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Le ncwadi ijongwa kwabo bacingwa ukuba baqalile ubomi beKristu. Injongo yayo kukubanceda ekukhuleni okuvisisanayo kwamandla abo onke, kwimigaqo yeKristu; ukuze bavelise elona nqanaba liphezulu lokulima—ingqondo, uluntu, ukuziphatha, nenkolo—abokwazi, kwimeko apho uThixo wabathumela khona. Ihloselwe ngokulinganayo kubo bonke ubomi, ngokuhlonipha indlela y ukuzilima efikelelekayo kubo bonke. Ijongwa kwiklasi elithile labantu—intombazana ezincinci—abafanele bazuze kakhulu kuyo. Ayenzelwanga, nangona kunjalo, ukufundwa kuphela ngabo. Inxalenye enkulu yencwadi ifanelekile ngokulinganayo kweyakhe enye iKhristu.

Iyalotwa ekuqaleni njengesikhokelo koodadew’ omthandayo yombhali. Ukusukela kulo, idlule kuguqulo olunzulu kabini; kwaye kuguqulo lwangoku, inxalenye enkulu yayo iyalotwa ngokutsha, ezinye iindawo zayo zifuphiswe, nendawo entsha eningi yongezwa. Abo bayifundileyo imihla yayo yangaphambili baya kufumana le ncwadi iphantse ibe intsha, ngelixa into ebalulekileyo yeyokuqala igciniwe. Ukusukela yadalwa, iye yavavanywa kabini ngabahlobo abafundileyo nabanobulumko; kwaye, kuguqulo lwangoku, olona lolokugqibela olucingwayo, umbhali uyilahliwe isivakalisi ngasinye nentetho nganye eyaye yambonakala yosephethwa; ukuze abo bayifundayo, bathembe kuba sisikhokelo esikhuselekileyo. Phantsi kwengcinga enzulu nengcwele yobungozi obulele kule ncwadi, nangelomkhulu wokuzuza iingqondo ezingafi, iyathembeka kwisidlangalathi seKristu.