Alimento
O alimento é provisão de Deus para o corpo e a alma. Jesus disse: Eu sou o pão da vida. A Bíblia ensina a receber com gratidão, partilhar com generosidade e confiar no Provedor.
O pão da vida
Jesus disse: Eu sou o pão da vida. Quem vem a mim nunca terá fome. O alimento espiritual sacia plenamente.
Εἶπεν δὲ35 A [99%] CP,HF,RP,OC,TR ¦ --- B,W [0.5%] NU ¦ ουν ℵD [0.5%] αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· «Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς. Ὁ ἐρχόμενος πρός με35 A,D,W [99.8%] CP,HF,RP,OC,TR ¦ εμε 𝕻75ℵB [0.2%] NU οὐ μὴ πεινάσῃ, καὶ ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ οὐ μὴ διψήσῃ35 [95%] CP,HF,RP,OC,TR ¦ διψησει 𝕻66ℵA,B,W [5%] NU ¦ διψασει D πώποτε.
Ἐργάζεσθε μὴ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν ἀπολλυμένην ἀλλὰ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν μένουσαν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, ἣν ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ὑμῖν δώσει· τοῦτον γὰρ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐσφράγισεν ὁ Θεός.»
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, «Γέγραπται· ‹Οὐκ ἐπ᾿ ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται35 [90%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ 1 ο ℵB,C,D,W [10%] NU ἄνθρωπος, ἀλλ᾿ ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι ἐκπορευομένῳ διὰ στόματος Θεοῦ.› »
Μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες ¦ πινωντες CP καὶ διψῶντες τὴν δικαιοσύνην, ὅτι αὐτοὶ χορτασθήσονται.
Ζητεῖτε δὲ πρῶτον τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ35 N,W (99%) RP,HF,OC,CP,TR[NU] ¦ των ουρανων (0.4%) ¦ αυτου (0.3%) ¦ --- ℵ(B) (0.2%) καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ, καὶ ταῦτα πάντα προστεθήσεται ὑμῖν.
Διὰ τοῦτο λέγω ὑμῖν, μὴ μεριμνᾶτε τῇ ψυχῇ ὑμῶν, τί φάγητε καὶ τί πίητε·35 N [97%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ η 23 B,W [2%] [NU] ¦ --- ℵ [1%] μηδὲ τῷ σώματι ὑμῶν, τί ἐνδύσεσθε.35 [20%] ¦ ενδυσησθε ℵB,N,W [80%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR,NU [The future indicative was unexpected.] Οὐχὶ ἡ ψυχὴ πλείων35 [20%] ¦ πλειον ℵB,N,W [80%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR,NU [‘Life’ and ‘food’ are feminine, not neuter.] ἐστιν τῆς τροφῆς καὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἐνδύματος;
ὡς ἀρτιγέννητα βρέφη τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γάλα ἐπιποθήσατε, ἵνα ἐν αὐτῷ αὐξηθῆτε εἰς σωτηρίαν,35 (𝕻72)ℵA,B,C [65%] OC,NU ¦ --- [35%] RP,HF,TR,CP (OC is in small print.)
Provisão divina
Deus provê alimento em abundância. Ele multiplica pães e peixes, enche os famintos e supre toda necessidade.
Λαβὼν δὲ τοὺς πέντε ἄρτους καὶ τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας, ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εὐλόγησεν αὐτοὺς καὶ κατέκλασεν, καὶ ἐδίδου τοῖς μαθηταῖς παρατιθέναι35 A,D,W [94%] CP,HF,RP,TR ¦ παραθειναι 𝕻75ℵB,C,N [3%] OC,NU ¦ παραθηναι [3%] τῷ ὄχλῳ. Καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἐχορτάσθησαν πάντες, καὶ ἤρθη τὸ περισσεῦσαν αὐτοῖς κλασμάτων κόφινοι δώδεκα.
