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6 Ukhona yini phakathi kwenu othi engaxabana lomunye+ aye emthethwandaba phambi kwabantu abangalunganga kulokuthi aye phambi kwabangcwele? 2 Kalikwazi yini ukuthi abangcwele bazakwahlulela umhlaba?+ Manje nxa lizakwahlulela umhlaba, kalenelisi yini ukwahlulela izindaba lezi ezincane kangaka? 3 Kalikwazi yini ukuthi sizakwahlulela izingilosi?+ Pho kungasehlula njani ukwahlulela izindaba zokuphila kwakhathesi? 4 Nxa lilezindaba ezinje okufanele zahlulelwe,+ kambe selingakhetha ukwahlulelwa ngabantu abeyiswa libandla? 5 Ngitsho njalo ukuze libe lenhloni. Kanti kakho loyedwa phakathi kwenu ohlakaniphileyo ongenelisa ukwahlulela abafowabo? 6 Phela umzalwane uhambisa omunye umzalwane emthethwandaba, khonapho emusa phambi kwabantu abangakholwayo!
7 Nxa limangalelana kutsho ukuthi selinqotshiwe. Akungcono yini ukuvuma ukoniwa?+ Akungcono yini ukuvuma ukuqilwa? 8 Kodwa lina liyona futhi liqile abanye bona bengabafowenu!
9 Kalikwazi yini ukuthi abantu abangalunganga abasoze balithole ilifa loMbuso kaNkulunkulu?+ Lingadukiswa.* Abafebayo,*+ labakhonza izithombe,+ labatshadileyo abalala labantu abangasibomkabo,+ lamadoda avuma ukuya emacansini lamanye amadoda,+ lamadoda ayizitabane,*+ 10 lamasela, labayizihwaba,+ lezidakwa,+ labathethisayo* kanye labangamaqili abasoze balithole ilifa loMbuso kaNkulunkulu.+ 11 Kodwa abanye benu babenjalo. Lanxa kunjalo, selageziswa lahlanzeka+ futhi selangcweliswa+ kwathiwa lilungile+ ngebizo leNkosi uJesu Khristu langomoya kaNkulunkulu wethu.
12 Kimi zonke izinto zisemthethweni* kodwa ayisizo zonke ezincedayo.+ Kimi zonke izinto zisemthethweni kodwa angisoze ngivume ukuthi kube lento engibusayo. 13 Ukudla ngokwesisu lesisu ngesokudla kodwa uNkulunkulu uzakuqeda kokubili.+ Umzimba kayisiwo wokufeba* kodwa ngoweNkosi+ futhi iNkosi ngeyomzimba. 14 Loba kunjalo, uNkulunkulu wayivusa ekufeni iNkosi+ njalo lathi uzasivusa ekufeni+ ngamandla akhe.+
15 Kalikwazi yini ukuthi imizimba yenu ingamalunga omzimba kaKhristu?+ Pho kufanele ngiwathathe yini amalunga omzimba kaKhristu ngiwahlanganise lesifebe? Ngitsho sibili! 16 Kalikwazi yini ukuthi loba ngubani ozihlanganisa lesifebe uba mzimba munye laso? Phela uNkulunkulu uthi, “bobabili bazakuba nyamanye.”+ 17 Kodwa loba ngubani omanyene leNkosi munye layo emoyeni.+ 18 Balekelani ubufebe!*+ Loba yisiphi esinye isono umuntu asenzayo asilani lomzimba wakhe kodwa loba ngubani oqhubeka efeba wona umzimba wakhe.+ 19 Kalikwazi yini ukuthi umzimba wenu ulithempeli+ elihlala umoya ongcwele ophakathi kwenu eliwuphiwe nguNkulunkulu?+ Kanti njalo kalisibo benu+ 20 ngoba lathengwa ngentengo.+ Ngakho khazimulisani uNkulunkulu+ ngemizimba yenu.+