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Kepha uma uKristu eshunyayelwa ukuthi uvukile kwabafileyo, basho kanjani abanye phakathi kwenu ukuthi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo na? Kepha uma kungekho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, noKristu akavuswanga; Uma uKristu engavuswanga kwabafileyo, ukushumayela kwethu kuyize, nokukholwa kwenu kuyize. Yebo, sifunyanwa singofakazi bamanga bakaNkulunkulu; ngoba safakaza ngoNkulunkulu ukuthi wamvusa uKristu, angamvusanga, uba kambe abafileyo bengavuki. Ngokuba uma abafileyo bengavuki, noKristu akavuswanga; Uma uKristu engavuswanga, ukukholwa kwenu kuyize; nisesezonweni zenu. Khona-ke nalabo asebalala bekuKristu babhubhile. Uma sithembela kuKristu kulokhu kuphila kuphela, singabokudabuka kunabantu bonke. Kodwa kalokhu uKristu uvusiwe kwabafileyo, elulibo lwabaleleyo. Ngoba njengoba ukufa kweza ngomuntu, langomuntu ukuvuka kwabafileyo kweza. Ngokuba njengalokhu ku-Adamu bonke bayafa, ngokunjalo kuKristu bonke bayakuphiliswa. Kodwa ngulowo lalowo esigabeni sakhe: UKristu ulibo; ngasemuva abangabakaKristu ekufikeni kwakhe. Khona-ke kufika ukuphela, lapho eyakunikela umbuso kuNkulunkulu uYise; lapho esechithile konke ukubusa labo bonke ubukhosi lamandla. Ngokuba umelwe ukubusa, aze abeke izitha zonke phansi kwezinyawo zakhe. Isitha sokugcina esiyakuchithwa singukufa; Ngokuba izinto zonke uzibekile phansi kwezinyawo zakhe. Kepha nxa ethi zonke izinto zithotshiswe phansi kwakhe, kusobala ukuthi ungaphandle yena owabeka zonke izinto phansi kwakhe. Nxa izinto zonke sezithotshiselwe phansi kwakhe, khona nayo iNdodana iyakuzithoba phansi kwalowo owabeka zonke izinto phansi kwayo, ukuze uNkulunkulu abe yikho konke kukho konke. Uma kungenjalo, bayakwenzani ababhapathizwa ngenxa yabafileyo, uma abafileyo bengavuki na? babhabhathizelwani abafileyo na? Futhi kungani sizifaka engozini ihora ngalinye? Ngifa imihla ngemihla ngokuzibonga enginakho kuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu. Uma ngokwabantu ngalwa nezilo e-Efesu, ngiyakungisizani, uma abafileyo bengavuki na? masidle, siphuze; ngoba kusasa sizakufa. Ningakhohliswa; ukujwayelana nababi konakalisa ukuziphatha okuhle. Phaphamani ekulungeni, ningoni; ngoba abanye kabamazi uNkulunkulu; ngikhuluma lokhu ukuze libe lenhloni.