KwabaseRoma 3:2-26

Kuningi ngezindlela zonke; okokuqala, ngokuba baphathiswa amazwi kaNkulunkulu kubo. Ngokuba kuthiwani uma abanye bengakholwanga? Ukungakholwa kwabo kuyakwenza ize ukukholwa kukaNkulunkulu na? Makube njalo! njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Ukuze uthiwe ulungile emazwini akho, njalo unqobe ekwahlulelweni kwakho. Kepha uma ukungalungi kwethu kubonakalisa ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu, siyakuthini na? UNkulunkulu ungalungile yini ophindiselayo? (Ngikhuluma njengendoda.) Makube njalo, ngokuba uma kunjalo uNkulunkulu uyakulahlulela kanjani izwe na? Ngokuba uma iqiniso likaNkulunkulu lavama kakhulu ngamanga ami kube yinkazimulo yakhe; ngisagwetshelwani mina njengesoni na? Njalo kungabi njengalokhu sihletshwa, lanjengoba abanye bathi sithi: Asenze okubi, ukuze kuvele okuhle? ukulahlwa kwabo kungukulunga. Pho? thina singcono kunabo na? Qha, nakanye; ngokuba sesiwabonisile ngaphambili amaJuda nabezizwe ukuthi bonke baphansi kwesono; njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Kakho olungileyo, hatshi loyedwa; akakho oqondayo, akakho ofuna uNkulunkulu. Baphambukile bonke, basebeyize kanyekanye; akakho owenza okuhle, akakho noyedwa. Umphimbo wabo uyithuna elivulekileyo; ngolimi lwabo basebenzisa inkohliso; ubuthi bezinyoka buphansi kwezindebe zabo; abamlomo wabo ugcwele ukuqalekisa nokubaba; Izinyawo zabo ziyashesha ukuchitha igazi; Ukubhujiswa nosizi kusezindleleni zabo; Nendlela yokuthula abayazanga; Ukwesaba uNkulunkulu akukho phambi kwamehlo abo. Khathesi siyazi ukuthi konke okutshoyo umlayoukutsho kwabangaphansi komlayo, ukuze yonke imilomo ivinjwe, lokuthi umhlaba wonke ube lecala phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke ngemisebenzi yomthetho akukho nyama eyakulungisiswa phambi kwakhe, ngokuba ngomthetho kukhona ukwazi isono. Kodwa khathesi-ke sekubonakalisiwe ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu ngaphandle komlayo, kufakazelwa ngumlayo labaprofethi; Ngisho ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu okungokukholwa kuJesu Kristu kubo bonke naphezu kwabo bonke abakholwayo, ngokuba akukho mehluko; Ngokuba bonke bonile, basilalelwe inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu; belungisiswa ngesihle ngomusa wakhe ngokuhlengwa okukuKristu Jesu; ammisileyo uNkulunkulu, abe yinhlawulo ngokukholwa egazini lakhe, ukuze kubonakaliswe ukulunga kwakhe ngenxa yokuthethelelwa kwezono ezenziwe ngaphambili, ngokubekezela kukaNkulunkulu; ukuze kubonakaliswe ukulunga kwakhe kulesi sikhathi, ukuze abe ngolungileyo, amlungisise okholwa nguJesu.