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| 1. | Ngoba ngithanda ukuthi lazi ukuthi kukhulu kangakanani ukulwa engilakho ngani labaseLawodikeya, njalo ngobunengi balabo abangabonanga ubuso bami enyameni, |
| 2. | ukuze inhliziyo zabo ziduduzwe, behlanganiswe ethandweni, lenothweni yonke yokuqinisekiswa okupheleleyo kokuqedisisa, elwazini lwemfihlo kaNkulunkulu loBaba, lekaKristu, |
| 3. | okufihlwe kuye izinto zonke eziligugu zenhlakanipho lezolwazi. |
| 4. | Ngitsho lokhu-ke, ukuze kungabi lamuntu olikhohlisayo ngamazwi ayengayo. |
| 5. | Ngoba lanxa ngingekho ngenyama, kanti ngilani ngomoya, ngithokoza ngibona ukuhlela kwenu, lokuqina kokholo lwenu kuKristu. |
| 6. | Ngakho njengalokho limemukele uKristu Jesu iNkosi, hambani kuye, |
| 7. | ligxilile lakhiwe kuye, njalo liqiniswe ekholweni, njengokufundiswa kwenu, lengeze kulo ekubongeni. |
| 8. | Nanzelelani hlezi kube khona olithumbayo ngolwazi lwenhlakanipho langenkohliso eyize, njengokomkhuba wabantu, njengokwemfundiso zakuqala zomhlaba, njalo kungenjengokukaKristu; |
| 9. | ngoba kuhlala kuye ukugcwala konke kobuNkulunkulu ngomzimba, |
| 10. | njalo liphelelisiwe kuye, oyinhloko yakho konke ukubusa lamandla; |
| 11. | elasokelwa kuye lani ngokusoka okungenziwanga ngezandla, ngokuhlubula umzimba wezono zenyama, ekusokeni kukaKristu, |
| 12. | lingcwatshwe kanye laye ebhabhathizweni, elavuswa lani kanye laye kulo ngokholo lokusebenza kukaNkulunkulu, owamvusa kwabafileyo. |
| 13. | Lani lifile eziphambekweni lokungasoki kwenyama yenu, ulenze laphila kanye laye, eselithethelele zonke iziphambeko, |
| 14. | esesule incwadi yezimiso emelana lathi, ephambene lathi, wayisusa phakathi, eseyibethele esiphambanweni; |
| 15. | ebahlubule ababusi lamandla, wabaveza obala, wathakazelela ukubanqoba ngaso. |
| 16. | Ngakho kakungabi khona olilahla ekudleni kumbe ekunatheni, loba endabeni yomkhosi loba yokuthwasa kwenyanga kumbe yamasabatha; |
| 17. | eziyisithunzi sezinto ezizayo, kodwa umzimba ngokaKristu. |
| 18. | Kakungabi lamuntu olemuka umvuzo wenu ngobuqili ethanda uku z enza othobekileyo lokukhonza izingilosi, engena ezintweni angazibonanga, ezikhukhumeza ngeze ngengqondo yenyama yakhe, |
| 19. | njalo engabambi inhloko, umzimba wonke ngamalunga lemisipha wondliwa njalo uhlanganiswa ngayo, ukhula ngokukhula kukaNkulunkulu. |
| 20. | Ngakho uba lafa kanye loKristu emfundisweni zakuqala zomhlaba, libophekeleni ngemikhuba ngokungathi liphila elizweni, |
| 21. | (ungabambi, unganambithi, ungathinti, |
| 22. | ezizaphela zonke ngokusetshenziswa ) njengokwemilayo lezimfundiso zabantu? |
| 23. | Ezilesimo senhlakanipho ekukhonzeni kokuzenzela lekuzithobeni lekuphatheni nzima umzimba, kakusizi lutho ukumelana lokusuthisa inyama. |
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