¹ Ngako-ke nyalo kute kulahlwa kulabo labukuJesu Kristu. ² Ngoba lomtsetfo wakamoya wemphilo kuKristu Jesu sewukukhululile emtsetfweni wesono nekufa. ³ Ngoba lomtsetfo lebakangakhoni kwenta ngoba bekangakacini ngekwenyama, Nkulunkulu wakwenta. Watfumela yakhe indvodzana ngekufana nenyama lesono kute inikelwe esonweni, futsi wahlala esonweni enyameni. ⁴ Wakwenta loku kute kutsi lokudzingwa ngulomtsetfo kugcinwe kitsi, kuye lohamba ngaphandle kwalomtsetfo enyameni, kodvwa ngwemoya. ⁵ Labo labaphila ngekwenyama bacondzisisa titfo tenyama, kodvwa labo labaphila ngekwemoya bacondzisisa tintfo takamoya. ⁶ Ngoba umcondvo wenyama kufa, kodvwa umcondvo wekamoya yimphilo nekuthula. ⁷ Umcondvo losenyameni usitsa kuNkulunkulu, ngoba awutfobeli umtsetfo waNkulunkulu, noma abakhoni kwenta njalo. ⁸ Labo labasenyameni abamtfokotisi Nkulunkulu. ⁹ Kodvwa-ke, awukho enyameni kodvwa emoyeni, nangabe ngempela umoya waNkulunkulu uphila kuwe. Kodvwa nangabe kukhona lote lomoya wa Kristu, akasuye wakhe. ¹⁰ Nangabe Kristu akuwe, lomtimba ufile ngekwesono, kodvwa umoya uyaphila ngekulunga. ¹¹ Nangabe lomoya waloyo lowavusa Jesu kulabfile aphila kuwe, lona lowavusa Kristu ekufeni utaninika imphilo emitimbeni yenu lebhubhako ngemoya, lophila kuwe. ¹² Ngako-ke, bomnaketfu,sine sikwelede, kodvwa hayi enyameni kute siphile ngekwenyama. Ngoba nawuphila ngekwenyama, sowutakufa, ¹³ Kodvwa nangabe ngekwenmoya wakho ukubeka ekufeni lokwentiwa ngumtimba, utawuphila. ¹⁴ Njengobe babanengi labaholwa ngumoya waNkhulunkulu, lawa madvodzana aNkulunkulu. ¹⁵ Awuzange sowutfole umoya webugcili kute niphile ngekwesaba futsi; kodvwa watfola lomoya wekwemukela, lapho sikhala, "babe, babe!" ¹⁶ Lomoya lucobolwawo uveta bufakazingemoya wetfu kutsi sibantfwana baNkulunkulu. ¹⁷ Nangabe sibantfwana, kanjalo sitindlalifa futsi, tindlalifa taNkulunkulu. Phindze sitindlalifa kanye naJesu, nangabe ngekwempela sahlupheka kanye naye kute sidvumiswe naye. ¹⁸ Ngoba ngiyacondzisisa kutsi kuhlupheka kwalesikhatsi sanyalo kungeke kulinganiswe nenkhatimulo leyawembulwa kitsi. ¹⁹ Ngoba lolulaka lolubekekile ngekwendalo lomele kwembula kwemandvodzana aNkulunkulu. ²⁰ Ngoba indalo ibekwe esimeni sebute, hayi ngekwako, kodvwa ngaye lobeke kona, etsembeni ²¹ lokutsi lendalo ngekwayo itawuhlenga ebugcilini bekubola, phindze itawuletfwa enkhululekweni yeludvumo lwebantfwana baNkulunkulu. ²² Ngoba siyati kutsi yonkhe lendalo iyamemeta ngekunyanya futsi nebuhlungwini kanye nyalo. ²³ Ngaphandle kwaloko kuphela, kodvwa natsi lucobo lwetfu, lesinesitselo sekucala samoya, sibuhlungu ngakhatsi, njengoba silindzele kuhlengwa kwetfu, kuhlengwa kwemitimba yetfu. ²⁴ Ngoba kulelitsemba sisidzisiswe. Nyalo litsemba lesilibonako akusilo litsemba. Ngoba ngubani lotsemba loko lesikubonako? ²⁵ Kodvwa nangabe sitsemba kuloko lesingakuboni sikumela ngekubeketela. ²⁶ Ngaleyo ndlela, lomoya uphindze asisite ebutsakatsekeni kwetfu. Ngoba asati kutsi sithantaze njani, kodvwa lomoya ucobo lwawo luyangenelela kutsi ekulileni lokungacondzakali. ²⁷ Loyo lofunisisa inhlitiyo wati ingcondvo yalomoya, ngoba uyangenelela kubantfu labangcwele baNkulunkulu kuye ngentsandvo yaNkulunkulu. ²⁸ Siyati kutsi labo labatsandza Nkulunkulu, usebenta tonkhe tintfo ngebuhle, kulabo lababitwe ngenjongo yakhe. ²⁹ Ngoba labatinchanti waphindze wabatincanti kutsi babe ngumfanekiso wendvodzana yakhe, kutsi singaba ngulabatalwe kucala emadvodvaneni lamanyenti. ³⁰ Kulabo labatinchanti, nabo babitwa. Labo lekababita, labo waphindze wabahlenga. Labo labahlenga, labo waphinde wabangcwelisa. ³¹ Yini-ke lesiyokusho ngaletintfo? Nangabe Nkulunkulu awetfu, ngubani longamelana natsi? ³² Yena longazange ayigodle indvodzana yakhe kodvwa wanikela ngenca yetfu sonkhe, pho akayakusinika yini mahhala tonkhe tintfo? ³³ Loyo loyoletswa kugcekwa kwebakaNkulunkulu labakhetsiwe. Nkulunkulu nguye lohlengako. ³⁴ Ngubani longabalahla ngelicala? Kristu Jesu nguwe kanye lowafa ngetulu kwaloko, ngubani lowavuswa - ngubani losesandleni sekudla saNkulunkulu, futsi loyo losincuselako. ³⁵ Ngubani longasehlukanisa nelutsandvo laKristu? Kuhlupheka,noma bulukhuni, noma kutingelwa, noma indlala, noma bungcunu, noma bungoti, noma kufa? ³⁶ Njengoba kubhaliwe, "Ngenca yakho sabulawa lilanga lonkhe. Satsatswa njenge timvu tekuhlatjwa." ³⁷ Kukokonkhe loku sancoba kuncoba ngalabo lebebasitsandza. ³⁸ Ngoba sengigculisekisile kutsi noma kufa, noma kuphila, noma tingelosi, noma tiphatsi mandla, noma tintfo tanyalo, noma tintfo letitako, noma emandla, ³⁹ noma budze, noma kushona, noma ngayini leyadalwa, angeke yahlukanisa tsine nelutsandvo lwaNkulunkulu, Leliku Kristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu.