1 kaPetru 1:3-9

Makabongwe uNkulunkulu, uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, obuye wasizala kabusha ngokwesihawu sakhe esikhulu ukuba sibe nethemba eliphilayo ngokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu kwabafileyo. Elifani elingenakonakala, nelingangcolile, nelingabuniyo, elibekelwe nina ezulwini. Nina enigcinwa ngamandla kaNkulunkulu ngokholo kube yinsindiso elungiselwe ukwambulwa ngesikhathi sokugcina. Elithokoza kakhulu ngakho, lanxa khathesi, uba kudingekile, seliselusizini ngezilingo ngezilingo; ukuze ukuvivinywa kokholo lwenu, okuligugu kakhulu kunegolide elibhubhayo, nakuba livivinywa ngomlilo, kufunyanwe kube yindumiso nodumo nenkazimulo ekubonakaleni kukaJesu Kristu; Eningambonanga niyamthanda; enikholwa kuye, nakuba ningamboni manje, nithokoza ngentokozo engakhulumekiyo negcwele inkazimulo; namukela isiphetho sokukholwa kwenu, ukusindiswa kwemiphefumulo yenu.