1 KaPhethro 2:18-25

Zinceku, bathobeleni abaqashi benu ngokwesaba konke, kungabi nje kwabalungileyo nabamnene kuphela, kodwa nalabo abanesihluku. Ngokuba lokhu kuyabongeka uma umuntu, ngenxa kanembeza, ngokuyintando kaNkulunkulu, ethwala izinsizi noma ehlushwa ngokungafanele. Kunamvuzo muni ukubekezela lapho nishayelwa enikonileyo na? Kepha uma nibekezela lapho nihlushwa nibe nenze okuhle, lokho kuyancomeka kuNkulunkulu. Nabizelwa khona lokho, ngokuba uKhristu wahlushwa ngenxa yenu, wanishiyela isibonelo sokuba nilandele ezinyathelweni zakhe. “Ongazange enze isono, nokungafunyanwanga nkohliso emlonyeni wakhe;” owathi ethukwa akaze aphindisela, ehlushwa akaze asongela muntu, kodwa wazinikela kulowo owehlulela ngokulunga; owathwala izono zethu emzimbeni wakhe, emthini, ukuze kuthi sesifile ezonweni, siphile ekulungeni. Ngemivimbo yakhe naphiliswa, ngokuba naninjengezimvu ezidukileyo, kodwa manje senibuyele kumelusi nomphathi wemiphefumulo yenu.