2 KuThimothewu 1:1-5

UPawula, umphostoli kaKhristu uJesu ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu nangokwesithembiso sokuphila okukuKhristu uJesu, kuThimothewu umntwana othandekayo: makube kuwe umusa, ububele, nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba nakuKhristu uJesu iNkosi yethu. Ngiyambonga uNkulunkulu engimkhonzayo ngonembeza omsulwa kusukela kokhokho, njengokuba ngikukhumbula njalo emikhulekweni yami ubusuku nemini, ngilangazelela ukukubona; ngikhumbula izinyembezi zakho, ukuze ngigcwaliswe ngentokozo. Lokho kungikhumbuza ukukholwa kwakho okungenakho ukuzenzisa, okwaqala kugogo wakho uLuwisi nakunyoko uYunisi, futhi nginesiqiniseko sokuthi kukhona nakuwe.