1. Ngenxa yoko, mna Pawulos, mbanjwa kaKristu Yesu ngenxa yenu zintlanga —
2. ukuba ke nikuvile ukugosisa kobabalo lukaThixo endanibabalelwa ngalo;
3. okokuba wandazisa imfihlelo leyo ngokotyhilelo, njengoko sendibhale kade ngokufutshane;
4. enothi ngoko, nakulesa, nibe nokuqiqa okwam ukuyiqonda imfihlelo kaKristu;
5. ababengathanga kuzimbi izizukulwana bayaziswe oonyana babantu, njengoko bayityhilelweyo ngoku abapostile* bakhe abangcwele, nabaprofeti bakhe, ngaye uMoya;
6. eyokuba iintlanga ziziindlalifa nathi, zikwamzimba mnye nathi, zingamahlulelana nathi ngedinga lakhe, síkuye nje uKristu ngazo iindaba ezilungileyo,