Tchimo ndi chilichonse chotsutsana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu ndi malamulo ake. Kuchita tchimo ndiko kulakwira kapena kusamvera malamulowa. Chilakolako cha uchimo chimakhala muchibadwa cha munthu. M’mawu ena, n’njoipitsidwa ndi kusonkhezeredwa ndi zikhoterero zauchimo zimene zili mwa anthu onse chifukwa cha kuchimwa ndi kusamvera m’munda wa Edene. Ili ndi thupi la uchimo limene tonse tinatengera kwa makolo athu ndipo tinabadwa nalo. Baibulo limatchanso zizoloŵezi zauchimo zimenezi “zilakolako za thupi.” Izi zikutanthauza kuti monga anthu timayesedwa ndi zilakolako zauchimo ndi maganizo a thupi lathu. Yohane akulemba kuti tonsefe “tili ndi uchimo,” koma simuli ochimwa pokhapokha mutagwirizana ndi zilakolakozo. Tchimo likhoza "kuphedwa" pang'onopang'ono pokana zilakolako pamene iwo amazindikira kwa inu. Izi zidayamba kuchitika mwa Yesu pomwe Iye anali munthu padziko lapansi. ( 1 Yohane 1:8; Aroma 6:6; Aroma 7:18; Aroma 8:3-4 )
“Thupi” ndi zilakolako zonse zauchimo/mayesero/zilakolako ndi zina zotere zimene zimakhala mu umunthu wa munthu. Ndiwo magwero a mayesero, ndipo palibe chabwino chimene chimakhala mmenemo. ( Agalatiya 5:19-21; Aroma 7:18; Agalatiya 5:24; Aroma 8:5 )
Mawu akuti “thupi” angatanthauzenso anthu, kapena matupi athu anyama, makamaka m’Chipangano Chakale. ( Genesis 6:13; Salmo 56:4; 1 Petro 1:24; Aefeso 5:29 )