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Ngoko yibani ngabaxelisa uThixo, ngokwabantwana abaziintanda; nihambe eluthandweni, kwanjengokuba naye uKristu wasithandayo, wazinikela ngenxa yethu, ukuba abe ngumnikelo nedini kuye uThixo, ukuba abe livumba elimnandi.

Khangelani ngoko, ukuba ningathini na, ukuze kucokiseke ukuhamba kwenu; ningabi njengabaswele ubulumko, yibani njengezilumko; nizongela ixesha eli, ngokuba le mihla ayindawo.

Musani ukunxila yiwayini, ekukhoyo kuloo nto ukuzibhubhisa; kodwa nizaliswe nguMoya; nithetha omnye komnye ngeendumiso neengoma nezango ezizezomoya, nivuma, nibetha uhadi entliziyweni yenu kuyo iNkosi, nimana nibulela ngenxa yeento zonke, egameni leNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, kuye uThixo uYise

Ngenxa yoko musani ukuba ziintsweli-kuqonda; yibani ngabakuqondayo into okuyiyo ukuthanda kweNkosi.

Nina madoda, bathandeni abafazi benu, njengokuba naye uKristu walithandayo ibandla, wazinikela ngenxa yalo

Kuba nina naye nifudula nibubumnyama, ke ngoku nikukukhanya, niseNkosini nje; hambani ke ngokwabantwana bokukhanya.

Nilulamelana ngokoyika uThixo.

Nina bafazi, walulameleni awenu amadoda, ngokokululamela iNkosi

Kodwa ke manithi nani ngabanye, elowo amthande umkakhe, njengoko azithanda ngako; Umfazi ke makayoyike indoda.

Ngenxa yoko ke, umntu womshiya uyise nonina, anamathele kuye umkakhe, baze abo babini babe nyama-nye.

Kanjalo musani ukuba nabudlelane ngemisebenzi yobumnyama engenasiqhamo