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Indlela yokuphatha ababuthakathaka ekholweni
1 Lowo obuthakathaka ekholweni memukeleni, kungabi ngokokwehlukana ngokuphikisana. 2 Omunye ukholwa ukuthi angadla konke, kodwa obuthakathaka udla imibhida. 3 Lowo odlayo kangamdeleli ongadliyo, longadliyo kangamgwebi odlayo; ngoba uNkulunkulu umemukele. 4 Ungubani wena ogweba inceku yomunye? Ukuma kumbe ukuwa kungokweyayo inkosi. Izakuma isibili; ngoba uNkulunkulu ulamandla okuyimisa. 5 Omunye wazisa usuku kulolunye usuku, omunye wazisa insuku zonke. Kakube yilowo lalowo aqiniseke kweyakhe ingqondo. 6 Owazisa usuku, ulwazisa eNkosini; longalwazisiyo usuku, kalwazisi eNkosini. Lodlayo udla eNkosini, ngoba ebonga uNkulunkulu; longadliyo eNkosini akadli, njalo ebonga uNkulunkulu. 7 Ngoba kakho phakathi kwethu oziphilelayo, njalo kakho ozifelayo. 8 Ngoba uba siphila, siphilela iNkosi; njalo uba sisifa, sifela iNkosi; ngakho loba siphila, loba sisifa, singabeNkosi. 9 Ngoba kulokhu uKrestu laye wafa njalo wavuka njalo wabuya waphila, ukuze abe yiNkosi yabafileyo kanye labaphilayo. 10 Wena-ke umgwebelani umzalwane wakho? Kumbe lawe umdelelelani umzalwane wakho? Ngoba sonke sizakuma phambi kwesihlalo sokugweba sikaKrestu. 11 Ngoba kubhaliwe ukuthi: Mina ngiyaphila, itsho iNkosi; lonke idolo lizaguqa phambi kwami, lalo lonke ulimi luzamvuma uNkulunkulu. 12 Ngakho ilowo lalowo wethu uzaziphendulela kuNkulunkulu.
13 Ngakho kasingasagwebani; kodwa gwebani lokho ikakhulu, ukuthi singambekeli umzalwane isikhubekiso loba ulutho lokumwisa. 14 Ngiyazi njalo ngiqinisekisile eNkosini uJesu, ukuthi kakulalutho olungcolileyo ngokwalo; ngaphandle kwalowo ocabangela ulutho ukuthi lungcolile, kuye lungcolile. 15 Kodwa uba umzalwane wakho ekhutshwa yikudla, kawusahambi ngothando. Ungambhubhisi ngokudla kwakho lowo, amfelayo uKrestu. 16 Ngakho okuhle kini kakungahlanjazwa; 17 ngoba umbuso kaNkulunkulu kawusikho ukudla lokunatha, kodwa ukulunga lokuthula lentokozo kuMoya oNgcwele. 18 Ngoba okhonza uKrestu kulezizinto uyemukeleka kuNkulunkulu, njalo ukholekile ebantwini. 19 Ngakho asidingisise izinto zokuthula, lezinto zokwakhisana. 20 Ungawuchithi umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ngenxa yokudla. Konke kuhlambulukile, kanti kubi kumuntu odla ngokukhubekisa. 21 Kuhle ukungadli inyama, lokunganathi iwayini, lokunye umzalwane akhubeka ngakho kumbe acunulwe kumbe abebuthakathaka. 22 Ulokholo; yiba lalo phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Ubusisiwe lowomuntu ongazigwebi ngalokho akuvumelayo! 23 Kodwa othandabuzayo, uba esidla, ulahliwe, ngoba akuveli ekholweni; njalo konke okungaveli ekholweni, kuyisono.