2 kwabaseKorinte 4:5-12

Ngokuba asizishumayeli thina, kodwa sishumayela uKristu Jesu eyiNkosi nokuthi siyizikhonzi zenu ngenxa kaJesu. Ngokuba uNkulunkulu owathi: “Akuvele ukukhanya ebumnyameni, kukhanye,” nguyena owakhanyisa ezinhliziyweni zethu ukuba kukhanye ukwazi inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ebusweni bukaKristu. Kepha le ngcebo sinayo ezitsheni zebumba, ukuze ubukhulu bamandla obukhulu kakhulu bube ngobukaNkulunkulu, bungabi ngobuvela kithi. Siyacindezelwa nxazonke, kodwa asinyinyekile; siyaxakeka, kodwa asidikibali; siyazingelwa, kodwa asidelwa; siwiswa phansi, kodwa asibhujiswa; sithwele njalonjalo emzimbeni wethu ukufa kukaJesu, ukuze nokuphila kukaJesu kubonakaliswe emzimbeni wethu. Ngokuba sisaphila sinikelwa njalo ekufeni ngenxa kaJesu, ukuze nokuphila kukaJesu kubonakaliswe enyameni yethu efayo. Kanjalo kusebenza ukufa kithina, kepha kinina ukuphila.