1 Korinte
6:1 Noma ubani kini, enendaba nomunye, onesibindi sokuya enkantolo
abangalungile, kungabi phambi kwabangcwele na?
6:2 Anazi yini ukuthi abangcwele bayokwahlulela izwe? futhi uma umhlaba
niyakwahlulelwa yinina, anifanele ukwahlulela izindaba ezincane na?
6:3 Anazi yini ukuthi siyakwahlulela izingelosi na? izinto eziningi kangakanani
mayelana nalempilo?
6:4 Ngakho-ke uma ninezigwebo eziphathelene nalokhu kuphila, zibekeni
yahluleleni labo abaphansi ebandleni.
6:5 Ngikhuluma kube namahloni. Kambe kakho yini ohlakaniphileyo phakathi kwenu?
Hhayi, akekho noyedwa ozokwazi ukwahlulela phakathi kwabafowabo na?
6:6 Kodwa umzalwane umangalela umzalwane, nalokhu phambi kwabangakholwayo.
6:7 Manje-ke kukhona ngempela iphutha phakathi kwenu, ngoba ningena emthethweni
omunye nomunye. Kunalokho kungani ningenzi okubi na? kungani kungenjalo kakhulu
nivume ukuphanjwa na?
6:8 Cha, niyona, futhi niyaphamba, futhi lokho abazalwane benu.
6:9 Anazi yini ukuthi abangalungile abayikulidla ifa lombuso kaNkulunkulu na?
Ningadukiswa: naziphingi, nabakhonza izithombe, naziphingi, naziphingi
zenza abafazi, noma bazihlukumezile nabantu,
6:10 noma amasela, noma abahahayo, noma izidakwa, noma izithuki, noma
abaphangi, bazakudla ilifa lombuso kaNkulunkulu.
6:11 Futhi babenjalo abanye kini, kodwa senagezwa, kodwa senangcweliswa, kodwa
niyalungisiswa ngegama leNkosi uJesu nangoMoya wethu
uNkulunkulu.
6:12 Zonke izinto zingokomthetho kimi, kodwa akusizi konke
izinto zivunyelwe kimi, kepha mina angiyikubuswa
noma yikuphi.
6:13 Ukudla ngokwesisu, nesisu singesokudla, kepha uNkulunkulu uyakubhubhisa kokubili
yona kanye nabo. Kepha umzimba awusiwo owobufebe, kodwa ungoweNkosi; futhi
iNkosi ngomzimba.
6:14 Futhi uNkulunkulu uye wayivusa kokubili iNkosi, futhi uyosivusa nathi ngeyakhe
amandla siqu.
6:15 Anazi yini ukuthi imizimba yenu iyizitho zikaKristu? ngizothini ke
nithathe amalungu kaKristu, niwenze amalungu esifebe na? uNkulunkulu
nqabela.
6:16 Yini? Anazi yini ukuthi ohlangene nesifebe ungumzimba munye naso na? okwe
uthi ababili bazakuba nyamanye.
6:17 Kodwa lowo ohlanganiswe leNkosi umoya munye.
6:18 Balekelani ubufebe. Zonke izono azenzayo umuntu zingaphandle komzimba; kodwa yena
owenza ubufebe wona owakhe umzimba.
6:19 Yini? anazi yini ukuthi umzimba wenu uyithempeli likaMoya oNgcwele
likini, elilakho kuvela kuNkulunkulu, njalo kalisibo abenu?
6:20 Ngoba nathengwa ngenani: ngakho-ke dumisani uNkulunkulu emzimbeni wenu, futhi
emoyeni wenu, ezikaNkulunkulu.