John 3:16 – an exercise in Bible reading

John 3:16 has been the most famous verse in the Bible for a long time. It’s familiarity might not breed contempt, but it might perhaps make one callous to its content and ignorant of its context. So, as we’ve done a few times already, let’s practise a more careful approach to

umkhuleko ngesikhathi sodlame

Amahubo 140 awumfuziselo womkhuleko wothembekile lapho ebhekene nenqwaba yezindaba, ngisho nezenzeka kuyena, zabantu abanodlame abenza okubi. Siyakhuleka ezikhathini zenkohlakalo, ngoba asisibona abangenalo ulwazi nabangafundisekile. Siyazi ukuthi baningi abantu abanodlame (amahubo 140:1), ukuthi bayahlela izindlela zabo ezimbi zoku zenzela inzuzo (Hubo 140:2, Hubo 140:4), Amazwi abo bawasebenzisela inkohlakalo (Hubo 140:3) futhi