Jakobho 2:14-18

Zvinobatsirei hama dzangu, kana munhu achiti, ndinokutenda, asi asina mabasa? Ko kutenda uko kungamuponesa here? Kana kune hama, murume kana mukadzi, asina zvokufuka, anoshayiwa zvokudya zuva rimwe nerimwe, mumwe wenyu akati kwavari, “Endai henyu nomufaro, mudziyirwe, mugute,” musingavapi izvo zvinodikanwa nomuviri, zvinogobatsirei? Saizvozvowo, nokutenda kana kusina mabasa, kwakafa hako. Asi mumwe angati, “Iwe unokutenda, neni ndina mabasa; ndiratidze kutenda kwako kusina mabasa, neni ndigokuratidza namabasa angu kutenda kwangu.”