1 KaPhethro 1:17-24

Uma nimbiza ngokuthi uBaba Yena owehlulela lowo nalowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe engakhethi, ngakho-ke hambani ngokwesaba ngesikhathi nisaphila. Nina niyazi ukuthi nahlengwa ezintweni ezingasho lutho zokhokho benu, hhayi ngezinto eziphelayo njengesiliva noma igolide, kodwa nahlengwa ngegazi likaKhristu elinqabileyo, kungathi elewundlu elingenacala nasici. Wakhethwa umhlaba ungakasekelwa, kodwa wabonakaliswa ngezikhathi zokugcina ngenxa yenu, okungaye nikholwa kuNkulunkulu, Yena owamvusa kwabafileyo, wamnika inkazimulo, ukuze ukukholwa kwenu nethemba lenu kube kuNkulunkulu. Senihlambululile imiphefumulo yenu ngokulalela iqiniso, ukuze uthando lwenu lobuzalwane lungabi nakuzenzisa; nithandane ngokuphelele, omunye nomunye, kuqubuka enhliziyweni emhlophe. Senizelwe kabusha nina, hhayi ngembewu ephelayo, kodwa ngengapheliyo, ngezwi eliphilileyo nelimiyo likaNkulunkulu, ngokuba