1 Ngenxa yoko, mna Pawulos, mbanjwa kaKristu Yesu ngenxa yenu zintlanga —
2 ukuba ke nikuvile ukugosisa kobabalo lukaThixo endanibabalelwa ngalo;
3 okokuba wandazisa imfihlelo leyo ngokotyhilelo, njengoko sendibhale kade ngokufutshane;
4 enothi ngoko, nakulesa, nibe nokuqiqa okwam ukuyiqonda imfihlelo kaKristu;
5 ababengathanga kuzimbi izizukulwana bayaziswe oonyana babantu, njengoko bayityhilelweyo ngoku abapostile* bakhe abangcwele, nabaprofeti bakhe, ngaye uMoya;
6 eyokuba iintlanga ziziindlalifa nathi, zikwamzimba mnye nathi, zingamahlulelana nathi ngedinga lakhe, síkuye nje uKristu ngazo iindaba ezilungileyo,
7 endaba ngumlungiseleli wazo ngokwesipho sobabalo lukaThixo, endababalwa ngaso ngokokusebenza kwamandla akhe.