وَقَفَ يَسُوعُ وهَتَفَ قَائِلاً: «إِنْ عَطِشَ أَحَدٌ فَلْيَأْتِ إِليَّ. وَالمُؤْمِنُ بِي فَلْيَشْرَبْ، كَمَا قَالَ الكِتَاب: مِنْ جَوْفِهِ تَتَدَفَّقُ أَنْهَارُ مَاءٍ حَيّ».
إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا07/من37حتى44/:”في آخِرِ أَيَّامِ العِيدِ وأَعْظَمِهَا (عيد المظال!)، وَقَفَ يَسُوعُ وهَتَفَ قَائِلاً: «إِنْ عَطِشَ أَحَدٌ فَلْيَأْتِ إِليَّ. وَالمُؤْمِنُ بِي فَلْيَشْرَبْ، كَمَا قَالَ الكِتَاب: مِنْ جَوْفِهِ تَتَدَفَّقُ أَنْهَارُ مَاءٍ حَيّ». قَالَ هذَا عَنِ الرُّوحِ الَّذِي كَانَ المُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ مُزْمِعِينَ أَنْ يَقْبَلُوه. فَٱلرُّوحُ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَعْدُ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ، لأَنَّ يَسُوعَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَعْدُ قَدْ مُجِّد. وسَمِعَ أُنَاسٌ مِنَ الجَمْعِ كَلامَهُ هذَا، فَأَخَذُوا يَقُولُون: «حَقًّا، هذَا هُوَ النَّبِيّ». وآخَرُونَ كَانُوا يَقُولُون: «هذَا هُوَ المَسِيح». لكِنَّ بَعْضَهُم كَانَ يَقُول: «وهَلْ يَأْتِي المَسِيحُ مِنَ الجَلِيل؟ أَمَا قَالَ الكِتَاب: يَأْتِي المَسِيحُ مِنْ نَسْلِ دَاوُد، ومِنْ بَيْتَ لَحْمَ قَرْيَةِ دَاوُد؟». فَحَدَثَ شِقَاقٌ في الجَمْعِ بِسَبَبِهِ. وكَانَ بَعْضٌ مِنْهُم يُريدُ القَبْضَ عَلَيْه، ولكِنَّ أَحَدًا لَمْ يُلْقِ عَلَيْهِ يَدًا.”
اقُولُ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُم أَلاَّ يَعْتَبِرَ نَفْسَهُ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا يَجِب، بَلْ أَنْ يَتَعَقَّلَ في ٱعْتِبَارِ نَفْسِهِ، كُلُّ واحِدٍ بِمِقْدَارِ مَا قَسَمَ اللهُ لَهُ مِنَ الإِيْمَان
رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل رومة12/من01حتى08/:”يا إِخوَتِي، أُنَاشِدُكُم بِمَرَاحِمِ الله، أَنْ تُقَرِّبُوا أَجْسَادَكُم ذَبيحَةً حَيَّةً مُقَدَّسَةً مَرْضِيَّةً لله: تِلْكَ هيَ عِبَادَتُكُمُ الرُّوحِيَّة! ولا تتَشَبَّهُوا بِهذَا الدَّهْر، بَلْ تَغَيَّرُوا بِتَجْديدِ عُقُولِكُم، لِكَي تُمَيِّزُوا مَا هِيَ مَشِيئَةُ الله، أَيْ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ ومَرْضِيٌّ وكَامِل. فإِنِّي، بِالنِّعْمَةِ الَّتي وُهِبَتْ لي، أَقُولُ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُم أَلاَّ يَعْتَبِرَ نَفْسَهُ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا يَجِب، بَلْ أَنْ يَتَعَقَّلَ في ٱعْتِبَارِ نَفْسِهِ، كُلُّ واحِدٍ بِمِقْدَارِ مَا قَسَمَ اللهُ لَهُ مِنَ الإِيْمَان. فكَمَا أَنَّ لَنَا في جَسَدٍ وَاحِدٍ أَعْضَاءً كَثِيرَة، ولكِنْ لَيْسَ لِجَمِيعِ الأَعْضَاءِ عَمَلٌ وَاحِد، كَذلِكَ نَحْنُ الكَثِيرُونَ جَسَدٌ وَاحِدٌ في المَسِيح، ولكِنْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا هُوَ عُضْوٌ لِلآخَرِين. وَبِمَا أَنَّ لَنَا مَوَاهِبَ مُخْتَلِفَةً بِحَسَبِ النَّعْمَةِ الَّتي وُهِبَتْ لَنَا، فَمَنْ لَهُ النُّبُوءَةُ فَلْيَتَنَبَّأْ وَفْقَ الإِيْمَان، وَمَنْ لَهُ الخِدْمَةُ فَلْيَهْتَمَّ بِالخِدْمَة، والمُعَلِّمُ بِالتَّعْلِيم، والمُعَزِّي بِالتَّعْزِيَة، ومَنْ يُعْطِي فَلْيُعْطِ بِسَخَاء، ومَنْ يَرْئِسُ فَلْيَرْئِسْ بِٱجْتِهَاد، ومَنْ يَرحَمُ فَلْيَرْحَمْ بِبَشَاشَة.”
Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, “Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.”
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 07/37-44/:”On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, “Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.” ’Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to receive; for as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus was not yet glorified. When they heard these words, some in the crowd said, ‘This is really the prophet.’Others said, ‘This is the Messiah.’ But some asked, ‘Surely the Messiah does not come from Galilee, does he? Has not the scripture said that the Messiah is descended from David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?’ So there was a division in the crowd because of him. Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.”
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgement, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
Letter to the Romans 12/01-08/:”I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgement, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.”