12 Umdikhoni kufanele abe yindvodza lenemfati munye, lephetse kahle bantfwabayo nemuti wayo.
Lencwadzi iphuma kuboPawula naThimothi, tinceku taKhristu Jesu. Iya kubo bonkhe labangcwele baseFiliphi, labakuJesu Khristu, nakubabonisi nebadikhoni:
Umbonisi kufanele kube yindvodza lengasoleki, lenemfati munye, letibambako, lezitsile, lehloniphekile, lephatsa kahle tihambi, lenemasu ekufundzisa,
Ngalokufananako futsi nebadikhoni kufanele bazitse, bangabi nalo lulwimi lolumphacambili; bangabi tigcili talokudzakisanako, bangahaheli inzuzo lembi.