7 Iyimposiso enkulu kambe kwainto yokuba nibe nemicimbi enimangalelana ngayo. Ngekungcono ukuba benivuma ukuba noniwe; ngekungcono ukuba benivuma ukuba niqhathwe.
8 Kodwa, nina nisuka none okanye nibaqhathe abanye, nangona bengamawenu!
9 Anazi na ukuba abakhohlakeleyo abayi kubuxhamla ubuncwane bokulawulwa nguThixo? Musani ukulahlekiswa: abarheletyi, nabakhonza izithixo, nabakrexezayo, nabafebayo, nabangamadoda alalanayo,
10 nabangamasela, nababawayo, nabangamanxila, nabathukayo, nabazizikrelemnqa, abanakubuxhamla ubuncwane bokulawulwa nguThixo.
11 Kanti abanye kuni babenjalo kanye, kodwa nahlanjwa, nenziwa imilowo, naba ngamalungisa phambi koThixo ngenxa yegama leNkosi uYesu nangoMoya kaThixo wethu.
12 Ubani unokuthi: “Zonke izinto zivumelekile kum.” Ewe, kunjalo, kodwa azikulungelanga zonke. Nam bendinokuthi: “Zonke izinto zivumelekile kum;” kodwa ngekhe ndinikezele ukuze ndilawulwe nayiyiphi na into.
13 Omnye unokuthi: “Ukutya kokwesisu, nesisu sesokutya.” Ewe, kunjalo, kodwa uThixo wokutshabalalisa kokubini. Ke wona umzimba asingowokurheletya, ngoweNkosi; nayo iNkosi yeyomzimba.