Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo eziqhayisayo
1 kaPetru 2 : 9
9 Kepha nina niluhlanga olukhethiweyo, ubupristi obobukhosi, isizwe esingcwele, abantu abazuziweyo; ukuze nishumayele ubukhosi balowo owanibiza niphume ebumnyameni, ningene ekukhanyeni kwakhe okumangalisayo;
KwabaseGalathiya 5 : 22 – 23
22 Kodwa isithelo sikaMoya siluthando, intokozo, ukuthula, ukubekezela, ubumnene, ukulunga, ukholo,
23 ubumnene, nokuzithiba: akukho mthetho omelene nokunjalo.
KwabaseRoma 1 : 1 – 32
1 UPawulu, inceku kaJesu Kristu, owabizelwa ukuba ngumphostoli, owahlukaniselwa ivangeli likaNkulunkulu,
2 (ayayithembisa ngaphambili ngabaprofethi bakhe emibhalweni engcwele,)
3 Mayelana neNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu iNkosi yethu, owavela enzalweni kaDavide ngokwenyama;
4 futhi yabonakaliswa ukuthi iyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu ngamandla, ngomoya wobungcwele, ngokuvuka kwabafileyo;
5 esamukele ngaye umusa nobuphostoli, kube ngukulalela ekukholweni phakathi kwezizwe zonke ngenxa yegama lakhe;
6 eliphakathi kwabo lani ababiziweyo bakaJesu Kristu;
7 kubo bonke abaseRoma, abathandekayo bakaNkulunkulu, ababizelwe ukuba ngabangcwele: Makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Kristu.
8 Kuqala, ngibonga uNkulunkulu wami ngoJesu Kristu ngani nonke, ngokuba ukukholwa kwenu kukhulunywa ngakho emhlabeni wonke.
9 Ngokuba uNkulunkulu engimkhonza ngomoya wami evangelini leNdodana yakhe ungufakazi wami wokuthi angiphezi ukunikhumbula emikhulekweni yami;
10 ngincenga ukuthi, mhlawumbe mhlawumbe khathesi ngiphumelele uhambo oluphumelelayo ngentando kaNkulunkulu, lokuza kini.
11 Ngokuba ngilangazelela ukunibona, ukuze nginabele isipho esithile somoya, ukuze niqiniswe;
12 okuyikuthi ngiduduzeke kanye lani ngokholo lomunye wenu lolwami.
13 Kepha angithandi ukuba ningazi, bazalwane, ukuthi ngazimisela kaningi ukuza kini, ngavinjwa kuze kube manje, ukuze ngibe nesithelo naphakathi kwenu, nanjengakwabanye abezizwe.
14 Ngilomlandu kumaGriki lakwabezizwe; kwabahlakaniphileyo nakwabangahlakaniphile.
15 Ngakho-ke njengoba ngikimi, ngizimisele ukushumayela ivangeli nakinina baseRoma.
16 Ngokuba anginamahloni ngevangeli likaKristu, ngokuba lingamandla kaNkulunkulu kube yinsindiso kulowo nalowo okholwayo; kumJuda kuqala, nakumGreki futhi.
17 Ngokuba ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kwembulwa kulo, kuvela ekukholweni kuye ekukholweni, njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Olungileyo uyakuphila ngokukholwa.
18 Ngokuba ulaka lukaNkulunkulu luyabonakaliswa luvela ezulwini phezu kwakho konke ukungamesabi uNkulunkulu nokungalungi kwabantu abaphatha iqiniso ngokungalungi;
19 Ngokuba lokho okwaziwayo ngoNkulunkulu kusobala kubo; ngoba uNkulunkulu ukubonakalisile kubo.
20 Ngokuba okungabonwayo kwakhe, amandla akhe aphakade nobuNkulunkulu bakhe kubonakala kwasekudalweni kwezwe, kuqondakala ngezenzo zakhe; ukuze bangabi lezaba;
21 Ngokuba sebemazi uNkulunkulu, kabamdumisanga njengoNkulunkulu, kababonganga; kodwa baba yize emicabangweni yabo, nenhliziyo yabo ewubuwula yaba mnyama.
22 Bezishaya abahlakaniphileyo baba yiziwula;
23 Futhi baguqula inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ongabhubhiyo yaba ngumfanekiso womuntu obhubhayo, nezinyoni, nezilwane ezinezinyawo ezine, nezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo.
24 Ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu wabanikela ezinkanukweni zezinhliziyo zabo ekungcoleni, bahlazisane imizimba yabo phakathi kwabo;
25 abaguqule iqiniso likaNkulunkulu libe ngamanga, bakhuleka, bakhonza okudaliweyo kunoMdali obongekayo kuze kube phakade. Amen.
26 Ngalokho uNkulunkulu wabanikela ekuhuhukeni okuyichilo, ngokuba nabesifazane babo baguqula ukwenza kwemvelo kwaba ngokuphambene nemvelo;
27 Kanjalo namadoda ayeyeka ukwenza kwemvelo kowesifazane, asha ngokukhanukelana; abesilisa benza okuyichilo namadoda, bezuza kubo imbuyiselo efanele yokuduka kwabo.
28 Nanjengalokho bengathandanga ukuba nokwazi uNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wabanikela engqondweni eyonakeleyo, ukuba benze okungafanele;
29 begcwele konke ukungalungi, ukukhohlakala, ukufisa, ububi; begcwele umona, ukubulala, ukuphikisana, inkohliso, ubuxhwanguxhwangu; abahlebezi,
30 nabahlebayo, abazonda uNkulunkulu, abadelelayo, nabazidlayo, nabazidlayo, nabaqambi bokubi, nabangalaleli abazali,
31 abangenakuqonda, abephula isivumelwano, abangenalo uthando lwemvelo, abangenabubele, abangenasihawu;
32 Abathi besazi ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu, ukuthi abenza okunjalo bafanele ukufa, abakwenzi lokho kuphela, kodwa bathokozela abakwenzayo.
2 kuThimothewu 3 : 1 – 4
1 Yazi futhi lokhu ukuthi ezinsukwini zokugcina kuzakuvela izikhathi ezinzima.
2 Ngokuba abantu bayakuba ngabazithandayo, abahahayo, nabazidlayo, nabazidlayo, nabathukayo, nabangalaleli abazali, nabangabongiyo, nabangangcwele;
3 ngaphandle kokuthanda imvelo, abaphula isivumelwano, abahlebi, abangafuni ukuzithiba, abanolaka, abadeleli abalungileyo,
4 Abakhapheli, abalukhuni, abakhukhumeleyo, abathanda injabulo kunokuthanda uNkulunkulu;