Bíblia
A Bíblia é a Palavra de Deus — viva, eficaz e mais cortante que espada de dois gumes. Toda Escritura é inspirada por Deus e útil para ensinar, repreender, corrigir e instruir em justiça.
Inspiração divina
Toda Escritura é inspirada por Deus. Homens santos falaram da parte de Deus movidos pelo Espírito Santo.
For all scripture inspired of God is profitable to teach, to reprove, to chastise, [for] to learn in rightwiseness,
that the man of God be perfect, learned to all good work[s].
for thou hast known holy letters from thy youth, which may learn thee [or may inform thee] to health, by faith that is in Christ Jesus.
For all scripture inspired of God is profitable to teach, to reprove, to chastise, [for] to learn in rightwiseness,
that the man of God be perfect, learned to all good work[s].
And first understand ye this thing, that each prophecy of scripture is not made by proper, [or own], interpretation;
for prophecy was not brought any time by man’s will, but the holy men of God inspired with the Holy Ghost spake.
Busily keep [or Take care] to give thyself a proved, praiseable workman to God, without shame, rightly treating the word of truth.
preach the word, be thou busy covenably without rest, reprove thou, beseech thou, blame thou in all patience and doctrine.
Till I come, take attention to reading, to exhortation and teaching.
Poder da Palavra
A Palavra de Deus é viva e eficaz. O céu e a terra passarão, mas as minhas palavras jamais passarão.
For the word of God is quick, and speedy in working, and more able to pierce than any twain-edged sword, and stretcheth forth [till] to the parting of the soul and of the spirit, and of the jointures and marrows, and [it is the] deemer of thoughts, and of intents of hearts.
heaven and earth shall pass, but my words shall not pass.
Which answered, and said to him, It is written, Not only in bread liveth man, but in each word that cometh forth of God’s mouth, [or A man liveth not in bread alone, but in every word that cometh forth from the mouth of God].
And as rain and snow cometh down from heaven, and turneth no more again thither, but it filleth, or maketh moist, the earth, and beshed-deth it [or poureth into it], and maketh it to burgeon, and giveth seed to him that soweth, and bread to him that eateth,
so shall be my word, that shall go out of my mouth. It shall not turn again void to me, but it shall do whatever things I would, and it shall have prosperity in these things to which I sent it.
Hallow thou them in truth; thy word is truth.
Seek ye the scriptures, in which ye guess to have everlasting life; and those it be, that bear witnessing of me.
but the word of the Lord dwelleth [into] without end. And this is the word, that is preached to you.
[Beth.] In what thing amendeth a young waxing man his way? in keep-ing thy words.
The beginning of thy word is truth; all the dooms of thy rightwise-ness be without end.
Estudar e pregar
Os bereanos examinavam as Escrituras diariamente. Procura apresentar-te a Deus aprovado como obreiro que maneja bem a Palavra.
But these were the worthier [or the nobler] of them that be at Thessalonica, which received the word with all desire, each day seeking [the] scrip-tures, if these things had them so.
And by custom Paul entered to them, and by three sabbaths he declared to them of the scriptures,
and opened, and showed that it behooved Christ to suffer, and rise again from death, and that this is Jesus Christ, whom I tell to you.
And Philip ran to, and heard him reading Isaiah, the prophet. And he said, Guessest thou, whether thou un-derstandest, what things thou readest?
And he said, How may I, if no man show to me? And he prayed Philip, that he should come up, and sit with him.
And the place of the scripture that he read, was this, As a sheep he was led to slaying, and as a lamb before a man that sheareth him is dumb without voice, so he opened not his mouth.
And Philip opened his mouth, and began at this scripture, and preached [or evangelized] to him Jesus.
And Ezra made ready his heart to inquire [or ensearch] the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel the behest and doom of the Lord.
And he said to them, A! fools, and slow of heart to believe in all things that the prophets have spoken.
Whether it behooved not Christ to suffer these things, and so to enter into his glory?
And he began at Moses and at all the prophets, and declared [or expounded] to them in all scriptures, that were of him.
And Jesus came nigh, and spake to them, and said, All power in heaven and in earth is given to me.
