Purificação
A purificação é um tema central na Bíblia. Deus nos chama a sermos limpos — não apenas externamente, mas no coração, na mente e em toda a conduta de vida.
Purificados pelo sangue de Cristo
O sangue de Jesus nos purifica de todo pecado. Sua morte na cruz é o sacrifício perfeito que nos torna limpos diante de Deus.
Ἐὰν δὲ ¦ --- [1.6%] ECM [!?] ἐν τῷ φωτὶ περιπατῶμεν ὡς αὐτός ἐστιν ἐν τῷ φωτί, κοινωνίαν ἔχομεν μετ᾿ ἀλλήλων, καὶ τὸ αἷμα Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ35 A [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵB,C [5%] NU τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ καθαρίζει ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας.
Ἐὰν ὁμολογῶμεν τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν, πιστός ἐστιν καὶ δίκαιος ἵνα ἀφῇ ἡμῖν τὰς ἁμαρτίας καὶ καθαρίσῃ ¦ καθαρισει A [12%] ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀδικίας.
πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου35 [29%] ¦ 1 αιωνιου [1%] ¦ αιωνιου rell (The majority reading is certainly inviting.) ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ Θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ὑμῶν35 ℵ [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ ημων A [15%] CP,NU (Codex B is no longer available from here to the end.) ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν Θεῷ ζῶντι;
ὃς ὢν ἀπαύγασμα τῆς δόξης καὶ χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑποστάσεως αὐτοῦ, φέρων τε τὰ πάντα τῷ ῥήματι τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ, δι᾿ ἑαυτοῦ35 (89.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 ℵA,B (5.2%) NU ¦ 23 (1%) ¦ 121 (3.4%) ¦ ∼ 21 𝕻46 (0.3%) ¦ part of a larger omission [homoioteleuton] (0.7%) καθαρισμὸν ποιησάμενος τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ∼ 231 𝕻46ℵA,B [5%] NU ἡμῶν35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- 𝕻46ℵA,B [3%] NU ἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ35 𝕻46ℵA,B [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ 1 του θρονου [10%] CP τῆς μεγαλωσύνης ἐν ὑψηλοῖς,
ὃς ἔδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ἵνα λυτρώσηται ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀνομίας καὶ καθαρίσῃ ἑαυτῷ λαὸν περιούσιον, ζηλωτὴν καλῶν ἔργων.
Purificação interior
Deus cria em nós um coração puro. A purificação começa no interior — nos pensamentos, intenções e motivações do coração.
Ἐγγίσατε τῷ Θεῷ καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν. Καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.
Ταύτας οὖν ἔχοντες τὰς ἐπαγγελίας, ἀγαπητοί, καθαρίσωμεν ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος, ἐπιτελοῦντες ἁγιωσύνην ¦ αγιοσυνην [11%] ¦ αγιωσυνης 𝕻46 ἐν φόβῳ Θεοῦ.
Ἀγαπητοί, νῦν τέκνα Θεοῦ ἐσμεν καὶ οὔπω ἐφανερώθη τί ἐσόμεθα, οἴδαμεν δὲ35 [90.4%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 ℵA,B,C [5.6%] NU ¦ --- [4%] ὅτι ἐάν φανερωθῇ ὅμοιοι αὐτῷ ἐσόμεθα, ὅτι ὀψόμεθα αὐτὸν καθώς ἐστιν —καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἔχων τὴν ἐλπίδα ταύτην ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ ἁγνίζει ἑαυτόν, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος ἁγνός ἐστιν.
Lavados pela Palavra
A Palavra de Deus e o batismo nos purificam. Jesus disse: 'Vós já estais limpos pela palavra que vos tenho falado.'
Ἤδη ὑμεῖς καθαροί ἐστε διὰ τὸν λόγον ὃν λελάληκα ὑμῖν.
Οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας ἑαυτῶν35 [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,048 [2%] NU ¦ one other reading καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς, ἵνα αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ, καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος· ἐν ῥήματι,
Καὶ νῦν τί μέλλεις; Ἀναστάς, βάπτισαι καὶ ἀπόλουσαι τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου, ἐπικαλεσάμενος τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Κυρίου.›35 [79%] HF,RP,OC,TR,CP ¦ αυτου ℵA,B [6%] NU ¦ 2 [15%]
ὃ35 A,B,C [84%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ω [12%] CP ¦ ου [1.5%] ¦ --- 𝕻72ℵ [2.5%] ἀντίτυπον, νῦν καὶ ἡμᾶς35 [74%] RP,HF,OC(CP) ¦ 123 υμας [2%] ¦ ∼ 3412 C [8%] TR ¦ ∼ 3 υμας 12 𝕻72A,B [12%] NU ¦ ∼ 3 υμας 21 ℵ (There are seven further variants that together garner 4%; ημας has about 85%.) σῴζει, βάπτισμα (οὐ σαρκὸς ἀπόθεσις ῥύπου, ἀλλὰ συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς ἐπερώτημα εἰς Θεόν) δι᾿ ἀναστάσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ,
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.»