1 KuThimothewu 4:6-16

Uma ubayala abazalwane ngalokhu, uyakuba yisikhonzi esihle sikaKhristu uJesu, wondliwe ngamazwi okukholwa nemfundiso enhle oyilandelayo. Kepha zale izinganekwane ezingcolileyo zezalukazi, nokho zejwayeze ukumesaba uNkulunkulu, ngokuba ukuvocavoca umzimba kusiza kancane, kodwa ukwesaba uNkulunkulu kusiza ezintweni zonke, futhi kunesithembiso kulokhu kuphila nakulokho okuzayo. Lithembekile leli lizwi, lifanele impela ukwemukelwa, ngokuba yilokho esikukhandlekelayo, nesikushikashikelayo; lokhu sithembele kuNkulunkulu ophilayo onguMsindisi wabantu bonke, ikakhulu wabakholwayo. Yala ngalezi zinto, futhi ufundise ngazo. Makungabi bikho muntu owedelela ubusha bakho, kodwa yiba yisibonelo kwabakholwayo ngokukhuluma, ngokuziphatha, ngothando, ngokukholwa nangokuhlanzeka. Qikelela ukuba ufunde, uyale, ufundise, ngize ngifike. Ungasidebeseli isiphiwo sakho, owasiphiwa ngezwi elaphrofethwa, nangokubeka izandla ngamalunga. Yenza lezi zinto, uzinikele kuzo, ukuze ukuqhubekela phambili kwakho kubonwe yibo bonke. Ziqaphele wena nemfundiso, uphikelele kukho, ngokuba ngokwenza lokho uyakuzisindisa wena nalabo abakuzwayo.