Orgulho
O orgulho é um dos pecados mais condenados na Bíblia. Deus resiste aos soberbos, mas dá graça aos humildes. A humildade é o caminho da honra verdadeira.
Deus resiste ao soberbo
A soberba precede a ruína e o orgulho antecede a queda. Deus abomina o coração altivo e promete humilhar quem se exalta.
Humildade como caminho
Humilhai-vos diante do Senhor e Ele vos exaltará. A grandeza no Reino vem pelo serviço humilde, não pela autopromoção.
Μείζονα δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν· διὸ λέγει, «Ὁ Θεὸς35 ℵA,B [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ κυριος [6%] CP ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται, ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν.»Is
Ταπεινώθητε ἐνώπιον τοῦ Κυρίου35 𝕻100 [82%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 2 ℵA,B [16%] NU ¦ 1 θεου [2%] (The article is correct.) καὶ ὑψώσει ὑμᾶς.
Καυχάσθω δὲ ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὁ ταπεινὸς ἐν τῷ ὕψει αὐτοῦ, ὁ δὲ πλούσιος ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ὡς ἄνθος χόρτου παρελεύσεται.
Ὁμοίως,35 𝕻72A,B [74%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ 1 δε ℵ [1%] ¦ 1 οι [5%] ¦ 1 δε και [1%] ¦ 1 δε οι [7%] ¦ 1 και οι [5%] ¦ 1 δε και οι [7%] ¦ one other reading νεώτεροι, ὑποτάγητε πρεσβυτέροις. Πάντες δὲ ἀλλήλοις ὑποτασσόμενοι,35 (94%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ υποταγωμεν (1.4%) ¦ --- (𝕻72)ℵA,B (4.2%) NU ¦ two other readings τὴν ταπεινοφροσύνην ἐγκομβώσασθε, ὅτι «Ὁ35 ℵA [99%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ --- 𝕻72B [1%] Θεὸς ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται, ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν.» Ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα ὑμᾶς ὑψώσῃ35 𝕻72ℵA,B [79%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ ∼ 21 [4%] ¦ 1 υψωσει [14%] ¦ ∼ υψωσει 1 [3%] ἐν καιρῷ·35 𝕻72ℵB [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ 1 επισκοπης A [14%] ¦ 1 εν τω μελλοντι αιωνι [1%] πᾶσαν τὴν μέριμναν ὑμῶν ἐπιρρίψαντες35 [93%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ επιριψαντες ℵA,B [4%] NU ¦ αποριψαντες 𝕻72 ¦ επιρριψατε [3%] ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, ὅτι αὐτῷ μέλει ¦ μελλει [20%] ὑπὲρ35 [35%] ¦ περι 𝕻72ℵA,B [65%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (God does the caring for them, in their place.) ὑμῶν.
Ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται, καὶ ὁ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται.»
Μηδὲν κατὰ35 𝕻46A [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ κατ ℵB,C [10%] NU ἐριθείαν ἢ35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ μηδε κατα ℵA,B,C [3%] NU ¦ μηδε 𝕻46 [1%] ¦ 1 κατα [1%] ¦ one other reading κενοδοξίαν, ἀλλὰ τῇ ταπεινοφροσύνῃ ἀλλήλους ἡγούμενοι ὑπερέχοντας ἑαυτῶν. Μὴ τὰ ἑαυτῶν ἕκαστος σκοπεῖτε,35 [93%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ σκοπουντες 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [5%] NU ¦ σκοπειτω [2%] ἀλλὰ καὶ35 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [99%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ --- D [1%] τὸ35 [40%] CP ¦ τα 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [45%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ των [15%] ἑτέρων ἕκαστος.35 C [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ εκαστοι 𝕻46ℵA,B [4%] NU ¦ --- [1%]
Τοῦτο γὰρ35 𝕻46 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [2%] NU ¦ ουν [1%] φρονείσθω35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ φρονειτε 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [3%] NU ἐν ὑμῖν ὃ καὶ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ,
Os perigos do orgulho
O orgulho cega, gera contendas e afasta de Deus. A Escritura adverte contra a soberba da vida e a vã glória mundana.
Ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ—ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῆς σαρκὸς καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν καὶ ἡ ἀλαζονεία ¦ αλαζονια ℵA,B [28%] τοῦ βίου—οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἀλλ᾿ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἐστίν.
Ὥστε, ὁ δοκῶν ἑστάναι βλεπέτω μὴ πέσῃ.
