UNkulunkulu akazange abonwe muntu ; uma sithandana , uNkulunkulu uhlala kithi, nothando lwakhe luphelele kithi.

Kepha umusa weNkosi yethu wavama kakhulu kanye nokukholwa nothando olukuKristu Jesu.

Kepha wena muntu kaNkulunkulu , balekela lezo zinto ; jonga ukulunga , nokumesaba uNkulunku lu, nokukholwa, nothando, nokubekezela, nobumnene.

Manje-ke kumi ukukholwa , nokwethemba, nothando, lokho kokuthathu ; kepha okukhulu kulokho luthando.

Kepha kalokhu uThimothewu esefikile kithi evela kini , esibikela izindaba ezinhle zokukholwa nothando lwenu , nokuthi nisikhumbula kahle njalo , nokuthi nilangazelela ukusibona , njengokuba nathi silangazelela ukubona nina,

Kepha maqondana nothando lobuzalwane anisweli ukuba umuntu anilobele, ngokuba nina uqobo ningabafundisiwe nguNkulunkulu ukuba nithandane;

Kepha balekela izinkanuko zobusha , ujonge ukulunga , nokukholwa, nothando, nokuthula kanye nabakhuleka eNkosini ngenhliziyo ehlambulukileyo.

Kepha wena walandela isifundiso sami nokuziphatha , nomgomo, nenkolo, nokubheka kade, nothando, nokubekezela,

Umusa weNkosi uJesu Kristu , nothando lukaNkulunkulu , nokuhlangana kukaMoya oNgcwele makube nani nonke. Amen.

Kepha njengalokho nivamile kukho konke : ukukholwa, namazwi, nokwazi, nokukhuthala konke, nothando enisithanda ngalo , manivame nakuwo lowo msebenzi womusa.

Simelwe ukumbonga njalo uNkulunkulu ngani bazalwane , njengokuba kufanele, ngokuba inkolo yenu iyanda kakhulu , nothando lwenu nonke omunye komunye luyakhula,

Makwandiswe kini umusa nokuthula nothando. Abadukisi

Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yak ho, nothando, nokukholwa, nokukhonza, nokubekezela kwakho , nokuthi imisebenzi yakho yokugcina miningi kuneyokuqala.

Kepha lapho sekubonakalisiwe ububele bukaNkulunkulu uMsindisi wethu nothando lwakhe kubantu,

Ngokuba uNkulunkulu kasiye ongalungile ukuba akhohlwe umsebenzi wenu nothando enalubonakalisa ngakulo igama lakhe , lokhu nibakhonzile abangcwele, nisabakhonza. Mabafane nawokhokho ababambelela esithenjisweni

Ngalokho nami, sengizwile ngokukholwa okukini eNkosini uJesu nothando kubo bonke abangcwele,

Ukuthula makube kubazalwane , nothando kanye nokukholwa okuvel a kuNkulunkulu uYise naseNkosini uJesu Kristu.

kubo abaseKolose , abangcwele nabazalwane abakholwayo kuKristu ; makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu. UPawulu ubonga ukukholwa nothando lwabaseKolose

Ngubani ozakusahlukanisa nothando lukaKristu na ? Noma ukuhlupheka, noma ukubandezeka, noma ukuzingelwa, noma indlala, noma ukuhamba ze, noma ingozi, noma inkemba, na?

nakuphakama, nakujula, nanto enye edaliweyo akuyikuba namandla okusahlukanisa nothando lukaNkulunkulu olukuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu.

Ngikukhumbulela umusa wobusha bakho , nothando lwakho , usengumakoti, nokungilandela kwakho ehlane, izwe elingatshalwanga.