I KAJOHANE 4

₁Bathandekayo, maningakholwa yibo bonke omoya, kepha hlolani omoya ukuthi bangabakaNkulunkulu yini; ngokuba baningi abaprofethi bamanga abaphumele ezweni.

₂Yazini uMoya kaNkulunkulu ngalokhu: bonke omoya abavuma ukuthi uJesu Kristu ufikile enyameni bangabakaNkulunkulu;

₃lowomoya ongamvumi uJesu akasiye okaNkulunkulu; lowo ungowomphikukristu enizwé ngaye ukuthi uyeza, nakalokhu usefikile ezweni.

₄NingabakaNkulunkulu nina-bantwanyana, nibahlulile, ngokuba lowo okini mkhulu kunaye osezweni.

₅Bona bangabezwe; ngalokho bakhuluma okwezwe, nezwe liyabezwa.

₆Thina singabakaNkulunkulu; omaziyo uNkulunkulu uyasizwa, ongesiye okaNkulunkulu akasizwa. Ngalokho siyamazi umoya weqiniso nomoya wokuduka.

₇Bathandekayo, masithandane, ngokuba uthando luvela kuNkulunkulu, nabo bonke abathandayo bazelwe nguNkulunkulu, bayamazi uNkulunkulu.

₈Ongathandiyo akamazi uNkulunkulu, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uluthando.

₉Uthando lukaNkulunkulu lwabonakaliswa kithi ngalokho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wathumela ezweni iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa ukuba siphile ngayo.

₁₀Uthando lukulokhu, kungesikho ukuthi thina samthanda uNkulunkulu, kepha ukuthi yena wasithanda thina, wathuma iNdodana yakhe ibe-yinhlawulo ngezono zethu.

₁₁Bathandekayo, uma uNkulunkulu wasithanda kanjalo, nathi simelwe ukuthandana.

₁₂UNkulunkulu akazange abonwemuntu; uma sithandana, uNkulunkulu uhlala kithi, nothando lwakhe luphelele kithi.

₁₃Ngalokho siyazi ukuthi sihlala kuye, naye kithi, ngokuba usiphile okukaMoya wakhe.

₁₄Thina sibonile, siyafakaza ukuthi uYise wayithuma iNdodana ibe-nguMsindisi wezwe.

₁₅Lowo ovuma ukuthi uJesu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu uhlala kuye, naye kuNkulunkulu.

₁₆Thina siyalwazi, sikholwa yilo loluthando uNkulunkulu analo kithina. UNkulunkulu uluthando, nohlala othandweni uhlala kuNkulunkulu, noNkulunkulu uhlala kuye.

₁₇Ngalokho uthando luphelelisiwe kithi, ukuze sibe-nesibindi ngosuku lokwahlulelwa, ngokuba njengalokhu enjalo yena, sinjalo nathi kulelizwe.

₁₈Akukho ukwesaba othandweni, kepha uthando olupheleleyo luyaxosha ukwesaba, ngokuba ukwesaba kunesijeziso, nowesabayo akaphelele othandweni.

₁₉Thina siyathanda, ngokuba yena wasithanda kuqala.

₂₀Uma umuntu esho ukuthi: Ngiyamthanda uNkulunkulu, kepha ezonda umzalwane wakhe, ungumqambimanga; ngokuba ongathandi umzalwane wakhe ambonileyo angemthande uNkulunkulu angambonanga.

₂₁Yebo, lomyalo sinawo, uvela kuNkulunkulu, wokuthi othanda uNkulunkulu makathande nomzalwane wakhe.