Lawa ngamavesi eBhayibheli akhuluma ngawo abesifazane abangashadile
1 kuThimothewu 2 : 9
9 Kanjalo nabesifazane mabagqoke izingubo ezifaneleyo, bazihlobise ngokuhlonipha nokuqonda; kungabi ngezinwele ezalukiweyo, negolide, namaparele, nezambatho ezinenani elikhulu;
1 kwabaseKorinte 7 : 1 – 40
1 Mayelana nezinto enaloba ngazo kimi, kuhle kumuntu ukuba angamthinti owesifazane.
2 Nokho ngenxa yobufebe, yilowo nalowo makabe nowakhe umfazi, nalowo wesifazane abe neyakhe indoda.
3 Indoda mayimnike okumfanele umkayo, kanjalo nomfazi endodeni.
4 Umfazi kanamandla phezu kowakhe umzimba, yindoda yakhe; kanjalo nendoda ayinagunya kowakhe umzimba, ngumfazi kodwa.
5 Lingagodlelani, ngaphandle kokuthi kube kukuvumelana okwesikhathi, ukuze lizinikele ekuzileni ukudla lekukhulekweni; nibuye nihlangane, ukuze uSathane anganilingi ngokungazithibi kwenu.
6 Kodwa lokhu ngikutsho ngemvume, kayisikho ngomlayo.
7 Ngokuba ngiyathanda ukuba bonke abantu babe njengami; Kodwa yilowo nalowo unesiphiwo sakhe esivela kuNkulunkulu, omunye kanje, omunye kanje.
8 Ngakho ngithi kwabangashadile nakubafelokazi: Kuhle kubo, uma behlala njengami.
9 Kepha uma bengenakuzibamba, mabashade, ngokuba kuhle ukuganwa kunokushiswa.
10 Labashadile ngiyabayala, kungemina kodwa yiNkosi, ukuthi umfazi makangahlukani nendoda;
11 Kepha uma ehlukana naye, akahlale engaganile, noma abuyisane nendoda yakhe, nendoda ingamlahli umkayo.
12 Kepha kwabanye ngithi mina, akusho iNkosi: Uma umzalwane enomfazi ongakholwayo, yena-ke evuma ukuhlala naye, makangamlahli.
13 Nowesifazane onendoda engakholwayo, futhi uma ivuma ukuhlala naye, angayishiyi.
14 Ngokuba indoda engakholwayo ingcwelisiwe ngomfazi, nomfazi ongakholwayo ungcwelisiwe ngendoda; uma kungenjalo abantwana benu ngabe bangcolile; kodwa manje bangcwele.
15 Kepha uma ongakholwayo ehlukana naye, makamuke; Umzalwane noma umzalwanekazi akaboshiwe kokunjalo, kepha uNkulunkulu usibizele ekuthuleni.
16 Ngokuba wazini wena mfazi, ukuthi awuyikusindisa indoda yakho na? Wena ndoda, wazi ngani ukuthi uyakumsindisa umkakho na?
17 Kodwa njengalokho uNkulunkulu emabele yilowo nalowo, njengalokho iNkosi imbizile yilowo nalowo, makahambe kanjalo. Ngiyala kanjalo emabandleni onke.
18 Ukhona yini obizwe esokile? makangabi ngongasoki. Ukhona yini obizwe engasokile na? makangasoki.
19 Ukusoka akulutho, nokungasoki akulutho, kodwa ukugcina imiyalo kaNkulunkulu.
20 Akube yilowo nalowo ahlale ekubizweni abizwe ekukho.
21 Ubizwe uyisigqila na? ungakhathazeki, kepha uma ungakhululwa, kusebenzise kakhulu.
22 Ngokuba obiziweyo yiNkosi eyisigqila, ungokhululekile weNkosi;
23 Nithengwa ngenani; ningabi yizigqila zabantu.
24 Bazalwane, yilowo nalowo makahlale kuNkulunkulu kulokho abizwe ekukho.
25 Kepha maqondana nezintombi anginawo umyalo weNkosi, kepha mina ngikhipha umbono wami njengomuntu ohawukelwe yiNkosi ukuba athembeke.
26 Ngakho ngithi kuhle lokhu ngenxa yokucindezeleka okukhona, ngithi kuhle kumuntu ukuba abe njalo.
27 Uboshelwe emfazini na? ningafuni ukuthukululwa. Ukhululiwe emfazini na? ungamfuni umfazi.
28 Kepha uma uganwa, akonanga; futhi uma intombi igana, ayoni. Nokho abanjalo bayakuba nenkathazo enyameni, kepha mina ngiyaniyeka.
29 Kodwa ngitsho lokhu, bazalwane, ukuthi isikhathi sifitshane;
30 Labakhalayo babe njengabangakhaliyo; nabathokozayo, babe njengabangathokozi; nabathengayo, babe njengabangenalutho;
31 nabasebenzisa leli zwe, babe njengabangalisebenzisi, ngokuba isimo saleli zwe siyedlula.
