Eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte
5:1 Kwandile ukuvakala ukuba kukho umbulo phakathi kwenu, nezinto ezinjalo
Ke lona umbulo, lowo ke akubizwa ngegama lakhe phakathi kweentlanga
kufuneka abe nomfazi kayise.
5:2 Ke nina nikhukhumele, anisuka nizilile, ukuba lowo unako
yenze le nto, isuswe phakathi kwenu.
5:3 Kuba okunene, ndingekho nje okunene ngesiqu, ndikho ngomoya;
sendithi ndikho ngalowo wenze oku
isenzo,
5:4 Egameni leNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, xa nithe nahlangana ndawonye
uMoya wam, ngokwamandla eNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu,
5:5 ukumnikela onjalo kuSathana, ukuba kutshatyalaliswe inyama;
umoya uya kusindiswa ngemini yeNkosi uYesu.
5:6 Ukuqhayisa kwenu akulunganga. Anazi na ukuba igwele elincinane liyabilisa
yonke intlama?
5:7 Likhupheni ngoko kuthi tu igwele elidala, ukuze nibe yintlama entsha, njengoko ninjalo nina
engenagwele. Ngokuba ipasika yethu ubingelelwe thina nguKristu;
5:8 Ngoko ke, masenze umthendeleko, singabi kunye negwele elidala, kunye nesonka
igwele lenkohlakalo nobubi; kodwa ngezonka ezingenagwele zika
ukunyaniseka nenyaniso.
5:9 Ndanibhalela encwadini ukuba maningazidibanisi nabahenyuzi;
5:10 kodwa kungabi kwabahenyuzayo kanye, nabahenyuzi beli hlabathi;
namabawa, nabaphangi, nabakhonzi bezithixo; kuba oko kuya kufuneka nihambe
ngaphandle kwehlabathi.
5:11 Kungoku ke, ndinibhalela ukuba maningazidibanisi nokuba ngabakho
ukuba kuthiwa ngumzalwana, makabe ngumhenyuzi, nokubawa, nokuba ungumkhonzi wezithixo, nokuba ngumkhonzi wezithixo
umtshabhisi, nokuba linxila, nokuba ungumphangi; nonjalo maningenjenjalo
yitya.
5:12 Ndinamsebenzi mni na ukuba ndigwebe nabangaphandle? musani ukwenza nina
gwebani abangaphakathi?
5:13 Ke abangaphandle bagwetywa nguThixo. Susani ke phakathi kwenu
Nani ngokwenu laa mntu ukhohlakeleyo.