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13 ¹Lokhu kungokwesithathu ngiza kini. “Zonke izindaba kumele ziqinisekiswe ngobufakazi babofakazi ababili noma abathathu.” ²Ngabatshela kusengaphambili labo abona ngaphambili, nabo bonke abanye—njengoba ngenza mathupha ekuhambeleni kwami kwesibili—futhi ngiyabatshela manje ngisekude: uma ngibuya futhi, ngeke ngibayeke, ³njengoba nifuna ubufakazi bokuthi uKhristu ukhuluma ngami. Akabuthakathaka kini kodwa unamandla phakathi kwenu. ⁴Ngokuba wabethelwa esiphambanweni ebuthakathaka, kodwa uyaphila ngamandla kaBaba wethu. Ngokuba nathi sibuthakathaka kuye, kodwa kini siyakuphila naye ngamandla kaBaba wethu.

⁵Zivivinyeni—ningabe nisekukholweni na? Zihloleni. Anazi yini ukuthi uJesu Khristu ukini, ngaphandle uma nihluleka ekuvivinyweni? ⁶Futhi ngithemba ukuthi niyakuthola ukuthi thina ngokwethu asihlulekanga ekuvivinyweni.

⁷Sithandaza kuBaba wethu ukuba ningenzi lutho olubi—kungesikho ukuze sizibonakalise samukelekile, kodwa ukuze nenze okulungile, nakuba singase sibonakale singamukelekile. ⁸Ngokuba asikwazi ukumelana neqiniso, kodwa simela iqiniso kuphela. ⁹Siyajabula lapho thina sibuthakathaka nina ninamandla; futhi sithandazela ukubuyiselwa kwenu okuphelele. ¹⁰Yingakho ngibhala lezi zinto ngisekude, ukuze lapho ngikhona ngingabi nesidingo sokuba lukhuni, ngisebenzisa igunya iNkosi engalinika mina—ukwakha, hhayi ukudiliza.

Uthando Nokuthula KukaBaba

¹¹Okokugcina, bazalwane, thokozani, lwelani ukubuyiselwa okuphelele, khuthazanani, cabangani ngokufanayo, philani ngokuthula—futhi uBaba wethu wothando nokuthula uyakuba nani. ¹²Bingelelanani ngokuqabulana okungcwele.

¹³Bonke abangcwele bayanibingelela.

¹⁴Umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Khristu, nothando lukaBaba wethu, nobudlelwano obujulile bukaMoya oNgcwele makube nani nonke. ^a a v14 Lesi sibusiso sokuphetha sibala bobathathu kanyekanye—iNdodana, uBaba, noMoya oNgcwele—okuyimpinda yobuphostoli yesibusiso sobupristi esabeka igama likaBaba wethu phezu kwabantu bakhe.