Umodzi Mʼthupi la Khristu
1Ine monga wamʼndende chifukwa chotumikira Ambuye, ndikukulimbikitsani kuti mukhale moyo woyenera mayitanidwe amene munalandira. 2Mukhale odzichepetsa kwathunthu ndi ofatsa; mukhale oleza mtima, ololerana wina ndi mnzake mwachikondi. 3Muyesetse kusunga umodzi wa Mzimu; umodzi umene umatimangirira pamodzi mu mtendere. 4Pali thupi limodzi ndiponso Mzimu mmodzi, monganso pali chiyembekezo chimodzi chimene anakuyitanirani. 5Pali Ambuye mmodzi, chikhulupiriro chimodzi, ubatizo umodzi; 6Mulungu mmodzi ndi Atate a onse, ndipo ali mwa onse.
7Koma aliyense wa ife wapatsidwa chisomo molingana ndi muyeso wa mphatso ya Khristu. 8Nʼchifukwa chake akunena kuti,
“Iye atakwera kumwamba,
anatenga chigulu cha a mʼndende
ndipo anapereka mphatso kwa anthu.”
9Kodi mawu akuti, “Iye anakwera” akutanthauza chiyani, ngati Iyeyo sanatsikire kunsi kwa dziko lapansi? 10Iye amene anatsika ndi yemweyo anakwera koposa mʼmayiko a kumwamba onse, ndi cholinga choti zinthu zonse zikhale zodzaza ndi Iye. 11Iye ndiye amene anapereka mphatso kwa ena kuti akhale atumwi ndi ena aneneri, ena alaliki, ndi ena abusa ndi aphunzitsi. 12Ntchito yawo ndi kukonza oyera mtima kuti agwire ntchito ya utumiki kuti thupi la Khristu lilimbikitsidwe. 13Izi zidzatifikitsa tonse ku umodzi wachikhulupiriro, kumudziwa Mwana wa Mulungu, kukhwima msinkhu ndi kufika pa muyeso wangwiro weniweni wopezeka mwa Khristu.
14Motero sitidzakhalanso makanda, ogwedezekagwedezeka ndi mafunde, otengekatengeka ndi mphepo iliyonse ya chiphunzitso ndi kuchenjera kwa anthu achinyengo amene amasocheretsa anthu ndi kuchenjera kwawo. 15Mʼmalo mwake, poyankhula choonadi mwachikondi, tidzakula mu zinthu zonse ndi kukhala thupi la Khristu, amene ndi Mutu, omwe ndi mpingo. 16Mwa Iye thupi lonse lalumikizidwa ndi kugwirana pamodzi ndi mitsempha yothandizira. Likukula ndi kudzilimbitsa lokha mwachikondi, pomwe chiwalo chilichonse chikugwira ntchito yake.
Malangizo pa Makhalidwe a Chikhristu
17Tsono ine ndikukuwuzani izi, ndipo ndikunenetsa mwa Ambuye, kuti musayendenso monga amachitira anthu a mitundu ina potsata maganizo awo opanda pake. 18Maganizo awo ndi odetsedwa, ndi osiyanitsidwa ndi moyo wa Mulungu chifukwa cha umbuli umene uli mwa iwo chifukwa cha kuwuma mtima kwawo. 19Popeza sazindikiranso kanthu kalikonse, adzipereka okha kuti akhumbe zonyansa, kuti achite mtundu uliwonse wa zoyipa ndi zilakolako zosatha.
20Koma inu simunadziwe Khristu mʼnjira yotere. 21Zoonadi munamva za Iye ndipo munaphunzitsidwa mwa Iye molingana ndi choonadi chimene chili mwa Yesu. 22Inu munaphunzitsidwa molingana ndi moyo wanu wakale, kuchotsa umunthu wakale, umene ukupitirira kuwonongeka ndi zilakolako zachinyengo; 23kuti mukonzedwe mwatsopano mʼmitima mwanu; 24ndi kuti muvale umunthu watsopano, wolengedwa kuti ufanane ndi Mulungu mu chilungamo chenicheni ndi chiyero.
25Chifukwa chake, aliyense wa inu aleke kunama ndipo ayankhule zoona kwa mʼbale wake, pakuti ife tonse ndife ziwalo za thupi limodzi. 26Kwiyani koma musachimwe. Dzuwa lisalowe mukanali chikwiyire. 27Musamupatse mpata Satana. 28Iye amene wakhala akuba asabenso, koma agwire ntchito ndi kuchita kenakake kaphindu ndi manja ake, kuti akhale ndi kenakake kogawana ndi amene akusowa.
29Mʼkamwa mwanu musatuluke mawu aliwonse onyansa, koma okhawo amene ndi othandiza kulimbikitsa ena molingana ndi zosowa zawo, kuti athandize amene akawamve. 30Ndipo musamvetse chisoni Mzimu Woyera wa Mulungu amene mwasindikizidwa naye chizindikiro cha tsiku la kuwomboledwa. 31Chotsani kuzondana, ukali ndi kupsa mtima, chiwawa ndi kuyankhula zachipongwe, pamodzi ndi choyipa chilichonse. 32Mukomerane mtima ndi kuchitirana chifundo wina ndi mnzake. Khululukiranani wina ndi mnzake, monga momwe Mulungu anakukhululukirani mwa Khristu.
