12 Bonke abamamukelayo wabapha ilungelo lokuba ngabantwana bakaNkulunkulu+ ngoba babetshengise ukuthi balokholo ebizweni lakhe.+ 13 Abazalwanga ngendlela yemvelo kumbe ngokuzikhethela komuntu loba ngentando yomuntu, kodwa bazalwa ngentando kaNkulunkulu.+

28 Siyakwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wenza ukuthi yonke imisebenzi yakhe ibambisane ukuze ancede abamthandayo, labo ababizwe ngokuvumelana lenjongo yakhe.+

13 Kodwa lani labeka ithemba lenu kuKhristu ngemva kokuzwa ilizwi leqiniso eliyizindaba ezinhle ezimayelana lensindiso yenu. Lathi selikholiwe labekwa uphawu+ ngomoya ongcwele elaliwuthenjisiwe futhi lokhu kwenziwa ngaye. 14 Umoya lo usenza sibe leqiniso lokuthi sizathola ilifa lethu*+ ukuze abantu bakaNkulunkulu+ bakhululwe ngenhlawulo,+ yena abesedunyiswa njalo akhazinyuliswe.

13 Lanxa kunjalo, thina kufanele sihlale sibonga uNkulunkulu ngenxa yenu lina bafowethu abathandwa nguJehova,* ngoba kusukela ekuqaleni uNkulunkulu walikhetha+ ukuthi lisindiswe ngokulingcwelisa+ ngomoya wakhe langokukholwa kwenu iqiniso.

23 Phela kasebenzisanga inhlanyelo ebolayo lapho esenza ukuthi lizalwe kutsha+ kodwa wasebenzisa inhlanyelo engaboliyo,*+ ngelizwi likaNkulunkulu ophilayo okhona kuze kube nini lanini+