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Emalungelo nemsebenti wemphostoli
1 Angikakhululeki yini? Angisiye yini umphostoli? Angimbonanga yini Jesu iNkhosi yetfu? Nine anisiwo yini umsebenti wami eNkhosini? 2 Nome ngingesiye umphostoli kulabanye, kodvwa kini nginguye, ngobe ngini luphawu lwebuphostoli bami eNkhosini.
3Naku-ke kutiphendvulela kwami kulabo labangisolako: 4 Site yini lilungelo lekudla nekunatsa? 5 Site yini lilungelo lekutsi lowo nalowo ahambe nemkakhe lokholwako, njengalabanye baphostoli, nabomnakabo beNkhosi, naKhefase? 6 Kantsi ngimi naBhanabasi kuphela yini labafanele kutiholela ngekutisebentela? 7 Likhona yini lisotja lelake laya emphini ngetalo tindleko? Ngubani lohlanyela sivini angabe asatidla titselo taso? Ngubani lowelusa umhlambi wetinkhomo kodvwa angete aludla lubisi lwato?
8Ngikusho ngebuntfu bami yini loko? Empeleni umtsetfo wona utsini? 9 Kubhaliwe emtsetfweni waMosi kutsi: “Ungayifaki sifonyo inkhabi nayibhulako.” Konje ngabe Nkulunkulu loko ukucondzise etinkhabini yini? 10Akakucondzisi kitsi yini loko? Kwabhalelwa tsine; ngobe umlimi kufanele alime anelitsemba, nembhuli wemabele ubhula anelitsemba lekutfola imbasha. 11 Nangabe tsine sihlanyele kini kwaMoya, kuyintfo lenkhulu yini kini nasivuna kwenu kwemhlaba? 12 Nangabe labanye banalo lilungelo kini, pho, tsine asinalo kakhulu yini?
Noko asilisebentisanga lelo lungelo, kepha sibeketelela nome yini, kuze singalivimbeli liVangeli laKhristu. 13 Anati yini kutsi labaphetse imisebenti yelithempeli badla emnikelweni welithempeli, nekutsi labakhonta elatini banesabelo emnikelweni? 14 Kuyafanana-ke, iNkhosi ikubekile kutsi labamemetela liVangeli baphile ngekweliVangeli.
15 Kepha mine angiwasebentisanga lawo malungelo, futsi loko angikubhaleli kutsi kwentiwe kimi. Ngobe kimi kungaba ncono kutsi ngife kunekutsi ngemukeke ludvumo lwami lengilufanele. 16 Nangishumayela liVangeli, angikafaneli kutigabatisa, ngobe vele ngimelwe kulishumayela. Kodvwa maye kimi, nangingalishumayeli liVangeli! 17 Ngobe nangabe loko ngikwenta ngekutsandza kwami, bengingabheka kubongwa; kepha nangabe kuphambene nentsandvo yami, kutawube kusho kutsi ngiphatsiswe nguNkulunkulu lomsebenti. 18Pho, uyini umvuzo wami? Ungunaku: kutsi nangishumayela liVangeli ngingaholi lutfo, futsi ngingasebentisi lilungelo lami lenginalo eVangelini.
Pawula usigcili sabo bonkhe
19 Ngobe nome ngikhululeke kubo bonkhe, noko ngatenta sigcili kubo bonkhe, ngidzimate ngizuzele labanyenti kuKhristu. 20 KumaJuda ngafike ngaba ngumJuda, kuze ngizuze emaJuda; njengobe bangaphansi kwemtsetfo, ngaba ngulongaphansi kwemtsetfo, nome mine ngingekho ngaphansi kwawo. Ngangentela kutsi ngitewuzuza bantfu labangaphansi kwemtsetfo. 21 Kubetive labate umtsetfo waMosi nami ngaba njengaye lote umtsetfo; noko angisiye lote umtsetfo waNkulunkulu, kepha nami ngingaphansi kwemtsetfo waKhristu, kuze ngizuze labate umtsetfo waMosi. 22 Kulababutsakatsaka nami ngaba butsakatsaka, kuze ngizuze lababutsakatsaka. Ngako-ke sengaba ngiko konkhe kubo bonkhe, kuze ngako konkhe ngisindzise labanye.
23Ngikwenta konkhe ngesimanga seliVangeli, kuze nami ngibe nesabelo kulo.
Sigijimi senkholo
24 Anati yini kutsi labagijima ngekuncintisana bagijima bonkhe, kodvwa munye lowemukela umklomelo? Nani-ke gijimani, khona nitewutfola lomklomelo. 25 Bantfu labancintisanako batitsiba kuko konkhe, bukani-ke ngobe labo basuke bentela kutfola umklomelo lophelako, kangakanani-ke tsine lesiyakwemukela umklomelo longeyiwuphela. 26Nami-ke angigijimisi kwemuntfu longenawo umgomo, futsi nangesibhakela angigadli nje kungatsi ngigadla umoya. 27 Kodvwa umtimba wami ngiyawucindzetela ngiwugandzaye, ngiwente sigcili, kuze mine lengishumayela labanye ngingalahlwa.
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