Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo ehamba ngokukholwa
2 kwabaseKorinte 5 : 7
7 (Ngoba sihamba ngokukholwa, hatshi ngokubona;)
KumaHeberu 11 : 6
6 Kepha ngaphandle kokukholwa akwenzeki ukumthokozisa, ngokuba ozayo kuNkulunkulu umelwe ukukholwa ukuthi ukhona nokuthi ungumvuzi walabo abamfunayo.
Izaga zikaSolomoni 3 : 5 – 6
5 Thembela kuJehova ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho; futhi ungenciki kokwakho ukuqonda.
6 Mazi kuzo zonke izindlela zakho, futhi uyokwenza izindlela zakho ziqonde.
2 kwabaseKorinte 4 : 16 – 18
16 Ngakho kasidangali; kepha noma kubhubha umuntu wethu wangaphandle, owangaphakathi wenziwa musha imihla ngemihla.
17 Ngokuba usizi lwethu olulula, olungokomzuzwana, luyasisebenzela isisindo esiyinkazimulo emiyo yonke kakhulukazi;
18 Thina singabheki okubonwayo kodwa okungabonwayo, ngokuba okubonwayo kungokwesikhashana; kodwa okungabonwayo kungokwaphakade.
KumaHeberu 11 : 1 – 40
1 Kepha ukukholwa kungukuqiniseka ngezinto ezithenjwayo, kungukuqiniseka ngezinto ezingabonwayo.
2 Ngoba abadala bafakazelwa ngakho.
3 Ngokukholwa siyaqonda ukuthi izwe ladatshulwa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu, ukuze okubonwayo kakuvelanga kokubonwayo.
4 Ngokukholwa u-Abela wanikela kuNkulunkulu ngomhlatshelo omuhle kunokaKayini, afumana ngakho ubufakazi bokuthi ulungile, uNkulunkulu efakaza ngezipho zakhe;
5 Ngokukholwa u-Enoke wasuswa, ukuze angaboni ukufa; akafunyanwanga, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wayemthathile;
6 Kepha ngaphandle kokukholwa akwenzeki ukumthokozisa, ngokuba ozayo kuNkulunkulu umelwe ukukholwa ukuthi ukhona nokuthi ungumvuzi walabo abamfunayo.
7 Ngokukholwa uNowa, exwayisiwe nguNkulunkulu ngezinto ebezingakabonwa, ngokwesaba wakha umkhumbi wokusindisa indlu yakhe; ngalo walahla umhlaba, waba yindlalifa yokulunga okungokukholwa.
8 Ngokukholwa u-Abrahama walalela ebizwa ukuba aphume, aye endaweni abezakuyamukeliswa ibe yifa; waphuma engazi lapho eya khona.
9 Ngokholo wagogobala elizweni lesithembiso njengowezizwe, ehlala emathenteni kanye loIsaka loJakobe, ababeyizindlalifa kanye laye zalesosithembiso;
10 Ngokuba wayebheke umuzi onezisekelo, omakhi nomenzi wawo nguNkulunkulu.
11 Ngokukholwa naye uSara uqobo wathola amandla okukhulelwa, esedlulelwe yisikhathi, wabeletha, ngokuba wathi ukholekile owethembisileyo.
12 Ngakho-ke kwazalwa ngoyedwa, yena engofileyo, abangangezinkanyezi zezulu ngobuningi, nangangesihlabathi esisogwini lolwandle esingenakubalwa.
13 Bonke laba bafela ekukholweni, bengazamukelanga izithembiso, kodwa bazibona zikude, bakholiswa ngazo, bavuma ukuthi bangabafokazi nezihambi emhlabeni.
14 Ngokuba abasho izinto ezinjalo babonakalisa ukuthi bafuna izwe.
15 Futhi ngempela, uma babekhumbula izwe ababephuma kulo, babeyoba nethuba lokubuyela emuva.
16 Kepha manje bafuna izwe elingcono, okungukuthi elasezulwini; ngalokho uNkulunkulu akanamahloni ukubizwa ngokuthi unguNkulunkulu wabo, ngokuba ubalungisele umuzi.
17 Ngokukholwa u-Abrahama evivinywa wanikela ngo-Isaka, yena owayamukele izithembiso wanikela ngendodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa.
18 Okwathiwa ngaye: NgoIsaka inzalo yakho iyakubizwa;
19 Ethi uNkulunkulu unamandla okumvusa nakwabafileyo; lapho laye wamamukela khona ngomfanekiso.
20 Ngokukholwa u-Isaka wabusisa oJakobe no-Esawu ngezinto ezizayo.
21 Ngokukholwa uJakobe esezakufa wabusisa amadodana kaJosefa omabili; wakhuleka encika esihlokweni sodondolo lwakhe.
22 Ngokholo uJosefa esefile wakhuluma ngokuphuma kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli; walaya ngamathambo akhe.
23 Ngokukholwa uMose esezelwe wafihlwa ngabazali bakhe izinyanga ezintathu, ngokuba bambona engumntwana omuhle; futhi abawesabanga umyalo wenkosi.
