1 Koma ine ndekha Paulo, ndidandaulira inu mwa kufatsa ndi ulere wa Kristu, ine amene pamaso panu ndikhala wodzicepetsa pakati pa inu, koma pokhala kwina ine ndilimbika mtima kwa inu;
2 koma ndipempha kuti pokhala ndiri pomwepo, ndisalimbike mtima ndi kulimbika kumene ndiyesa kulimbika nako pa ena, amene atiyesera ife monga ngati tirikuyendayenda monga mwa thupi,
3 Pakuti pakuyendayenda m'thupi, siticita nkhondo monga mwa thupi,
4 (pakuti zida za nkhondo yathu siziri za thupi, koma zamphamvu mwa Mulungu zakupasula malinga);
5 ndi kugwetsa matsutsano, ndi cokwezeka conse cimene cidzikweza pokana ddziwitso ca Mulungu, ndi kugonjetsa ganizo lonse ku kumvera kwa Kristu;
6 ndi kukhala okonzeka Irubwezera cilango kusamvera konse, pamene kumvera kwanu kudzakwaniridwa.