Jovens
Deus tem planos maravilhosos para os jovens. A Bíblia os convida a consagrar a juventude ao Senhor, crescer em sabedoria e ser exemplo para todos em fé, palavra, conduta e amor.
Ninguém despreze a tua mocidade
Paulo exortou Timóteo: sê exemplo dos fiéis na palavra, no procedimento, no amor, no espírito, na fé e na pureza.
No man despise thy youth, but be thou ensample of faithful men, in word, in living, in charity, in faith, in chastity.
Also admonish young men, that they be sober.
Sons, obey ye to your father and mother, in the Lord; for this thing is rightful [or is just].
Honour thou thy father and mother, that is the first commandment in [the] promise;
that it be well to thee, and that thou be long living on the earth.
Sons, obey ye to your father and mother, in the Lord; for this thing is rightful [or is just].
Honour thou thy father and mother, that is the first commandment in [the] promise;
Lembrar do Criador na juventude
Lembra-te do teu Criador nos dias da tua mocidade. A sabedoria ganha cedo produz frutos duradouros na vida inteira.
Have thou mind on thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before that the time of thy torment come, and the years of thy death nigh, of which thou shalt say, Those please not me.
Have thou mind on thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before that the time of thy torment come, and the years of thy death nigh, of which thou shalt say, Those please not me.
Before that the sun be dark, and the light, and stars, and the moon; and the clouds turn again after rain.
When the doorkeepers of the house shall be moved, and [the] strongest men shall tremble; and [the] grinders shall be idle, when the number shall be made less, and seers by the holes shall wax dark;
Therefore, thou young man, be glad in thy youth, and thine heart be in goodness in the days of thy youth, and go thou in the ways of thine heart, and in the beholding of thine eyes; and know thou, that for all these things God shall bring thee into doom.
Do thou away ire [or wrath] from thine heart, and remove thou malice from thy flesh; for why youth and lust be vain things, or vanity.
A poor man and wise is better than an eld [or old] king and foolish, that cannot before-see into time to coming [or after].
Força e promessa
Os jovens renovam suas forças quando esperam no Senhor. Deus levanta jovens com visões e sonhos para transformar o mundo.
Young men shall fail, and shall travail, and young men shall fall down in their sickness.
But they that hope in the Lord, shall change strength, they shall take feathers as eagles; they shall run, and shall not travail; they shall go, and shall not fail.
And it shall be, after these things I shall shed [or pour] out my spirit on each man; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; your eld [or old] men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
But also I shall shed [or pour] out my spirit on my servants, and hand-maids, in those days;
Forsooth to these children God gave knowing and learning in each book, and in all wisdom; but to Daniel God gave understanding of all visions and dreams.
Therefore when the days were [ful] filled, after which the king said, that they should be brought in, the sovereign of honest servants and chaste brought in them, in the sight of Nebuchadnezzar.
And when the king had spoken to them, such were not found of all, as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; and they stood in the sight of the king.
The full out joying of young men is the strength of them; and the dignity of eld [or old] men is hoariness.
A child is understood by his studies, if his works be rightful [or right] and clean.
Guardar o caminho
Como purificará o jovem seu caminho? Guardando-o segundo a tua Palavra. A Escritura na juventude guarda do pecado a vida inteira.
[Beth.] In what thing amendeth a young waxing man his way? in keep-ing thy words.
In mine heart I hid thy speeches; that I do not sin against thee.
For thou, Lord, art my patience; Lord, thou art mine hope from my youth.
Young men, and virgins, eld [or old] men with [the] younger,
praise the name of the Lord; for the name of him alone is enhanced. His acknowledging be on heaven and earth;
The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel;
to know wisdom and knowing; to understand the words of prudence;
and to take the learning of teach-ing; to take rightfulness [or rightwise-ness], and doom, and equity;
that fellness, or wariness, be given to little children, and knowing and understanding to a young waxing man.
My son, hear thou, and be wise, and address thy soul in the way.
Do not thou be in the feasts of drinkers, neither in the oft eatings of them, that bring together fleshes to eat.
For men giving attention to drinks, and giving morsels together, shall be wasted, and napping shall be clothed with clothes rent.
Hear thy father, that begat thee; and despise not thy mother, when she is eld.
Coragem e vocação
Deus chamou jovens como Jeremias e Josué para grandes missões. A juventude não é desculpa — é oportunidade de servir poderosamente.
And I said, A! A! A! Lord God, lo! I cannot speak, for I am a child.
And the Lord said to me, Do not thou say, that I am a child; for thou shalt go to all things, to which I shall send thee, and thou shalt speak all things, whatever things I shall command to thee.
Dread thou not of the face of them; for I am with thee, to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
For I know the thoughts which I think on you, saith the Lord, the thoughts of peace, and not of torment, that I give to you an end and patience.
And ye shall call me to help, and ye shall go, and shall worship me, and I shall hear you;
ye shall seek me, and ye shall find, when ye seek me in all your heart.
And I shall be found of you, saith the Lord, and I shall bring again your captivity, and I shall gather you from all folks, and from all places, to which I casted out you [or put you out], saith the Lord; and I shall make you to turn again from the place, to which I made you to pass over.
Therefore be thou comforted, and be thou full strong, that thou keep and do all the law, which Moses, my servant, commanded to thee; bow thou not from it to the right side, either to the left side, that thou understand all things which thou doest.
The book of this law depart not from thy mouth, but thou shalt think therein in days and nights, that thou keep and do all things that be written therein; then thou shalt dress thy way, and thou shalt understand it.
Lo! I command to thee; be thou comforted, and be thou strong; do not thou dread, nor be thou afeared; for thy Lord God is with thee in all things, to which thou goest.
Also, ye young men, be ye subject to elder men, and all show ye together meekness; for the Lord withstandeth proud men, but he giveth grace to meek men.
Therefore be ye meeked under the mighty hand of God, that he raise you in the time [or in the day] of visitation,
I write to you, brethren, for ye have known him, that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, for ye be strong, and the word of God dwelleth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked.
As in [the] day wander we honestly, not in superfluous feasts [or in oft eatings], and drunkennesses, not in beds and unchastities, not in strife and in envy;
It is good to a man, when he hath borne the yoke of his youth.