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| Vadikanwi regai kungotenda mweya wose wose, asi edzai mweya iyoyo muone kuti inobva kuna Mwari here nokuti vaporofita venhema vazhinji vapararira nenyika. |
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| Zvamunoziva nazvo Mweya waMwari ndezvizvi: Mweya wose unopupura kuti, Jesu Kristu akauya nomuviri, ndowaMwari. |
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| Mweya wose usingapupuri izvozvi nezvaJesu, hausi waMwari. Uyu ndiwo mweya wemhandu yaKristu wamakambonzwa kuti uri kuuya iye zvino watova pasi pano. |
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| Vanangu imi muri vanhu vaMwari, imi makatovakurira Nokuti iye ari mamuri mukuru kupinda satani ari pasi pano. |
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| Ivo ndevepasi pano naizvozvo zvavanotaura ndezvapasi pano uye nyika inovateerera. |
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| Isu tiri vanhu vaMwari, anoziva Mwari anotiteerera, asiri waMwari haatiteereri. Izvozvi ndizvo zvinotiratidza mweya wechokwadi nomweya usiri wechokwadi. |
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| Vadikanwi ngatidananei nokuti rudo runobva kuna Mwari. Munhu wose ano rudo akaberekwa naMwari uye anoziva Mwari. |
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| Asina rudo haazivi Mwari nokuti Mwari rudo. |
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| Rudo rwaMwari rwakaratidzwa pakati pedu nezvizvi zvokuti Mwari akatuma Mwanakomana wake mumwechete pasi pano kuti tiraramiswe naye. |
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| Urwu ndirwo rudo sezvarwuri izvi kwete rwokuti isu ndisu takada Mwari asi rwokuti iye ndiye akatida. Akatitumira Mwanakomana wake kuti ave chibayiro chokupfupira zvitadzo zvedu. |
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| Vadikanwi, kana Mwari akatida zvakadai isuwo tinofanira kudanana. |
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| Hapana munhu ati amboona Mwari asi kana tichidanana, Mwari anogara matiri uye rudo rwake matiri runobva rwazadziswa zvokuperera. |
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| Zvatinoziva nazvo kuti tigere takabatana naMwari uye kuti Mwari agere abatana nesu ndezvizvi zvokuti iye akatipa Mweya wake. |
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| Isuwo takaona uye tinopupura kuti Baba vakatuma mwanakomana wavo somununuri wapasi. |
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| Munhu wose anopupura kuti Jesu Mwanakomana waMwari, Mwari anogara maari iye anogarawo muna Mwari. |
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| Saizvozvo tinoziva uye tinotenda murudo rwaMwari kwatiri. Mwari rudo; munhu anogara murudo anogarawo muna Mwari Mwariwo anoramba ainaye. |
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| Muna izvozvi, rudo runobva rwazadzikiswa zvokuperera matiri kuti tive neruvimbo pamusi wokutongwa, nokuti zvaari ndizvowo zvatiri pasi pano. |
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| Pane rudo hapana kutya uye rudo rwakaperera runodzinga kutya nokuti uyo anotya anenge achitya kurangwa. Munhu anotya kurangwa rudo rwake haruna kuperera. |
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| Isu tine rudo nokuti akatanga kutida. |
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| Kana munhu achiti anoda Mwari asi achivenga mumwe wake, munyepi nokuti asingadi mumwe wake waanoona, haangakwanisi kuda Mwari waasati amboona. |
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Mutemo watinawo unobva kwaari ndouyu unoti: Munhu anoda Mwari anofanirawo kuda mumwe wake.
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