VaEfeso 4:1-13

Naizvozvo ini musungwa muna Ishe, ndinokumbira zvikuru kuti mufambe zvakafanira kudanwa kwamakadanwa nako, nokuzvininipisa kwose nounyoro, nomwoyo murefu, muchiitirana mwoyo murefu murudo; muchishingaira kuchengeta umwe hwoMweya muchisungo chorugare. Kuno muviri mumwe, noMweya mumwe, sezvamakadanwawo mutariro imwe yokudanwa kwenyu; Ishe mumwe, nokutenda kumwe; norubhabhatidzo rumwe, naMwari mumwe, naBaba vavose, ari pamusoro pavose, anoshanda muna vose, ari mukati mavose. Asi mumwe nomumwe wedu akapiwa nyasha nechiyero chechipo chaKristu. Naizvozvo anoti, “Akakwira kumusoro akatapa vatapwa, Akapa vanhu zvipo.” Zvino kuti, “Akakwira, chinyiko,” asi kuti, akaburukawo kumativi ari pasi penyika? Akaburuka ndiye akakwirawo kumusoro-soro kwedenga rose, kuti azadzise zvose. Zvino akapa vamwe kuti vave vapostori, vamwe vaporofita, vamwe vaparidzi, vamwe vafudzi navadzidzisi; kuti vatsvene vakwanisirwe basa ravo rokushumira, nerokuvaka muviri waKristu; kudzamara isu tose tisvike paumwe hwokutenda nokuziva Mwanakomana waMwari, napamunhu wakura, napachiyero choukuru hokuzara kwaKristu