Misericórdia
A misericórdia de Deus é eterna e inesgotável. Ele se compadece dos que sofrem, perdoa os arrependidos e derrama graça sobre os que não merecem. Grande é a sua fidelidade.
A misericórdia de Deus
Quem é Deus como tu, que perdoa a iniquidade? Ele se deleita em ter misericórdia e não retém a ira para sempre.
Graça e perdão
Onde o pecado abundou, superabundou a graça. Deus convida todos ao arrependimento e promete perdão total aos que confessam.
Ἀλλ᾿ οὐχ ὡς τὸ παράπτωμα, οὕτως καὶ τὸ χάρισμα. Εἰ γὰρ τῷ ¦ το [15%] ¦ --- [5%] τοῦ ἑνὸς παραπτώματι οἱ πολλοὶ ἀπέθανον, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἡ χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἡ δωρεὰ ἐν χάριτι τῇ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς τοὺς πολλοὺς ἐπερίσσευσεν.
Τί οὖν; Ἁμαρτήσομεν35 [61%] OC,RP,HF,TR,CP ¦ αμαρτησωμεν ℵA,B,C [30%] NU ¦ αμαρτισωμεν [4%] ¦ long omission [5%] ὅτι οὐκ ἐσμὲν ὑπὸ νόμον ἀλλ᾿ ¦ αλλα ℵB,C [1%] NU ὑπὸ χάριν; Μὴ γένοιτο.
Ὁ δὲ Θεός—πλούσιος ὢν ἐν ἐλέει, διὰ τὴν πολλὴν ἀγάπην αὐτοῦ ἣν ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς, καὶ ὄντας ἡμᾶς νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασιν—συνεζωοποίησεν τῷ Χριστῷ (χάριτί ἐστε σεσωσμένοι)
Καὶ εἴρηκέν μοι, «Ἀρκεῖ σοι ἡ χάρις μου, ἡ γὰρ δύναμίς μου35 [98.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46vℵA,B [1.5%] NU ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ τελειοῦται.»35 [98.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ τελειται ℵB [1%] NU ¦ τελειτε A [0.5%] Ἥδιστα οὖν μᾶλλον καυχήσομαι ἐν ταῖς ἀσθενείαις μου, ἵνα ἐπισκηνώσῃ ¦ επισκηνωσει [18%] ¦ two other variants ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἡ δύναμις τοῦ Χριστοῦ.
Misericórdia e compaixão
Misericórdia quero e não sacrifício. Deus nos chama a ser misericordiosos como Ele é, perdoando e acolhendo o próximo.
Πορευθέντες δὲ μάθετε τί ἐστιν, ‹Ἔλεον35 W [98.5%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ ελεος ℵB,C,D,N [1.5%] NU θέλω καὶ οὐ θυσίαν.› Οὐ γὰρ ἦλθον καλέσαι δικαίους, ἀλλὰ ¦ αλλ [5%] TR ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν.»35 C [96%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ --- ℵB,D,N,W [4%] NU
Τότε προσελθὼν αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν,35 N,W [99%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ ∼ 2341 B [1%] NU ¦ 234 ℵ ¦ ∼ 341 D «Κύριε, ποσάκις ἁμαρτήσει εἰς ἐμὲ ὁ ἀδελφός μου, καὶ ἀφήσω αὐτῷ· ἕως ἑπτάκις;» Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· «Οὐ, λέγω σοι, ἕως ἑπτάκις, ἀλλ᾿ ¦ αλλα B,D [0.5%] NU ἕως ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά.
Ἐὰν γὰρ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, ἀφήσει καὶ ὑμῖν ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος.
Acessar a misericórdia
Cheguemos com confiança ao trono da graça. Ali encontramos misericórdia e graça para socorro no tempo oportuno.
Προσερχώμεθα ¦ προσερχομεθα [25%] οὖν μετὰ παρρησίας τῷ θρόνῳ τῆς χάριτος, ἵνα λάβωμεν ἔλεον35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ελεος 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [4%] NU καὶ χάριν εὕρωμεν, εἰς εὔκαιρον βοήθειαν.
Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, διὰ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ, παραστῆσαι τὰ σώματα ὑμῶν θυσίαν ζῶσαν, ἁγίαν, εὐάρεστον τῷ Θεῷ—τὴν λογικὴν λατρείαν ὑμῶν.
Οὕτως35pt 𝕻63,66,75ℵA,B,W [60%] (I include this for the record, to show that the dropping of -ς before a consonant was not automatic.) γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ35 𝕻63A,T (97.5%) CP,HF,RP,OC,TR ¦ --- 𝕻66,75ℵB,W (0.4%) NU ¦ long omissions (2.1%) [homoioteleuton] τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλ᾿ ἔχῃ ¦ εχει [30%] ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
Ὅτι ὑμῖν ἐχαρίσθη τὸ ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ, οὐ μόνον τὸ εἰς αὐτὸν πιστεύειν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ πάσχειν,