Coração puro
Bem-aventurados os puros de coração, porque verão a Deus. A pureza de coração é alvo, privilégio e busca constante do cristão que deseja contemplar a face do Senhor.
Coração puro
Bem-aventurados os puros de coração. A pureza interior precede toda transformação externa e abre os olhos para ver a Deus.
Μακάριοι οἱ καθαροὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ, ὅτι αὐτοὶ τὸν Θεὸν ὄψονται.
Purificar-se
Todo o que tem essa esperança em Cristo se purifica. O amor procede de coração puro, boa consciência e fé sincera.
—καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἔχων τὴν ἐλπίδα ταύτην ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ ἁγνίζει ἑαυτόν, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος ἁγνός ἐστιν.
Ἀγαπητοί, νῦν τέκνα Θεοῦ ἐσμεν καὶ οὔπω ἐφανερώθη τί ἐσόμεθα, οἴδαμεν δὲ35 [90.4%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 ℵA,B,C [5.6%] NU ¦ --- [4%] ὅτι ἐάν φανερωθῇ ὅμοιοι αὐτῷ ἐσόμεθα, ὅτι ὀψόμεθα αὐτὸν καθώς ἐστιν —καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἔχων τὴν ἐλπίδα ταύτην ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ ἁγνίζει ἑαυτόν, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος ἁγνός ἐστιν.
Τὸ δὲ τέλος τῆς παραγγελίας ἐστὶν ἀγάπη, ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας καὶ συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς καὶ πίστεως ἀνυποκρίτου·
Τὰς δὲ νεωτερικὰς ἐπιθυμίας φεῦγε· δίωκε δὲ δικαιοσύνην, πίστιν, ἀγάπην, εἰρήνην, μετὰ τῶν ἐπικαλουμένων τὸν Κύριον ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας.
Καὶ τοῦτο προσεύχομαι· ἵνα ἡ ἀγάπη ὑμῶν ἔτι μᾶλλον καὶ μᾶλλον περισσεύῃ ἐν ἐπιγνώσει καὶ πάσῃ αἰσθήσει, εἰς τὸ δοκιμάζειν ὑμᾶς τὰ διαφέροντα, ἵνα ἦτε εἱλικρινεῖς35 [30%] ¦ εἰλικρινεις rell (If the first half of the word is presumed to derive from ‘sunlight’ or ‘sun’, the aspiration follows naturally.) καὶ ἀπρόσκοποι εἰς ἡμέραν Χριστοῦ, πεπληρωμένοι καρπῶν35 (66%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ καρπον 𝕻46ℵA,B,I,048 (33.2%) NU ¦ part of a large omission (0.8%) [homoioteleuton] δικαιοσύνης τῶν35 (70%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ τον 𝕻46ℵA,I,048 (28%) NU ¦ --- B (0.8%) ¦ two other readings (0.3%) ¦ part of a large omission (0.8%) [homoioteleuton] διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς δόξαν καὶ ἔπαινον Θεοῦ.
Πάντα ποιεῖτε χωρὶς γογγυσμῶν35 𝕻46vℵA,B,C [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ οργης [10%] CP καὶ διαλογισμῶν, ἵνα γένησθε ἄμεμπτοι καὶ ἀκέραιοι, τέκνα Θεοῦ ἀμώμητα35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αμωμα 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [3%] NU ἐν μέσῳ35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ μεσον 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [4%] NU γενεᾶς σκολιᾶς καὶ διεστραμμένης, ἐν οἷς φαίνεσθε ὡς φωστῆρες ἐν κόσμῳ, λόγον ζωῆς ἐπέχοντες, εἰς καύχημα ἐμοὶ εἰς ἡμέραν Χριστοῦ ὅτι οὐκ εἰς κενὸν ἔδραμον οὐδὲ εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασα.
Τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν ἡγνικότες ἐν τῇ ὑπακοῇ τῆς ἀληθείας διὰ Πνεύματος,35 (92.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻72ℵA,B,C (7.6%) NU εἰς φιλαδελφίαν ἀνυπόκριτον, ἐκ καθαρᾶς35 𝕻72ℵC (99.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ --- A,B (0.6%) καρδίας ἀλλήλους ἀγαπήσατε ἐκτενῶς,