Agradecimento pela vida
Agradecer pela vida é reconhecer que cada respiração é dom de Deus. Toda criatura que tem fôlego louve ao Senhor — porque Ele nos formou e nos sustenta com amor.
εὐχαριστοῦντες πάντοτε ὑπὲρ πάντων, ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Πατρί,
A paean of doctrinal praise
Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ εὐλογήσας ἡμᾶς ἐν πάσῃ εὐλογίᾳ πνευματικῇ ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ·
Χάρις δὲ35 [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵB,C [2%] NU τῷ Θεῷ ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνεκδιηγήτῳ αὐτοῦ δωρεᾷ.
μετὰ χαρᾶς εὐχαριστοῦντες τῷ35 𝕻46A,B,C [65%] RP,HF,TR,NU ¦ 1 θεω και [30%] OC,CP ¦ 1 θεω ℵ [5%] (OC has small print.) Πατρὶ τῷ ἱκανώσαντι ἡμᾶς35 A,C [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ υμας ℵB [3%] NU (The context is inclusive—first person.) εἰς τὴν μερίδα τοῦ κλήρου τῶν ἁγίων ἐν τῷ φωτί· ὃς ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ σκότους καὶ μετέστησεν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Υἱοῦ τῆς ἀγάπης αὐτοῦ, ἐν ᾧ ἔχομεν τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν διὰ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ,35 [60%] TR ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [40%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU (The omission was presumably deliberate—one wonders why.) τὴν ἄφεσιν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν.
The supremacy of Christ described
Ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου, πρωτότοκος πάσης ¦ 1 της [10%] κτίσεως, ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐκτίσθη τὰ πάντα—τὰ35 A,C [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵB [3%] NU ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ35 A,C [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵB [3%] NU ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, τὰ ὁρατὰ καὶ τὰ ἀόρατα, εἴτε θρόνοι εἴτε κυριότητες εἴτε ἀρχαὶ εἴτε ἐξουσίαι—τὰ πάντα δι᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν ἔκτισται· καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν πρὸ πάντων, καὶ τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν.