2 Korinte
10:1 Manje mina Pawuli ngokwami ngiyanincenga ngobumnene nobumnene bukaKristu.
engithobekile nxa ngikhona phakathi kwenu, kodwa nxa ngingekho ngilesibindi kini;
10:2 Kodwa ngiyanincenga, ukuze ngingabi nesibindi lapho ngikhona nalokhu
ukuzethemba, engicabanga ukuba lesibindi ngakho kwabanye abacabanga ngathi
sengathi sihamba ngokwenyama.
10:3 Ngokuba noma sihamba sisenyameni, asilwi ngokwenyama;
10:4 (Ngokuba izikhali zethu zokulwa kasizo ezenyama, kodwa zinamandla ngoNkulunkulu
ekudilizeni izinqaba;)
10:5 Behlisela phansi imicabango, futhi yonke into ephakeme eziphakamisayo
ngokumelene nolwazi lukaNkulunkulu, futhi ethumba yonke imicabango
ekulaleleni kukaKristu;
10:6 Futhi sikulungele ukuphindisela konke ukungalaleli, lapho yakho
ukulalela kuyagcwaliseka.
10:7 Ingabe nibheka izinto ngokubonakala kwangaphandle? Uma kukhona indoda ethembela kuyo
ukuthi ungokaKristu, makabuye azicabangele lokhu ukuthi,
njengoba yena engokaKristu, kanjalo nathi singabakaKristu.
10:8 Ngoba noma kufanele ngiziqhayise ngandlela-thile ngaphezu kwamandla ethu, okuyinto iNkosi
usinikile ukuba sakhe, hhayi ukunibhidliza, bengifanele
ungabi namahloni:
10:9 Ukuze ngingabonakali sengathi ngiyokwethusa ngezincwadi.
10:10 Ngoba kuthiwa, izincwadi zakhe zinzima futhi zinamandla; kodwa ngomzimba wakhe
ubukhona bubuthakathaka, nokukhuluma kwakhe kudelelekile.
10:11 Onjalo makacabange lokhu, ukuthi, njengoba sinjalo ngezwi ngezinhlamvu lapho
singekho, siyakuba njalo nangesenzo nxa sikhona.
10:12 Ngoba thina alinge sizenze inombolo, noma uziqhathanise ngokwethu nge
abanye abazitusayo, kodwa bazilinganisa bona
bona, bezifanisa bodwa, kabahlakaniphile.
10:13 Kodwa thina ngeke siziqhayise ngaphandle kokulinganisa kwethu, kodwa ngokuvumelana
isilinganiso sombuso uNkulunkulu asinike wona, siyisilinganiso
finyelela nakuwe.
10:14 Ngoba thina hhayi ngokwethu ukudlula isilinganiso sethu, njengokungathi sifinyelele
hhayi kini, ngokuba sifikile nakini ngokushumayela ivangeli
ivangeli likaKristu:
10:15 singazincomi ngaphandle kwesilinganiso sethu, okungukuthi, kwabanye abantu
imisebenzi; kodwa sinethemba, nxa ukholo lwenu lukhula, sizakuba khona
sandiswe nguwe ngokomthetho wethu kakhulu;
10:16 Ukushumayela ivangeli ezindaweni ezingaphesheya kwenu, futhi hhayi ukuziqhayisa
umugqa wezinto zomunye umuntu usulungile esandleni sethu.
10:17 Kodwa lowo oziqhayisayo, makazidumise eNkosini.
10:18 Ngoba akuyena ozincomayo ovunyiweyo, kodwa lowo iNkosi
uyancoma.