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| 1. | UPawuli umphostoli kaJesu Kristu ngentando kaNkulunkulu, loTimothi umzalwane, kubandla likaNkulunkulu eliseKorinte, labo bonke abangcwele abakuyo yonke iAkaya: |
| 2. | Umusa kawube kini lokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu leNkosini uJesu Kristu. |
| 3. | Kabongwe uNkulunkulu, ngitsho uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, uYise wobubele loNkulunkulu wenduduzo yonke, |
| 4. | osiduduza ekuhluphekeni kwethu konke, ukuze sibe lamandla okududuza abasekuhluphekeni konke, ngenduduzo esiduduzwa ngayo thina ngokwethu nguNkulunkulu; |
| 5. | ngoba njengalokhu inhlupheko zikaKristu zengezelelekile kithi, ngokunjalo lenduduzo yethu yengezelelekile ngoKristu. |
| 6. | Njalo loba sihlutshwa, ku ngokwenduduzo losindiso lwenu, okusetshenzwa ekubekezeleni kunhlupho ezifananayo esihlupheka ngazo lathi; loba siduduzwa, ku ngokwenduduzo losindiso lwenu; |
| 7. | njalo ithemba lethu ngani liqinile, sisazi ukuthi njengalokhu lihlanganyela ezinhluphekweni ngokunjalo lenduduzweni. |
| 8. | Ngoba kasithandi ukuthi lingazi, bazalwane, ngokuhlupheka kwethu okwasehlela eAsiya, ukuthi sasindwa kakhulukazi ngokungaphezu kwamandla, saze saphelelwa lithemba lelempilo. |
| 9. | Kodwa thina ngokwethu sasilaso kithi isigwebo sokufa, ukuze singazithembi thina kodwa kuNkulunkulu ovusa abafileyo; |
| 10. | owasophula ekufeni okungaka, losophulayo; esithemba kuye ukuthi uza s ophula futhi. |
| 11. | Lani lisebenzela thina ndawonye ngomkhuleko, ukuze isipho somusa kithi esivela ebantwini abanengi singasibongelwa ngabanengi. |
| 12. | Ngoba ukuzincoma kwethu yilokhu, ubufakazi besazela sethu, ukuthi ngokungelankohliso langobuqotho bukaNkulunkulu, kungeyisikho ngenhlakanipho yenyama kodwa emuseni kaNkulunkulu, saziphatha emhlabeni, kodwa ngokukhethekileyo maqondana lani. |
| 13. | Ngoba kasilibhaleli okunye, kodwa loba izinto elizifundayo kumbe njalo lizizwe; ngithemba futhi ukuthi liza zi vuma kuze kube sekupheleni; |
| 14. | njengalokhu lathi selisivumile nganxanye, ukuthi siyikuzincoma kwenu njengalokhu lani lingabethu, esukwini lweNkosi uJesu. |
| 15. | Langalelithemba ngafisa ukuza kini kuqala, ukuze libe lomusa wesibili; |
| 16. | njalo ukudlula kini ngisiya eMakedoniya, ngibuye kini futhi ngivela eMakedoniya, njalo ngidluliselwe yini eJudiya. |
| 17. | Ngakho ngiqonde lokho, besengisebenzisa yini ukungapheleli? Kumbe izinto engizimisayo, ngimisa ngokwenyama yini, ukuze kube khona kimi uyebo, yebo; lohatshi, hatshi? |
| 18. | Kodwa uNkulunkulu uthembekile, ukuthi ilizwi lethu elikini kalisuye uyebo lohatshi. |
| 19. | Ngoba iNdodana kaNkulunkulu uJesu Kristu owatshunyayelwa yithi phakathi kwenu, ngami loSilivanu loTimothi, wayengeyisuye uyebo lohatshi, kodwa kuye kwakunguyebo. |
| 20. | Ngoba zonke izithembiso zikaNkulunkulu, kuye zinguyebo, lakuye zinguAmeni, kube ludumo lukaNkulunkulu ngathi. |
| 21. | Losiqinisayo kanye lani kuKristu, owasigcobayo, nguNkulunkulu, |
| 22. | owasiphawulayo lathi, wasenika isibambiso sikaMoya enhliziyweni zethu. |
| 23. | Kodwa mina ngibiza uNkulunkulu ukuthi abe ngumfakazi phezu komphefumulo wami, ukuze ngiliyekele angikezi eKorinte. |
| 24. | Kungesikuthi sibusa ukholo lwenu, kodwa siyizisebenzi ndawonye zentokozo yenu; ngoba limi ngokholo. |
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