“Ehara hoki i te mea he whai tā mātou i ngā kupu i titoa e te whakaaro tinihanga, i te whakapuakanga o te kaha, o te haerenga mai o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti ki a koutou; engari he kaititiro anō mātou ki tōna nui.” (2 Pita 1:16)
Ehara te Paipera i te pakiwaitara. He tuhinga tēnei mō ngā tāngata i haere i runga i ngā wāhi tūturu, ngā rā, me ngā ingoa. Whāia aua ara mā te mahere, i te raupapa o te wā — pāwhiritia tētahi tohu, pēhia rānei a ▶ hei haere māramara i ia hikoinga.
Ehara i te haerenga kotahi engari ko te rerenga o te hītori whakaoranga mai i te hanganga: te hanganga me te hinganga → te waipuke me Papera → he karanga (Āperahama) → te whenua i oatitia → te Putanga → te koraha → te riringa → te kīngitanga → te wehenga → te whakaraunga → te hokinga mai.
Whāia te oranga o Īhu e ai ki ngā Rongopai, i te raupapa — mai i tōna whānautanga i Petereheme, mā tōna iriiringa me tāna minitatanga i Kariri, puta i Hamaria, ki te rīpeka, te aranga, me te kakenga i Hiruhārama.
Mai i te Petekoha i Hiruhārama, me pēhea i hora ai te rongopai ki tua o Hūria — mā Āhia Iti me Ūropi ki te puku o te emepaea. Kōwhiria tētahi o ngā haerenga e rima (tuatahi·tuarua·tuatoru + te terenga ki Roma + i muri i te tukunga), ā, whāia ngā takahanga o Ngā Mahi me ngā pukapuka i tuhia i te ara.