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| 1. | Ngakho, bazalwane, ngilazisa ivangeli engalitshumayeza lona, lani elalemukelayo, njalo elimi kulo, |
| 2. | njalo elisindiswa ngalo; uba libambelela emazwini lawo awevangeli engalitshumayela kini, ngaphandle kokuthi lakholwa ize. |
| 3. | Ngoba okokuqala ngalinika lokho engakwemukelayo lami, ukuthi uKristu wafa ngenxa yezono zethu, njengokwemibhalo; |
| 4. | lokuthi wangcwatshwa; lokuthi wavuswa kwabafileyo ngosuku lwesithathu, njengokwemibhalo; |
| 5. | lokuthi wabonakala kuKefasi, emva kwalokho kwabalitshumi lambili; |
| 6. | emva kwalokho wabonakala ngesikhathi sinye kubazalwane abedlula amakhulu amahlanu, ubunengi babo basekhona kuze kube lamuhla, kodwa labanye sebalala; |
| 7. | emva kwalokho wabonakala kuJakobe, emva kwalokho wabonakala kubaphostoli bonke; |
| 8. | lekucineni kwabo bonke wabonakala lakimi njengongazalwanga ngesikhathi esiqondileyo. |
| 9. | Ngoba mina ngingomncinyane kubaphostoli, engingafanele ukuthiwa ngumphostoli, ngoba ngazingela ibandla likaNkulunkulu. |
| 10. | Kodwa ngomusa kaNkulunkulu ngiyikho lokho engiyikho khona, lomusa wakhe okimi kawubanga yize; kodwa ngisebenze okwengezelelwe kulabo bonke, kanti kungesimi, kodwa ngumusa kaNkulunkulu olami. |
| 11. | Ngakho loba kuyi mi, loba kuyi bo, ngokunjalo sitshumayela langokunjalo lakholwa. |
| 12. | Kodwa uba uKristu etshunyayelwa ukuthi uvusiwe kwabafileyo, batsho njani abanye phakathi kwenu ukuthi kakukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo? |
| 13. | Kodwa uba kungekho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, kavuswanga laye uKristu; |
| 14. | uba-ke uKristu engavuswanga, ngakho ukutshumayela kwethu kuyize, lokholo lwenu lalo luyize, |
| 15. | lathi futhi sificwa singabafakazi bamanga bakaNkulunkulu, ngoba safakaza ngoNkulunkulu ukuthi wamvusa uKristu, ongamvusanga, nxa sibili abafileyo bengavuswa. |
| 16. | Ngoba uba abafileyo bengavuswa, kavuswanga laye uKristu; |
| 17. | njalo uba uKristu engavuswanga, ukholo lwenu luyize; lisesezonweni zenu. |
| 18. | Ngakho lalabo abalele bekuKristu sebaphela. |
| 19. | Uba singabathembela kuKristu kule impilo kuphela, singabalosizi kulabo bonke abantu. |
| 20. | Kodwa khathesi-ke uKristu uvusiwe kwabafileyo, waba yisithelo sokuqala sabaleleyo. |
| 21. | Ngoba lokhu ngomuntu ukufa kweza, langomuntu ukuvuka kwabafileyo kweza. |
| 22. | Ngoba njengalokhu kuAdamu bonke bayafa, ngokunjalo futhi kuKristu bonke bazakwenziwa baphile. |
| 23. | Kodwa ngulowo lalowo ngesakhe isigaba; isithelo sokuqala uKristu, besekusiba ngabakaKristu ekufikeni kwakhe, |
| 24. | besekusiba ukuphela, lapho esenikela umbuso kuNkulunkulu uBaba, lalapho esechithile konke ukubusa labo bonke ubukhosi lamandla. |
| 25. | Ngoba umele yena ukubusa, aze abeke zonke izitha zakhe ngaphansi kwenyawo zakhe. |
| 26. | Isitha sokucina esizachithwa yikufa. |
| 27. | Ngoba izinto zonke uzehlisele ngaphansi kwenyawo zakhe. Kodwa nxa esithi izinto zonke zehlisiwe, kusobala ukuthi ungaphandle kwazo ozehlisileyo izinto zonke ngaphansi kwakhe. |
| 28. | Nxa izinto zonke sezehlisiwe ngaphansi kwakhe, lapho-ke layo iNdodana ngokwayo izazehlisa ngaphansi kwalowo owehlisela zonke izinto ngaphansi kwayo, ukuze uNkulunkulu abe yikho konke kukho konke. |
| 29. | Pho, bazakwenzani ababhabhathizelwa abafileyo uba abafileyo bengavuki isibili? Babhabhathizelwa labo abafileyo njani? |
