12 wangena kanye kuphela endaweni engcwele, kungengegazi lezimbuzi nelamathole kepha ngegazi lakhe, ezuzile ukukhululwa okuphakade.
13 Ngokuba uma igazi lezimbuzi nelezinkunzi nomlotha wesithole kufafaza abangcolileyo, kuhlambulula kube ngukuhlanzeka kwenyama,
14 kakhulu kangakanani igazi likaKristu owazinikela kuNkulunkulu ngoMoya ophakade engenacala lizakuhlanza unembeza wethu emisebenzini efileyo, ukuze sikhonze uNkulunkulu ophilayo.
15 Ngalokho-ke ungumlamuleli wesivumelwano esisha, kuze kuthi ngokufa okungenxa yokukhululwa eziphambekweni zesivumelwano sokuqala ababiziweyo bazuze ifa eliphakade elathenjiswayo.
16 Ngokuba lapho kukhona itestamente*, kufuneka ukuba kubikwe ukufa kowalenzayo;
17 ngokuba itestamente* lisebenza sekufiwe, ngokuba alize lingaba namandla esekhona owalenzayo.
18 Ngalokho-ke isivumelwano sokuqala asimiswanga ngaphandle kwegazi.