Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo ekhazimulayo
Izaga zikaSolomoni 24 : 17 – 18
17 Ungathokozi lapho isitha sakho siwa, lenhliziyo yakho mayingathokozi lapho sikhubeka.
18 UJehova makangakuboni, kungabi ngentando yakhe, asuse intukuthelo yakhe kuye.
UHabakuki 2 : 16
16 Nigcwele ihlazo enkazimulweni; Phuza nawe, lembulwe ijwabu lakho; indebe yesandla sokunene sikaJehova iyakuphendulelwa kuwe, nokukhafulelwa okuyihlazo phezu kodumo lwakho.
Kwabase-Efesu 4 : 1 – 32
1 Ngakho-ke mina, siboshwa seNkosi, ngiyanincenga ukuba nihambe ngokufanele ukubizwa enabizwa ngakho;
2 ngokuthobeka konke, nobumnene, ngokubekezela, nibekezelelana ngothando;
3 nikhuthalele ukugcina ubunye bukaMoya ngesibopho sokuthula.
4 Munye umzimba, munye uMoya, njengalokho nabizelwa ethembeni linye lokubizwa kwenu;
5 yinye iNkosi, yinye inkolo, munye umbhapathizo,
6 munye uNkulunkulu, noYise wabo bonke, ophezu kwabo bonke, okubo bonke, okini nonke.
7 Kodwa yilowo nalowo kithina uphiwe umusa ngokwesilinganiso sesipho sikaKristu.
8 Ngakho uthi: Esenyukele phezulu, wathumba abathunjwa, wapha abantu izipho.
9 (Manje lokhu ukuthi wenyuka, kuyini, ngaphandle kokuthi wehlela ezindaweni eziphansi zomhlaba na?
10 Yena owehlayo nguye laye owenyukela kakhulu phezu kwamazulu wonke, ukuze agcwalise zonke izinto.)
11 Wapha abanye ukuthi babe ngabaphostoli; labanye abaprofethi; labanye, abavangeli; labanye bangabelusi labafundisi;
12 ukuze abangcwele bapheleliswe, umsebenzi wenkonzo, ukwakhiwa komzimba kaKristu;
13 size sifike sonke ebunyeni bokukholwa, lobolwazi lweNdodana kaNkulunkulu, endodeni epheleleyo, esilinganisweni sobukhulu bokugcwala kukaKristu.
14 Ukuze singabe sisaba abantwana, sijikijelwa ngapha nangapha, siqhutshwa yiwo wonke umoya wemfundiso, ngobuqili babantu, nobuqili bobuqili abaqamekela ukudukisa ngabo;
15 Kodwa sikhuluma iqiniso othandweni, sikhulele kuye ezintweni zonke, oyinhloko, uKristu;
16 okuvela kuye ukuthi umzimba wonke uhlanganiswe ngokufaneleyo, ubumbane, ngalokho okunikezwa yilelo nalelolunga, ngokokusebenza esilinganisweni sazo zonke izitho, ukhulisa umzimba kuze kuzakheka othandweni.
17 Ngakho-ke lokhu ngiyakusho, ngifakaza eNkosini, ukuthi ningabe nisahamba njengabanye abezizwe ebuzeni bengqondo yabo;
18 Benziwe mnyama ukuqonda, behlukanisiwe nokuphila kukaNkulunkulu ngokungazi okukubo, ngenxa yobumpumputhe benhliziyo yabo;
19 abathi sebephelelwe yimizwa bazinikele emanyaleni ukuze basebenze ukungcola konke ngokuhuheka.
20 Kepha nina animfundanga kanjalo uKristu;
21 uma-ke nimuzwile, nafundiswa nguye, njengokuba iqiniso likuJesu;
22 ukuba nikhumule maqondana nenkambo yakuqala umuntu omdala, owonakala ngezinkanuko zenkohliso;
23 nenziwe basha emoyeni wengqondo yenu;
24 nembathe umuntu omusha, owadalwa ngokukaNkulunkulu ekulungeni nasebungcweleni beqiniso.
25 Ngakho lahlani amanga, nikhulume iqiniso, kube yilowo nalowo kumakhelwane wakhe, ngokuba singamalungu omunye komunye.
26 Thukuthelani, ningoni; ilanga malingashoni nisathukuthele.
27 Futhi ningamniki uSathane indawo.
28 Owebayo makangabe eseba, kodwa kunalokho makakhuthale, asebenze okuhle ngezandla zakhe, ukuze abe nokokwabela osweleyo.
29 Makungaphumi nkulumo eyonakele emlonyeni wenu, kodwa kube kuhle kube kuhle kube nokwakhayo, ukuze kube umusa kwabezwayo.
30 Ningamdabukisi uMoya oNgcwele kaNkulunkulu enabekwa uphawu ngaye kuze kube lusuku lokuhlengwa.
31 Makususwe kini konke ukufutheka, nolaka, nentukuthelo, nomsindo, nokuhlambalaza, kanye nakho konke okubi.
32 Kepha yibani nomusa omunye komunye, nihawukele, nithethelelane, njengalokho noNkulunkulu wanithethelela ngenxa kaKristu.
EkaJokobe 1 : 14
14 Kodwa yilowo nalowo uyalingwa ehungwa ehungwa ngezakhe izinkanuko.
KwabaseRoma 3 : 10
10 njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Kakho olungileyo, hatshi loyedwa;
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