1 KaPhethro 2:4-12

Sondelani kuyo, iyitshe eliphilileyo, elinqatshwe ngabantu, kepha kuNkulunkulu likhethekile, liyigugu. Nani njengamatshe aphilileyo, nakhiwe nibe yindlu yokomoya, ubuphristi obungcwele, ukuze ninikele ngemihlatshelo yokomoya eyamukelekayo kuNkulunkulu, ngaye uJesu Khristu. Ngokuba umbhalo, uthi: “Ngibeka eZiyoni itshe legumbi elikhethekileyo, eliyigugu. Okholwa kuye akasoze ajabhiswa.” Ngakho-ke kini enikholwayo liyigugu, kodwa kwabangakholwayo; itshe abalinqabayo abakhi, yilo elaba yinhloko yegumbi, netshe lokukhubekisa, nedwala lokuwisa. Bayakhubeka ngokuba bengalilaleli izwi okuyikhona abakumiselweyo. Kepha nina niluhlanga olukhethiweyo, ubuphristi basebukhosini, isizwe esingcwele, abantu abangabakaNkulunkulu, ukuze nishumayele ngobuhle balowo owanibiza, ukuba niphume ebumnyameni ningene ekukhanyeni kwakhe okumangalisayo. Nina naningesiso isizwe, kepha manje seniyisizwe sikaNkulunkulu; naningahawukelwanga, kodwa manje senihawukelwe. Bathandekayo, ngiyanincenga njengabafokazi nezihambi ukuba nidede ezinkanukweni zenyama ezilwa nomphefumulo. Ziphatheni kahle phakathi kwabezizwe, ukuze kuthi lapho beninyembenya ngokuthi ningabenzi bokubi, kodwa kuthi lapho bebona imisebenzi yenu emihle, bamdumise uNkulunkulu ngosuku lokuhanjelwa.