3 Ngoba lafa, ukuphila kwenu kufihliwe loKristu kuNkulunkulu.
3 Ngoba lafa, ukuphila kwenu khathesi kufihlwe loKhristu kuNkulunkulu.
Ngibethelwe kanye loKristu; kakuseyimi ophilayo, kodwa uKristu uphila kimi; ukuphila engikuphila khathesi ngikuphila ngokukholwa iNdodana kaNkulunkulu eyangithandayo, yazinikela ngenxa yami.
Phinde! Thina esafa mayelana lesono singaba sisasila kanjani kuso na?
Uba lafa kanye loKristu, lakhululwa kuyo impi yemimoya yalumhlaba, kungani ukuba kungathi lisaphila ngokomhlaba na? Kungani lithobela imithetho yokuthi:
Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Olizwayo ilizwi lami, akholwe kuye ongithumileyo, ulokuphila okungapheliyo; kangeni ekwahlulelweni, kodwa usephumile ekufeni, wangena ekuphileni.
Ngoba kuKristu Jesu umlayo woMoya ophilisayo ungikhulule emlayweni wesono lowokufa.
Ngoba uba, lapho siseyizitha, sazuza ukubuyisana loNkulunkulu ngokufa kweNdodana yakhe, ikakhulu, lokhu sesizuze ukubuyisana, sizakusiliswa ngokuphila kwayo.
Ngoba uthando lukaKristu luyasiqhubezela, sibona lokhu ukuthi munye owafela bonke; ngakhoke bonke sebafa.
Njengalokhu uYise evusa abafileyo, abanike ukuphila, kunjaloke leNdodana iyabanika ukuphila labo ethanda ukubasilisa.
Ngoba uNkulunkulu wawuthanda umhlaba kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa ukuba ilowo lalowo okholwa kiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe lokuphila okungapheliyo.
Ngesikhatshana umhlaba kawusayikungibona, kodwa lina lizangibona; ngoba ngiyaphila, lani lizakuphila.
Kodwa kakube ngumuntu osithekileyo wenhliziyo oceca ngokungagugiyo komoya omnene lokuthula, okuligugu phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
Ngalesosikhathi uJesu wakhuluma wathi: Ngiyakubonga, Baba, Nkosi yezulu lomhlaba, ngoba ukufihlile lokhu kwabahlakaniphileyo labaqedisisayo, wakwambulela izingane.
Lapho esebonakaliswa uKristu oyikuphila kwethu, lani lizakubonakaliswa kanye laye enkazimulweni.
Ngakhoke ulamandla okusilisa ngokupheleleyo abeza kuNkulunkulu ngaye, lokhu ephilela ukubanxusela.
okufihlwe kuye inotho yonke yokuhlakanipha leyokwazi.
Kanti kalivumi ukuza kimi ukuba libe lokuphila.
kodwa lowo onatha amanzi engizakumnika wona kasayikoma; amanzi engizakumnika wona azakuba ngumthombo ogobhozayo phakathi kwakhe, kube yikuphila okungapheliyo.
Olendlebe kezwe lokho akutshoyo uMoya emabandleni. Onqobayo ngizakumnika enye imana kwefihliweyo, ngimnike lelitshe elimhlophe okulotshwe kulo ibizo elitsha elingaziwa muntu, kuphela lowo olamukelayo.
Bathandekayo, khathesi singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu; kakukabonakali esizakuba yikho, kodwa siyazi ukuthi, nxa esefikile, sizakuba njengaye, ngoba sizakumbona njengoba enjalo.
Ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu okudlula ukuqedisisa konke kuzakulondoloza inhliziyo zenu lemicabango yenu kuKristu Jesu.
Ngakho kulotshiwe ukuthi: Umuntu wokuqala uAdamu waba ngumuntu ophilayo; uAdamu wokucina waba ngumoya ophilisayo.
Umuntu wemvelo kazamukeli izinto zikaMoya kaNkulunkulu, ngoba ziyibuthutha kuye; kalawo amandla okuziqedisisa, ngoba ziqedisiswa ngokuboniswa nguMoya.
ukuze, njengoba isono sabusa ngokufa, ngokunjalo umusa ubuse ngokulunga, kube khona ukuphila okungapheliyo ngoJesu Kristu iNkosi yethu.
Lezizinto ezimbili zivela ethembeni elibekelwe lona ezulwini, elezwa ngalo ngaphambili ngelizwi leqiniso elilivangeli
ngoba sihamba ngokukholwa, kasihambi ngokubona.
Ngokunjalo lani kalibokuthi lifile mayelana lesono, kodwa liphilele uNkulunkulu kuKristu Jesu.
lokubakhanyisela bonke abantu ukuthi liyini icebo lemfihlakalo ebifihliwe kuNkulunkulu owadala izinto zonke kusukela ekudatshulweni kwesikhathi,
ukuze ngesikhathi esisaseleyo lisesekhona lingabe lisahlala ngezinkanuko zabantu kodwa ngentando kaNkulunkulu.