¹ Ngakho ngiyani ncenga, bazalwane, ngobubele bukaNkulunkulu ukuba ninikele imizimba yenu ibe ngumnikelo ophilileyo, ongcwele, othandeka kuNkulunkulu, kube ngukukhonza kwenu kokuqonda; ² ningalingisi leli zwe , kodwa niguqulwe isimo ngokwenziwa ibe ntsha ingqondo yenu, ukuze nibe nokuhlolisisa okuyintando kaNkulunkulu, okuhle, nokuthandekayo, nokupheleleyo. Ukuthobeka ³ Ngokuba ngomusa engiwuphiweyo ngisho kulowo nalowo phakathi kwenu ukuthi angacabangi athi mkhulu kunalokho afanele ukukucabanga , kodwa acabange kube ngokuqond a, njengalokho uNkulunkulu abele lowo nalowo isilinganiso sokukholwa. ⁴ Ngokuba njengalokhu sinezitho eziningi emzimbeni munye , kepha izitho zonke azinamsebenzi munye, ⁵ kanjalo thina esibaningi simzimba munye kuKristu , kepha ngabanye siyizitho, omunye esomunye. ⁶ Sinezipho zomusa ezahlukileyo ngokomusa esiwuphiweyo ; uma singesokuprofetha, asiprofethe ngesilinganiso sokukholwa; ⁷ uma singesokukhonza, kube senkonzweni; ofundisayo, kube sekufundiseni, ⁸ oyalayo, ekuyaleni; owabayo, enze ngobuqotho ; oholayo, ngenkuthalo; ohawukelayo, ngentokozo. Uthando nokuphathana kahle ⁹ Uthando malungabi nakuzenzisa; nenyanye okubi, nibambelele kokuhle; ¹⁰ thandanani ngenhliziyo ngothando lobuzalwane ; ekwazisaneni nandulelane; ¹¹ ekukhuthaleni ningenqeni, nivuthe emoyeni, nikhonze iNkosi; ¹² ethembeni nithokoze; osizini nibekezele; ekukhulekeni niqinisele njalo; ¹³ hlanganyelani nabangcwele ekusweleni kwabo , nikhuthalele ukungenisa izihambi. ¹⁴ Babusiseni abanizingelayo; busisani, ningaqalekisi. ¹⁵ Thokozani nabathokozayo, nikhale nabakhalayo. ¹⁶ Manibe nhliziyonye ; ningazindli okuphakemeyo , kodwa yaneliswani ngokuphansi. Ningazishayi abahlakaniphileyo. ¹⁷ Ningaphindiseli muntu okubi ngokubi ; nakani okuhle phambi kwabantu bonke; ¹⁸ uma kungenzeka, ngokwenu hlalisanani ngokuthula nabantu bonke; ¹⁹ ningaziphindiseli nina bathandwa , kodwa dedelani ulaka , ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi : Ngokwami ukuphindisela , ngiyakubuyisela mina , isho iNkosi. ²⁰ Kepha: Uma isitha sakho silambile , siphe sidle ; uma somile , siphuzise, ngokuba ngokwenza lo kho uyakube ufumbela amalahle avuthayo ekhanda laso. ²¹ Unganqotshwa ngokubi, kodwa nqoba okubi ngokuhle.