24 Ngokukholwa uMose esekhulile wala ukubizwa ngokuthi indodana yendodakazi kaFaro;
25 wakhetha ukuphathwa kabi kanye nabantu bakaNkulunkulu kunokuba athokoze isikhashana esonweni;
26 wathi ukuthukwa kukaKristu kuyingcebo enkulu kunengcebo yaseGibithe, ngokuba wayebheke umvuzo.
27 Ngokukholwa washiya iGibithe, engesabi ulaka lwenkosi, ngokuba waqinisela sengathi uyambona ongabonwayo.
28 Ngokukholwa wenza iPhasika nokufafazwa kwegazi, ukuze obhubhisa amazibulo angawathinti.
29 Ngokukholwa badabula uLwandle Olubomvu kungathi kusemhlabathini owomileyo;
30 Ngokukholwa izingange zaseJeriko zawa, sezizungeziwe izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.
31 Ngokukholwa uRahabi isifebe akabhubhanga kanye nabangakholwanga, esamukele izinhloli ngokuthula.
32 Ngisezakuthini futhi? ngoba isikhathi singaphela ngilandisa ngoGidiyoni, loBharaki, loSamsoni, loJefitha; ekaDavide, noSamuweli, neyabaprofethi;
33 abathi ngokholo banqoba imibuso, benza ukulunga, bazuza izithembiso, bavala imilomo yezingonyama;
34 bacima amandla omlilo, baphunyuka obukhali benkemba, baqiniswa ebuthakathakeni, baba ngamaqhawe ekulweni, baxosha amabutho abezizwe.
35 Abesifazane bemukela abafileyo babo bevusiwe; abanye bahlushwa, kabavuma ukukhululwa; ukuze bathole ukuvuka okungcono kakhulu;
36 Abanye balingwa ngokuhlekwa ngonya nangokubhaxabulwa, yebo, nangezibopho nokuboshwa;
37 bakhandwa ngamatshe, banqunyulwa phakathi, balingwa, babulawa ngenkemba, bazulazula bembethe izikhumba zezimvu nezikhumba zezimbuzi; beswele, behlupheka, behlutshwa;
38 (umhlaba wawungabafanele) bazulazula ezingwadule, nasezintabeni, nasemihumeni, nasemihumeni yomhlaba.
39 Labo bonke laba, befakazelwe ngokholo, kabazemukelanga isithembiso;
40 UNkulunkulu esesimisele okuthile okungcono kakhulu, ukuze bona bangapheleliswa ngaphandle kwethu.
KwabaseRoma 10 : 17
17 Ngakho ukukholwa kuvela ngokuzwa, ukuzwa kuvela ngezwi likaNkulunkulu.
KwabaseRoma 4 : 1 – 25
1 Ngakho siyakuthi u-Abrahama ubaba wethu ufumeneni ngokwenyama na?
2 Ngokuba uma u-Abrahama walungisiswa ngemisebenzi, unakho ukuzibonga; kodwa hhayi phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
3 Ngoba uthini umbhalo? U-Abrahama wakholwa nguNkulunkulu, kwabalelwa kuye ukuthi kungukulunga.
4 Kepha kosebenzayo umvuzo awubalwa ngokomusa, kodwa ngokwesikweletu.
5 Kepha kongasebenziyo, kodwa ekholwa kuye olungisisa ongamesabi uNkulunkulu, ukukholwa kwakhe kubalwa ukuthi kungukulunga.
6 Njengoba laye uDavida ekhuluma ngokubusiswa komuntu, uNkulunkulu ambalela ukulunga ngaphandle kwemisebenzi;
7 esithi: Babusisiwe abathethelelwe iziphambeko zabo, lalabo izono zabo zisitshekelwe.
8 Ubusisiwe umuntu iNkosi engayikubalela isono.
9 Ngakho-ke lokhu kubusiswa kuphezu kwabasokileyo noma nakwabangasokile na? ngoba sithi: Ukukholwa kwabalelwa kuAbrahama ukuthi kungukulunga.
10 Pho kwabalwa njani? Lapho esokile, noma ekungasokini? Hhayi ekusokeni, kodwa ekungasokini.
11 Wasesemukela isibonakaliso sokusoka, uphawu lokulunga kokukholwa ayelakho engakasoki, ukuze abe nguyise wabo bonke abakholwayo lanxa bengasokile; ukuze ukulunga kubalelwe nakubo;
12 noyise wokusoka kwabangasibo abokusoka kuphela, kodwa abahamba futhi ezinyathelweni zokholo lukababa wethu u-Abrahama ayenalo engakasoki.
13 Ngokuba isithembiso sokuthi uyakuba yindlalifa yezwe asifikanga ku-Abrahama nenzalo yakhe ngomthetho, kodwa ngokulunga kokukholwa.
14 Ngokuba uma abomthetho kuyizindlalifa, ukukholwa kwenziwe ize, nesithembiso senziwe ize;
15 Ngokuba umthetho uveza ulaka, ngokuba lapho okungekho umthetho khona, akukho ukweqa.
16 Ngakho-ke kungokholo, ukuze kube ngomusa; ukuze isithembiso siqiniseke kuyo yonke inzalo; kungeyisikho lokho okungokomthetho kuphela, kodwa nakulokho okungokukholwa kuka-Abrahama; ongubaba wethu sonke.