32 Kodwa ngithanda ukuthi lingabi lakukhathazeka. Ongashadile ukhathalela okweNkosi, ukuthi angayithokozisa kanjani iNkosi;
33 Kepha oshadile ukhathalela okwezwe, ukuthi angamthokozisa kanjani umkakhe.
34 Kukhona umehluko phakathi komfazi nentombi. Owendileyo ukhathalela okweNkosi, ukuze abe ngcwele emzimbeni nasemoyeni;
35 Lalokhu ngikutsho kube yinzuzo yenu; kungeyisikho ukuthi nginiphosele umjibila, kodwa ngokufaneleyo, lokukhonza iNkosi ngaphandle kokuthikamezeka.
36 Kepha uma umuntu ethi uziphatha ngokungafanele entombini yakhe, uma isikhulile, futhi kudingeke ukuba kube njalo, makenze akuthandayo, akoni;
37 Nokho omi eqinile enhliziyweni yakhe, engacindezelwa lutho, enamandla phezu kwentando yakhe, esenqumile enhliziyweni yakhe ukuthi uyakugcina intombi yakhe, wenza kahle.
38 Ngakho-ke owendisayo wenza kahle; kodwa ongendisiyo wenza okungcono kakhulu.
39 Umfazi uboshiwe ngomthetho ngesikhathi indoda yakhe isekhona; kepha uma indoda isifile, ukhululekile ukuba agane nendoda ayithandayo; eNkosini kuphela.
40 Kodwa uthokoza kakhudlwana uma ehlala kanjalo ngokokubona kwami, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi nami nginoMoya kaNkulunkulu.
1 kwabaseKorinte 6 : 19
19 Yini? Anazi yini ukuthi umzimba wenu uyithempeli likaMoya oNgcwele okinina, enimamukele kuNkulunkulu, nokuthi anisibo abenu na?
1 kwabaseKorinte 11 : 3
3 Kepha ngithanda ukuba nazi ukuthi inhloko yawo wonke amadoda nguKristu; nenhloko yowesifazane yindoda; lenhloko kaKristu nguNkulunkulu.
1 kwabaseKorinte 7 : 7
7 Ngokuba ngiyathanda ukuba bonke abantu babe njengami; Kodwa yilowo nalowo unesiphiwo sakhe esivela kuNkulunkulu, omunye kanje, omunye kanje.
KuThithu 2 : 3
3 Ngokunjalo nabesifazane asebekhulile baziphathe ngendlela efanele ubungcwele, bangabi ngabahlebi, bangabi yizigqila zewayini eliningi, babe abafundisi bokuhle;
UGenesise 2 : 18
18 INkosi uNkulunkulu yathi: Akukuhle ukuba umuntu ahlale yedwa; Ngizomenzela umsizi ozolingana naye.
1 kuThimothewu 2 : 1 – 15
1 Ngakho-ke kuqala kukho konke ngiyala ukuba ukunxusa, nokukhuleka, nokunxusa, nokubonga kwenzelwe abantu bonke;
2 Ngeyamakhosi, nakubo bonke abakhulu; ukuze siphile impilo ezolileyo lenokuthula kukho konke ukuhlonipha uNkulunkulu lobuqotho.
3 Ngokuba lokhu kuhle, kuyabongeka phambi kukaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu;
4 Othanda ukuba bonke abantu basindiswe, bafinyelele olwazini lweqiniso.
5 Ngokuba munye uNkulunkulu, munye nomlamuleli phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu, umuntu uKristu Jesu;
6 owazinikela abe yinhlawulo yabo bonke, kube ngubufakazi ngesikhathi esifaneleyo.
7 Engamiselwa ngakho ukuthi ngibe ngumshumayeli nomphostoli (ngikhuluma iqiniso ngoKristu, angiqambi amanga), umfundisi wabezizwe ekukholweni naseqinisweni.
8 Ngakho-ke ngithanda ukuba amadoda akhuleke ezindaweni zonke, ephakamisa izandla ezingcwele, ngaphandle kolaka nokungabaza.
