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5 ¹Ngempela kubikwa ukuziphatha okubi ngokocansi phakathi kwenu—uhlobo olungatholakali ngisho naphakathi kwalabo abangamazi uBaba: indoda ithathe umkayise. ²Kanti nina niyazidla! Bekungafanele yini kunalokho ukuba nilile, ukuze lowo owenze lokhu asuswe phakathi kwenu? ³Ngokuba nakuba ngingekho ngomzimba kodwa ngikhona ngomoya, sengimahlulele kakade lowo owenze lokhu, njengokungathi ngikhona. ⁴Lapho nibuthene egameni leNkosi yethu uJesu, umoya wami ukhona, ngamandla eNkosi yethu uJesu, ⁵mnikeleni lo muntu kuSathane ukuze inyama ibhujiswe, ukuze umoya wakhe usindiswe ngosuku lweNkosi yethu uJesu.

⁶Ukuzigabisa kwenu akukuhle. Anazi yini ukuthi imvubelo encane ibilisa inhlama yonke? ⁷Susani imvubelo endala, ukuze nibe yinhlama entsha—njengoba ningenamvubelo. Ngokuba uKhristu, iwundlu lethu lePhasika, usehlatshiwe. ⁸Ngakho masigubhe umkhosi, kungabi ngemvubelo endala, imvubelo yenzondo nobubi, kodwa ngesinkwa esingenamvubelo sobuqotho neqiniso.

⁹Nganilobela encwadini yami ukuba ningahlangani nabantu abaziphatha kabi ngokocansi. ¹⁰Angiqondile nakancane abaziphatha kabi ngokocansi baleli zwe, noma abahahayo nabakhwabanisi, noma abakhonza izithombe—ngokuba uma kunjalo beningamelwe ukuphuma ezweni. ¹¹Kodwa nginilobela ukuba ningahlangani namuntu othi ungumzalwane kodwa eziphatha kabi ngokocansi, noma ehahayo, noma ekhonza izithombe, noma ehlebayo, noma eyisidakwa, noma engumkhwabanisi. Nomuntu onjalo ningadli naye. ¹²Ngingabehlulelelani labo abangaphandle kwebandla? Akufanele yini ukuba nina nahlulele labo abangaphakathi? ¹³uBaba wethu wahlulela labo abangaphandle. “Mxosheni umuntu omubi phakathi kwenu.”