¹ Ngokuti ndinoda kuti muzie kuti kukura kwakaitawani kwokutambudzika ngendaa yenyu, nendaa yaavo vari muRaodhisia, naavo vese vasati vatongoona hope yangu ngokwenyama; ² kuti moyo yavo iyembhesewhe nokubatana pa rudho nopaufhumi wese nokubhatana, pakuziva pomuezaniso ya Mwari, Kristu. ³ Kwaari yakavigika fhuma yese oruzivo okungwara. ⁴ Ndinonanga zvonazvo kuitira kuti apana anomuchengeja ngomazwi yakashata. ⁵ Kana arikunja komuviri, asi pamweya ndina imwimwi, ndechidhakara, ndechiona kutongwa kwenhu nokuperera kwenhu kuna kristo. ⁶ Ngokudharo, kuti makaashira Kristo Jesu, Mambo, asi kwaari naye; ⁷ no muji kuperera kakavakwa kwaari zvechitendewha pagonda, kudhai kamakajijiswa, mechigara no nhasha. ⁸ Basopa kuti apana anodha kumuita varanda ngopakati poruzivo onhika nokuchengeja kuchina chuiro, ngopakati pombhambha yovandhu, ngopakati pokuziva ponhika, kuchiripi ka Kristo; ⁹ Asi kwaari muviri wese unopona kwamwari. ¹⁰ Asi imwimwi makagara kwaari, kuti Musoro okutongwa no Simba. ¹¹ Kahaari wakacekwa kuchiripi no nhara, asi, ngokusiwa komuviri nonhama, asi ngokucekwa na Kristo; ¹² Vechivigwa naye pa rubhabatiso, ngokwapi iyena wakamuka kuvakafa pagonda no simba ra Mwari, kuti wakamuka muvakafa. ¹³ Asi pamainga Makafa Pazvishaishi, pakusenjwa ponhama jenhu, Mwari wakamupa upenhu pamwepo nayena, echiregerera zvishaishi zvese. ¹⁴ Iyena wakafhuja chibhariwhana ngokurongeka, ngokwapi kwanga kwatiri, asi wakumutora kwendesa pamujeki. ¹⁵ Wakarasa kunhiswa no simba, vechimuptseruja pachena, asi kwaari vakamureremeja. ¹⁶ Ngokudaro, apana anomutonga ngondava yokuha, kana ngokumwa, kana ngokuita muserepete okunamata, kana ngondava yo mweji uptswa, kana ngondava yosabhatha. ¹⁷ Asi zviro izvi munvhuriri ozviro zvamangwana asi zvokadhi ngozva Kristu. ¹⁸ Apana, Anodhika kuita mutongi pakasti penhu, asi asiujwe kuyeruka asi kunamata kuno ngisosi. Echibhata pamaonero avo, vechirangarira pandanngarijo javo jo nhama, ¹⁹ kuchikabhatani pausoro, ngomuviri wese, asi pakurongeka pamwepo pakubhatana, inoenda kokura padivi ra Mwari. ²⁰ Asi kudhai wakafa muna kiristo ngondava yozviitiko zvonhika, Ngenhi munoita kubhatana nonhika, ²¹ Asi kudharo; musharipa'' musharavira'' mushaptwasa''? ²² Asi vese vakapera ngokusimira, ngondava no mutemo yo vandhu. ²³ Ivona zvokadhi zvoruzivo pakunamata kokudha, pakuzviyerusa asi nokuzvitaja kwakanaka pamuviri, asi avanamutengo pakati pokudha panhama.