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| 1. | Lami, bazalwane, ekufikeni kwami kini, kangifikanga ngobugabazi belizwi kumbe benhlakanipho, ngitshumayela kini ubufakazi bukaNkulunkulu. |
| 2. | Ngoba ngamisa ukuthi ngingazi lutho phakathi kwenu, ngaphandle kukaJesu Kristu, laye ebethelwe. |
| 3. | Njalo mina ngangilani ebuthakathakeni lekwesabeni lekuthuthumeleni okukhulu. |
| 4. | Lokukhuluma kwami lokutshumayela kwami kakubanga ngamazwi enhlakanipho yabantu ahugayo, kodwa ngokubonakalisa kukaMoya lokwamandla; |
| 5. | ukuze ukholo lwenu lungabi enhlakaniphweni yabantu, kodwa emandleni kaNkulunkulu. |
| 6. | Kodwa inhlakanipho siyikhuluma phakathi kwabapheleleyo, kodwa inhlakanipho engayisiyo yalelilizwe, kumbe eyababusi balelilizwe, abazakwenziwa ize; |
| 7. | kodwa sikhuluma inhlakanipho kaNkulunkulu eyimfihlo, eyayifihliwe, uNkulunkulu ayimisa ngaphambili kungakabi lomhlaba kube yinkazimulo yethu; |
| 8. | kungekho loyedwa wababusi balelilizwe owayekwazi; ngoba uba babekwazi, babengayikuyibethela iNkosi yenkazimulo. |
| 9. | Kodwa njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Izinto ilihlo elingazibonanga, lendlebe enga zi zwanga, le zi ngangenanga enhliziyweni yomuntu, uNkulunkulu azilungisele abamthandayo. |
| 10. | UNkulunkulu-ke usembulele thina lokhu ngoMoya wakhe; ngoba uMoya uhlolisisa zonke izinto, ngitsho izinto ezijulileyo zikaNkulunkulu. |
| 11. | Ngoba ngubani ebantwini owazi okomuntu, ngaphandle komoya womuntu okuye? Ngokunjalo okukaNkulunkulu kakwaziwa muntu, ngaphandle koMoya kaNkulunkulu. |
| 12. | Thina-ke kasemukelanga umoya womhlaba, kodwa uMoya ovela kuNkulunkulu, ukuze sazi izinto esiziphiwa ngesihle nguNkulunkulu; |
| 13. | futhi esizitshoyo, kungeyisikho ngamazwi inhlakanipho yabantu ewafundisayo, kodwa nga mazwi afundiswa nguMoya oNgcwele, sichasisa okomoya ngokomoya. |
| 14. | Kodwa umuntu wemvelo kazemukeli izinto zikaMoya kaNkulunkulu; ngoba ziyibuthutha kuye, njalo kalawo amandla okuqedisisa, ngoba zihlolisiswa ngokomoya; |
| 15. | kodwa owomoya uyahlola zonke izinto, kodwa yena kahlolwa muntu. |
| 16. | Ngoba ngubani owazi ingqondo yeNkosi, ozayifundisa? Kodwa thina silengqondo kaKristu. |
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