1 Ngokuba niyazi nina bazalwane ukuthi ukungena kwethu kinina akubanga yize.
2 Kepha noma sasihlushiwe kuqala saphathwa kabi eFilipi, njengokuba nazi, saba nesibindi kuNkulunkulu wethu sokunishumayeza ivangeli likaNkulunkulu ngokulwa okukhulu.
3 Ngokuba ukuyala kwethu akusikho okokuduka nokokungcola nangenkohliso,
4 kepha njengokuba sivunyiwe nguNkulunkulu ukuba siphathiswe ivangeli, siyakhuluma ngokunjalo, singenzeli ukuthokozisa abantu kepha uNkulunkulu ovivinya izinhliziyo zethu.
5 Ngokuba asizange sibe namazwi okuthopha, njengokuba nazi; asizange futhi sibe nobuqili bokufisa, uNkulunkulu ungufakazi,
6 singafunanga nokutuswa ngabantu, nakinina nakwabanye,