Não temas
'Não temas' é uma das frases mais repetidas na Bíblia. Deus a pronuncia nos momentos de maior temor, lembrando que sua presença e poder são maiores que qualquer ameaça.
Deus está contigo
Não temas, porque eu sou contigo. Deus repete essa promessa em cada crise, guerra e desafio que seus filhos enfrentam.
Do not be afraid,
because I will ◄be with/help► you.
Do not be discouraged, because I am your God.
I will enable you to be strong, and I will help you;
I will hold you up with my powerful arm by which you will be rescued.
It will be as though I will hold you up by your right hand.
I am Yahweh, your God,
and I say to you, ‘Do not be afraid,
because I will help you.’
Although you people of Israel [DOU] think that you are as insignificant as worms,
do not be afraid of your enemies,
because I will help you.
I am Yahweh, the one who rescues you;
I am the Holy One of Israel.
You people of Jerusalem, you have good news to tell to people,
so, shout it from the top of a high mountain!
Shout it loudly, and do not be afraid!
Tell the people in the towns of Judah,
"Your God is coming here!"
Do not forget [RHQ] that I have commanded you to be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, and do not be discouraged, because I, Yahweh, your God, will ◄be with/help► you wherever you go."
Be brave and confident. Do not be afraid of those people. Do not forget that it is Yahweh our God who will go with you. He will always help [LIT] you and never abandon you."
Some time later, Abram had a vision in which Yahweh spoke to him and said, "Do not be afraid of ◄anything/your enemies►. I will protect you [MTY], and I will give a great reward."
Coragem diante do perigo
Não tenhas medo — o Senhor teu Deus está no meio de ti, poderoso para salvar. Ele luta por nós e dá forças aos medrosos.
At that time, other people will say to us people of Jerusalem,
"You people of [APO] Jerusalem, do not be afraid;
do not become afraid or discouraged,
because Yahweh your God is living among you.
He is mighty, and he will rescue/save you.
He will be very happy with you;
because he loves you, he will cause you to not be afraid;
he will sing loudly to rejoice over you."
Elisha replied, "Do not be afraid! Those who will be helping us will be more than those who will be helping them!"
Then he prayed, "Yahweh, I request that you open my servant’s eyes in order that he can see what is out there!" So Yahweh enabled the servant to look out and see that surrounding the hill on which the town was built was a huge number of horses, and chariots made of fire!
He does wonderful things!
So even the ground should rejoice!
Yahweh replied, "Do not say that, because you must go to everyone to whom I will send you, and you must tell them everything that I tell you to say. And you must not be afraid of the people to whom you will speak, because I will protect you from being harmed by them. This will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!"
One night Paul had a vision in which the Lord Jesus said to him, "Do not be afraid of those who oppose you. Instead, you should continue speaking to people about me. Do not stop, because I will help you, and no one will be able to harm you (sg) here. Keep telling people about me, because there are many in this city who will believe in me."
And you human, you must not be afraid of them or afraid of what they say. Living among them will be like living in the midst of briers or scorpions, but do not be afraid of them. They are rebellious people [MTY], but do not allow them to cause you to become afraid. Tell them my message, but do not expect them to pay attention to it, because they arevery rebellious.
Fé que vence o medo
O medo não vem de Deus. Jesus disse: não temas, crê somente! A fé dissipa o medo e nos conecta ao poder de Deus.
But when Jesus heard what these men said, he said to Jairus, "Do not think that the situation is hopeless! Just keep believing that she will live!"
Do not be afraid of any of the things that you are about to suffer. The truth is that the devil is about to put some of you in prison, to tempt you to deny that you believe in me. For a short period of time you will suffer because of what people will do to you [MTY]. Continue to trust in me, even if they kill you because you trust in me. As a result, I will reward you with eternal life, just like [MET] people reward a victorious athlete by putting a wreath on his head.
Do not be afraid of people who are able to kill your body [SYN] but are not able to destroy your soul. Instead, fear God because he is able to destroy both a person’s body and a person’s soul in hell.
While he was seriously considering this, much to his surprise, in a dream he saw an angel whom the Lord had sent. The angel said, "Joseph, descendant of King David, do not be afraid that you(sg) would be doing wrong if you(sg) would marry Mary. Instead, begin to treat her as your wife, because the Holy Spirit, not a man, has caused her to be pregnant.
Then the angel said to her, "Mary, God is very pleased with you (sg), so do not be afraid.
Simon and all the men who were with him were amazed at how many fish they had taken. James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, who were Simon’s partners, were among those who were amazed. When Simon, whose other name was Peter, saw the fish, feeling ashamed to be in the presence of someone who obviously had God’s power, he prostrated himself before Jesus and said, "Lord, you should go away from me, because I am a sinful man!"