¹ Ngiyaqinisa phambi kukaNkulunkulu noKristu Jesu oyakwahlulela abaphilayo nabafileyo nangokubonakala kwakhe nombuso wakhe, ngithi: ² Shumayela izwi, uqinise, noma kuyisikhathi noma kungesiso; sola, ukhuze, uyale ngakho konke ukubekezela nokufundisa. ³ Ngokuba kuyakuba khona isikhathi abangayikuvuma ngaso isifundiso esiphilayo, kepha ngokwezinkanuko zabo bayakuzibuthela abafundisi njengokubatshwa kwezindlebe zabo, ⁴ bafulathelise izindlebe zabo eqinisweni, baphambukele ezinganekwaneni. ⁵ Kepha wena , qonda ezintweni zonke , ubekezele ekuhluphekeni , wenze umsebenzi womvangeli, ufeze ukukhonza kwakho. ⁶ Ngokuba mina sengiyanikelwa, nesikhathi sokumuka kwami sesifikile. ⁷ Ngikulwile ukulwa okuhle, ngiqedile ibanga, ngigcinile ukukholwa; ⁸ sengibekelwe umqhele wokulunga eyakungipha wona ngalolo suku iNkosi , umahluleli olungileyo , kungeyimi ngedwa , kepha bonke abathandile ukubonakala kwayo. UThimothewu ucelwa ukuba afike kuPawulu ⁹ Shesha uze kimi masinyane. ¹⁰ Ngokuba uDema wangishiya ethanda leli zwe lamanje, waya eThesalonika; uKreste waya eGalathiya, uThithu eDalmathiya; ¹¹ nguLuka yedwa onami . Thatha uMarku, uze naye, ngokuba unosizo kimi ekukhonzeni. ¹² UThikhiku sengamthuma e-Efesu. ¹³ Ijazi engalishiya eTrowa kuKarpu woliphatha , nxa uza , nezincwadi, ikakhulu ezesikhumba. ¹⁴ U-Aleksandru, umkhandi wethusi wenza okubi okuningi kimi ; iNkosi iyakumbuyisela ngokwemisebenzi yakhe; ¹⁵ umxwaye nawe, ngokuba wamelana kakhulu namazwi ethu. ¹⁶ Ekuziphenduleleni kwami kokuqala kwakungekho muntu ongimelayo , kepha bonke bangishiya; makungabalelwa kubo lokho; ¹⁷ kodwa iNkosi yangimela , yangipha amandla ukuba intshumayelo ipheleliswe ngami , nabezizwe bonke bezwe ; ngase ngikhululwa emlonyeni wengonyama. ¹⁸ INkosi iyakungikhulula kuyo yonke imisebenzi emibi , ingisindise, ngize ngifike embusweni wayo osezulwini ; makube kuyo inkazimulo kuze kube phakade naphakade. Amen. Isigcino ¹⁹ Khonza koPriska no-Akwila nendlu ka-Onesiforu. ²⁰ U-Erastu wasala eKorinte, kepha uTrofimu ngamshiya eMilethu egula. ²¹ Shesha ufike, kungakangeni ubusika. Bakhonza kuwe o -Evubulu, noPhude, noLinu, noKlawudiya, nabo bonke abazalwane. ²² INkosi mayibe nomoya wakho. Umusa mawube nani.