1 Timoteo 3:3-7 Buku Lopatulika 1992 (BL92)

3. wosati woledzera, kapena womenyana ndeu; komatu wofatsa, wopanda ndeu, wosakhumba cuma;

4. woweruza bwino nyumba yace ya iye yekha, wakukhala nao ana ace omvera iye ndi kulemekezeka konse.

5. Koma ngati munthu sadziwa kuweruza nyumba ya iye yekha, adzasunga bwanji Mpingo wa Mulungu?

6. Asakhale wophunza, kuti podzitukumula ungamgwere mlandu wa mdierekezi.

7. Kuyeneranso kuti iwo akunja adzakhoza kumcitira umboni wabwino; kuti ungamgwere mtonzo, ndi msampha wa mdierekezi.

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