⁸ UPetru futhi wavuma ukuthi kumelwe sizithobe emagunyeni asemhlabeni alelizwe lapho ethi: “Thobelani izimiso zonke zabantu ngenxa yeNkosi, nokuba kuyinkosi njengokuba ingomkhulu, nokuba kungababusi njengokuba bethunywa yiyo, ukuze bajezise abenza okubi, babonge abenza okuhle.” (1 Petru 2:13, 14) Ngokuvumelana nalokhu, amaKristu ayolalela futhi ukunxusa kukaPawulu kuThimothewu: “Ngakho-ke kuqala kukho konke ngiyala ukuba ukunxusa, nokukhuleka, nokucela, nokubonga kwenzelwe abantu bonke, amakhosi nabo bonke abakhulu, ukuze sihlale kahle nangokuthula.”b—1 Thimothewu 2:1, 2.