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Abancedisayo emsebenzini kaThixo
1Nam ke, mawethu, bendingenako ukuthetha nani ngendlela endithetha ngayo nabo banaye uMoya, kodwa kwakufuneka ndithethe nani ngendlela endithetha ngayo nabo baselula, baseziintsana kwihambo yobuKrestu. 2Ndaniseza ubisi, andanipha kutya kuqinileyo, kuba naningekakufaneli. Kanti ke unangoku anikakufaneli, 3kuba nisaziphethe ngokwesimo esidala. Kaloku xa ninomona, neenkani, nixabana, niziphatha ngokwesimo esidala, nilinganisa abantu. 4Kakade anilinganisi bantu xa omnye athi: “Mna ndingokaPawulos,” wumbi athi: “Mna ndingoka-Apolo”? 5Xa ndingubani mna Pawulos, engubani yena uApolo? Sizizicaka nje zikaThixo kuphela, ezinincedayo ukuba nikholwe. Umntu ngamnye kuthi wenza umsebenzi awunikwe yiNkosi. 6Mna ndatyala, uApolo yena wankcenkceshela, kodwa ke nguThixo okhulisayo. 7Ngoko ke lowo utyalayo akabalwa, nalowo unkcenkceshelayo akabalwa; obalulekileyo nguThixo, yena ukhulisayo. 8Lowo utyalayo ke uyafana nalowo unkcenkceshelayo, kodwa elowo kubo uya kwamkela umvuzo ngangokubulaleka kwakhe. 9Thina singabancedisanayo emsebenzini kaThixo; intsimi kaThixo ke nini.
Ngenye indlela nisisakhiwo sikaThixo. 10Ngesisa endisenzelwe nguThixo ndasibeka isiseko ngokwegcisa lomakhi. Omnye ke wakha phezu kwaso. Elowo ke makayigqale indlela akha ngayo phezu kwesi siseko. 11Kaloku akukho bani unokubeka siseko simbi ngaphandle kweso sabekwa nguThixo, eso ke singuYesu onguKrestu. 12Kunokwakhiwa ngezinto ezahluka-hlukeneyo phezu kwesi siseko. Kunokwakhiwa ngegolide, ngesiliva, nangamatye anqabileyo; kunokwakhiwa ngamaplanga, ngengca, nangeendiza. 13Umsebenzi womntu ngamnye uya kucaca ngemini yomgwebo, kuba ngaloo mini umlilo uya kuwubonakalisa umsebenzi womntu ngamnye, uphicothe ubunjani bawo. 14Ukuba into akhe ngayo umntu phezu kwesi siseko ayitshanga, uya kwamkela umvuzo. 15Ke ukuba ithe yatsha, umntu lowo wolahlekelwa ngumvuzo; ke yena ngokwakhe wosindiswa, kodwa ke ange ucande emlilweni.
16Anazi na ukuba nina niyindlu kaThixo? Anazi na ukuba uMoya kaThixo uhlala ngaphakathi kwenu? 17Ukuba umntu uyayonakalisa indlu kaThixo, uThixo uya kumohlwaya, kuba indlu kaThixo ingcwele – nina ke niyiloo ndlu.
18Makungabikho namnye uzikhohlisayo. Ukuba ubani kuni uba usisilumko kweli hlabathi, makabe “sisidenge” ukuze abe sisilumko ngenene. 19Kaloku ubulumko beli hlabathi bubudenge kuThixo. Kaloku *iziBhalo zitsho ukuthi: “UThixo uyazibambisa izilumko kubuqhetseba bazo;” 20ziphinde zithi: “INkosi iyazazi ukuba zingamampunge iingcamango zezilumko.” 21Ngoko ke makungabikho namnye uqhayisa ngezinto ezenziwa ngabantu. Kaloku izinto zonke zezenu: 22nokuba nguPawulos, nokuba nguApolo, nokuba nguPetros, nokuba lihlabathi, nokuba bubomi, nokuba kukufa, nokuba zizinto ezikhoyo, nokuba zeziza kubakho; zonke ezo zinto zezenu. 23Kodwa ke nina ningabakaKrestu, uKrestu yena ngokaThixo.
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