KUTITO 3

₁Bakhumbuze abantu ukuba yimfanelo yabo ukuthobela abasemagunyeni nabalawulayo, kwakunye nokwenza okulungileyo ngalo lonke ixesha. ₂Baxelele ukuba mabangahambi bethetha ulwimi ngabantu, behamba besilwa, koko mababe nobulali nembeko kuye wonke ubani. ₃Kaloku khumbula ukuba nathi bekhe sazizidenge, sineenkani, silahlekile. Sasibotshwe yiminqweno neziyolo zeendidi zonke. Sasihlala intlalo yasebubini, silawulwa ngumona. Sasicatshukelwa, nathi sibacaphukela abantu. ₄Kodwa kuthe lakuthi tha ehlabathini uthando nobubele bukaThixo, uMsindisi wethu ₅wasisindisa. Kwakungengakuba senze misebenzi mihle, kodwa kwakungenxa yenceba yakhe. Wasihlamba ngoMoya oyiNgcwele, wasizala ngokutsha, saza safumana ubomi obutsha. ₆Kaloku uThixo usigalele uMoya wakhe ngobubele ngaye uYesu Krestu uMsindisi wethu. ₇Ngesisa sakhe senziwe amalungisa, ukuze sixhamle obo bomi bungapheliyo sibulindeleyo. ₈Athembekile loo mazwi.

Iingongoma endifuna uzibethelele ke, zezi: Abo bantu bathe bafikelela ekukholweni kuThixo, kufuneka benze imisebenzi emihle – ndithetha imisebenzi eluncedo nakwabanye abantu. ₉Kodwa zona iingxoxo zobuhiba uze uziphephe, neenkcukacha zeminombo, iimbambano, neengxabano ngomthetho kaMosis; zizinto ezingenamsebenzi ezo. ₁₀Umntu odala uqhekeko mlumkise kude kube kabini, ungadlelani naye emva koko. ₁₁Umntu onjalo unengqondo engcolileyo, selezigwebe kwangezenzo zakhe.

₁₂Bakufika apho ooArtemas noTikiko, uze wena ukhawuleze undihlangabeze eNikopoli. Ndifuna ukuchitha ubusika khona. ₁₃Yenza unako-nako ukulungiselela igqwetha uZenas kunye noApolo kwihambo yabo. Mabangabi nanto bayiswelayo. ₁₄Abantu bethu bona mabafunde ukuzisebenzela iintswelo zabo, bangavilaphi nje bengenamveliso.

₁₅Bayabulisa bonke abalapha kunye nam. Ndibulisele kubahlobo bethu abakholwayo.

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