KuThithu 1:1-4

UPawula, inceku kaNkulunkulu nomphostoli kaJesu Khristu, ngenxa yokokukholwa kwabakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu, nangokulazi iqiniso eliholela ekumesabeni uNkulunkulu, nasethembeni lokuphila okuphakade, uNkulunkulu ongawaqambi amanga akwethembisa zingakabi bikho izikhathi zaphakade, okuthe ngesikhathi esifaneleyo walibonakalisa izwi lakhe entshumayelweni engayiphathiswa ngokomyalo kaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu. KuThithu, umntanami, ngokweqiniso ekukholweni esikuhlanganyele sonke: makube kuwe umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba nakuKhristu uJesu uMsindisi wethu.