5 Kawube kini lowomqondo owawukhona kuKristu Jesu,
5 Ekuphilisaneni kwenu, isimo sengqondo yenu kumele sifanane lesikaKhristu uJesu,
lowo othi uhlala kuye, ufanele yena ahambe njengalokhu ahamba uKristu.
Thwalani ijokwe lami phezu kwenu, lifunde kimi, ngoba ngimnene ngithobekile; kung’khona imiphefumulo yenu izakufumana ukuphumula.
Labizelwa khona lokho; ngoba uKristu laye wahlupheka ngenxa yenu, walitshiyela isibonelo sokuba lilandele ezinyathelweni zakhe.
Njengokuba uKristu wahlupheka emzimbeni, hlomani lani ngengqondo efanayo, ngoba ohlupheke emzimbeni useyekele ukona,
Minake ngizama ukuthokozisa bonke ngakho konke engikwenzayo, ngingafuni okokuzisiza mina, kodwa ngifuna okokusiza abanengi ukuze basiliswe.
lihambe ngothando, njengalokhu uKristu wasithanda, wazinikela ngenxa yethu, abe ngumnikelo lomhlatshelo olephunga elimnandi kuNkulunkulu.
Kungathi uNkulunkulu wokubekezela lenduduzo angalipha ukuba libe nhliziyonye njengoKristu Jesu,
Kukho konke ngilitshengisile ukuthi kumele ukuba sisize ababuthakathaka ngokusebenza okunjalo, sikhumbule amazwi eNkosi uJesu ukuthi yena wathi: Kubusisekile ukupha kulokwamukela.
Ngoba uKristu kazithokozisanga yena, kodwa kunjengokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Ukuthuka kwabakuthukayo kwehlela phezu kwami.
Ngoba nguwuphi omkhulu, lowo ohlezi ekudleni ingabe lowo ophakululayo na? Kasilowo ohlezi ekudleni na? Kodwa mina ngiphakathi kwenu njengaye ophakululayo.
Uba umzalwane wakho elinyazwa yikudla kwakho, kawusahambi ngothando. Ungambhubhisi ngokudla kwakho lowo amfelayo uKristu.
lokuthi: UNkulunkulu wammisa uJesu waseNazaretha ngoMoya oNgcwele langamandla, lokuthi wahamba esenza okulungileyo, esilisa bonke labo ababesemandleni kaSathane, ngoba uNkulunkulu wayelaye.
Thina oPawuli loTimothi, inceku zikaKristu Jesu, sithi kubo bonke abangcwele kuKristu Jesu abaseFiliphi, kanye lababonisi lezikhonzi: