3. Ukuzimisela kukaPawulu ukwenza konke ngenxa yezindaba ezinhle kwaboniswa kanjani ngokuqondene noThimothewu namaJuda?

³ Isizinda sikaPawulu sobuJuda nokuzimisela kwakhe ukwenza konke ngenxa yezindaba ezinhle kwamhlomisela ukuba asize amaJuda athobekileyo amukele uJesu njengoMesiya. Ngokwesibonelo, cabangela okwenziwa yilomphostoli lapho ekhetha uThimothewu njengowayezojikeleza naye. UThimothewu, oyise wayengumGreki, wayengasokiwe njengoba abantwana besilisa abangamaJuda babesokiwe. (Levitikusi 12:2, 3) UPawulu wayazi ukuthi amaJuda ayengase akhubeke uma insizwa engasokile izama ukubasiza ukuba babuyisane noNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, ukuze amaJuda anhliziyo-ziqotho angathiywa ekubeni amukele uJesu, wenzani uPawulu? “Wamthatha [uThimothewu], wamsoka ngenxa yabaJuda.” Lokhu kwenziwa ngisho nakuba ukusoka kwakungeyona imfuneko yamaKristu.—IzEnzo 16:1-3.

 4. Ngokweyoku-1 Korinte 9:20, yayiyini injongo kaPawulu?

⁴ Ngakho uPawulu wayenza izinto ngenxa yezindaba ezinhle lapho ebonisa ukukhathalela kothando ngamaJuda akanye naye. Wabhala: “KubaJuda ngaba-njengomJuda, ukuze ngizuze abaJuda; kwabaphansi komthetho ngaba-njengophansi komthetho, noma ngingephansi komthetho mina, ukuze ngizuze abaphansi komthetho.” (1 Korinte 9:20) Yebo, njengoba kuboniswa endabeni kaThimothewu, uPawulu wenza konke ayengakwenza ukuze azuze amaJuda, ewasiza ukuba abe amaKristu. Kodwa ingabe wasebenzelana ngendlela efanayo nabeZizwe?

 7. Ngokuqondene nokusoka, kungani isimo sikaThithu sasihlukile kwesikaThimothewu?

⁷ Lapho uPawulu eya emhlanganweni obalulekile wendikimba ebusayo yebandla lobuKristu eJerusalema cishe ngo-49 C.E., wahamba nomfundi ongumGreki uThithu. Kubazalwane ababehlangene lapho, uPawulu wanikeza umbiko ngomsebenzi wakhe wokushumayela phakathi kwabantu bezizwe, futhi kamuva wabhala: “Ngisho noThithu owayenami engumGreki kaphoqwanga ukuba asoke.” (Galathiya 2:1-3) Ngokungafani noThimothewu, uThithu wenza inkonzo yakhe ngokuyinhloko kubantu abangasokile bezizwe. Ngenxa yalokho, impikiswano yokusoka ayizange iphakame endabeni yakhe.—2 Korinte 8:6, 16-18, 23; 12:18; Thithu 1:4, 5.