Dar
Dar é princípio do Reino de Deus. Jesus deu tudo — até a própria vida. A Bíblia nos ensina que é mais bem-aventurado dar do que receber, e que Deus ama ao que dá com alegria.
Dar com alegria
Deus ama ao que dá com alegria. Dai e dar-se-vos-á. O generoso prospera e quem abençoa será abençoado.
Ἕκαστος καθὼς προαιρεῖται35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ προηρηται ℵB,C [1%] NU ¦ προειρηται [2%] ¦ four other variants [2%] τῇ καρδία, μὴ ἐκ λύπης ἢ ἐξ ἀνάγκης, ἱλαρὸν γὰρ δότην ἀγαπᾷ ὁ Θεός.
Δυνατὸς35 [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ δυνατει 𝕻46ℵB,C [2%] NU δὲ ὁ Θεὸς πᾶσαν χάριν περισσεῦσαι εἰς ὑμᾶς, ἵνα ἐν παντὶ πάντοτε πᾶσαν αὐτάρκειαν ἔχοντες περισσεύητε εἰς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθόν—
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·
ἐν παντὶ πλουτιζόμενοι εἰς πᾶσαν ἁπλότητα, ἥτις κατεργάζεται δι᾿ ἡμῶν εὐχαριστίαν τῷ Θεῷ.
(εἰ γὰρ ἡ προθυμία πρόκειται, καθὸ ἐὰν35 B,C [30%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ καθὸ αν ℵ [3%] ¦ καθ ὃ εαν [58%] ¦ καθ ὃ αν [9%] ἔχῃ ¦ εχει [13%] τις,35 [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵB,C [10%] NU εὐπρόσδεκτος, οὐ καθὸ ¦ καθ ὃ [58%] [The meaning would appear to be virtually the same.] οὐκ ἔχει).
Δίδοτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν· μέτρον καλόν—πεπιεσμένον καὶ35 A,C [99%] CP,HF,RP,TR,OC ¦ --- ℵB,D,W [1%] NU σεσαλευμένον καὶ35 A,C [98.5%] CP,HF,RP,TR,OC ¦ --- 𝕻45ℵB,D,W [1.5%] NU ὑπερεκχυνόμενον35 𝕻75 [96%] CP,HF,RP,TR,OC ¦ υπερεκχυννομενον ℵA,B,C,D,W [4%] NU—δώσουσιν εἰς τὸν κόλπον ὑμῶν. Τῷ γὰρ αὐτῷ μέτρῳ ᾧ35 A,C (91.4%) CP,HF,RP,TR,OC ¦ 1245 (5.9%) ¦ 1345 𝕻45 (0.7%) ¦ 1235 (0.4%) ¦ 1234 (0.3%) ¦ ∼ 524 ℵB,D,W (1.1%) NU ¦ four other variants (0.2%) μετρεῖτε ἀντιμετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν.»
Princípios de generosidade
Honra ao Senhor com as tuas primícias. Não negues o bem a quem o merece. A alma generosa prosperará.
O ensino de Jesus
Quando deres esmola, não toque a trombeta. A generosidade do coração importa mais que a grandeza do donativo.
Ὅταν οὖν ποιῇς ἐλεημοσύνην, μὴ σαλπίσῃς ἔμπροσθέν σου, ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταὶ ποιοῦσιν ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς ῥύμαις, ὅπως δοξασθῶσιν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπέχουσιν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν.
Σοῦ δὲ ποιοῦντος ἐλεημοσύνην, μὴ γνώτω ἡ ἀριστερά σου τί ποιεῖ ἡ δεξιά σου, ὅπως ᾖ σου ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ· καὶ ὁ Πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ αὐτὸς35 D,W (75.2%) RP,HF,CP,TR ¦ --- ℵB (24.1%) OC,NU ¦ long omissions (0.7%) ἀποδώσει σοι ἐν τῷ φανερῷ.35 W (93.7%) RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ --- ℵB,D (5.7%) NU ¦ long omissions (0.7%)
Ἀσθενοῦντας θεραπεύετε, λεπροὺς καθαρίζετε,35 [94%] RP,HF,CP ¦ 12 νεκρους εγειρετε [2%] OC,TR ¦ νεκρους εγειρετε 12 ℵB,C(D)N [3%] NU ¦ ∼ εκβαλλετε νεκρους εγειρετε (W) [1%] (OC in small print) δαιμόνια ἐκβάλλετε. Δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε.
Ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, «Εἰ θέλεις τέλειος εἶναι, ὕπαγε πώλησόν σου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ δὸς35 ℵC,W [99.5%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ 1 τοις B,D [0.5%] [NU] πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ·35 ℵW [99.5%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ ουρανοις B,C,D [0.5%] NU καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι.»
Παντὶ δὲ τῷ35 A,D [93%] CP,HF,RP,TR,OC ¦ 2 [6.5%] ¦ --- ℵB,W [0.5%] NU αἰτοῦντί σε δίδου, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἴροντος τὰ σὰ μὴ ἀπαίτει.
Καὶ ἐὰν35 ℵ [97%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ καν 𝕻46A,B,C [3%] NU ψωμίσω πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου καὶ ἐὰν παραδῶ τὸ σῶμά μου ἵνα καυθήσομαι,35 (50.6%) OC ¦ καυθησωμαι C (44.7%) HF,RP,TR,CP ¦ καυθησεται (1%) ¦ καυθη (0.8%) ¦ καυχησωμαι 𝕻46ℵA,B (1.5%) NU ¦ καυχησομαι 048 (0.5%) ¦ four further variants (0.8%) (As one of the speakers at the Perry Hall Theological Forum, January, 2005, Maurice Robinson explained that he and Pierpont chose the main minority reading here because to them it was the most difficult [!!]. But people expect the Subjunctive with ἱνα, so many scribes probably made the change virtually without thinking.) ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι.