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| 1. | Mayelana-ke le zipho zomoya, bazalwane, kangithandi ukuthi lingazi. |
| 2. | Lazi ukuthi lalingabezizwe lakhokhelelwa ezithombeni eziyizimungulu, njengabadonswayo. |
| 3. | Ngakho ngiyalazisa, ukuthi kakho umuntu okhuluma ngoMoya kaNkulunkulu othi: UJesu uyisiqalekiso; futhi kakho umuntu ongathi: UJesu uyiNkosi, ngaphandle ngoMoya oNgcwele. |
| 4. | Kukhona-ke izipho ezehlukeneyo, kodwa uMoya munye. |
| 5. | Njalo kukhona inkonzo ezehlukeneyo, kodwa iNkosi yinye. |
| 6. | Kukhona-ke imisebenzi eyehlukeneyo, kodwa nguNkulunkulu munye, osebenza konke kibo bonke. |
| 7. | Kodwa ngulowo lalowo uphiwa ukubonakalisa kukaMoya kulokho okulusizo. |
| 8. | Ngoba omunye uphiwa ngoMoya ilizwi lenhlakanipho, lakomunye ilizwi lolwazi, ngoMoya ofananayo; |
| 9. | lakomunye ukholo, ngoMoya ofananayo; lakomunye izipho zokusilisa, ngoMoya ofananayo; |
| 10. | lakomunye imisebenzi yamandla, lakomunye isiprofetho, lakomunye ukwehlukanisa imimoya, lakomunye inhlobo yendimi, lakomunye ukuchasisa indimi; |
| 11. | kodwa konke lokho uMoya munye ofananayo uyakusebenza, ebabela ngulowo lalowo ngamunye njengokuthanda kwakhe. |
| 12. | Ngoba njengoba umzimba umunye, njalo ulezitho ezinengi, kodwa zonke izitho zalowomzimba munye, zizinengi, zingumzimba munye; kunjalo-ke loKristu; |
| 13. | ngoba ngoMoya munye lathi sonke sabhabhathizelwa emzimbeni munye, loba amaJuda loba amaGriki, loba izigqili loba abakhululekileyo; futhi thina sonke sanathiswa kuMoya munye. |
| 14. | Ngoba umzimba lawo kawusiso isitho sinye kodwa ezinengi. |
| 15. | Uba unyawo lungathi: Lokhu ngingesisandla, kangisikho okomzimba; kungeyisikho ngalokho kakusilo olomzimba; |
| 16. | uba-ke indlebe ingathi: Lokhu ngingesilo ilihlo, kangisikho okomzimba; kungeyisikho ngalokho kayisiyo yini eyomzimba? |
| 17. | Uba umzimba wonke ubuyilihlo, ngabe kungaphi ukuzwa? Uba wonke ubuyikuzwa, ngabe kungaphi ukunuka? |
| 18. | Kodwa khathesi-ke uNkulunkulu umisile izitho, yileso laleso sazo, emzimbeni, njengokuthanda kwakhe. |
| 19. | Kodwa uba zonke beziyisitho sinye, umzimba ngabe ungaphi? |
| 20. | Kodwa khathesi izitho zinengi, kodwa umzimba munye. |
| 21. | Ilihlo-ke lingeke latsho esandleni ukuthi: Kangikusweli. Kumbe futhi ikhanda ezinyaweni ukuthi: Kangilisweli; |
| 22. | kodwa kakhulukazi izitho zomzimba ezikhangeleka zibuthakathaka kakhulu, ziyadingeka; |
| 23. | lalezo ezomzimba esicabanga ukuthi zidelelekile kakhulu, yizo esizihlonipha ngokwengezelelwe kakhulu; lalezo ezethu ezingezinhle zilobuhle obengezelelwe kakhulu; |
| 24. | kanti ezinhle zethu kazikusweli; kodwa uNkulunkulu wawuhlanganisa umzimba, enika udumo olwengezelelwe kakhulu kwesi ku swelayo, |
| 25. | ukuze kungabi khona ukwehlukana emzimbeni, kodwa izitho zinanzelelane ngokufananayo. |
| 26. | Uba-ke kuhlupheka isitho sinye, izitho zonke zihlupheka kanye la so; uba kudunyiswa isitho sinye, izitho zonke ziyajabula kanye la so. |
| 27. | Lina-ke lingumzimba kaKristu, lezitho ngamunye ngamunye. |
| 28. | Njalo uNkulunkulu umisile abathile ebandleni kuqala abaphostoli, okwesibili abaprofethi, okwesithathu abafundisi, besekusiba amandla, besekusiba izipho zokusilisa, izenzo ezisizayo, ubukhokheli, indimi ezehlukeneyo. |
| 29. | Bonke bangabaphostoli yini? Bonke bangabaprofethi yini? Bonke bangabafundisi yini? Bonke benza amandla yini? |
| 30. | Bonke balezipho zokusilisa yini? Bonke bakhuluma ngendimi yini? Bonke bayachasisa yini? |
| 31. | Kodwa fisani kakhulu izipho ezingcono. Njalo ngisalitshengisa indlela engcono kakhulukazi. |
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