9 Kanjalo nabesifazane mabagqoke izingubo ezifaneleyo, bazihlobise ngokuhlonipha nokuqonda; kungabi ngezinwele ezalukiweyo, negolide, namaparele, nezambatho ezinenani elikhulu;
10 Kodwa (okufanele abesifazane abathi besaba uNkulunkulu) benze imisebenzi emihle.
11 Owesifazane makafunde ethule ngokuzithoba konke.
12 Kepha angimvumeli owesifazane ukuba afundise, nokuba abuse phezu kwendoda, kodwa ukuba athule.
13 Ngokuba u-Adamu wabunjwa kuqala, kwase kuba u-Eva.
14 Futhi u-Adamu akakhohliswanga, kodwa owesifazane ekhohlisiwe waba esonweni.
15 Nokho uyakusindiswa ngokuzala abantwana, uma behlala ekukholweni nasothandweni nasebungcweleni kanye nokuqonda.
KwabaseRoma 16 : 1 – 27
1 Ngiyamtusa kini uFebe udadewethu oyisikhonzi sebandla eliseKenikreya;
2 ukuze nimamukele eNkosini njengokufanele abangcwele, nimsize kukho konke aniswele ngakho;
3 Khonzani koPrisila no-Akwila, izisebenzi zami kuKristu Jesu.
4 Ababeke phansi izintamo zabo ngenxa yokuphila kwami, engibabongayo, kungeyimi ngedwa, kodwa namabandla onke abezizwe.
5 Khonzani ngokunjalo nebandla elisendlini yabo. Khonzani ku-Ephenetu othandiweyo wami, oyizithelo zokuqala ze-Akhaya kuKristu.
6 Bingelelani uMariya owasebenza kanzima ngenxa yethu.
7 Khonzani ko-Anidroniku noJuniya, izihlobo zami neziboshwa kanye nami, abadumileyo phakathi kwabaphostoli nabo ababe kuKristu ngaphambi kwami.
8 Khonzani ku-Ampiliyasi isithandwa sami eNkosini.
9 Khonzani ku-Uribane, isisebenzi sethu kuKristu, nakuStaku isithandwa sami.
10 Khonzani ku-Aphele ovunyelwe kuKristu. Khonzani kwabendlu ka-Aristobulo.
11 Khonzani kuHerodiyoni isihlobo sami. Khonzani kwabendlu kaNarkisu abaseNkosini.
12 Khonzani koTrifina noTrifosa, abasebenza kanzima eNkosini. Khonzani kuPersisi othandekayo, owakhandleka kakhulu eNkosini.
13 Khonzani kuRufu okhethiweyo eNkosini, nonina, nowami.
14 Khonzani ko-Asinkritu, noFilegoni, noHerma, noPhatroba, noHermesi, nabazalwane abanabo.
15 Khonzani kuFilologo, noJuliya, noNerewu, nodadewabo, no-Olimpa, nabangcwele bonke abanabo.
16 Bingelelanani ngokwanga okungcwele. Ayakhonza kini amabandla kaKristu.
17 Kepha ngiyanincenga, bazalwane, ukuba niqaphele ababanga ukwahlukana nezikhubekiso bephambene nesifundiso enasifundiswa nina; futhi ubagweme.
18 Ngokuba abanjalo kabakhonzi iNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, bakhonza isisu sabo; nangamazwi amahle namnandi bakhohlisa izinhliziyo zabangenalwazi.
19 Ngokuba ukulalela kwenu sekufinyelele kubantu bonke. Ngakho-ke ngiyathokoza ngani, kepha ngithanda ukuba nihlakaniphe kokuhle, nibe abangenalwazi kokubi.
20 UNkulunkulu wokuthula uzakumchoboza masinyane uSathane phansi kwezinyawo zenu. Umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu mawube nani. Amen.
21 Uyakhonza kini uThimothewu, isisebenzi kanye nami, noLukiyu, noJasoni, noSosipatro, izihlobo zami.
22 Mina Tertiyu, engilobe le ncwadi, ngiyakhonza kini eNkosini.
23 Uyakhonza kini uGayu, esingimbelele, nebandla lonke. Uyakhonza kini u-Erastu induna yomuzi, noKwartu umzalwane.
24 Umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu mawube nani nonke. Amen.
25 Kuye onamandla okuniqinisa ngokwevangeli lami nentshumayelo kaJesu Kristu ngokokwambulwa kwemfihlakalo ebifihliwe kwasekuqaleni;
26 Kodwa khathesi isibonakalisiwe, langemibhalo yabaprofethi, ngokomlayo kaNkulunkulu ophakade wenziwe waziwa ezizweni zonke ukuze balalele ngokukholwa;
27 KuNkulunkulu ohlakaniphileyo yedwa, kakube ludumo ngoJesu Kristu kuze kube nininini. Amen. (Yabhalelwa amaRoma ivela eKorinte, yathunyelwa nguFebe inceku yebandla laseKenikreya.)
KuThithu 2 : 4
4 ukuze bafundise abesifazane abasha ukuba nezithiyo, bathande abayeni babo, bathande abantwana babo,
KwabaseFilipi 4 : 3
3 Ngiyakuncenga-ke nawe sithandwa sami esiqotho, ukuthi usize labo besifazane abashikashikeka kanye nami evangelini, kanye noKlemente, nezinye izisebenzi kanye nami, abamagama abo asencwadini yokuphila.