¹ Niba rero mwarazuranwe na Kristo mushake ibintu biri hejuru, aho Kristo yichaye mu buryo by'Imana. ² Mushire ibitekerezo byanyu kubyo hejuru hatari kubyo musi. ³ Kuko mwamaze gupfa kandi ubuzima byanyu buhishwe hamwe na Kristo mu Mana. ⁴ Igihe Kristo, ariwe buzima byanyu aza garagara, nibwo namwe muza garagarira hamwe nawe mu byiza bwe. ⁵ Mwice iby'isi biri mungingo zanyu, ubusambanyi, umwanda, irari ribi ibitekerezo bibi, no kwifuza no gusenga ibikirwa Mana. ⁶ Kubera ibintu nkibi umujinya w'Imana uziye umwama wo kugoma. ⁷ Niko kera mwagendaga igihe mwagenderaga mubyaha. ⁸ Ariko buno, mureke ibi bintu byose, uburakari, ubugome, gutukana, kumagamba agoramye ashobora kuva mu kanwa kanyu. ⁹ Ntimukabesherane, kuko mwamaze kwiyambura umuntu wakera n'imirimo ye. ¹⁰ Bamaze kwambara umuntu musha wiyunuriza mukumenya, bikurikije ishusho yu wairemye. ¹¹ Hano ntihakiri umugiriki cangwa umuyuda, wakaswe cangwa utarakaswe, umunyeshanga risuzugurwa cangwa umusigiti, umugaragu cangwa munya buhur, ariko Kristo ari byose kandi muri byose. ¹² Nuko rero, kimwe nk'abatowe n'Imana abera kandi bakundwa, mwambare imitima y'imbabazi, y'ubugwaneza, yo kwicisha bugufi y'ubwitanzi yo kwihangana. ¹³ Mwihanganirane, hagati yanyu kandi mba ari umuntu ufite ico yivovotera umugenzi we, mubabarirane nkuko Kristo yababariye namwe mubabarirane. ¹⁴ Ariko ibyiyongeye kuri ibyo byose mwambare urukundo arirwo muranga wo gutungana. ¹⁵ Kandi amahoro ya Kristo ayo mwahamariwe kugira ngo mwubake umubiri umwe, abe mu mutima yanyu kandi mube abo gushima. ¹⁶ Ijambo gya KRisto igume muri mwe mubutunzi byarwo byose mwigishanye kandi muhugurane mu byenge bwose, muri zaburi n'indirimbo n'ibihimbano by'umuka, muririmbira Imana mu mitima yanyu kubw'ubuntu. ¹⁷ Kandi nibyo muza kora mumagambo cangwa se mu mirimo muzabikore byose mwizina ry'Umwami Yesu, ;urashima Imana Data. ¹⁸ Bagore, mwubahe abagabo banyu nkuko bikwiriye mu mwami. ¹⁹ Bagabo, buri umwe muri mwe akunde umure we, ntimuka bayombere (ntimukabasindire). ²⁰ Bana, mwubahe ababyeyi banyu muri byose, kuko ari byo bishimisha Umwami. ²¹ Ba se, ntimugasindire abana banyu kugira ngo badacika intege. ²² Bakozi, mwubahe bashobuja banyu bo kumubiri muri byose, atari uko batari babareba ngo kunezeza abantu ariko mu bwitonzi bwo mutima no mugutinya Umwami. ²³ Ibyo mukora byose, mubikore mufite umutima mwiza, nkabakorera Umwami atari gukorera abantu. ²⁴ Muzi yuko muza habwa n'Umwami umugisha ng'ibihembo mukorera Kristo Umwami. ²⁵ Kuko ukora ibitajana n'ukuri azahembwa ibijanye n'ibyaha bye, kandi nta kubera kuriho.