1 KwabaseKorinte 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹UPawulos, obizelwe ukuba ngumpostile kaKrestu uYesu ngokuthanda kukaBawo wethu, noSostene umzalwana wethu, ²kwibandla likaBawo wethu eliseKorinte: kwabo bangcwalisiweyo ngoKrestu uYesu, ababiziweyo ukuba bangcwele, kunye nabo bonke ngeenxa zonke abalinqulayo igama leNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu—iNkosi yabo neyethu. ³Makube lubabalo kuni noxolo oluvela kuBawo wethu naseNkosini uYesu Krestu.

Ukubulela ngoBabalo lukaBawo wethu

⁴Ndisoloko ndibulela kuBawo wam ngani, ngenxa yobabalo uBawo wethu analuphiwe ngoKrestu uYesu, ⁵kuba kuye nazityeba ngeendlela zonke, kuyo yonke intetho nako konke ukwazi, ⁶kwanjengokuba ubungqina ngoKrestu bomiswayo phakathi kwenu, ⁷ngokokude ningasweli sibabalo ngelixa nilinde ngolangazelelo ukutyhilwa kweNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, ⁸eya kuthi inimase kude kuse ekupheleni, ningenakumbi ngemini yeNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu. ⁹Uthembekile uBawo wethu, lowo wanibizela ebudlelaneni obunzulu noNyana wakhe, uYesu Krestu iNkosi yethu.

Usapho Lumele Lube Nye

¹⁰Bazalwana, ndiyanikhunga, ngegama leNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu: vumelanani nonke; makungabikho kwahlukana kunichithayo, koko nibe nye ngengqondo enye nangenjongo enye. ¹¹Kuba abantu bakaKlowe bandixelele, bazalwana, ukuba kukho ingxabano phakathi kwenu. ¹²Ndithetha oku: elowo kuni uthi: “Mna ndingokaPawulos,” “Mna ndingoka-Apolo,” “Mna ndingoKefas,” “Mna ndingoKrestu.” ¹³Ngaba wahlulahluliwe na uKrestu? Ngaba uPawulos wabethelelwa emnqamlezweni ngenxa yenu na? Okanye ngaba nabhaptizwa egameni likaPawulos na? ¹⁴Ndiyabulela kuBawo wethu kuba andibhaptizanga namnye kuni ngaphandle koKrispo noGayo, ¹⁵ukuze kungabikho namnye onokuthi nabhaptizwa egameni lam. ¹⁶Ndabhaptiza nendlu kaStefana; ngaphandle koko, andazi ukuba ndakha ndabhaptiza omnye na. ¹⁷UKrestu akandithumanga ukuba ndibhaptize, koko ukuba ndivakalise iindaba ezilungileyo—kungekhona ngamazwi obulumko babantu, ukuze umnqamlezo kaKrestu ungahluthwa amandla awo.

Amandla oMnqamlezo

¹⁸Ilizwi lomnqamlezo lubudenge kwabo batshabalalayo, ke kuthi basindiswayo lingamandla kaBawo wethu.

¹⁹Kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa: Ndiya kubutshabalalisa ubulumko bezilumko, ndiyibeke bucala ingqiqo yabanengqondo.

²⁰Luphi na usilumko? Uphi na umbhali? Uphi na umphikisi weli xesha? Akabenzanga buyinto na uBawo wethu ubulumko behlabathi? ²¹Kuba ngenxa yokuba, ebulunjini bukaBawo wethu, ihlabathi lingamazanga ngobulumko balo, kwamkholisa ukusindisa abakholwayo ngobudenge boko sikuvakalisayo. ²²Kuba amaYuda acela imiqondiso, amaGrike afuna ubulumko, ²³ke thina sivakalisa uKrestu obethelelweyo emnqamlezweni—isikhubekiso kumaYuda nobudenge kweentlanga, ²⁴kodwa kubo ababiziweyo, nokuba ngamaYuda, nokuba ngamaGrike, uKrestu ungamandla kaBawo wethu nobulumko bukaBawo wethu. ²⁵Kuba ubudenge bukaBawo wethu bulumkile ngaphezu kwabantu, nokuswela amandla kukaBawo wethu komelele ngaphezu kwabantu.

²⁶Yigqaleni imbizelo yenu, bazalwana: akukho baninzi abalumkileyo ngokomntu, akukho baninzi abanamandla, akukho baninzi abazelwe enkundleni. ²⁷Kodwa uBawo wethu wanyula ubudenge behlabathi ukuze adanise izilumko, uBawo wethu wanyula okuswele amandla kwehlabathi ukuze adanise okomeleleyo, ²⁸nezinto eziphantsi, nezidelekileyo zehlabathi uBawo wethu wazinyula—izinto ezingento—ukuze azenze zingabikho izinto ezikhoyo, ²⁹ukuze kungabikho namnye uqhayisayo phambi koBawo wethu. ³⁰Ngaye nikuKrestu uYesu, owaba bubulumko bethu obuvela kuBawo wethu—ubulungisa bethu nobungcwele nentlawulelo, ^a a v30 KuKrestu, uBawo usinika yonke into esiyidingayo—uKrestu ngokwakhe uba bubulumko bethu, nokulunga kwethu, nobungcwele bethu, nenkululeko yethu. Esi sipho singuMntu. ³¹ukuze, njengoko kubhaliwe, kuthiwe: “Loqhayisa oqhayisayo eNkosini.”