Eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte 1:1 UPawulos, owabizwayo ukuba abe ngumpostile kaYesu Kristu ngokuthanda kukaThixo, noSosithene umzalwana wethu. 1:2 ubhalela ibandla likaThixo eliseKorinte, abangcwalisiweyo kuKristu Yesu, abangcwele ababiziweyo, nabanako konke ukubizwa ezindaweni zonke egameni likaYesu Kristu iNkosi yethu, eyabo neyethu; 1:3 Makube lubabalo kuni, noxolo oluvela kuThixo uBawo wethu, neNkosi yethu UYESU khristu. 1:4 Ndihlala ndibulela kuye uThixo wam ngani, ngenxa yobabalo lukaThixo olukhoyo eninikwe ngoYesu Kristu; 1:5 kuba natyetyiswa kuye ngezinto zonke, ngokuthetha konke, nangento yonke ulwazi; 1:6 njengokuba ubungqina bukaKristu baqiniswayo kuni; 1:7 ngokokude ningasileli nakwesinye isipho enisibabalweyo; silindele ukufika kweNkosi yethu UYESU khristu: 1:8 oya kuniqinisa kude kuse ekupheleni, ukuze ningabi nakusoleka kuwo imini yeNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu. 1:9 Uthembekile uThixo, enabizelwa nguye ebudlelaneni boNyana wakhe uYesu Kristu iNkosi yethu. 1:10 Ke kaloku, ndiyaniyala, bazalwana, ngalo igama leNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, ukuba nithethe nto-nye nonke, nokuba kungabikho zahlukahlukano kuni; ke nibe ngabalungisiweyo, nigqibelele ngqiqweni-nye, nasicamangweni sinye isigwebo esifanayo. 1:11 Kuba ndazisiwe ngani, bazalwana bam, ngabo bakhoyo kwakuloKlowe, ukuba kukho iimpikiswano phakathi kwenu. 1:12 Ukutsho ke ndithi kuthiwa, ulowo kuni uthi, Mna ndingokaPawulos; kwaye mna ye uApolo; omnye ke athi, Mna ndingokaKefas; mna ke ndingokaKristu. 1:13 Ngaba uKristu wahlulelene? Kwabethelelwa uPawulos yini na emnqamlezweni ngenxa yenu? okanye nabhaptizelwa kulo igama likaPawulos? 1:14 Ndiyabulela kuThixo, ukuba ndingabhaptizanga namnye kuni, ingenguKrispo noGayo; 1:15 ukuze kungabikho othi, ndabhaptizela egameni lam. 1:16 Ndabhaptiza ke nendlu kaStefana; ngaphandle kwabo, andazi nokuba ndabhaptiza wumbi. 1:17 Kuba uKristu akandithumanga kubhaptiza; wandithuma ukushumayela iindaba ezilungileyo, kungabi ngakanye ubulumko bamazwi, ukuze umnqamlezo kaKristu ungalanjathiswa. 1:18 Kuba ilizwi lomnqamlezo libubudenge okunene kwabatshabalalayo; kodwa kuthi thina basindiswayo, lingamandla kaThixo. 1:19 Kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Ndiya kubutshabalalisa ubulumko bezilumko, ndizise Ingqondo yezilumko ingabi nto yanto. 1:20 Siphi na ke isilumko? uphi na umbhali? uphi umbangi wale nto ihlabathi? UThixo akabenzanga baba bubudenge na ubulumko beli hlabathi? 1:21 Ekubeni ke kuthe, ebulumkweni bukaThixo, ihlabathi alamazi uThixo ngobulumko balo Yamkholisa uThixo, ngobudenge bokuvakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo, ukusindisa abakholwayo. 1:22 Kuba amaYuda efuna umqondiso, namaGrike efuna ubulumko; 1:23 Ke thina sivakalisa uKristu, ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni; ubudenge bamaGrike; 1:24 ke kwabo babiziweyo, amaYuda kwanamaGrike, sivakalisa uKristu ongamandla kaThixo, nobulumko bukaThixo. 1:25 Ngokuba into kaThixo ebubudenge inobulumko kunabantu; kunye nobuthathaka be UThixo unamandla kunabantu. 1:26 Kuba luboneni ubizo lwenu, bazalwana, ukuba azizininzi izilumko emva kwawo Abayinyama, ababaninzi abanamandla, abamaninzi amanene; 1:27 Kodwa uThixo usuke wanyula izinto ezibubudenge zehlabathi, ukuze azidanise; lumkile; kwaye uThixo unyule nezinto ezingenamandla zehlabathi, ukuze azidanise izinto ezinamandla; 1:28 nezinto zehlabathi eziphantsi, nezidelekileyo, anazo uThixo abanyuliweyo, ewe, nezinto ezingekhoyo, ukuba batshitshise izinto ezo zezi: 1:29 ukuze kungaqhayisi namnye umntu emehlweni akhe. 1:30 Ke nina nikuKristu Yesu, owenziweyo kuthi ubulumko obuvela kuThixo; nobulungisa, nobungcwalisa, nentlawulelo; 1:31 ukuze, njengoko kubhaliweyo, Oqhayisayo aqhayise ngako Nkosi.