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₁Nami bazalwane, ekufikeni kwami lapho kini, angifikanga ngobugagu bokukhuluma noma bokuhlakanipha, kodwa ngimemezele kini imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu. ₂Ngokuba nganquma ukuthi angiyukukwazi okunye kini, kuphela uJesu Khristu, lowo obethelwe esiphambanweni. ₃Mina ngafika kini ngibuthakathaka, ngesaba, ngithuthumela kakhulu, ₄futhi ukukhuluma nokushumayela kwami akubanga ngamazwi ahehayo obugagu, kodwa kwaba ngesibonakaliso sikaMoya nesamandla, ₅ukuze ukukholwa kwenu kunganciki ekuhlakanipheni kwabantu, kodwa kume ngamandla kaNkulunkulu.

₆Kepha ukuhlakanipha sikukhuluma kulabo asebekhulile, kodwa lokhu ngukuhlakanipha okungesikho okwalesi sikhathi noma okwababusi balesi sikhathi, ababhubhayo. ₇Kepha sikhuluma ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu okusemfihlakalweni efihliweyo, uNkulunkulu akumisela phambilini ukuba kube yinkazimulo yethu umhlaba ungakadalwa. ₈Akukho namunye kubabusi balesi sikhathi obekwazi, ngokuba ukuba bebekwazi, babengeke bayibethele iNkosi yenkazimulo. ₉Kepha kulotshiwe ukuthi:

₁₀Ngokuba uNkulunkulu ukwambulile kithi ngoMoya; phela uMoya ukuhlolisisa konke, ngisho nokujulileyo kukaNkulunkulu. ₁₁Ngokuba ngubani kubantu okwaziyo okomuntu, uma kungesiye umoya womuntu okuye na? Kanjalo-ke nokukaNkulunkulu akwaziwa muntu, kuphela nguMoya kaNkulunkulu okwaziyo. ₁₂Kepha thina asamukelanga umoya wezwe, kodwa umoya ovela kuNkulunkulu, ukuze sikwazi esikuphiwe nguNkulunkulu ngomusa, ₁₃esikhuluma ngakho futhi, kungengamazwi afundiswa ngukuhlakanipha kwabantu, kodwa afundiswa nguMoya, sichaza okomoya ngokomoya. ₁₄Umuntu wemvelo akakwamukeli okukaMoya kaNkulunkulu, ngokuba kungubuwula kuye, futhi angekuqonde lokho; kuqondisiswa ngokomoya. ₁₅Kepha umuntu onoMoya kaNkulunkulu uphenyisisa konke, kanti Yena akukho muntu ongamphenyisisa. ₁₆Ngokuba ngubani owawazi umqondo weNkosi, ukuba angaze ayifundise na? Kepha thina sinomqondo kaKhristu.