يا توما هَاتِ يَدَكَ، وضَعْهَا في جَنْبِي. ولا تَكُنْ غَيْرَ مُؤْمِنٍ بَلْ كُنْ مُؤْمِنًا
إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا20/من26حتى31/:”بَعْدَ ثَمَانِيَةِ أَيَّام، كَانَ تَلامِيذُ يَسُوعَ ثَانِيَةً في البَيْت، وتُومَا مَعَهُم. جَاءَ يَسُوع، والأَبْوَابُ مُغْلَقَة، فَوَقَفَ في الوَسَطِ وقَال: «أَلسَّلامُ لَكُم!». ثُمَّ قَالَ لِتُومَا: «هَاتِ إِصْبَعَكَ إِلى هُنَا، وٱنْظُرْ يَدَيَّ. وهَاتِ يَدَكَ، وضَعْهَا في جَنْبِي. ولا تَكُنْ غَيْرَ مُؤْمِنٍ بَلْ كُنْ مُؤْمِنًا!». أَجَابَ تُومَا وقَالَ لَهُ: «رَبِّي وإِلهِي!». قَالَ لَهُ يَسُوع: «لأَنَّكَ رَأَيْتَنِي آمَنْت؟ طُوبَى لِمَنْ لَمْ يَرَوا وآمَنُوا!». وصَنَعَ يَسُوعُ أَمَامَ تَلامِيذِهِ آيَاتٍ أُخْرَى كَثِيرَةً لَمْ تُدَوَّنْ في هذَا الكِتَاب. وإِنَّمَا دُوِّنَتْ هذِهِ لِكَي تُؤْمِنُوا أَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ المَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ ٱلله، ولِكَي تَكُونَ لَكُم، إِذَا آمَنْتُم، الحَيَاةُ بِٱسْمِهِ”.
لَقَدْ مَاتَ عَنِ الجَمِيع، لِكَي لا يَحْيَا ٱلأَحْيَاءُ مِنْ بَعْدُ لأَنْفُسِهِم، بَلْ لِلَّذي مَاتَ عَنْهُم وقَامَ مِن أَجْلِهِم
رسالة القدّيس بولس الثانية إلى أهل قورنتس05/من11حتى21/:””يا إخوَتِي، بِمَا أَنَّنَا نَعْرِفُ مَخَافَةَ الرَّبّ، نحُاوِلُ أَنْ نُقْنِعَ النَّاس. وَنَحْنُ مَعْرُوفُون لَدَى ٱلله، ولكِنِّي آمَلُ أَنْ نَكُونَ مَعْرُوفِينَ أَيْضًا في ضَمَائِرِكُم. ولَسْنَا نَعُودُ فَنُوَصِّيكُم بِأَنْفُسِنَا، بَلْ نُعْطِيكُم فُرْصَةً لِلٱفْتَخَارِ بِنَا تُجَاهَ الَّذينَ يَفْتَخِرُونَ بِالمَظْهَرِ لا بِمَا في القَلْب. فإِنْ كُنَّا مَجَانِينَ فَلِله، وإِنْ كُنَّا عُقَلاءَ فَلأَجْلِكُم؛ إِنَّ مَحَبَّةَ المَسِيحِ تَأْسُرُنَا، لأَنَّنَا أَدْرَكْنَا هذَا، وهوَ أَنَّ وَاحِدًا مَاتَ عَنِ الجَمِيع، فَالجَمِيعُ إِذًا مَاتُوا. لَقَدْ مَاتَ عَنِ الجَمِيع، لِكَي لا يَحْيَا ٱلأَحْيَاءُ مِنْ بَعْدُ لأَنْفُسِهِم، بَلْ لِلَّذي مَاتَ عَنْهُم وقَامَ مِن أَجْلِهِم. إِذًا فَمُنْذُ الآنَ نَحْنُ لا نَعْرِفُ أَحَدًا مَعْرِفَةً بَشَرِيَّة، وإِنْ كُنَّا قَدْ عَرَفْنَا المَسِيحَ مَعْرِفَةً بَشَرِيَّة، فَالآنَ مَا عُدْنَا نَعْرِفُهُ كَذَلِكَ. إِذًا، إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ في المَسِيحِ فَهُوَ خَلْقٌ جَدِيد: لَقَدْ زَالَ القَدِيم، وصَارَ كُلُّ شَيءٍ جَدِيدًا. وكُلُّ شَيءٍ هُوَ مِنَ ٱلله، الَّذي صَالَحَنَا مَعَ نَفْسِهِ بِالمَسِيح، وأَعْطَانَا خِدْمَةَ المُصَالَحَة؛ لأَنَّ ٱللهَ صَالَحَ العَالَمَ مَعَ نَفْسِهِ بِالمَسِيح، ولَمْ يُحَاسِبِ ٱلنَّاسَ عَلى زَلاَّتِهِم، وأَوْدَعَنَا كَلِمَةَ المُصَالَحَة. إِذًا فَنَحْنُ سُفَرَاءُ ٱلمَسِيح، وكَأَنَّ ٱللهَ نَفْسَهُ يَدْعُوكُم بِوَاسِطَتِنَا. فَنَسْأَلُكُم بِٱسْمِ المَسِيح: تَصَالَحُوا مَعَ ٱلله!إِنَّ الَّذي مَا عَرَفَ الخَطِيئَة، جَعَلَهُ ٱللهُ خَطِيئَةً مِنْ أَجْلِنَا، لِنَصِيرَ نَحْنُ فِيهِ بِرَّ ٱلله”.
Thomas put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 20/26-31:”A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.’Thomas answered him, ‘My Lord and my God!’ Jesus said to him, ‘Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.’ Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.
We are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them.
Second Letter to the Corinthians 05/11-21:”Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences. We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast in outward appearance and not in the heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”