2. Yena othetha ngeelwimi, uthetha noThixo, akabhekisi mntwini, kuba akukho bani uyiqondayo le nto ayithethayo. Kaloku ngamandla kaMoya oyiNgcwele uthetha izinto ezibanqabeleyo abantu.
3. Kodwa yena oshumayelayo uthetha nabantu; uyabakha, uyabakhuthaza ebathuthuzela.
4. Lowo uthetha ngeelwimi, uzakha yena siqu; kodwa yena oshumayelayo wakha ibandla liphela.
5. Bendingathandayo ukuba nithethe iilwimi xa ninonke, kodwa eyona nto ingaphezulu kukuba nibe nesiphiwo sokushumayela nonke. Lowo ushumayelayo ungaphezulu kwalowo uthetha ngeelwimi, ngaphandle kokuba lowo uthetha ngeelwimi uyatolikelwa, ukuze kwakheke ibandla liphela.
6. Mawethu, kunganinceda ntoni ukuba ndithi xa ndifikile apho kuni ndithethe ngeelwimi? Nento le – ngaphandle kokuba ndiniphathele isityhilelo esivela kuThixo, ulwazi oluthile, okanye udaba olunefuthe likaMoya, kungenjalo imfundiso.
7. Nasengomeni izinto ezinjengoomaxilongo noozikatala zikhala ngokwahlukeneyo. Okanye xa kungenjalo ngubani ongayilandelayo ingoma ukuba azikhali ngokucacileyo?
8. Khona, ukuba ngaba umkhalisi-sigodlo akasikhalisanga ngokucacileyo, ngubani owoyixhobela imfazwe?
9. Kwangaloo ndlela ke, loqondakala njani udaba eniluthethayo ngeelwimi xa ngaba alucacanga? Nakanjani na olu daba luya kuphephetheka nomoya!
10. Nakuba kukho iilwimi ngeelwimi apha emhlabeni, akukho nalunye olungenantsingiselo.
11. Ukuba ke andilwazi ulwimi oluthethwayo, lowo uluthethayo uya kuba yintlanga kum, nam ndibe yintlanga kuye.
12. Njengokuba nikulangazelela nje ukuba nazo iziphiwo zoMoya, zamani ukubalasela kwezo zilakhayo ibandla.
13. Umntu othetha ngeelwimi makathandazele ukufumana isiphiwo sokuzicacisa.
14. Kuba xa ndithandaza ngeelwimi umoya wam uhamba nam, kodwa yona ingqiqo ayithathi nxaxheba.
15. Mandithini ke? Mandithandaze ndawonye nomoya wam, kodwa ndithandaze ngengqiqo; mandimemelele ngomoya, futhi ndimemelele ngengqiqo.
16. Ukuba udumisa uThixo usemoyeni, ke yena umntu nje okunye nawe, angatsho njani ukuthi: “*Amen,” kuloo mbulelo wakho? Akanandlela yakuthatha nxaxheba, kuba kaloku akeva.
17. Nangona wona umthandazo wakho uvakala kuThixo, awuloncedo komnye umntu.
18. Ndiyambulela uThixo kuba mna iilwimi ndizithetha ngaphezu kwenu nonke.
19. Kodwa enkonzweni ndikhetha ukuthetha nokuba ngambalwa amazwi aqondakalayo, ukuze abanye bafunde, kunokuba ndenze umlembelele wento engaviwayo ndithetha iilwimi.