Ano novo
O Ano Novo é oportunidade de renovação e consagração. A Bíblia convida a esquecer o que ficou para trás e avançar em fé, confiança e esperança em Deus.
Ἀδελφοί, ἐγὼ ἐμαυτὸν οὔπω35 𝕻16vℵA [40%] OC,CP ¦ ου 𝕻46B [60%] RP,HF,TR,NU λογίζομαι κατειληφέναι, ἓν δέ· τὰ μὲν ὀπίσω ¦ οπισθεν [10%] ἐπιλανθανόμενος τοῖς δὲ ἔμπροσθεν ἐπεκτεινόμενος, κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω ἐπὶ35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ εις 𝕻16,46ℵA,B,I [4%] NU τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
—οὐχ ὅτι ἤδη ἔλαβον ἢ ἤδη τετελείωμαι· διώκω δὲ εἰ καὶ καταλάβω ἐφ᾿ ᾧ καὶ κατελήφθην ¦ κατελημφθην ℵA,B [2%] NU ὑπὸ τοῦ35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [20%] NU Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ.35 𝕻46ℵA [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR[NU] ¦ ∼ 21 [1%] ¦ 1 B [2%] ¦ ∼ κυριου 21 CP
Ἀδελφοί, ἐγὼ ἐμαυτὸν οὔπω35 𝕻16vℵA [40%] OC,CP ¦ ου 𝕻46B [60%] RP,HF,TR,NU λογίζομαι κατειληφέναι, ἓν δέ· τὰ μὲν ὀπίσω ¦ οπισθεν [10%] ἐπιλανθανόμενος τοῖς δὲ ἔμπροσθεν ἐπεκτεινόμενος, κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω ἐπὶ35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ εις 𝕻16,46ℵA,B,I [4%] NU τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
Our citizenship is in Heaven
Ὅσοι οὖν τέλειοι τοῦτο φρονῶμεν, καὶ εἴ τι ἑτέρως φρονεῖτε, καὶ τοῦτο ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῖν ἀποκαλύψει.
ὥστε, εἴ τις ἐν Χριστῷ, καινὴ κτίσις· τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν· ἰδού, γέγονεν καινὰ τὰ πάντα.35 (56.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ ∼ 231 (40.6%) CP ¦ 1 𝕻46ℵB,C,048 (2.3%) NU ¦ five other readings (0.8%)
Begotten into an incorruptible inheritance
Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ κατὰ τὸ πολὺ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ35 𝕻72 048 [38%] ¦ ∼ 21 ℵA,B,C [60%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ 1 [2%] (f35 [Kr] is independent of Kx and has the earliest attestation. ‘His great mercy’ or ‘His great mercy’, which?) ἀναγεννήσας ἡμᾶς εἰς ἐλπίδα ζῶσαν δι᾿ ἀναστάσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐκ νεκρῶν,
ἐπὶ πᾶσιν δὲ τούτοις τὴν ἀγάπην, ἥτις35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ο A,B,C,048 [2%] NU ¦ ος ℵ [1%] ἐστὶν σύνδεσμος τῆς τελειότητος.
Καὶ ἡ εἰρήνη τοῦ Θεοῦ35 (95.2%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ χριστου ℵA,B,C,I (4.8%) NU βραβευέτω ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν, εἰς ἣν καὶ ἐκλήθητε ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι· καὶ εὐχάριστοι γίνεσθε.
Οἱ μὲν γὰρ πρὸς ὀλίγας ἡμέρας κατὰ τὸ δοκοῦν αὐτοῖς ἐπαίδευον, ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ συμφέρον, εἰς τὸ μεταλαβεῖν τῆς ἁγιότητος αὐτοῦ. Πᾶσα δὲ παιδεία πρὸς μὲν τὸ παρὸν οὐ δοκεῖ χαρᾶς εἶναι, ἀλλὰ λύπης· ὕστερον δὲ καρπὸν εἰρηνικὸν τοῖς δι᾿ αὐτῆς γεγυμνασμένοις ἀποδίδωσιν δικαιοσύνης.
Does not boast about tomorrow
Ἄγε νῦν, οἱ λέγοντες, «Σήμερον καὶ35 A [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ η ℵB [5%] NU αὔριον πορευσώμεθα35 A [76%] RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ πορευσομεθα 𝕻100vℵB [24%] OC,NU ¦ one other variant εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν καὶ ποιήσωμεν35 ℵA [89%] RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ ποιησομεν 𝕻100B [11%] OC,NU ἐκεῖ ἐνιαυτὸν ἕνα35 A [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵB [4%] NU καὶ ἐμπορευσώμεθα35 [84%] RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ εμπορευσομεθα 𝕻100vℵA,B [16%] OC,NU καὶ κερδήσωμεν»·35 [88%] RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ κερδησομεν ℵA,B [12%] OC,NU ¦ one other variant οἵτινες οὐκ ἐπίστασθε τὸ τῆς αὔριον. Ποία γὰρ35 𝕻100A [97.4%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵB [2.6%] NU ἡ ζωὴ ἡμῶν;35 [26%] ¦ υμων (𝕻100)ℵA(B) [74%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (The question is properly inclusive, 1st person.) Ἀτμὶς γάρ ἐστιν35 [52%] TR ¦ εσται (A) [41%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ εστε B [7%] NU ¦ --- ℵ (James answers the question with a statement of fact, not a prophecy.) ἡ πρὸς ὀλίγον φαινομένη, ἔπειτα35 [29.5%] ¦ 1 δε και [46%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ 1 δε [15%] TR ¦ 1 και ℵA,B [9.5%] NU (OC has δε in small print.) ἀφανιζομένη. Ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὑμᾶς, «Ἐὰν ὁ Κύριος θελήσῃ,35 𝕻100vℵA [81%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ θελησει [12%] ¦ θελη B [7%] καὶ ζήσωμεν35 [90%] RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ ζησομεν ℵA,B [10%] OC,NU καὶ ποιήσωμεν35 [89%] RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ ποιησομεν 𝕻100vℵA,B [11%] OC,NU ¦ one other variant τοῦτο ἢ ἐκεῖνο.» Νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονείαις ὑμῶν. Πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν. Εἰδότι οὖν καλὸν ποιεῖν καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντι, ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν.