4. Kuyini uPhawuli ayekwazi mhlophe, njalo lapho ebhalela uThimothi watshengisa njani ukuthi wayengakuthandabuzi lokhu?

⁴ UPhawuli wayekwazi mhlophe ukuthi uJehova angabubona ubuzenzisi njalo wayengathandabuzi ukuthi uyabazi abamlalelayo. Lokhu sikubona ngamabala awasebenzisayo lapho ephefumulelwa ukuthi abhalele uThimothi. Esekhulume ngokuthi abahlamuki babevele sebechitha ukukholwa kwabanye ebandleni, wathi: “Noma kunjalo isisekelo sikaNkulunkulu esiqinileyo sigxilile, sibekwe uphawu lombhalo lo othi: ‘UJehova uyabazi labo abangabakhe,’ lothi, ‘Bonke abalivumayo ibizo likaJehova kumele badele ububi.’ ”​—2 Tim. 2:18, 19.

⁶ Ngesikhathi ekhuluma ‘ngesisekelo sikaNkulunkulu esiqinileyo,’ uPhawuli wasebenzisa amazwi aku-AmaNani 16:5. Amazwi la ayekhulunywe nguMosi njalo ayephathelane loKhora kanye labasekeli bakhe. Yikho-ke kuyacaca ukuthi uPhawuli wayekhuluma ngalokho okwakwenzakale ngesikhathi sikaMosi. Wayefuna ukukhuthaza uThimothi kanye lokumkhumbuza ukuthi uJehova uyenelisa ukubona izenzo zomuntu ohlamukayo, abesemjezisa. UKhora kazange enelise ukuvimbela ukuthi injongo kaJehova iphumelele njalo labahlamuki ababesebandleni lelo babengasoze bayivimbe. UPhawuli kazange akhulume okunengi mayelana lokuthi “isisekelo sikaNkulunkulu esiqinileyo” siyini. Kodwa akuthandabuzwa ukuthi umutsho lo wenza uThimothi wathemba uJehova njalo waba lesibindi.

8, 9. “Uphawu” okukhulunywa ngalo emzekelisweni kaPhawuli lusifundisani?

⁸ Ku-2 Thimothi 2:19 uPhawuli ukhuluma ngesisekelo esibekwe uphawu oluthile. Endulo kwakujayelekile ukuthi isisekelo sesakhiwo sibhalwe okuthile, mhlawumbe ibizo lomuntu owasakhayo kumbe elomnikazi. Kubo bonke abalobi beBhayibhili, uPhawuli nguye owaqala ukusebenzisa umzekeliso lo.a “Isisekelo sikaNkulunkulu esiqinileyo” silophawu oluthi: “UJehova uyabazi labo abangabakhe,” loluthi: “Bonke abalivumayo ibizo likaJehova kumele badele ububi.” Lokhu kusikhumbuza amazwi aku-AmaNani 16:5.​—Bala.