Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo bathandekayo
1 kaJohane 4 : 7 – 8
7 Bathandekayo, masithandane, ngokuba uthando luvela kuNkulunkulu; futhi wonke onothando uzelwe nguNkulunkulu, futhi uyamazi uNkulunkulu.
8 Ongathandiyo akamazi uNkulunkulu; ngoba uNkulunkulu uluthando.
KwabaseKolose 3 : 12
12 Ngakho-ke njengabakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu, abangcwele nabathandekayo, yembathani izinhliziyo zesihe, umusa, ukuthobeka, ubumnene, nokubekezela;
Mathewu 17 : 5
5 Esakhuluma, bheka, ifu elikhanyayo labasithibeza; bheka, kwavela izwi efwini, lithi: “Lo uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo engithokozile ngayo; yizweni.
1 kaJohane 4 : 1
1 Bathandekayo, ningakholwa yibo bonke omoya, kodwa hlolani omoya ukuthi bangabakaNkulunkulu yini; ngokuba baningi abaprofethi bamanga abaphumele ezweni.
KwabaseRoma 1 : 7
7 kubo bonke abaseRoma, abathandekayo bakaNkulunkulu, ababizelwe ukuba ngabangcwele: Makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Kristu.
1 kaJohane 3 : 1 – 2
1 Bhekani uthando olungaka asinike lona uBaba lokuba sibizwe ngokuthi singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu;
2 Bathandekayo, manje singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, kepha akukabonakali esiyakuba yikho; ngoba sizambona njengoba enjalo.
3 kaJohane 1 : 2
2 Sithandwa, phezu kwakho konke ngifisa ukuba ube nenhlanhla futhi ube nempilo, njengokuba umphefumulo wakho uphumelela.
U-Isaya 55 : 11
11 Lizakuba njalo ilizwi lami eliphuma emlonyeni wami: kaliyikubuyela kimi lilambatha, kodwa lizafeza lokho engikuthandayo, njalo lizaphumelela kukho konke engilithumele khona.
Izaga zikaSolomoni 1 : 7 – 19
7 Ukumesaba uJehova kungukuqala kolwazi, kepha iziwula ziyadelela ukuhlakanipha nokulaywa.
8 Ndodana yami, yizwa ukulaya kukayihlo, ungawushiyi umthetho kanyoko.
9 Ngokuba ziyakuba ngumhlobiso omuhle ekhanda lakho namaketanga entanyeni yakho.
10 Ndodana yami, lapho izoni zilinga, awuvumi.
11 Uma bethi: “Hamba nathi, silindele igazi, sifune abangenacala ngasese ngeze.
12 Masibashwabadele bephila njengethuna; futhi bephelele njengabehlela egodini;
13 Sizathola zonke izinto eziligugu, sizagcwalisa izindlu zethu ngempango.
14 Yenza inkatho yakho phakathi kwethu; sonke masibe nesikhwama semali sinye.
15 Ndodana yami, ungahambi nabo endleleni; nqamula unyawo lwakho endleleni yabo;
16 Ngokuba izinyawo zabo zigijimela ebubini, zishesha ukuchitha igazi.
17 Impela inetha lendlalelwa ize phambi kwamehlo azo zonke izinyoni.
18 Baqamekela igazi labo; bacathamela ukuphila kwabo ekusithekeni.
19 Zinjalo izindlela zabo bonke abazuzayo; ethatha impilo yabanikazi bayo.
1 kaJohane 4 : 1 – 3
1 Bathandekayo, ningakholwa yibo bonke omoya, kodwa hlolani omoya ukuthi bangabakaNkulunkulu yini; ngokuba baningi abaprofethi bamanga abaphumele ezweni.
2 Yazini uMoya kaNkulunkulu ngalokhu: Bonke omoya abavuma ukuthi uJesu Kristu uzile enyameni bangabakaNkulunkulu;
3 Futhi wonke umoya ongamvumi ukuthi uJesu Kristu uzile enyameni, akasiye okaNkulunkulu; namanje isikhona emhlabeni.
Kwabase-Efesu 2 : 10
10 Ngokuba singumsebenzi wakhe kuKristu Jesu, sidalelwe imisebenzi emihle uNkulunkulu ayimisela ngaphambili ukuba sihambe kuyo.