15. U-1 Khorinte 15:22 uthini ngokuvuswa kwabafileyo?

¹⁵ Nanzelela ukuthi uPhawuli wathi “kuKhristu bonke bazakwenziwa baphile.” (1 Khor. 15:22) Njengoba incwadi yabaseKhorinte yayibhalelwe amaKhristu ayehlala edolobheni lelo ayezavuswa ayephila ezulwini, lawo agoqelwe kubo ‘bonke abazakwenziwa baphile.’ AmaKhristu lawo ‘ayengcweliswe aba munye loKhristu uJesu futhi abizelwa ukuthi abe ngabangcwele.’ UPhawuli waphinda wabhala ‘ngalabo abafa bemanyene loKhristu.’ (1 Khor. 1:2; 15:18; 2 Khor. 5:17) Kwenye incwadi yeBhayibhili ephefumulelweyo, uPhawuli wabhala wathi labo ‘abamunye [loJesu] ngokufa njengaye, bazakuba munye laye ngoba bazavuswa njengaye.’ (Rom. 6:3-5) UJesu wavuswa eyisidalwa somoya futhi waya ezulwini. Lokhu yikho okuzakwenzakala kulabo ‘abamanyene loKhristu,’ okutsho amaKhristu agcotshiweyo.

17. ‘Labo abamanyene loKhristu’ bawuthola nini umvuzo wabo wokuyaphila ezulwini?

¹⁷ Ukuvuka kwalabo ‘abamanyene loKhristu’ ukuthi bayephila ezulwini kwakungakaqalisi ngesikhathi uPhawuli ebhala incwadi eya kwabaseKhorinte. Watshengisa ukuthi lokho kuzakwenzakala esikhathini esizayo, wathi: “Ngamunye ngethuba lakhe elifaneleyo: Owokuqala nguKhristu oyizithelo zokuqala, besekulandela abangabakaKhristu ngesikhathi sokuba khona kwakhe.” (1 Khor. 15:23; 1 Thes. 4:15, 16) Lamuhla siphila esikhathini “sokuba khona” kukaKhristu. Ngakho abaphostoli kanye lamanye amaKhristu agcotshiweyo kwakumele balinde kuze kube yisikhathi sokuba khona kukaKhristu ukuze bathole umvuzo wabo wokuya ezulwini lokuthi ‘babemunye loJesu njengoba babezavuswa njengaye.’