8 Komatu zeni zeninso ndiyesa zonse zikhale citayiko cifukwa ca mapambanidwe a cizindikiritso ca Kristu Yesu Ambuye wanga, cifukwa ca Iyeyu ndinatayikitsa zinthu zonse, ndipo ndiziyesa zapadzala, kuti ndikadzionjezere Kristu,
9 ndi kupezedwa mwa iye, wosati wakukhala naco cilungamo canga ca m'lamulo, koma cimene ca mwa cikhulupiriro ca Kristu, cilungamoco cocokera mwa Mulungu ndi cikhulupiriro;
10 kuti ndimzindikire iye, ndi mphamvu ya kuuka kwace, ndi ciyanjano ca zowawa zace, pofanizidwa ndi imfa yace;
11 ngati nkotheka ndikafikire kuuka kwa akufa.
12 Si kunena kuti ndinalandira kale, kapena kuti ndatha kukonzeka wamphumphu; koma ndilondetsa, ngatinso ndikacigwire ici cimene anandigwirira Yesu Kristu.
13 Abale, ine sindiwerengera ndekha kuti ndatha kucigwira: koma cinthu cimodzi ndicicita; poiwaladi zam'mbuyo, ndi kutambalitsira zam'tsogolo,
14 ndilondetsa polekezerapo, kutsatira mfupo wa maitanidwe akumwamba a Mulungu a mwa Kristu Yesu.