Eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte 13:1 Ndingafanelana ndithetha ngeelwimi zabantu nezezithunywa zezulu; uthando, ndisuke ndaba yixina ehlokomayo, necangci elikhenkcezayo. 13:2 Ndingafanelana ndinabo nobuprofeto, ndizazi iimfihlelo zonke; nalo lonke ulwazi; ndingafanelana ndinalo lonke ukholo, ngokokude ndide ndimke zintaba, uthando ke ndingenalo, andinto yanto. 13:3 Ndingafanelana ndisamkelisa amahlwempu ngempahla yam yonke, nokuba ndithe ndawapha okwam; umzimba otshiswayo, ndingenalo uthando, akundincedi lutho. 13:4 Uthando luzeka kade umsindo, lunobubele; uthando alunamona; uthando aliziphakamisi, alikhukhumali; 13:5 alwenzi okuziintloni; alufuni okukokwalo; Icaphukile, ayicingi bubi; 13:6 aluvuyeli kungalungisi; luvuyisana nenyaniso; 13:7 Luthwala iinto zonke; lukholwa ziinto zonke; luthemba iinto zonke; zonke izinto. 13:8 Uthando aluze lutshitshe; nokuba ke ziziprofeto, ziya kutshitshiswa; nokuba ziilwimi, ziya kupheza; nokuba kukho ulwazi, iya kuthi shwaka. 13:9 Kuba siyazi ngokuyinxenye, siprofeta ngokuyinxenye. 13:10 Xa kuthe ke kwafika okuzalisekileyo, kuya kwandula kwafika okuyinxenye mayisuswe. 13:11 Oko bendingumntwana, bendithetha ngokomntwana, bendiqonda ngokomntwana ndithe ke, ndakuba yindoda, ndazibhangisa izinto zobuntwana. 13:12 Kuba ngoku sikhangela esipilini ngokwamanakanibe; oko ke, siya kukhangelana ebusweni ndazi ngokuyinxenye; oko ke ndiya kwazi, njengokuba ndaziwayo nam. 13:13 Kungoku ke kuhleli ukholo, ithemba, uthando, ezo zinto zontathu; kodwa omkhulu kunaye ezi luthando.