1 Corinthians 5
1 Kuyazwakala ukuthi kukhona ubufebe phakathi kwenu;
2 Kepha nina nizikhukhumezile, kunalokho alililanga, ukuze asuswe phakathi kwenu owenze lesi senzo.
3 Ngokuba mina, njengokuba ngingekho ngomzimba, kepha ngikhona ngomoya, sengahlulele owenze lesisenzo njengokungathi ngikhona;
4 Egameni leNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, nxa nibuthene nomoya wami namandla eNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu,
5 ukunikela onjalo kuSathane ukuze kubhujiswe inyama, ukuze umoya usindiswe ngosuku lweNkosi uJesu.
6 Ukuzigqaja kwenu akukuhle. Anazi yini ukuthi imvubelo encane ibilisa inhlama yonke na?
7 Khiphani imvubelo endala, ukuze nibe yinhlama entsha, njengalokhu ningabangenamvubelo. Ngokuba iphasika lethu lihlatshelwe uKristu;
8 Ngakho-ke kasiwugcineni umkhosi, kungabi ngemvubelo endala, kungabi ngemvubelo yobubi nokubi; kodwa ngesinkwa esingelamvubelo sobuqotho leqiniso.
9 Ngalibhalela encwadini ukuthi lingahlangani leziphingi;
10 Kodwa kungeyisikho kanye leziphingi zalumhlaba, kumbe labahahayo, labaphangi, loba abakhonza izithombe; ngokuba uma kunjalo nimelwe ukuphuma emhlabeni.
11 Kodwa khathesi-ke ngilibhalela ukuthi lingahlangani loba ngubani othiwa ungumzalwane eyisifebe, kumbe isihwaba, kumbe okhonza izithombe, kumbe isithuki, kumbe isidakwa, kumbe umphangi; onjalo lingadli.
12 Ngokuba nginamsebenzi muni ukuba ngahlulele nabangaphandle na? Anibahluleli yini abangaphakathi na?
13 Kodwa uNkulunkulu uyabahlulela abangaphandle. Ngakho susani phakathi kwenu lowomuntu omubi.