Καὶ ἐὰν35 ℵ [97%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ καν 𝕻46A,B,C [3%] NU ψωμίσω πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου καὶ ἐὰν παραδῶ τὸ σῶμά μου ἵνα καυθήσομαι,35 (50.6%) OC ¦ καυθησωμαι C (44.7%) HF,RP,TR,CP ¦ καυθησεται (1%) ¦ καυθη (0.8%) ¦ καυχησωμαι 𝕻46ℵA,B (1.5%) NU ¦ καυχησομαι 048 (0.5%) ¦ four further variants (0.8%) (As one of the speakers at the Perry Hall Theological Forum, January, 2005, Maurice Robinson explained that he and Pierpont chose the main minority reading here because to them it was the most difficult [!!]. But people expect the Subjunctive with ἱνα, so many scribes probably made the change virtually without thinking.) ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐδὲν ὠφελοῦμαι.
καὶ τὰ ἀγενῆ τοῦ κόσμου καὶ τὰ ἐξουθενημένα ἐξελέξατο ὁ Θεός—καὶ35 B [98%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵA,C [2%] NU τὰ μὴ ὄντα—ἵνα τὰ ὄντα καταργήσῃ· ὅπως μὴ καυχήσηται πᾶσα σὰρξ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ.35 𝕻46ℵA,B [92%] HF,RP,OC,CP,NU ¦ αυτου C [8%] TR
«Ὁ δὲ καυχώμενος, ἐν Κυρίῳ καυχάσθω.» Οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἑαυτὸν συνιστῶν,35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ συνιστανων 𝕻46ℵB [5%] NU ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν δόκιμος, ἀλλ᾿ ¦ αλλα 𝕻46B,NU ὃν ὁ Κύριος συνίστησιν.
Ἔλεγεν δὲ ὅτι «Τὸ ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκπορευόμενον, ἐκεῖνο κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον. Ἔσωθεν γάρ, ἐκ τῆς καρδίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἱ διαλογισμοὶ οἱ κακοὶ ἐκπορεύονται—μοιχεῖαι, πορνεῖαι, φόνοι, κλοπαί,35 A,N [98%] HF,RP,CP,TR,OC ¦ ∼ 2431 ℵB [1%] NU ¦ ∼ 1243 W [1%] ¦ ∼ 2 κλεμματα 13 (D) πλεονεξίαι, πονηρίαι· δόλος, ἀσέλγεια, ¦ ασελγειαι [1%] CP ¦ ασελγιαι [2%] ¦ ασελγια ℵA [1%] ὀφθαλμὸς πονηρός, βλασφημία, ὑπερηφανία, ἀφροσύνη— πάντα ταῦτα τὰ πονηρὰ ἔσωθεν ἐκπορεύεται καὶ κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.»
Τοῖς πλουσίοις ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι παράγγελλε μὴ ὑψηλοφρονεῖν, μηδὲ ἠλπικέναι ¦ ελπικεναι [10%] ¦ ελπιζειν [2%] ἐπὶ πλούτου ἀδηλότητι ἀλλ᾿ ἐν35 (78.6%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ επι ℵA,I (19.8%) NU ¦ --- (0.3%) ¦ three other variants (1.2%) (This and the following two sets are all handled together in TuT as a single set, but with thirteen variants; I separated them so as to highlight the basic choices.) τῷ35 A,I (91.7%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵ (7.1%) NU ¦ three other variants (1.2%) Θεῷ τῷ ζῶντι,35 (88.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 2 (3.6%) ¦ --- ℵA,I (6.8%) NU ¦ three other variants (1.2%) (If the original form were επι θεω, as in NU, who would change it to the longer, more complex form? The choice of NU is surely inferior.) τῷ παρέχοντι ἡμῖν πάντα πλουσίως35 ℵ [92%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ 2 [1%] ¦ ∼ 21 [5%] TR ¦ τα 12 A [2%] εἰς ἀπόλαυσιν·
O olhar de Deus
O Senhor não olha como o homem. Ele vê o coração e se agrada dos quebrantados de espírito e dos que tremem diante da sua Palavra.
Τὸ αὐτὸ εἰς ἀλλήλους φρονοῦντες—μὴ τὰ ὑψηλὰ φρονοῦντες, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ταπεινοῖς συναπαγόμενοι· μὴ γίνεσθε φρόνιμοι παρ᾿ ἑαυτοῖς.
Ὁ δὲ καρπὸς τοῦ Πνεύματός ἐστιν ἀγάπη, χαρά, εἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, ¦ αγαθοσυνη [25%] πίστις, πρᾳότης,35 [98.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ πραυτης 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [1.5%] NU ἐγκράτεια—κατὰ τῶν τοιούτων οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος.