Ziqeqeshele Ukuhlonela uThixo
UPawulos ulumkisa ngabafundisi abathintela umtshato nokudla okuthile, lo gama yonke into uBawo wethu ayenzileyo ilungile, yamkelwe ngombulelo. UTimoti makaziqeqeshele ukuhlonela uThixo, makungabikho mntu umdelelayo ngenxa yobutsha bakhe, afunde iziBhalo ekuhleni, aze aqwalasele ubomi bakhe nemfundiso yakhe ngenyameko.
4 1uMoya oyiNgcwele utsho ngokucacileyo ukuba: ngamaxesha azayo abanye baya kushiya ukholo, bephulaphula oomoya abakhohlisayo neemfundiso zeedemon, 2ngohanahaniso lwamaxoki, izazela zawo ezitshiswe ngokungathi kungentsimbi evutha. 3Athintela umtshato, efuna ukuba bangakudli ukudla uBawo wethu akwenzayo ukuba kwamkelwe ngombulelo ngabo bakholwayo neyaziyo inyaniso. 4Kuba yonke into uBawo wethu ayenzileyo ilungile; akukho nto ifanele ukucekiswa xa yamkelwa ngombulelo, 5kuba ingcwaliswa lilizwi likaBawo wethu nangomthandazo.
6Zazise ezi zinto kubazalwana, uya kuba ngumkhonzi olungileyo kaKrestu Yesu, ondliwe ngamazwi okholo nemfundiso elungileyo oyilandeleyo. 7Uze uzicekise iintsomi ezingangcwele neziziphukuphuku. Endaweni yoko, ziqeqeshele ukuhlonela uThixo. 8Ukuqeqeshwa komzimba kunceda kancinane, kodwa ukuhlonela uThixo kunceda ngeendlela zonke—kunesithembiso sobomi obukhoyo ngoku nobuzayo. 9Eli lizwi lithembekile, lifanelwe kukwamkelwa ngokupheleleyo. 10Kuba kungenxa yoku sisebenza nzima size sizabalaze, kuba sithembe uBawo wethu ophilayo, uMsindisi wabantu bonke, ngokukodwa abakholwayo. 11Yala uze uzifundise ezi zinto.
12Makungabikho mntu ukudelelayo ngenxa yobutsha bakho, kodwa yiba ngumzekeliso kwabakholwayo entethweni, ekuziphatheni, eluthandweni, elukholweni, nasebunyulwini. 13Ndide ndize, zinikele ekufundeni isibhalo ekuhleni, ekushumayeleni, nasekufundiseni. 14Ungasideli isipho esikuwe, owasinikwayo ngesiprofeto, ngokubekwa kwezandla kwamadoda amakhulu phezu kwakho. 15Zenze ezi zinto, uzinikele ngokupheleleyo kuzo, ukuze ukuqhubela phambili kwakho kubonwe ngabantu bonke. 16Zilumkele wena nemfundiso yakho. Qhubeka kula nto, kuba ngokwenjenjalo uya kusindisa wena nabo bakuphulaphulayo.