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Ngokuba intshumayelo yesiphambano kwababhubhayo iwubuwula; kodwa kithina esisindiswayo kungamandla kaNkulunkulu. Ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Ngiyakuchitha ukuhlakanipha kwabahlakaniphileyo, nokuqonda kwabahlakaniphileyo ngikwenze ize. Uphi ohlakaniphileyo? uphi umbhali na? uphi umbangi walomhlaba na? UNkulunkulu akakwenzanga kwaba yize ukuhlakanipha kwaleli zwe na? Ngokuba kuthe ekuhlakanipheni kukaNkulunkulu izwe alimazanga uNkulunkulu ngokuhlakanipha, kwaba kuhle kuNkulunkulu ukusindisa abakholwayo ngobuwula bentshumayelo. Ngokuba abaJuda bafuna isibonakaliso, namaGreki afuna ukuhlakanipha; Kodwa thina sitshumayela uKristu obethelwe esiphambanweni, isikhubekiso kubaJuda, ubuthutha kumaGriki; Kepha kwababiziweyo, amaJuda namaGreki, singuKristu ongamandla kaNkulunkulu nokuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu. Ngokuba ubuwula bukaNkulunkulu buhlakaniphe kunabantu; futhi ubuthakathaka bukaNkulunkulu bunamandla kunabantu.