Desejos
Os desejos revelam o que há no coração. A Bíblia nos ensina a purificar nossos desejos, submeter a carne ao espírito e buscar as coisas que são de cima.
Desejos da carne
A carne milita contra o espírito. O cristão é chamado a vigiar, resistir e não satisfazer os desejos da natureza pecaminosa.
Λέγω δέ· Πνεύματι περιπατεῖτε, καὶ ἐπιθυμίαν σαρκὸς οὐ μὴ τελέσητε.
Ὑμεῖς γὰρ ἐπ᾿ ἐλευθερίᾳ ἐκλήθητε, ἀδελφοί· μόνον μὴ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν εἰς ἀφορμὴν τῇ σαρκί, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς ἀγάπης δουλεύετε ἀλλήλοις.
Ἀδελφοί, ἐὰν καὶ προληφθῇ35 C [91.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ προσληφθη [5%] CP ¦ προλημφθη 𝕻46ℵA,B [1.5%] NU ¦ three other spellings [2%] ἄνθρωπος ἔν τινι παραπτώματι, ὑμεῖς, οἱ πνευματικοί, καταρτίζετε τὸν τοιοῦτον ἐν πνεύματι πρᾳότητος,35 A,C [98.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ πραυτητος 𝕻46ℵB [1.5%] NU σκοπῶν σεαυτὸν μὴ καὶ σὺ πειρασθῇς. ¦ πειρασθεις [18%]
Γρηγορεῖτε καὶ προσεύχεσθε, ἵνα μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς πειρασμόν. Τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα πρόθυμον, ἡ δὲ σὰρξ ἀσθενής.»
Καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ· ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν.›35 W (97.6%—with variations) RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ 1-11 (1.1%) ¦ αμην (0.2%) ¦ --- ℵB,D (1.1%) (CP)NU
Νήψατε, γρηγορήσατε· ὅτι35 𝕻72 [50%] TR ¦ --- ℵA,B [50%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ὁ ἀντίδικος ὑμῶν διάβολος, ὡς λέων ὠρυόμενος, περιέρχεται,35 [24%] ¦ περιπατει 𝕻72ℵA,B [76%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (The lion isn’t ambling aimlessly; he is circling the prey, looking for an opening.) ζητῶν τίνα35 𝕻72ℵA [99%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ --- B [1%] καταπιεῖν·35 (ℵ)B [53%] CP,NU ¦ καταπιει [25%] ¦ καταπιη 𝕻72A [22%] RP,HF,OC,TR
Ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ—ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῆς σαρκὸς καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν καὶ ἡ ἀλαζονεία ¦ αλαζονια ℵA,B [28%] τοῦ βίου—οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἀλλ᾿ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἐστίν.
Καὶ ὁ κόσμος παράγεται, καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία αὐτοῦ, ὁ δὲ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
Νεκρώσατε οὖν τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν35 A [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵB,C [5%] NU τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· πορνείαν, ἀκαθαρσίαν, πάθος, ἐπιθυμίαν κακήν, καὶ τὴν πλεονεξίαν ἥτις ἐστὶν εἰδωλολατρία·35 (C) [55%] OC,NU ¦ ειδωλολατρεια ℵA,B [45%] RP,HF,TR,CP
Purificar os desejos
Guarda o teu coração. Das profundezas do interior do homem saem os desejos — bons ou maus, conforme o coração.
ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία· ἧς τινες ὀρεγόμενοι ἀπεπλανήθησαν ¦ αποπλανηθησαν CP ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως καὶ ἑαυτοὺς περιέπειραν ὀδύναις πολλαῖς.
Πάντα μοι ἔξεστιν, ἀλλ᾿ οὐ πάντα συμφέρει. Πάντα μοι ἔξεστιν, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ ἐγὼ ἐξουσιασθήσομαι ὑπό τινος.
Διὰ δὲ τὰς πορνείας, ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἐχέτω, καὶ ἑκάστη τὸν ἴδιον ἄνδρα ἐχέτω.
Πειρασμὸς ὑμᾶς οὐκ εἴληφεν εἰ μὴ ἀνθρώπινος, δυνατὸς35 [30%] CP ¦ πιστος 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [70%] HF,RP,OC,TR,NU δὲ ὁ Θεός, ὃς οὐκ ἐάσει ὑμᾶς πειρασθῆναι ὑπὲρ ὃ δύνασθε, ἀλλὰ ποιήσει σὺν τῷ πειρασμῷ καὶ τὴν ἔκβασιν, τοῦ δύνασθαι ὑμᾶς35 [92%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ ημας [3%] ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [5%] NU (OC is in small print.) ὑπενεγκεῖν.
Desejos santos
Como a corça deseja as correntes de água, minha alma suspira por ti, ó Deus. Os desejos do Espírito produzem vida e paz.
δι᾿ ὧν τὰ τίμια ἡμῖν καὶ μέγιστα ἐπαγγέλματα35 ℵ (81.6%) RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ ∼ 13425 B (6.6%) NU ¦ ∼ 13452 𝕻72 (0.4%) ¦ 1345 (0.6%) ¦ ∼ 43125 (A)C (8.6%) ¦ ∼ 42315 (1.2%) TR ¦ three further variations (1%) δεδώρηται, ἵνα διὰ τούτων γένησθε θείας κοινωνοὶ φύσεως, ἀποφυγόντες τῆς ἐν κόσμῳ ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ φθορᾶς.35 [87%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ τω 1234 A,B [alone] NU ¦ τω 1 επιθυμιαν 4 (φθοραν 𝕻72) 𝕻72ℵ [alone] ¦ 1 επιθυμιας και 4 C [5.6%] ¦ 1 επιθυμιας 4 [2%] ¦ τω 1 επιθυμιας και 4 [4%] ¦ three other variants [0.6%]
Ἐπιθυμεῖτε καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε· φονεύετε καὶ ζηλοῦτε καὶ οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν· μάχεσθε καὶ πολεμεῖτε. Οὐκ ἔχετε35 𝕻100A,B [64%] RP,HF,NU ¦ και 12 ℵ [35%] OC,CP ¦ 12 δε [1%] TR ¦ one other variant (OC is in small print.) (I suppose the conjunction was added in an effort to make a parallel to "you murder and covet and are not able to obtain.") διὰ τὸ μὴ αἰτεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς.
Μηδεὶς πειραζόμενος λεγέτω ὅτι «Ἀπὸ35 A,B,C [93%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ υπο ℵ [2.5%] ¦ 1 του [4%] TR ¦ παρα [0.5%] Θεοῦ πειράζομαι,» ὁ γὰρ Θεὸς ἀπείραστός ἐστιν κακῶν, πειράζει δὲ αὐτὸς οὐδένα.
Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν;35 ℵA,B,C [91%] OC,RP,HF,TR,NU ¦ 1 οτι [9%] CP Ὁ νόμος ἁμαρτία; Μὴ γένοιτο· ἀλλὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἔγνων εἰ μὴ διὰ νόμου· τήν τε γὰρ ἐπιθυμίαν οὐκ ᾔδειν εἰ μὴ ὁ νόμος ἔλεγεν, «Οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις.»
Τίμιος ὁ γάμος ἐν πᾶσιν καὶ ἡ κοίτη ἀμίαντος, πόρνους δὲ35 C [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ γαρ 𝕻46ℵA [3%] NU ¦ --- [1%] καὶ μοιχοὺς κρινεῖ ὁ Θεός.
ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρὸς ὑμῶν35 W [99%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ σου ℵB [1%] NU (D missing) (twice) ἐκεῖ ἔσται καὶ ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν.