2 KwabaseKhorinte 4:7-18

Kepha le ngcebo sinayo ezitsheni zebumba, ukuze ubukhulu bamandla obukhulu kakhulu bube ngobukaNkulunkulu, hhayi obuvela kithi. Sicindezelwa nxazonke, kepha asifihlizeki; siyaxakeka, kodwa asidikibali. Siyahlushwa, kepha asilahlwa; siqunjwa phansi, kodwa asibhujiswa. Sithwele njalo emzimbeni wethu ukufa kukaKhristu, ukuze ukuphila kukaJesu kubonakaliswe emzimbeni wethu. Ngokuba sisaphila, sinikelwa njalo ekufeni ngenxa kaJesu, ukuze ukuphila kukaJesu kubonakaliswe emzimbeni yethu efayo. Ngakho-ke kithina kusebenza ukufa, kodwa kinina ukuphila. Njengalokhu sinawo lowo moya wokukholwa kuNkulunkulu njengokuba kusho embhalweni, ukuthi: “Ngakholwa, ngakho ngakhuluma.” Nathi siyakholwa, ngakho-ke siyakhuluma, sazi ukuthi lowo owayivusa iNkosi uJesu uyakusivusa nathi kanye noJesu, asethule kanye nani. Ngokuba konke kwenzelwe nina, ukuze umusa ngesikhathi wenabela kubantu abaningi, kwande ukubonga kwabo, kube ludumo kuNkulunkulu. Ngakho asidangali, nakuba umuntu wethu wangaphandle ebhubha, nokho owangaphakathi wenziwa musha imihla ngemihla. Ngokuba usizi lwethu oluncane lwesikhashana lusilungisela inkazimulo enkulu yaphakade, engenakulinganiswa. Thina asibheki okubonwayo, kodwa okungabonwayo; ngokuba okubonwayo kungokwesikhashana, kepha okungabonwa kungokwaphakade.