7 Kepha lokho kwazi akukho kubo bonke. Kodwa abanye, lokhu bejwayelene nezithombe kuze kube manje, bakudla njengokuhlatshelwe isithombe, nonembeza wabo obuthakathaka uyangcola.
8 Kepha ukudla akusisondezi kuNkulunkulu; ngokuba noma singadli, asilahlekelwa lutho; noma sidla, asizuzi lutho.
9 Qaphelani kodwa, funa leli lungelo lenu libe yisikhubekiso kwababuthakathaka.
10 Ngokuba uma umuntu ekubona wena onokwazi uhlezi ekudleni ethempelini lesithombe, unembeza walowo osebuthakathaka akayikududeka yini, aze adle okuhlatshelwe isithombe, na?
11 Khona obuthakathaka useyabhubha ngenxa yokwazi kwakho, engumzalwane amfelayo uKristu.
12 Kanjalo uma nona kubazalwane, nilimaza unembeza wabo obuthakathaka, niyona kuKristu.
13 Ngalokhu uma ukudla kumkhubekisa umzalwane wami, angisoze ngadla nyama kuze kube phakade, ukuze ngingamkhubekisi umzalwane wami.