Col 2 | Ndebele | STEP | Ngoba ngithanda ukuthi lazi ukuthi kukhulu kangakanani ukulwa engilakho ngani labaseLawodikeya , njalo ngobunengi balabo abangabonanga ubuso bami enyameni ,

1 Ngoba ngithanda ukuthi lazi ^a ukuthi kukhulu kangakanani ukulwa ^b engilakho ngani labaseLawodikeya ^c, njalo ngobunengi balabo abangabonanga ubuso bami enyameni ^d, 2 ukuze inhliziyo zabo ^e ziduduzwe, behlanganiswe ethandweni ^f, lenothweni yonke ^g yokuqinisekiswa okupheleleyo kokuqedisisa ^h, elwazini ⁱ lwemfihlo ^j kaNkulunkulu loBaba, lekaKristu ^k, 3 okufihlwe kuye izinto zonke eziligugu zenhlakanipho ^l lezolwazi ^m. 4 Ngitsho lokhu-ke, ukuze kungabi lamuntu ⁿ olikhohlisayo ^o ngamazwi ayengayo ^p. 5 Ngoba lanxa ngingekho ngenyama ^q, kanti ngilani ngomoya, ngithokoza ngibona ukuhlela kwenu ^r, lokuqina kokholo ^s lwenu kuKristu.

Ukuhlala kuKristu

6 Ngakho njengalokho ^t limemukele uKristu Jesu iNkosi ^{u
,} ^v, hambani kuye ^w, 7 ligxilise impande ^x lakhiwe kuye ^y, njalo liqiniswe ekholweni, njengokufundiswa kwenu, lengeze kulo ekubongeni ^z. 8 Nanzelelani ^aa hlezi kube khona olithumbayo ngolwazi lwenhlakanipho langenkohliso eyize, njengokomkhuba wabantu ^ab, njengokwemfundiso zakuqala zomhlaba, njalo kungenjengokukaKristu; 9 ngoba kuhlala ^ac kuye ukugcwala konke ^ad kobuNkulunkulu ngomzimba ^ae, 10 njalo liphelelisiwe kuye ^af, oyinhloko ^ag yakho konke ukubusa ^ah lamandla ^ai; 11 elasokelwa kuye lani ngokusoka okungenziwanga ngezandla ^aj, ngokuhlubula ^ak umzimba wezono zenyama, ekusokeni kukaKristu, 12 lingcwatshwe kanye laye ebhabhathizweni ^al, elavuswa ^am lani kanye laye kulo ngokholo ^an lokusebenza kukaNkulunkulu ^ao, owamvusa kwabafileyo ^ap. 13 Lani lifile eziphambekweni ^aq lokungasoki kwenyama yenu, ulenze laphila kanye laye, eselithethelele zonke iziphambeko, 14 esesule ^{ar
,} ^as incwadi yezimiso ^at emelana lathi, ephambene lathi, wayisusa phakathi, eseyibethele esiphambanweni ^au; 15 ebahlubule ^av ababusi ^aw lamandla ^ax, wabaveza obala ^ay, wathakazelela ukubanqoba ^az ngaso ^ba.

16 Ngakho kakungabi khona olilahla ^bb ekudleni kumbe ekunatheni ^bc, loba endabeni yomkhosi ^bd loba eyokuthwasa kwenyanga ^be kumbe eyamasabatha ^bf; 17 eziyisithunzi sezinto ezizayo ^bg, kodwa umzimba ungokaKristu ^bh.

Ukuxwayisa ngemfundiso zamanga

18 Kakungabi lamuntu ^bi olemuka umvuzo wenu ngobuqili ^{▼▼ ngobuqili: kumbe, ngokuligweba.}, ethanda ukuzenza othobekileyo lokukhonza izingilosi, engena ^bk ezintweni angazibonanga, ezikhukhumeza ^bl ngeze ngengqondo yenyama yakhe, 19 njalo engabambi ^bm iNhloko ^bn, umzimba wonke ngamalunga ^bo lemisipha ^bp usondliwa njalo ^bq uhlanganiswa ngayo ^br, ukhula ^bs ngokukhula kukaNkulunkulu ^bt.

20 Ngakho uba lafa ^bu kanye loKristu emfundisweni zakuqala zomhlaba, libophekeleni ^bv ngemikhuba ^bw ngokungathi liphila elizweni, 21 (ungabambi ^bx, unganambithi ^by, ungathinti, 22 ezizaphela zonke ngokusetshenziswa ^{bz
,} ^ca) njengokwemilayo ^cb lezimfundiso ^cc zabantu? 23 Ezilesimo ^cd senhlakanipho ekukhonzeni ^ce kokuzenzela lekuzithobeni ^cf lekuphatheni nzima umzimba, kakusizi lutho ukumelana lokusuthisa inyama.