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Mzimu akunena momveka bwino kuti mʼmasiku otsiriza anthu ena adzataya chikhulupiriro chawo ndi kutsatira mizimu yonyenga ndi zinthu zophunzitsidwa ndi ziwanda. 
Ziphunzitso zimenezi zimachokera ku chinyengo cha anthu onama, amene chikumbumtima chawo chinamatidwa ndi chitsulo cha moto. 
Iwo amaletsa anthu ukwati ndi kuwalamula kuti asamadye zakudya zina, zimene Mulungu analenga kuti amene anakhulupirira ndi kudziwa choonadi, azidye moyamika. 
Pakuti chilichonse chimene Mulungu analenga ndi chabwino, ndipo chilichonse chisasalidwe, akamachilandira moyamika, 
pakuti chimayeretsedwa ndi mawu a Mulungu ndi pemphero. 
Ngati abale uwalangiza zimenezi, udzakhala mtumiki wabwino wa Khristu Yesu, woleredwa mʼchoonadi cha chikhulupiriro ndi mʼchiphunzitso chabwino chimene wakhala ukutsata. 
Koma upewe nkhani zachabe ndi nthano za amayi okalamba; mʼmalo mwake udziphunzitse kukhala moyo wolemekeza Mulungu. 
Pakuti kulimbitsa thupi kumapindulitsapo pangʼono, koma moyo woopa Mulungu umapindulitsa pa zonse. Umatilonjeza moyo pa moyo uno ndiponso pa moyo umene ukubwerawo. 
Amenewa ndi mawu odalirika ndi oyenera kuwalandira kwathunthu. 
Nʼchifukwa chake timagwira ntchito molimbika ndi kuyesetsa, chifukwa tayika chiyembekezo chathu mwa Mulungu wamoyo, amene ndi Mpulumutsi wa anthu onse, koma makamaka wa amene amakhulupirira. 
Lamulira ndi kuphunzitsa zinthu zimenezi. 
Usalole kuti wina akupeputse chifukwa ndiwe wachinyamata, koma khala chitsanzo kwa okhulupirira pa mayankhulidwe, pa makhalidwe, pa chikondi, pa chikhulupiriro ndi pa kuyera mtima. 
Mpaka nditabwera, udzipereke powerenga mawu a Mulungu kwa anthu, kulalikira ndi kuphunzitsa. 
Usanyozere mphatso yako yomwe inapatsidwa kwa iwe kudzera mʼmawu auneneri pamene gulu la akulu ampingo linakusanjika manja. 
Uzichita zimenezi mosamalitsa ndi modzipereka kwathunthu, kuti aliyense aone kuti ukupita mʼtsogolo. 
Samala kwambiri moyo wako ndi ziphunzitso zako. Uzichitabe zimenezi chifukwa ukatero, udzadzipulumutsa ndiponso udzapulumutsa okumvetsera. 
