Preservação das escrituras
A Palavra de Deus permanece para sempre. As Escrituras foram preservadas por Deus ao longo dos milênios para instrução, consolação e guia de todas as gerações.
A Palavra eterna
Céus e terra passarão, mas as palavras de Deus jamais passarão. Sua Palavra é eterna, infalível e imutável — a verdade que sustenta tudo.
You can be certain that these things that I have told you about will happen. You can be more certain of that than you can be certain that the earth and sky [LIT] will continue to exist."
Keep this in mind: Every point of those laws, including those points that seem least important, and even the smallest details of the laws [MTY] will surely be in effect [HYP, LIT] until the heavens and the earth disappear and until all that God told their authors to write happens.
The grass withers and the flowers dry up,
but what our God promises will last forever."
We know that this is true because, as the prophet Isaiah wrote,
All people will die [SIM], like grass dies. And all the greatness/honor that people have will not last forever,
like the flowers [SIM] that grow up in the grass do not last long.
The grass withers and the flowers die,
but God’s message endures/lasts forever.
This message that endures/lasts is the message about Christ that was proclaimed to you.
I ask you to do this, because you now have a new life [MET]. It was not by means of something that will perish that you received this new life. Instead, it was by means of something that will last forever; that is, by believing the life-giving and enduring message of God. We know that this is true because, as the prophet Isaiah wrote,
All people will die [SIM], like grass dies. And all the greatness/honor that people have will not last forever,
like the flowers [SIM] that grow up in the grass do not last long.
The grass withers and the flowers die,
but God’s message endures/lasts forever.
This message that endures/lasts is the message about Christ that was proclaimed to you.
A inspiração divina
Toda Escritura é inspirada por Deus. Homens santos falaram da parte do Senhor, e a Palavra escrita é a expressão fiel da vontade divina.
It is important that you realize that no one can interpret/explain by himself the meaning of what the prophets wrote in the Scriptures without the help of God’s Spirit (OR, no part of the Scriptures originated with the prophet himself), because no human beings decided to make those prophecies. On the contrary, those who spoke messages from God did that because it was the Holy Spirit who caused them to do it, and therefore the Spirit must help us to interpret/understand their meaning.
God formerly communicated with us through the prophets, but now he has communicated with us through his son, who is just like God.
Long ago God communicated frequently to our ancestors in various ways by what the prophets said and wrote. But now when this final age is beginning, God has communicated to us just once by means of what ◄his Son/the man who was also God► said and did. God appointed him in order that he would possess everything that truly belongs to God. God also appointed him in order that he would create the universe. He manifests God’s glory. He exactly represents what God is like. He ◄sustains everything by means of his powerful words. When he had enabled people to be freed from the guilt of their sins [MET], he sat down in heaven [EUP] to rule at the place of greatest honor [MTY] with God [MTY].
The one who expresses [MET] ◄God’s character/what God is like► became a human being, and he lived among us for a while. As a result, we saw how wonderful he is. He came from God his father, and there was no other person as wonderful as he. He was wonderful because he always acted ◄kindly toward us/in ways we did not deserve►, and he always spoke truthfully to us about God.
I also know that what God does endures forever. No one can add to what God does, and no one can take away from the things that God does. God does those things in order that people would revere him.
A Palavra como guia e tesouro
A Palavra de Deus é lâmpada para os pés, espada do Espírito e tesouro para o coração. Guardá-la e meditá-la nos protege do pecado.
I have ◄memorized/stored in my mind► many of ◄your words/what you have promised►
in order that I will not sin against you.
A psalm written by David for the choir director
When people look at everything that God has placed in the skies, they can see that he is very great;
they can see the great things that he has created.
Day after day it is as though the sun proclaims the glory of God,
and night after night it is as though the moon and stars say that they know that God made them.
They do not really speak;
they do not say any words.
There is no voice from them for anyone to hear.
But what they declare about God goes throughout the world,
and even people who live in the most distant/remote places on earth can know it.
The sun is in the skies where God placed it [MET];
it rises each morning like a bridegroom who is happy as he comes out of his bedroom after his wedding.
It is like a strong athlete who is very eager to start running in a race.
The sun rises at one side of the sky and goes across the sky and sets on the other side,
and nothing can hide from its heat.
The instructions that Yahweh has given us are perfect;
they ◄revive us/give us new strength►.
We can be sure that the things that Yahweh has told us will never change,
and by learning them people who have not been previously taught/instructed will become wise.
Yahweh’s laws are fair/just;
when we obey them, we become joyful.
The commands of Yahweh are clear,
and by reading them [PRS] we start to understand how God wants us to behave.
Yahweh, you always do what you have promised to do;
what you have promised is as precious and pure as silver
that has been heated seven times in a furnace to get rid of all the impure material.
Wicked people strut around proudly,
and people praise them for doing vile/wicked deeds,
but Yahweh, we know that you will protect/rescue us
from those wicked people.
But instead, those who believe in Christ [PRS] can say what [RHQ] Moses also said, "You (sg) can find out about God’s message very easily. You can speak [MTY] about it; you can think [MTY] about it." This is the message that we proclaim, that people must believe in Christ.
So then, I tell you that people are believing in Christ as a result of hearing the message about him, and people are hearing the message as a result of people preaching about Christ!
In reply to a question of whether the Jews have heard or understood about Christ, I would say that, as is supported by the Scriptures, they have heard it and should have understood it, because even non-Jews, who were not searching for God, understood it.
But if someone were to ask, "Have not the people of Israel heard the message about God?" I would reply that they certainly have heard it! It is like what is written in the Psalms,
People living all over the world [PRS, MTY] have seen the stars, and what they indicate about God’s character has reached people living in the most remote places in the world [DOU]!
And you need to remember that what was written previously {what God’s servants previously wrote} in the Scriptures, was written {they wrote} to teach us in order that we would be patient and be encouraged by reading/believing what they wrote. If we do that, we can confidently expect God to do for us all he has promised.
Never forget [IDM] these commands that I am giving to you today. Teach them to your children again and again. Talk about them all the time: When you are in your houses and when you are walking outside; talk about them when you are lying down and when you are doing things. Write them on tiny scrolls and fasten them to your arms/wrists, and write them on bands that you fasten to your foreheads to help you to remember them. Write them on the doorposts and on the gates of your houses.
I want you to experience how very deeply he loves us, even though it is not possible for us to understand fully how much he loves us. And I pray that God will enable you to be filled with {have a full measure of} all the qualities of his character that he himself has.
It is good to pray like that, and it pleases God, who saves us, when we pray like that. He desires to save everyone. He wants everyone to fully know and accept his true message.