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| 1. | Ndiyanivuselela ngoko, bazalwana, ngeemfefe zikaThixo, ukuba niyinikele imizimba yenu ibe lidini eliphilileyo, elingcwele, elikholekileyo kuThixo: inkonzo yenu ke leyo yasengqondweni. |
| 2. | Kanjalo ningamilisi okweli phakade; manibe kumila kumbi ngokuhlaziyeka kwengqiqo yenu, ukuze nikucikide into okuyiyo ukuthanda kukaThixo okulungileyo, okukholekileyo, okuzalisekileyo. |
| 3. | Kuba ngalo ubabalo endababalwa ngalo, ndithi kubo bonke abaphakathi kwenu, mabangazicingeli ngaphezu koko bamelwe kukuzicingela ngako; mabazicingele ingcinga ephilileyo, njengoko uThixo abele ulowo nalowo umlinganiso wokholo. |
| 4. | Kuba, kwanjengokuba sinamalungu amaninzi mzimbeni mnye, abe ke onke amalungu la engenamsebenzi mnye, ngokunjalo thina aba, sibaninzi nje, simzimba mnye kuKristu, sonke ke ngabanye singamalungu omnye elomnye. |
| 5. | Sinezibabalo nje ke ezahlukahlukileyo, ngokobabalo esababalwa ngalo, |
| 6. | nokuba sinokuprofeta, masiprofete ngokomlinganiselo wokholo; |
| 7. | nokuba sinobulungiseleli, masihlale ebulungiselelini obo; nokuba ngofundisayo, makahlale emfundisweni leyo; |
| 8. | nokuba ngovuselelayo, makahlale ekuvuseleleni oko; owabayo makabe engenakumbi; owongamelayo, makongame enyamekile; owenza inceba makayenze inceba echwayithile. |
| 9. | Uthando malungabi naluhanahaniso; kuthiyeni okungendawo, namathelani kokulungileyo. |
| 10. | Mayela nothando olu lobuzalwana, ndithi, yenzelanani ububele; mayela nembeko leyo, phangelanani; |
| 11. | mayela nokunyameka oko, musani ukunqena; mayela nomoya lo, vuthani; |
| 12. | mayela neNkosi le, khonzani; mayela nethemba, vuyani; mayela nembandezelo, nyamezelani; mayela nomthandazo, zingisani; |
| 13. | mayela neentswelo zabangcwele, yibani nobudlelane; ukubuka iindwendwe kusukeleni. |
| 14. | Basikeleleni abanitshutshisayo; sikelelani, ningaqalekisi. |
| 15. | Vuyani nabavuyayo, nilile nabalilayo. |
| 16. | Cingelanani nto-nye; musani ukucinga izinto eziphakamileyo, tsalelani kwezithobekileyo. Musani ukuba ziingqondi ngokwenu. |
| 17. | Ningabuyekezi ububi ngobubi nakubani. Khathalelani okuhle emehlweni abantu bonke. |
| 18. | Ukuba kunokwenzeka, okukokwenu nina, hlalani ninoxolo nabantu bonke. |
| 19. | Musani ukuziphindezelela, zintÂ’anda; yikhweleleni ingqumbo; kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Impindezelo yeyam, kuya kubuyekeza mna, itsho iNkosi. |
| 20. | Ngoko ke, ukuba utshaba lwakho lulambile, luphe ludle; ukuba lunxaniwe, luseze; kuba ngokwenjenjalo ke, woba ufumba amalahle omlilo phezu kwentloko yalo. |
| 21. | Musa ukweyiswa bububi; boyise ububi ngokulungileyo. |
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