1 kuThimothewu Chapter 4
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Kepha uMoya usho ngokuchachileyo ukuthi ngezikhathi zokugcina abanye bayakuhlubuka ekukholweni , benaka omoya abadukisayo nezifundiso zamademoni,
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ngokuzenzisa kwabaqamba amanga abashiswe uphawu kunembeza wabo,
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benqabela ukuganana , bethi akuzilwe ukudla akudalayo uNkulunkulu ukuba kwamukelwe ngokubonga yibo abakholwayo nabalaziyo iqiniso.
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Ngokuba konke okudalwe nguNkulunkulu kuhle ; akulahlwa lutho , uma kwamukelwa ngokubonga,
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ngokuba kungcweliswa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu nomkhuleko.
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Nxa ubeka lezo zinto kubazalwane , uyakuba yisikhonzi esihle sikaKristu Jesu, wondliwa ngamazwi okukholwa nesifundiso esihle osilandeleyo;
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kepha wale izinganekwane ezingcolileyo nezezal ukazi. Kepha zijwayeze ekumesabeni uNkulunkulu.
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Ngokuba ukujwayeza umzimba kusiza ingcosana , kepha ukumesaba uNkulunkulu kusiza ezintweni zonke , kunesithembiso salokhu kuphila nalokho okuzayo.
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Likholekile leli zwi, lifanele impela ukwamukelwa,
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ngokuba sikhandlekela lokho , siyashikashikeka, ngokuba sithembele kuNkulunkulu ophilayo onguMsindisi wabantu bonke , ikakhulu wabakholwayo.
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Woyala ngalezo zinto, ufundise ngazo. UPawulu ululeka uThimothewu abe yisibonelo, athembeke enkonzweni
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Makungabikho mun tu odelela ubusha bakho , kepha yiba yisibonelo kwabakholwayo ngezwi , nangenkambo, nangothando, nangokukholwa, nangokuhlanzeka.
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Nakekela ukufunda, nokuyala, nokufundisa, ngize ngifike.
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Ungasidebeseli isiphiwo esikuwe , owasiphiwa ngezwi lokuprofetha nangokubekwa izandla ngamalunga.
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Nakekela lezo zinto, ume kuzo, ukuze ukuqhubeka kwakho kuqhame kubo bonke.
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Ziqaphele wena kanye nesifundiso, ume kulezo zinto; ngokuba ngokwenza lokho uyakuzisindisa wena nabakuzwayo.