6, 7. (a) Why nao iumi mas firstaem teachim iumiseleva? (b) Long wanem wei nao olketa Jew long first-century fail olsem olketa teacher?

⁶ Why nao iumi mas firstaem teachim iumiseleva? Hem bikos, iumi no savve teachim narawan long stretfala wei sapos iumi no teachim iumiseleva firstaem. Paul strongim diswan insaed interesting toktok wea hem talem for olketa Jew long datfala taem, bat wea important for olketa Christian distaem. Paul hem ask olsem: “Bat, iu wea teachim narafala man, waswe, iu no teachim iuseleva? Sapos iu talemaot ‘No steal,’ waswe, iu savve steal? Iu, wea sei ‘No duim adultery,’ waswe, iu duim adultery? Iu, wea sei iu heitim olketa idol, waswe, iu steal long olketa temple? Iu, wea tinghae long law, waswe, iu fail for honorim God from wei wea iu brekem Law?”—Romans 2:21-23.

⁷ Taem hem askem samfala kwestin for ting raonem, Paul storyim tufala rong samting wea Ten Komandment storyim stret: No steal and no duim adultery. (Exodus 20:14, 15) Samfala Jew long taem bilong Paul hapi tumas from olketa garem Law bilong God. ‘Samwan nao teachim olketa from Law and olketa tingse olketa nao man for leadim olketa wea blind and laet for olketa wea stap long darkness, olketa teacher bilong olketa baby.’ (Romans 2:17-20) Bat, samfala hypocrite bikos olketa duim haed adultery or wei for steal. Datwan nating honorim Law and Man long heven wea Givim. Iu savve lukim hao olketa nating fit for teachim nara pipol; olketa nating teachim olketa seleva tu.

8. Long wanem wei nao maet samfala Jew long taem bilong Paul ‘steal long olketa temple’?

⁸ Paul storyim hao samfala steal from olketa temple. Waswe, samfala Jew really duim datwan? Wanem nao Paul minim? For tok stret, from disfala scripture no givim staka information, iumi hard for barava savve hao nao samfala Jew ‘steal long olketa temple.’ Bifor, man for keepim record long taon bilong Ephesus sei hao olketa fren bilong Paul no ‘olketa man for steal long olketa temple,’ wea showimaot samfala pipol tingse olketa Jew guilty long datwan. (Acts 19:29-37) Waswe, olketa iusim or sellim samfala spesol samting wea kam from olketa heathen temple bihaen olketa war or wea samfala bilong religion stealim? Olsem Law bilong God talem, olketa mas distroem olketa gold and silver idol, no tekem for iusim seleva. (Deuteronomy 7:25)a So maet Paul story abaotem olketa Jew wea ting nating long komand bilong God and iusim and kasem selen from olketa samting wea kam from olketa heathen temple.

9. Wanem nao olketa rong samting pipol duim saed long temple long Jerusalem, wea olsem olketa steal long temple?

⁹ Long narasaed, Josephus storyim wanfala problem long Rome wea kamap from fofala Jew and leader bilong olketa wea wanfala teacher bilong Law. Fofala hia trikim wanfala woman bilong Rome, wea hem Jew proselyte, for givim olketa gold and nara riches bilong hem long olketa, olsem contribution long temple long Jerusalem. Taem olketa kasem olketa riches hia, olketa iusim for olketa seleva—and long wei olsem olketa steal from temple.b Olketa narawan steal long temple bilong God long wei wea olketa offerim olketa nogud sakrifaes and from olketa duim bisnis long greedy wei long area bilong temple, wea mekem hem kamap “cave bilong olketa man for steal.”—Matthew 21:12, 13; Malachi 1:12-14; 3:8, 9.