Renascimento
Nascer de novo é o início da vida cristã. Jesus ensinou que sem o novo nascimento ninguém pode ver o Reino de Deus. É uma obra sobrenatural do Espírito Santo.
Nascer de novo
Jesus declarou a Nicodemos: 'Aquele que não nascer de novo não pode ver o Reino de Deus.' O renascimento é pela água e pelo Espírito.
Ἀπεκρίθη35 𝕻66,75B,W [50%] OC,NU ¦ 1 ο ℵA,N [50%] CP,HF,RP,TR Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, «Ἀμήν, ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, ἐὰν μή τις γεννηθῇ Ἄνωθεν, οὐ δύναται ἰδεῖν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ.»
Ἀπεκρίθη35 𝕻66,75ℵA,W (86.9%) CP,HF,RP,OC,NU ¦ 1 ο B,N (13.1%) TR Ἰησοῦς· «Ἀμήν, ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, ἐὰν μή τις γεννηθῇ ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ Πνεύματος, οὐ δύναται εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ.
Τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς σάρξ ἐστιν, καὶ τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος πνεῦμά ἐστιν.
—οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων τῶν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ὧν35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ α ℵA,C [3%] NU (The Alexandrians confused the referent.) ἐποιήσαμεν ἡμεῖς ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸν αὐτοῦ ἔλεον35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ το αυτου ελεος ℵA [4%] NU ¦ το ελεος αυτου [1%] (Liddell & Scott give the masculine as the original form, with the neuter appearing later.)—ἔσωσεν ἡμᾶς διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας καὶ ἀνακαινώσεως Πνεύματος Ἁγίου,
Nova criação em Cristo
Quem está em Cristo é nova criação. Nascemos de novo pela Palavra viva e permanente de Deus, não de semente corruptível.
ὥστε, εἴ τις ἐν Χριστῷ, καινὴ κτίσις· τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν· ἰδού, γέγονεν καινὰ τὰ πάντα.35 (56.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ ∼ 231 (40.6%) CP ¦ 1 𝕻46ℵB,C,048 (2.3%) NU ¦ five other readings (0.8%)
ἀναγεγεννημένοι οὐκ ἐκ σπορᾶς φθαρτῆς ἀλλ᾿35 C [40%] ¦ αλλα 𝕻72ℵA,B [60%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ἀφθάρτου, διὰ λόγου ζῶντος Θεοῦ καὶ μένοντος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.35 (90.2%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 13 (2.6%) ¦ 1 τους αιωνας (1.2%) ¦ --- 𝕻72ℵA,B,C (6%) NU
Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ κατὰ τὸ πολὺ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ35 𝕻72 048 [38%] ¦ ∼ 21 ℵA,B,C [60%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ 1 [2%] (f35 [Kr] is independent of Kx and has the earliest attestation. ‘His great mercy’ or ‘His great mercy’, which?) ἀναγεννήσας ἡμᾶς εἰς ἐλπίδα ζῶσαν δι᾿ ἀναστάσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐκ νεκρῶν,
ὡς ἀρτιγέννητα βρέφη τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γάλα ἐπιποθήσατε, ἵνα ἐν αὐτῷ αὐξηθῆτε εἰς σωτηρίαν,35 (𝕻72)ℵA,B,C [65%] OC,NU ¦ --- [35%] RP,HF,TR,CP (OC is in small print.)
Os frutos do renascimento
Quem nasceu de Deus vence o mundo, ama o próximo e tem a certeza de que Deus completará a boa obra que começou.
ὅτι πᾶν τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ νικᾷ τὸν κόσμον· καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ νίκη ἡ νικήσασα τὸν κόσμον· ἡ πίστις ἡμῶν.35 ℵ,A,B (56.4%) RP,OC,TR,NU ¦ υμων 048 (43.2%) HF,CP ¦ --- (0.4%) (John is making a general statement, that is properly inclusive—first person.)
Ἀγαπητοί, ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὅτι ἡ ἀγάπη ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἀγαπῶν ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγέννηται καὶ γινώσκει τὸν Θεόν.
πεποιθὼς αὐτὸ τοῦτο, ὅτι ὁ ἐναρξάμενος ἐν ὑμῖν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἐπιτελέσει ἄχρις35 [97%] HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αχρι ℵ(A)B [3%] RP,NU ἡμέρας Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ·35 ℵA [65%] OC,TR ¦ ∼ 21 𝕻46B [35%] RP,HF,CP,NU