1. Ndiyaqononondisa mna ngoko emehlweni kaThixo, neNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, oza kugweba abaphilileyo nabafileyo, kwanangokubonakala kwakhe nobukumkani bakhe:
2. livakalise ilizwi; zingisa ukwenjenjalo ngamathuba alungileyo naxakileyo; yohlwaya, khalimela, vuselela, únako konke ukuzeka kade umsindo, nokufundisa.
3. Kuba kuya kubakho ixesha abangayi kuyinyamezela imfundiso ephilileyo; baya kusuka ngokweenkanuko zabo bazifumbele abafundisi, bebaba iindlebe;
4. babeya kuzisonga zimke iindlebe kuyo inyaniso, baphambukele ke kuzo iintsomi.
5. Ke wena yiba yingcathu ezintweni zonke, nyamezela ububi, umsebenzi womshumayeli weendaba ezilungileyo wénze, búzalise ubulungiseleli bakho.
6. Kuba mna sendithululwa ngokomnikelo; nalo ixesha lokunduluka kwam likufuphi.
7. Umzamo omhle ndiwuzamile, ugqatso ndilufezile, ukholo ndilugcinile.
8. Okokugqibela ndibekelwe isithsaba sobulungisa, eya kundibuyisela ngaso ngaloo mini iNkosi, umgwebi olilungisa; ingabi ndim ndedwa ke, ibe ngabo bonke abakuthandayo ukubonakala kwayo.
9. Khawuleza uze kum kamsinya;
10. kuba uDemasi wandishiya ngokuthanda iphakade langoku, waya eTesalonika; uKreske uye kwelaseGalati; uTito uye kwelaseDalmati.
11. NguLuka yedwa onam. Thabatha uMarko uze naye; kuba únokundinceda kakuhle kumsebenzi wokulungiselela.
12. Ke uTikiko ndamthumela e-Efese.