17 (Njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Ngikumisile ube nguyise wezizwe ezinengi), phambi kwalowo akholwayo, uNkulunkulu, ophilisa abafileyo, njalo obiza izinto ezingekho njengokungathi zikhona.
18 Owathi ngaphandle kwethemba wakholwa ngethemba, ukuze abe nguyise wezizwe eziningi, njengalokho okwashiwoyo ukuthi: Iyakuba njalo inzalo yakho.
19 Ngokuba engabuthakathaka ekukholweni, akawunakanga umzimba wakhe owawusufile, eseneminyaka engaba yikhulu, noma ukufa kwesizalo sikaSara;
20 Akabazanga ngesithembiso sikaNkulunkulu ngokungakholwa; kodwa waqina ekukholweni, enika uNkulunkulu udumo;
21 Eqiniseka ngokugcwele ukuthi lokho akuthembisile unamandla futhi nokukwenza.
22 Ngakho-ke kwabalelwa kuye ukuthi kungukulunga.
23 Kepha akulotshwanga ngenxa yakhe yedwa ukuthi kwabalelwa kuye;
24 Kodwa nakithi, esizakubalelwa, uma sikholwa kuye owavusa uJesu iNkosi yethu kwabafileyo;
25 owanikelwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zethu, wabuye wavuswa ukuze silungisiswe.
KumaHeberu 11 : 1
1 Kepha ukukholwa kungukuqiniseka ngezinto ezithenjwayo, kungukuqiniseka ngezinto ezingabonwayo.
Johane 3 : 16
16 Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuba yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade.
1 kaPetru 3 : 15
15 Kodwa ngcwelisani iNkosi uNkulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zenu, njalo lilungele ukuphendula wonke umuntu olibuza ngesizatho sethemba elikini, ngobumnene langokwesaba;
2 kuThimothewu 3 : 16
16 Yonke imibhalo iphefumulelwe nguNkulunkulu, ilungele ukufundisa, nokusola, nokuqondisa, nokuyala ekulungeni;
Kwabase-Efesu 2 : 8 – 9
8 Ngokuba ngomusa nisindisiwe ngokukholwa; nalokhu akuveli kini, kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu;
9 akuveli ngemisebenzi, ukuze kungabikho ozibongayo.
IzEnzo 2 : 38
38 UPetru wayesethi kubo: “Phendukani, yilowo nalowo abhapathizwe egameni likaJesu Kristu kukho ukuthethelelwa kwezono, khona niyakwamukeliswa isiphiwo sikaMoya oNgcwele.
KwabaseRoma 1 : 17
17 Ngokuba ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kwembulwa kulo, kuvela ekukholweni kuye ekukholweni, njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Olungileyo uyakuphila ngokukholwa.
Amahubo 91 : 1 – 16
1 Ohlala endaweni yokucasha yoPhezukonke uyakuhlala emthunzini kaSomandla.
2 Ngizakuthi ngoJehova: Uyisiphephelo sami lenqaba yami; ngithembele kuye.
3 Impela uyakukusindisa ogibeni lomcuphi nasobhadaneni olubhubhisayo.
4 Ngezimpaphe zakhe uyakukusibekela, uthembele phansi kwamaphiko akhe; iqiniso lakhe liyisihlangu nesihlangu sakho.
5 Akumelwe wesabe ingebhe ebusuku; noma umcibisholo ondiza emini;
6 noma isifo esihamba ebumnyameni; noma incithakalo ebhubhisayo emini.
7 Bayakuwa abayizinkulungwane ngaseceleni kwakho, nezinkulungwane eziyishumi ngakwesokunene sakho; kodwa ngeke lisondele kuwe.
8 Kuphela uyakubona ngamehlo akho, ubone umvuzo wababi.
9 Ngoba umenzile uJehova, oyisiphephelo sami, oPhezukonke waba yindawo yakho yokuhlala;
10 Akuyikwehlelwa okubi, nesifo asiyikusondela etendeni lakho.
11 Ngoba uzalaya izingilosi zakhe ngawe ukuthi zikulinde ezindleleni zakho zonke.
12 Kumelwe bakuthwale ngezandla zabo, funa uqhuzuke unyawo lwakho etsheni.
13 Uyakunyathela ingonyama nebululu; kufanele unyathele ibhongo lengonyama nodrako.
14 Ngoba engithanda, ngakho ngizamsindisa; ngiyakumphakamisa, ngokuba elazi iGama lami.
15 Uyakungibiza, ngimphendule; ngiyakuba naye osizini; ngiyakumkhulula, ngimdumise;
16 Ngizomanelisa ngezinsuku ezinde futhi ngimenze abone insindiso yami.
1 kaJohane 1 : 8
8 Uma sithi asinasono, siyazikhohlisa, neqiniso alikho kithi.
KumaHeberu 11 : 3
3 Ngokukholwa siyaqonda ukuthi izwe ladatshulwa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu, ukuze okubonwayo kakuvelanga kokubonwayo.
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