20 Xa kunjalo ke ziphi na izilumko, ziphi na iingqondi, ephi na wona amaciko eli hlabathi? Kaloku uThixo ubonakalisile ukuba ubulumko beli hlabathi bubudenge.
21 UThixo ngobulumko bakhe ubone okokuba ihlabathi malingabi nako ukumazi ngobalo ubulumko. Hayi, kwakholeka kuThixo ukuba abo bakholwayo abasindise “ngobudenge” belizwi esilishumayelayo.
22 AmaJuda afuna umqondiso; amaGrike wona afuna ubulumko;
23 ke thina sivakalisa uKrestu ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni; into ke leyo esisikhubekiso kumaJuda nebubudenge kumaGrike.
24 Ke kwabo babiziweyo, amaJuda kwanamaGrike, sivakalisa uKrestu ongamandla nobulumko bukaThixo.
25 Kaloku into kaThixo ebubudenge, inobulumko kuneyabantu; nento kaThixo engathi ayinamandla, yomelele kuneyabantu.
26 Mawethu, yikhumbuleni into enaniyiyo ukubizwa kwenu nguThixo. Babembalwa kuni abazizilumko ngokomgangatho wabantu, bembalwa abanamandla, bembalwa abangabantwana begazi.