Kwabase-Efesu 1:3-21

Makabongwe uNkulunkulu uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, osibusisile ezulwini kuKhristu ngaso sonke isibusiso sokomoya; njengalokhu asikhetha kuye ngothando ungakasekelwa umhlaba ukuba sibe ngcwele, singabi nasici phambi kwakhe. Wakumisa phambilini ukuba sibe ngabantwana kuye ngoJesu Khristu, njengalokhu kwaba kuhle kuye ngentando yakhe, ukuze kudunyiswe inkazimulo yomusa wakhe asinike wona ngesihle ngothandiweyo, esinokuhlengwa kuye ngegazi lakhe, ukuthethelelwa kweziphambeko ngokwengcebo yomusa wakhe, asiphe wona ngokwedlulele kukho konke ukuhlakanipha nokuqonda, esazisa imfihlakalo yentando yakhe ayimisile kuye ngokuthanda kwakhe, azokuphelelisa ngesikhathi esifanele, ukuhlanganisa konke kuKhristu, konke okusezulwini nokusemhlabeni; kuye futhi sabelwa ifa, njengokuba sasikumiselwe ngaphambilini ngokwecebo lalowo owenza konke ngokwentando yakhe, ukuze thina esethembele kuKhristu ngaphambilini, sibe ludumo lwenkazimulo yakhe. Kuye, nani senilizwile izwi leqiniso, ivangeli lokusindiswa kwenu, nakholwa nguye futhi, nabekwa uphawu ngoMoya oNgcwele wesethembiso oyisibambiso sefa lethu, kube ngukuhlengwa kwabangabakhe, ukuze kutuswe inkazimulo yakhe. Ngalokho nami, sengizwile ngokukholwa kwenu eNkosini uJesu nangothando kubo bonke abangcwele, angiyeki ukubonga ngenxa yenu, nginikhumbula emikhulekweni yami, ukuba uNkulunkulu weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, uYise wenkazimulo, aniphe umoya wokuhlakanipha nokwambulelwa, ukuze nimazi kangcono Yena, esekhanyisiwe amehlo enhliziyo yenu, ukuze nikwazi lokho okuyithemba lobizo lwakhe nokuthi iyini ingcebo yenkazimulo yefa lakhe kubo abangcwele, nokuthi makhulu kangakanani amandla akhe kithina esikholwayo, njengokusebenza kwamandla akhe amakhulu, asebenze ngawo kuKhristu emvusa kwabafileyo, wamhlalisa ngakwesokunene sakhe emazulwini, ngaphezu kakhulu kwakho konke ukubusa, negunya, namandla, nobukhosi, namagama wonke aphathwayo, kungekulesi sikhathi kuphela, kepha nakwesizayo.