Varoma 1:8-17

Pokutanga ndinotenda Mwari wangu nokuna Jesu Kristu. Ndinoitira izvi imi mose pamusana pokuti chitendero chenyu chiri kutaurwa pasi pose. Ndinodaro nokuti Mwari iye wandinoshandira nomwoyo wangu wose nokuparidza kwandinoita Shoko Rakanaka roMwanakomana wake, ndiye chapupu changu kuti ini ndinoramba ndichingokudomai muminamato yangu ndichikumbira kuti, zvimwe nokuda kwaMwari, pamwe iye zvino ndipo pandingakwanise kuuya kwamuri. Ndinodisisa kwazvo kukuonai kuti ndikupei chipo chezvomweya kuti chikusimbisei ndichiitira kuti tisimbaradzane nechitendero chomumwe nomumwe wedu, chenyu nechangu. Hama dzangu ndingade kuti, munyatsoziva kuti kazhinji ndichida kuti ndiuye kwamuri, asi kusvika pari zvino, ndakatadziswa kuti ndiwane chandingakohwe pakati penyu uye napakati pavamwe vose vechirudzi. Ndine zvandinosungirwa kuitira vose vechiGiriki navasiri vaGiriki nokunavakangwara nokuna vasina kungwara. Saizvozvo ndinodisa kukuparidzaiwo Shoko Rakanaka imi muri muguta reRoma. Ndinodaro nokuti handinyari neShoko Rakanaka nokuti iro isimba raMwari rokuponesa munhu wose ane chitendero zvichitangisira kuvaJudha kozouya vaGiriki nokuti mariri, kururama kwaMwari kunoratidzwa pachena nechitendero chinobvira pokutanga kusvikira pokupedzisira sokunyorwa kwazvakaitwa zvichinzi, “Munhu anoruramiswa nechitendero achararama.”