Irrepreensível
Ser irrepreensível não é ser perfeito — é viver com integridade diante de Deus e dos homens. A Bíblia nos chama a buscar uma vida reta, pura e sem manchas visíveis de hipocrisia.
O padrão divino
Deus é perfeito e chama seus filhos à integridade. A palavra de Deus é purificada e Ele é escudo dos que caminham na retidão.
Asfor God, His way is perfect;
The word of the Lordis proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
Asfor God, His way is perfect;
The word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
Meditations on the Excellencies of the Word of God
Blessed are the undefiled in the way,
Who walk in the law of the Lord!
He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the truth in his heart;
He whodoes not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
Heis a shield to those who walk uprightly;
Buscar a perfeição em Cristo
Todos tropeçamos em muitas coisas, mas o alvo é a maturidade. Cristo é a fonte da salvação eterna para todos os que lhe obedecem.
For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."
Vida íntegra
Que a vossa alegria seja completa! Vivam em harmonia, sejam irrepreensíveis — transformados pela renovação da mente.
"These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Sectarianism Is Sin
Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
Unity Through Humility
Therefore if thereis any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing bedone through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
The Humbled and Exalted Christ
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, andcoming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to thepointof death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Light Bearers
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.
Yes, and if I am being poured out asadrinkoffering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. For the same reason you also be glad and rejoice with me.
Timothy Commended
But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your state. For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state. For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus. But you know his proven character, that as a son with his father he served with me in the gospel. Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it goes with me. But I trust in the Lord that I myself shall also come shortly.
Epaphroditus Praised
Yet I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but your messenger and the one who ministered to my need; since he was longing for you all, and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. For indeed he was sick almost unto death; but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. Therefore I sent him the more eagerly, that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful. Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such men in esteem; because for the work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to supply what was lacking in your service toward me.
See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
But He knows the way that I take;
WhenHe has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
My foot has held fast to His steps;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.