Ganância
A ganância é raiz de todos os males. A Bíblia alerta contra a cobiça, o acúmulo egoísta e o amor ao dinheiro, chamando-nos ao contentamento e à confiança em Deus.
O amor ao dinheiro
O amor ao dinheiro é raiz de todos os males. Quem quer enriquecer cai em tentação, armadilha e desejos insensatos.
ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία· ἧς τινες ὀρεγόμενοι ἀπεπλανήθησαν ¦ αποπλανηθησαν CP ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως καὶ ἑαυτοὺς περιέπειραν ὀδύναις πολλαῖς.
Οἱ δὲ βουλόμενοι πλουτεῖν ἐμπίπτουσιν εἰς πειρασμὸν καὶ παγίδα καὶ ἐπιθυμίας πολλὰς ἀνοήτους ¦ ανονητους [3%] CP καὶ βλαβεράς, αἵτινες βυθίζουσιν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους εἰς ὄλεθρον καὶ ἀπώλειαν·
»Οὐδεὶς δύναται δυσὶν κυρίοις δουλεύειν· ἢ γὰρ τὸν ἕνα μισήσει καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ἀγαπήσει, ἢ ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου καταφρονήσει. Οὐ δύνασθε Θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ. ¦ μαμμωνα [5%] TR
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
Πορνεία δὲ καὶ πᾶσα ἀκαθαρσία35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ∼ 21 𝕻46ℵA,B [3%] NU ¦ 1 [1%] ἢ ¦ και [10%] πλεονεξία μηδὲ ὀνομαζέσθω ἐν ὑμῖν (καθὼς πρέπει ἁγίοις)·
Contentamento
Tende cuidado e guardai-vos de toda espécie de ganância. A vida de um homem não consiste na abundância dos bens que possui.
Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, «Ὁρᾶτε καὶ φυλάσσεσθε ἀπὸ τῆς35 [78%] CP,HF,RP,TR ¦ πασης 𝕻75ℵA,B,D,N,Q,W [22%] OC,NU πλεονεξίας, ὅτι οὐκ ἐν τῷ περισσεύειν τινὶ ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ35 𝕻75ℵA,B,Q [60%] CP,TR,OC,NU ¦ αυτω [40%] HF,RP ¦ αυτων W ¦ --- D,N ἐστιν ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτοῦ.»35 ℵA,N [88%] CP,HF,RP,TR,OC ¦ αυτω 𝕻75B,D,Q [12%] NU ¦ αυτων W
Τί γὰρ ὠφελήσει35 A,C,D [99%] HF,RP,CP,TR,OC ¦ ωφελει W [0.5%] NU ¦ ωφελι ℵB ¦ one other variant ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν κερδήσῃ τὸν κόσμον ὅλον,35 𝕻45vA,D,W [98%] HF,RP,CP,TR,OC ¦ ∼ 13452 C [0.5%] ¦ κερδησαι 345 ℵB [0.5%] NU ¦ three other variants καὶ ζημιωθῇ35 A,C,D,W [99.5%] HF,RP,CP,TR,OC ¦ ζημιωθηναι ℵB [0.5%] NU τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ;
»Μὴ θησαυρίζετε ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅπου σὴς καὶ βρῶσις ἀφανίζει καὶ ὅπου κλέπται διορύσσουσιν καὶ κλέπτουσιν· θησαυρίζετε δὲ ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐν οὐρανῷ, ὅπου οὔτε σὴς οὔτε βρῶσις ἀφανίζει καὶ ὅπου κλέπται οὐ διορύσσουσιν οὐδὲ κλέπτουσιν·
Riqueza ilusória
As riquezas são passageiras. Quem ama o dinheiro nunca terá o suficiente. O contentamento com o que se tem é verdadeira riqueza.
Διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ φόρους τελεῖτε, λειτουργοὶ γὰρ Θεοῦ εἰσιν, εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο προσκαρτεροῦντες.