Moyo Wokondweretsa Mulungu

4 Potsiriza, abale, tinakulangizani kale momwe mukuyenera kukhalira kuti mukondweretse Mulungu, monga momwe mukukhaliramo. Tsopano tikukupemphani ndi kukulimbikitsani mwa Ambuye Yesu kuti muchite zimenezi koposa kale. ² Inu mukudziwa malangizo amene tinakupatsani mwa ulamuliro wa Ambuye Yesu.

³ Ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu kuti muyeretsedwe: kuti mupewe dama; ⁴ aliyense wa inu aphunzire kulamulira thupi lake mʼnjira yoyera ndi yaulemu, ⁵ osati yotsata chilakolako chonyansa monga amachitira akunja, amene sadziwa Mulungu. ⁶ Pa zimenezi munthu asachimwire mʼbale wake kapena kumuonerera. Ambuye adzalanga anthu onse amene amachita machimo amenewa, monga tinakuwuzani kale ndi kukuchenjezani. ⁷ Pakuti Mulungu sanatiyitane kuti tizichita zonyansa, koma kuti tikhale oyera mtima. ⁸ Choncho, aliyense amene akukana malangizo awa sakukana munthu koma Mulungu, Mulungu weniweniyo amene amakupatsani Mzimu Woyera.

⁹ Tsono kunena za kukondana wina ndi mnzake, nʼkosafunikira kuti tikulembereni, popeza ndi Mulungu amene anakuphunzitsani za kukondana wina ndi mnzake. ¹⁰ Ndipo kunena zoona, mumakonda abale onse a mʼbanja la Mulungu a ku Makedoniya. Komabe, abale tikukulimbikitsani kuti muzichita zimenezi koposa kale.

¹¹ Yesetsani kuti mukhale moyo wofatsa. Aliyense asamale ntchito yakeyake ndi kugwira ntchito ndi manja ake. ¹² Mukatero akunja adzalemekeza makhalidwe anu a tsiku ndi tsiku, ndi kuti inuyo mukhale osadalira wina aliyense.

Kubweranso kwa Ambuye

¹³ Abale, ife sitikufuna mukhale osadziwa za amene akugona, kapena kumva chisoni ngati anthu ena opanda chiyembekezo. ¹⁴ Ife timakhulupirira kuti Yesu anamwalira naukanso. Moteronso timakhulupirira kuti amene anamwalira ali mwa Yesu, Mulungu adzawaukitsa nʼkubwera nawo pamodzi ndi Yesuyo. ¹⁵ Molingana ndi mawu a Ambuye mwini, tikukuwuzani kuti, ife amene tikanali ndi moyo, otsala mpaka kubwera kwa Ambuye, sitidzawasiya kumbuyo amene anagona kale. ¹⁶ Pakuti Ambuye mwini adzatsika kuchokera kumwamba, ndi mfuwu waulamuliro, ndi liwu la mngelo wamkulu, ndi kulira kwa lipenga la Mulungu, ndipo akufa amene ali mwa Yesu adzauka poyamba. ¹⁷ Kenaka, ife amene tili ndi moyo, otsalafe, tidzakwatulidwa pamodzi ndi iwo mʼmitambo kukakumana ndi Ambuye mlengalenga. Tsono ife tidzakhala ndi Ambuye mpaka muyaya. ¹⁸ Nʼchifukwa chake tsono muzilimbikitsana ndi mawu amenewa.