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| 1. | Khangelani uthando olungaka asinika lona uYise ukuthi sithiwe singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu. Ngenxa yalokho umhlaba kawusazi, ngoba ungamazanga yena. |
| 2. | Bathandekayo, khathesi singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, njalo kakukabonakali esizakuba yikho. Kodwa siyazi ukuthi uba ebonakala, sizakuba njengaye, ngoba sizambona njengoba enjalo. |
| 3. | Laye wonke olalelithemba kuye uyazihlambulula, njengoba yena ehlambulukile. |
| 4. | Wonke owenza isono weqa lomlayo; ngoba isono siyikweqa umlayo. |
| 5. | Njalo liyazi ukuthi yena wabonakaliswa, ukuze asuse izono zethu; lesono kasikho kuye. |
| 6. | Wonke ohlala kuye koni; wonke owonayo kambonanga, futhi kamazanga. |
| 7. | Bantwanyana, kungabi khona olikhohlisayo; owenza ukulunga ulungile, njengoba yena elungile; |
| 8. | owenza isono uvela kuSathane, ngoba uSathane wona kusukela ekuqaleni. Ngalokhu iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yabonakaliswa, ukuze ichithe imisebenzi kaSathane. |
| 9. | Wonke ozelwe nguNkulunkulu kenzi isono, ngoba inhlanyelo yakhe ihlala kuye; futhi angone, ngoba ezelwe nguNkulunkulu. |
| 10. | Ngalokhu kuyabonakala abantwana bakaNkulunkulu labantwana bakaSathane; wonke ongenzi okulungileyo kaveli kuNkulunkulu, laye ongamthandiyo umzalwane wakhe. |
| 11. | Ngoba yilo umbiko elawuzwa kusukela ekuqaleni, ukuthi asithandane; |
| 12. | kungenjengoKhayini o wavela komubi, wasebulala umfowabo. Njalo kungani wambulala? Ngoba imisebenzi yakhe yayimibi, kodwa eyomfowabo yayilungile. |
| 13. | Lingamangali bazalwane bami, uba umhlaba ulizonda. |
| 14. | Thina siyazi ukuthi sesidlule ekufeni saya empilweni, ngoba siyabathanda abazalwane. Ongamthandiyo umzalwane uhlezi ekufeni. |
| 15. | Wonke ozonda umzalwane wakhe ungumbulali; liyazi ukuthi kakho umbulali lakanye olempilo elaphakade ehlezi kuye. |
| 16. | Ngalokhu siyalwazi uthando lukaNkulunkulu, ngoba yena wasibekela phansi impilo yakhe; lathi sifanele ukubabekela phansi impilo abazalwane. |
| 17. | Kodwa loba ngubani olempahla yomhlaba, njalo ebona umzalwane wakhe eswele, abesemvalela imibili yakhe, uthando lukaNkulunkulu luhlala njani kuye? |
| 18. | Bantwanyana bami, kasingathandi ngelizwi kumbe ngolimi, kodwa ngezenzo langeqiniso. |
| 19. | Futhi ngalokho siyazi ukuthi singabeqiniso, njalo sizaqinisa inhliziyo zethu phambi kwakhe, |
| 20. | ngoba uba inhliziyo zethu zi si lahla, uNkulunkulu mkhulu kulenhliziyo yethu, futhi uyazi zonke izinto. |
| 21. | Bathandekayo, uba inhliziyo zethu zingasilahli, silesibindi kuNkulunkulu, |
| 22. | njalo loba yini esiyicelayo, siyayemukela ivela kuye, ngoba sigcina imilayo yakhe, njalo senza izinto ezithandekayo phambi kwakhe. |
| 23. | Njalo yilo umlayo wakhe, ukuthi sikholwe ebizweni leNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu, njalo sithandane, njengoba wasipha umlayo. |
| 24. | Logcina imilayo yakhe, uhlala kuye, laye kuye. Ngalokhu-ke siyazi ukuthi uhlala kithi, ngoMoya asiphe wona. |
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