2. nisindiswayo nokusindiswa ngazo, ukuba nizibambile ngelizwi endazishumayela ngalo kuni; ukuba anithe nafumana nakholwa.
3. Kuba ndaninikela kweziyintloko izinto oko ndakwamkelayo nokukwamkela: okokuba uKristu wazifela izono zethu ngokwezibhalo,
4. nokokuba wangcwatywa, nokokuba uvukile ngomhla wesithathu ngokwezibhalo;
5. nokokuba wabonwa nguKefas, emva koko ngabalishumi elinababini.
6. Emveni koko wabonwa ngaxesha linye ngabazalwana abangaphezu kwamakhulu amahlanu, abasahleliyo nangoku abona baninzi kubo; inxenye ke yalala ukufa.
7. Emva koko wabonwa nguYakobi, kamva ngabo bonke abapostile.*
8. Ekugqibeleni ke kwabo bonke, kwanga kukwinto ezelwe lingekabi lilixa layo, wabonwa nandim.
9. Kuba mna ndingoyena mncinanana kubapostile, endingafanele kubizwa ngokuba ngumpostile, ngenxa enokuba ndalitshutshisa ibandla likaThixo.
10. Ke ngobabalo lukaThixo ndiyinto endiyiyo, nobabalo lwakhe kum alubanga nakulambatha; ndesuka ndabagqitha bonke ngokubulaleka; ingendim ke, ilubabalo lukaThixo olunam.
11. Ke ngoko, nokuba ndim, nokuba ngabo, sènjenjalo thina ukushumayela; nènjenjalo ke nina ukukholwa.
12. Ke, ukuba uKristu uyashunyayelwa ukuba uvukile kwabafileyo, batsho ngani na abathile phakathi kwenu ukuthi, akukho luvuko lwabafileyo?
13. Ke, ukuba akukho luvuko lwabafileyo, woba akavukanga noKristu;
14. ukuba ke uKristu akavukanga, koba akunto ukushumayela kwethu, loba luyalambatha nokholo lwenu.
15. Sofunyanwa ke singawo namangqina amxokayo uThixo, ngokuba sangqinayo ngoThixo ukuba wamvusa uKristu: angàmvusanga, ukuba ke kanti abafileyo abavuki.
16. Kuba, ukuba abafileyo abavuki, noKristu woba akavukanga.
17. Ukuba ke uKristu akavukanga, loba luyinto engeyanto ukholo lwenu, noba nisesezonweni zenu;
18. ngoko nabalele ukufa bekuKristu, boba batshabalele.
19. Ukuba singabathembele kuKristu kobu bomi bodwa, soba sizezona ntsizana kubantu bonke.
20. UKristu yena kunje uvukile kwabafileyo, waba yintlahlela yabalele ukufa.
21. Kuba ekubeni kaloku kungomntu ukufa, kukwangomntu ukuvuka kwabafileyo.