KuThithu 3:3-8

Ngokuba nathi kade sasiyiziwula, singalaleli, sidukiswa, siyizigqila zezinkanuko nokutamasa okunhlobonhlobo, siphila ebubini, sinomona, sizondwa futhi sizondana. Kepha lapho sebubonakalisiwe ububele bukaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu nothando lwakhe kubantu, wasisindisa; hhayi ngemisebenzi yokulunga esayenza, kodwa ngokwesihawu sakhe, ngokugezwa kokuphindu kuzalwa, ngokuba senziwe basha ngoMoya oNgcwele, amthululela ngokwevileyo phezu kwethu, ngaye uJesu Khristu uMsindisi wethu, ukuze sithi silungisiswe ngomusa wakhe, sibe yizindlalifa zokuphila okuphakade ngokwethemba. Lithembekile leli lizwi: ngithanda ukuba ugcizelele impela ngalokhu, ukuze abakholwa nguNkulunkulu bakhuthalele ukwenza imisebenzi emihle. Phela lezo zinto zinhle, futhi zinosizo kubantu