2 KuThimothewu 1:3-7

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. Ngakho-ke ngiyakukhumbuza ukuba usivuselele njalo isipho somusa sikaNkulunkulu esikuwe owasithola ngokubekwa yimi izandla. Ngokuba uNkulunkulu akasiphanga umoya wobugwala, kodwa owamandla, owothando, nowokuzithiba.