. Labo ‘labamunye naKhristu’ batawuvuselwa nini ezulwini?

¹⁷ Kuvuselwa ezulwini kwalabo ‘labamunye naKhristu’ bekusengakacali ngesikhatsi Pawula abhalela baseKhorinte. Kunaloko, Pawula watsi bekutawenteka esikhatsini lesitako, watsi: “Nguloyo naloyo ngekulandzelana kwabo: Kucala Khristu, bese kutsi ngesikhatsi sekuba khona kwakhe kulandzele labo lababakhe.” (1 Khor. 15:23; 1 Thes. 4:15, 16) Lamuhla, siphila kuleso ‘sikhatsi sekuba khona’ kwaKhristu. Ngako baphostoli kanye nalamanye emaKhristu lebekagcotjwe ngemoya lebekafile, kwadzingeka kutsi alindzele ‘sikhatsi sekuba khona’ kwaKhristu kuze atfole umvuzo wawo wekuphila ezulwini futsi ‘abe munye [naJesu] ekuvusweni lokufana nekwakhe.’