2 KuThimothewu 3:1-5

Kepha yazi lokhu, ukuthi ngezinsuku zokugcina kuyakufika izikhathi ezinzima. Ngokuba abantu bayakuba ngabazithandayo, abathandimali, abazigabisayo, abazidlayo, abahlambalazayo, abangabalaleli abazali, abangabongiyo, abahlazisayo, abangenalo uthando, abangavumi ukubuyisana, abahlebayo, abangenakuzithiba, abayizidlwangudlwangu, abazonda okuhle, abangabakhapheli, abanamawala, abakhukhumele, abathanda injabulo kunokuthanda uNkulunkulu, abanesimo sokumesaba uNkulunkulu, kodwa bewaphika amandla okukholwa; labo-ke wobagwema.