Therefore go ye, and teach all folks, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost;
teaching them to keep all things, whatever things I have commanded to you; and lo! I am with you in all days, into the end of the world.
And go ye, and preach ye, and say, that the kingdom of heavens shall nigh;
Revelação e fidelidade
A Palavra do Senhor veio aos profetas. A graça de Deus se manifestou na Escritura para a salvação de todos.
Therefore the word of the Lord was made to him, and said,
The word of the Lord is this, that was made to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
And the word of the Lord was made to Jeremy, and said,
The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel, in the hand of Malachi, the prophet.
And the word of the Lord was made to Zechariah, and said,
And the word of the Lord was made to Isaiah, and said,
The spirit of the Lord is[up] on me, for the Lord anointed me; he sent me to tell [out] to mild men, that I should heal men contrite in heart, and preach forgiveness to captives, and opening to prisoners;
and preach a pleasant year to the Lord, and a day of vengeance to our God; that I should comfort all that mourn;
that I should set comfort to the mourners of Zion, and that I should give to them a crown for ashes, oil of joy for mourning, a mantle of praising for the spirit of wailing. And strong men of rightfulness [or rightwiseness] shall be called therein, the planting of the Lord, for to glorify.
Viver pela Palavra
Não só de pão vive o homem. Nada acrescentes nem diminuas. A Palavra é alimento, guia e espada do cristão.
Each word of God is a shield set afire, to all that hope in him.
Add thou not anything to the words of him, and thou be reproved, and be found a liar.
And I witness to each man hearing the words of prophecy of this book, if any man shall put to these things, God shall put on him the vengeances [or the plagues] written in this book.
And if any man [shall] do away of the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away the part of him from the book of life, and from the holy city, and from these things that be written in this book.
I wonder, that so soon ye be thus moved from him that called you into the grace of Christ, into another evangel [or another gospel];
which is not another, but that there be some that trouble you, and will mis-turn the evangel of Christ.
But though we, or an angel of heaven, preached to you, besides that that we have preached to you, be he accursed.
As I have said before, and now again I say, if any man preach to you besides that that ye have received, be he accursed [or cursed be he].
And deem ye long abiding of our Lord Jesus Christ your health, as also our most dear brother Paul wrote to you, by wisdom given to him.
As and in all his epistles he speaketh in them of these things; in which be some hard things to under-stand, which unwise [or untaught] and unstable men deprave, as also they do other scriptures, to their own perdition.
For whatever things be written, those be written to our teaching, that by patience and comfort of scriptures we have hope.
How then shall they inwardly call him, into whom they have not believed? or how shall they believe to him, whom they have not heard? How shall they hear, without a preacher?
and how shall they preach, but they be sent? As it is written, How fair be the feet of them that preach [or evangelize] peace, of them that preach good things.
But not all men obey to the gospel. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who believed to our hearing?
Therefore faith is of hearing [or by hearing], but hearing by the word of Christ.
For I shame not the gospel, for it is the virtue of God into health, to each man that believeth, to the Jew first, and to the Greek.
For the rightwiseness of God is showed in it, of faith into faith, as it is written, For a just man liveth of faith.
And we have not received the spirit of this world, but the Spirit that is of God, that we know what things be given to us of God.
Which things we speak also, not in wise [or in taught] words of man’s wisdom, but in the doctrine of the Spirit, and make a likeness [or a comparison] of spiritual things to ghostly men.
For a beastly man perceiveth not those things that be of the Spirit of God; for it is folly to him, and he may not understand, for it is examined, [or assayed], ghostly.
For the world, in wisdom of God, knew not God by wisdom, [or For why for in the wisdom of God, the world knew not God by wisdom], it pleased to God, by [the] folly of preaching, to make them safe that believed.
For Jews seek signs, and Greeks seek wisdom;
but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews cause of stumbling, and to heathen men folly;
but to those Jews and Greeks that be called, we preach Christ the virtue of God, and the wisdom of God.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel [or to evangelize]; not in wisdom of word, that the cross of Christ be not voided away.
But ye be a chosen kin [or ye be a kind chosen], a kingly priesthood, holy folk, a people of purchasing, that ye tell the virtues of him, that called you from darknesses into his wonderful light.