Amanzi amaningi awanakulucima uthando, nemifula ayinakuluminzisa; uma umuntu ebeyakunika yonke impahla yendlu yakhe ngothando , nokho ubeyakwaliwa nokwaliwa. Umakoti nabafowabo Abangane:

uma ngizwa ngothando lwakho nokukholwa onakho eNkosini uJesu nakubo bonke abangcwele,

ngokuba nginokuthokoza okukhulu nenduduzo ngothando lwakho, ngokuba izinhliziyo zabangcwele zihlunyelelwe ngawe mzalwane. UPawulu ukhulumela u-Onesimu

abezizwe uJehova ayeshilo ngabo kwabakwa-Israyeli ukuthi: Aniyikungena kubo, nabo bangangeni kini, ngokuba impela bayakuziphambukisa izinhliziyo zenu, zize zilandele onkulunkulu babo . Kulabo uSolomoni wanamathela ngothando.

Ikhanda lakho kuwe linjengeKarmeli , nomyeko wekhanda lakho unjengokububende; kuboshiwe inkosi ngesiyendane. Umyeni ukhuluma ngothando lwakhe

Bangibuyisele okubi ngokuhle, nenzondo ngothando lwami.

Woza sizanelise ngothando kuze kuse, sijabule ngokuthandana.

Ngidonse emva kwakho, sigijime; inkosi isingingenisile emakamelweni ayo. Abangane: Siyakujabula, sithokoze ngawe, sikhulume ngothando lwakho kunewayini. Umakoti: Kufanele ukuba bakuthande.

Sengingenile ensimini yami , dadewethu, makoti wami ; ngiyabutha imure lami namakha ami , ngiyadla amakhekheba ami kanye nezinyosi zami , ngiyaphuza iwayini lami kanye nobisi lwami. Abangane: Yidlani, bangane, niphuze, nisuthe ngothando. Ukulangazela komakoti Umakoti:

Ezinhluphekweni zabo zonke wahlupheka naye , ingelosi yobuso bakhe yabasindisa; ngothando lwakhe nangokuhawukel a kwakhe wabahlenga , wabanqukula, wabathwala zonke izinsuku zakuqala.

UJehova wabonakala kimi ekude , wathi: Ngikuthandile ngothando oluphakade; ngalokho ngikudonsile ngomusa.

thandanani ngenhliziyo ngothando lobuzalwane ; ekwazisaneni nandulelane;

Ngokuba uma umzalwane wakho edabukiswa ngenxa yokudla, awusahambi ngothando. Ungambhubhisi ngokudla kwakho lowo amfelayo uKristu.

Konke enikwenzayo akwenziwe ngothando.

Ngalokho ngiyanincenga ukuba nimphathe ngothando;

Ngokuba kuKristu Jesu akusizi lutho ukusoka nokungasoki , kepha kuphela ukukholwa okusebenza ngothando.

Ngokuba nina bazalwane nabizelwa ekukhululekeni . Kuphela ningakwenzi ukukhululeka kube yithuba enyameni, kepha khonzanani ngothando.

njengalokho asikhethela kuye ngothando ngaphambi kokusekelwa kwezwe ukuba sibe ngcwele, singabi nakusolwa phambi kwakhe;

ngokuthobeka konke nobumnene, ngokubheka kade nokubekezelelana ngothando,

kodwa sithi sikhuluma iqiniso ngothando , sikhulele ngakho konke kuye oyinhloko, uKristu,

nikhonze ngothando kungathi kuseNkosini kungekubantu,

laba bashumayela ngothando, bazi ukuthi ngimiselwe ukuvikela ivangeli,

okunguyena futhi wasitshela ngothando lwenu ngoMoya. UPawulu ubakhulekela kuJesu

Kuzakuba nathi umusa, nesihawu, nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba nakuye uJesu Kristu iNdodana kaYise ngeqiniso nangothando. Ukuyala ngothando