17 Waihoki ko te whakapono, ki te kāhore āna mahi, he mea mate i roto anō i a ia.
18 Nā, he kī tēnei mā tētahi, "He whakapono tōu, he mahi āku." Whakakitea mai ki ahau tōu whakapono motu kē i āu mahi, ā, māku, arā mā āku mahi, e whakakite atu tōku whakapono ki a koe. 19 E whakapono ana koe kotahi tonu te Atua; he pai tāu meatanga. E whakapono ana hoki ngā rēwera, me te wiri anō.
20 Heoi, e pai ana rānei koe kia mātau, e te kūware, he mea huakore te whakapono ki te kāhore he mahi? 21 Kīhai ianei a Āperahama, tō tātou matua, i tika i ngā mahi, i a ia i whakaeke atu ai i tāna tama, i a Īhaka, ki runga ki te āta? 22 Ka kite rānei koe i mahi tahi te whakapono me āna mahi, nā ngā mahi hoki i tino rite ai te whakapono? 23 Ā, i rite anō tā te karaipiture e mea nei, "I whakapono a Āperahama ki te Atua, ā, ka whakairia ki a ia hei tika," ka huaina anō hoki ia, "Ko te hoa o te Atua." 24 Heoi, ka kite koutou kei ngā mahi he tika mō te tangata, ehara i te mea kei te whakapono anake.
25 Waihoki ko Rahapa, te wahine kairau, kīhai ianei ia i whakatikaia e ngā mahi, i a ia i whakamanuhiri ai i ngā karere, ā, tukua atu ana rāua e ia rā tētahi ara kē?
26 Ka rite hoki ki te tinana ka mate nei ki te kāhore te manawa ora, waihoki ko te whakapono, ki te kāhore he mahi, he mea mate.