| 30. | Kungani lathi sisengozini ihola ngehola? |
| 31. | Ngiyafa usuku ngosuku, ngiyaqinisa ngokuzincoma ngani engilakho kuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu. |
| 32. | Uba ngokwabantu ngalwa lezilo eEfesu, nzuzo bani kimi, uba abafileyo bengavuki? Asidle sinathe, ngoba kusasa siyafa. |
| 33. | Lingakhohliswa; ukwejwayelana lababi kuyonakalisa izimilo ezinhle. |
| 34. | Vusani ingqondo ngokulunga njalo lingoni; ngoba abanye balokungamazi uNkulunkulu; ngikhulumela ukuthi libe lenhloni. |
| 35. | Kodwa omunye uzakuthi: Abafileyo bavuswa njani? Njalo beza lomzimba onjani? |
| 36. | Siphukuphuku, lokho okuhlanyelayo wena, kakwenziwa kuphile ngaphandle kokuthi kufe; |
| 37. | lalokho okuhlanyelayo, kawuhlanyeli umzimba ozakuba khona, kodwa uhlamvu oluze, mhlawumbe, olwebele kumbe olokunye nje; |
| 38. | kodwa uNkulunkulu uyinika umzimba njengokuthanda kwakhe, lakuleyo laleyo yenhlanyelo owayo umzimba. |
| 39. | Inyama yonke kayisinyamanye; kodwa enye yinyama yabantu, lenye yinyama yenyamazana, lenye eyenhlanzi, lenye eyezinyoni. |
| 40. | Ikhona lemizimba yezulwini, lemizimba yemhlabeni; kodwa yehlukene inkazimulo yezulu, njalo yehlukene leyemhlabeni. |
| 41. | Enye yinkazimulo yelanga, lenye yinkazimulo yenyanga, lenye yinkazimulo yezinkanyezi; ngoba inkanyezi yehlukile kwenye inkanyezi enkazimulweni. |
| 42. | Kunjalo-ke ukuvuka kwabafileyo. Kuhlanyelwa ekuboleni, kuyavuswa kungekho ekuboleni; |
| 43. | kuhlanyelwa ekudelweni, kuvuswe enkazimulweni; kuhlanyelwa ebuthakathakeni, kuvuswe emandleni; |
| 44. | kuhlanyelwa umzimba wemvelo, kuvuswe umzimba womoya. Kukhona umzimba wemvelo, njalo kukhona umzimba womoya. |
| 45. | Langokunjalo kulotshiwe ukuthi: Umuntu wokuqala uAdamu waba ngumphefumulo ophilayo; uAdamu wokucina ngumoya ophilisayo. |
| 46. | Kodwa okokuqala kakusikho okomoya, kodwa okwemvelo, besekusiza okomoya. |
| 47. | Umuntu wokuqala wavela emhlabeni, ungowomhlabathi; umuntu wesibili uyiNkosi evela ezulwini. |
| 48. | Njengoba enjalo owomhlabathi, banjalo labo abomhlabathi; lanjengoba enjalo owezulwini, banjalo labo abezulwini; |
| 49. | futhi njengoba silesimo sowomhlabathi, lathi sizakuba lesimo sowezulwini. |
| 50. | Kodwa ngitsho lokhu, bazalwane, ukuthi inyama legazi kungelidle ilifa lombuso kaNkulunkulu; lokubola kakulidli ilifa lokungaboli. |
| 51. | Khangelani, ngilitshela imfihlo: Kasiyikulala sonke, kodwa sizaphendulwa sonke, |
| 52. | ngesikhatshana, ngokucwayiza kwelihlo, ekukhaleni kophondo lokucina; ngoba uphondo luzakhala, labafileyo bazavuswa bengelakubola, lathi sizaphendulwa. |
| 53. | Ngoba lokhu okubolayo kumele ukwembatha ukungaboli, lalokho okufayo kwembathe ukungafi. |
| 54. | Nxa-ke lokho okubolayo sekwembethe ukungaboli, lalokho okufayo sekwembethe ukungafi, kuzakwenzeka ngalesosikhathi ilizwi elilotshiweyo lokuthi: Ukufa kuginyiwe ekunqobeni. |
| 55. | Lungaphi, kufa, udonsi lwakho? Kungaphi, ngcwaba, ukunqoba kwakho? |
| 56. | Lodonsi lokufa yisono; lamandla esono ngumlayo. |
| 57. | Kodwa kabongwe uNkulunkulu osinika ukunqoba ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu. |
| 58. | Ngakho, bazalwane bami abathandekayo, manini, linganyikinyeki, lengezelelwe emsebenzini weNkosi kokuphela, lazi ukuthi ukutshikatshika kwenu kakusilo ize eNkosini. |
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