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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. Ngokuba bhekani ukubizwa kwenu, bazalwane, ukuthi ababaningi abahlakaniphileyo ngokwenyama, ababaningi abanamandla, kababaningi abayizikhulu, ababiziweyo; Kodwa uNkulunkulu ukhethile izinto zobuthutha zomhlaba ukuze ajabhise ezihlakaniphileyo; futhi uNkulunkulu ukhethile izinto ezibuthakathaka zezwe ukuze ajabhise izinto ezinamandla; Lezinto eziphansi zomhlaba lezinto ezidelelwayo uNkulunkulu uzikhethile, lezinto ezingekho, ukuthi achithe izinto ezikhona. Ukuze kungabikho nyama ezibonga phambi kwakhe. Kodwa kuye lina likuKristu Jesu, owenziwe kithi ukuhlakanipha okuvela kuNkulunkulu, lokulunga, lokungcweliswa, lokuhlengwa; ukuze, njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Ozibongayo, makazidumise eNkosini.