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₁Ndiva kusithiwa kukho umbulo phakathi kwenu. Lowo ke ngumbulo onganyamezelekiyo naphakathi kweentlanga. Ndithetha lo wokuba umntu ahlalisane nomfazi kayise. ₂Ningathini ke ukuzidla? Benimelwe kukwenyela, nimsuse phakathi kwenu lowo wenze loo ntlondi. ₃Mna ke, ndingekho nje okunene ngesiqu (kodwa ndikho ngomoya) sendide ndagqiba ngokungathi ndikho, malunga noyenzileyo loo nto. ₄Ndigqibe kwelithi xa nihlangene egameni leNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, nam ndikho ngomoya, amandla eNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu esixhasa, ₅makanikelwe onjalo kuSathana, ukuze umzimba wakhe utshatyalaliswe, ngenjongo yokuba umoya wakhe ube nokusindiswa ngomhla womgwebo.

₆Hayi ukunyanyeka kweqhayiya lenu! Anisazi kakade isaci esithi: “Igwele elincinane libilisa intlama iphela”? ₇Likhupheni ngoko liphele tu igwele elidala elonakalisayo, ukuze nibe yintlama entsha. Kaloku niyintlama engenagwele, kuba *iPasika yethu seyilungisiwe, ethe nje uKrestu, ixhwane lethu lePasika, wenziwa idini. ₈Ngoko ke itheko lethu masingalityi ngasonka sinegwele elidala, elikukona nobubi, kodwa masilitye ngesonka esingenagwele, isonka sobunyulu nenyaniso.

₉Kwincwadi endanibhalela yona ndathi ze ningadibaniselani nabarheletyi. ₁₀Ke bendingaxeli abarheletyi beli hlabathi, ababawayo, izigebenga, nabakhonza izithixo. Ukuze ningadibaniselani nabo, bekuya kufuneka ningabikho emhlabeni! ₁₁Hayi, bendixela ukuba ningadibaniselani nosukuba ebizwa ngokuba likholwa, ukanti uyarheletya, okanye uyabawa, ukhonza izithixo, okanye uyanyelisa, linxila, okanye limenemene. Ewe, ze ningatyi nokutya oku nonjalo. _12-13Asingomsebenzi wam ukubagweba abangengabo abebandla. Bagwetywa nguThixo bona. Kodwa ngumsebenzi wenu ukubagweba abebandla lenu, njengoko *iziBhalo zitshoyo ukuthi: “Ze nimsuse phakathi kwenu lowo ukhohlakeleyo.”