kuThimothewu, umntanami ngesiminya ekukholweni: Makube kuwe umusa, nesihawu, nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba nakuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu. UPawulu ukhumbuza uThimothewu ukuba alwe nesifundiso samanga e-Efesu

Njengokuba ngakutshela mhla ngiya eMakedoniya ukuthi wohlala e -Efesu, ukuze uyale abathile ngokuthi bangafundisi okwahlukileyo,

Uma ngalwa nezilo e -Efesu ngokwabantu , nginanzuzoni? Uma abafileyo bengavuki, masidle, siphuze, ngokuba ngomuso sizakufa.

Kepha ngizakuhlala e-Efesu, kuze kufike iPhentekoste;

iNkosi mayimnike ukuba athole ububele eNkosini ngalolo suku -- konke akhonza ngakho e-Efesu uyakwazi wena kakhulu.

UThikhiku sengamthuma e-Efesu.

lithi: Lokhu okubonayo kulobe encwadini , ukuthumele kuwo amabandla ayisikhombisa, e-Efesu, naseSmirna, nasePhergamu, naseThiyathira, naseSardesi, naseFiladelfiya, naseLawodikeya.

Kuyo ingelosi yebandla lase -Efesu loba ukuthi : Nakhu akushoyo ophethe izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa esandleni sakhe sokunene , ohamba phakathi kwezinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa zegolide, uthi:

Wehlela e -Efesu, wabashiya khona ; kepha yena wangena esinagogeni , washumayela kubaJuda.

kepha wavalelisa wathi : Ngizakubuyela futhi kini , uma uNkulunkulu evuma, wayesesuka e-Efesu ngomkhumbi;

esefikile eKesariya wakhuphuka wabingelela ibandla; wehlela e-Antiyokiya. Ukuqala kohambo lwesithathu; u-Apholo use-Efesu

UmJuda othile ogama lakhe lingu -Apholo, wase-Aleksandriya ngokuzalwa, indoda efundileyo nenamandla emibhalweni, wehlela e-Efesu.

Kwathi u -Apholo eseKorinte , uPawulu wafika e -Efesu esedabulile amazwe angasenhla, wafumana abafundi abathile,

Lokho kwez wakala kubo bonke abakhileyo e -Efesu, abaJuda namaGreki , ukwesaba kwabehlela bonke; ladunyiswa igama leNkosi uJesu;

kepha seniyabona, niyezwa futhi ukuthi akukuphela e -Efesu kodwa cishe kulo lonke i-Asiya uPawulu lona udukisile abantu abaningi ngokubancenga , ethi akusibo onkulunkulu labo abenziwe ngezandla.

Kwathi bekuzwa lokho, bagcwala ulaka, bamemeza bathi: Mkhulu uDiyana wabase-Efesu.

Kwathi ukuba bezwe ukuthi ungumJuda , bamemeza bonke ngazwi linye kwangathi amahora amabili, bathi: Mkhulu uDiyana wabase-Efesu.

Kepha umbhali esebathulisile abantu wathi: Madoda ase -Efesu, kukhona yini phakathi kwabantu ongaziyo ukuthi umuzi wase -Efesu ungumlondi wethempeli likaDiyana omkhulu nowesithombe esawa ezulwini na?

Ngokuba uPawulu wayezimisele ukudlula e -Efesu ngomkhumbi ukuze angalibali isikhath i e -Asiya; ngokuba wayekhawulezela ukuba , uma kungenzeka, abe khona eJerusalema ngosuku lwePhentekoste. UPawulu uvalelisa kwabase-Efesu eMilethu

EseMilethu wathumela e-Efesu, wabiza amalunga ebandla.

Ngokuba babebonile ngaphambili uTrofimu wase -Efesu enaye emzini , ababesho ngaye ukuthi uPawulu umngenisile ethempelini.

UPawulu, umphostoli kaKristu Jesu ngentando kaNkulunkulu , kubo abangcwele abase-Efesu nakubo abakholwa nguKristu Jesu: