29 Kwakho kukho abo babhaptizwa endaweni yabafi. Bathemba ukuzuza ntoni ke ngaloo nto? Ukuba ke banyanisile xa bathi akukho luvuko lwabafileyo, bebhaptizwa nje endaweni yabafi, kutheni?
30 Khona kutheni le nto thina sizibeka emngciphekweni maxa onke?
31 Ndihleli ndisemngciphekweni wokufa mihla le, mawethu! Ngenene le nto ndiyithetha ndiqhayisa ngani ngenxa yebhongo endinalo ngokumanywa kwam noYesu Krestu iNkosi yethu.
32 Ukuba apha e-Efese bendisilwa namarhamncwa ngamandla obuntu nje kuphela ibingandinceda ntoni loo nto? Kodwa ke ukuba akukho kuvuka kwabafileyo “masisesisitya sisela, kuba ngomso siya kufa,” ngabula saci.
33 Musani ukuphazama: “Incoko embi iyasonakalisa isimilo esihle.”
34 Buyelani engqondweni nahlukane nezono. Abazani noThixo abanye benu. Loo nto ndiyithetha ukuze nidane.
35 Mhlawumbi omnye uya kubuza athi: “Bavuka kanjani na abafileyo? Bavuka benomzimba onjani na?”