ὁ δὲ ἐπιχορηγῶν σπέρμα35 ℵC [99%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ σπορον 𝕻46B [1%] NU τῷ σπείροντι καὶ ἄρτον εἰς βρῶσιν χορηγῆσαι,35 (95%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ χορηγησει 𝕻46ℵB,C,048 (5%) NU (This form, and the next two, have usually been taken as Optative, but I understand them to be Aorist Infinitive.) καὶ πληθῦναι35 (95.5%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ πληθυνει 𝕻46ℵB,048 (4.5%) NU ¦ πληθυνη C τὸν σπόρον ὑμῶν καὶ αὐξῆσαι35 𝕻46 (95.8%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αυξησει ℵB,C,048 (4.2%) NU τὰ γενήματα35 𝕻46ℵB,C [94%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ γεννηματα [6%] TR τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὑμῶν·
Gratidão e moderação
Nada trouxemos para o mundo e nada levaremos. Tudo o que fizerdes, fazei para a glória de Deus — inclusive comer e beber.
Οὐδὲν γὰρ εἰσηνέγκαμεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον, δῆλον35 [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,048 [2%] NU ὅτι οὐδὲ ἐξενεγκεῖν τι δυνάμεθα. Ἔχοντες δὲ διατροφὰς35 ℵA [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ διατροφην 048v [10%] καὶ σκεπάσματα τούτοις ἀρκεσθησόμεθα. ¦ αρκεσθησωμεθα [5%] CP
Εἴτε οὖν ἐσθίετε εἴτε πίνετε, εἴτε τι ποιεῖτε, πάντα εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ ποιεῖτε.
Καθ᾿ ἡμέραν35 [40%] accent καθημεραν as one word, but since the meaning evidently remains the same I stay with the conventional spelling. This statement obtains throughout. Since the theta signals aspiration, there is no ambiguity; the scribes were just saving ink. τε προσκαρτεροῦντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, κλῶντές τε κατ᾿ οἶκον ἄρτον· μετελάμβανον τροφῆς ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει καὶ ἀφελότητι καρδίας, αἰνοῦντες τὸν Θεὸν καὶ ἔχοντες χάριν πρὸς ὅλον τὸν λαόν. Ὁ δὲ Κύριος προσετίθει ¦ προσετιθη [20%] τοὺς σῳζομένους καθ᾿ ἡμέραν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ.35 (D) (97.1%) HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,C (2.9%) NU
» ›Ἰδού, ἕστηκα ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν καὶ κρούω. Ἐάν τις ἀκούσῃ τῆς φωνῆς μου καὶ ἀνοίξῃ τὴν θύραν, καὶ35 Ma,b,f,h,i ℵ,0169,CP,RP,HF,OC[NU] ¦ --- Md,e,g,h,i A,TR εἰσελεύσομαι πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ δειπνήσω μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐτὸς μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ.
Ὁ ἐσθίων τὸν μὴ ἐσθίοντα μὴ ἐξουθενείτω, καὶ ὁ μὴ35 (95.6%) OC,RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ ∼ 2 δε 3 𝕻46ℵA,B,C,048 (2%) NU ¦ 12 (1.2%) ¦ four other variants (1.2%) ἐσθίων τὸν ἐσθίοντα μὴ κρινέτω, ὁ Θεὸς γὰρ αὐτὸν ¦ αυτων CP προσελάβετο.
Μὴ οὖν τις ὑμᾶς κρινέτω ἐν βρώσει ἢ35 ℵA,C,I [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ και 𝕻46B [2%] NU ἐν πόσει, ἢ ἐν μέρει ἑορτῆς ἢ νουμηνίας ¦ νεομηνιας B [2%] NU ἢ σαββάτων, ἅ ἐστιν σκιὰ τῶν μελλόντων, τὸ δὲ σῶμα35 𝕻46 [95%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ 1 του ℵA,B,C [5%] TR,NU Χριστοῦ.