13. Ngikhuluma kini nina bezizwe. Njengokuba mina ngingumphostoli wabezizwe, ngidumisa ukukhonza kwami
14. ukuba mhlawumbe ngingabavusela umhawu abenyama yami, ngisindise abanye kubo.
15. Ngokuba uma ukulahlwa kwabo kungukubuyiswa kwezwe, ukwamukelwa kwabo kungaba yini, uma kungesikho ukuphila kwabafileyo na?
16. Uma ulibo lungcwele, nenhlama injalo; uma impande ingcwele, namagatsha anjalo.
17. Kepha uma kwaphulwa amanye amagatsha, wena-ke ongumnqumo wasendle wafakelwa phakathi kwawo, wahlanganyela nawo impande yamafutha yomnqumo,
18. ungazigabisi phezu kwamagatsha; kepha uma uzigabisa, akusuwe othwele impande, kepha yimpande ethwele wena.
19. Uzakuthi-ke wena: “Amagatsha aphulwa ukuba mina ngifakelwe.”
20. Kulungile; aphulwa ngokungakholwa, wena-ke umi ngokukholwa. Ungazikhukhumezi, kepha yesaba;
21. ngokuba uma uNkulunkulu engayekanga amagatsha emvelo, nawe angeze akuyeka.