The problem pointed to, by Paul, is that some people do no grasp the fundamental thought that the new life and the new self are the keys to a right life. Instead, they take Paul’s admonitions and make a new set of rules out of them. By doing that, one has already lost the focus on Christ, the cross, the new self and the fruit of the Spirit.
Shida inayo lengwa na Paulo hapa ni kwamba, watu Fulani Hawashiki wazo la kimsingi ya kwamba maisha mapya na utu mpya ndizo funguo kwa kupata maisha ya kweli. Badala yake wana chukuwa maonyo ya Paulo na kutengeza sheria mpya kutoka kwayo. Kwa kufanya hivyo mmoja asha poteza mtizamo wake kwa Kristo, msalaba, nafsi mpya na tunda la Roho.