فَمَاذَا يَنْفَعُ الإِنْسَانَ لَوْ رَبِحَ العَالَمَ كُلَّهُ وخَسِرَ نَفْسَهُ
“إنجيل القدّيس متّى16/من24حتى28/: “قَالَ الرَبُّ يَسُوعُ لِتَلامِيْذِهِ: «مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتْبَعَنِي، فَلْيَكْفُرْ بِنَفْسِهِ ويَحْمِلْ صَلِيْبَهُ ويَتْبَعْنِي، لأَنَّ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُخَلِّصَ نَفْسَهُ يَفْقِدُهَا، ومَنْ فَقَدَ نَفْسَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي يَجِدُهَا. فَمَاذَا يَنْفَعُ الإِنْسَانَ لَوْ رَبِحَ العَالَمَ كُلَّهُ وخَسِرَ نَفْسَهُ ؟ أَو مَاذَا يُعْطِي الإِنْسَانُ بَدَلاً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ؟ فَإِنَّ ٱبْنَ الإِنْسَانِ سَوْفَ يَأْتِي في مَجْدِ أَبِيْه، مَعَ مَلائِكَتِهِ، وحينَئِذٍ يُجَازِي كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ بِحَسَبِ أَعْمَالِهِ. أَلحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُم: إِنَّ بَعْضًا مِنَ القَائِمِينَ هُنَا لَنْ يَذُوقُوا المَوت، حَتَّى يَرَوا ٱبْنَ الإِنْسَانِ آتِيًا في مَلَكُوتِهِ».
فلا تَسْتَحْيِ بِشَهَادَةِ رَبِّنَا، ولا بِي أَنَا أَسِيرَهُ، بَلْ شَارِكْنِي في ٱحْتِمَالِ الْمَشَقَّاتِ مِنْ أَجْلِ الإِنْجِيل
“رسالة القدّيس بولس الثانية إلى طيموتاوس01/من01حتى11/: “يا إخوَتِي، مِنْ بُولُسَ رَسُولِ المَسِيحِ يَسُوع، بِمَشِيئَةِ الله، وَفْقًا لِوَعْدِ الحَيَاةِ الَّتي في المَسِيحِ يَسُوع، إِلى طِيمُوتَاوُسَ ٱبْنِي الحَبِيب: أَلنِّعْمَةُ والرَّحْمَةُ والسَّلامُ مِنَ اللهِ الآبِ والمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبِّنَا! أَشْكُرُ اللهَ الَّذي أَعْبُدُهُ كمَا عَبَدَهُ أَجْدَادِي، وأَنَا أَذْكُرُكَ بِغَيْرِ ٱنْقِطَاعٍ في صَلَواتِي لَيْلَ نَهَار. وأَتذَكَّرُ دُمُوعَكَ، فأَتَشَوَّقُ أَنْ أَراكَ لأَمْتَلِئَ فَرَحًا، كمَا أَتَذَكَّرُ إِيْمَانَكَ الَّذي لا رِيَاءَ فِيه، والَّذي رَسَخَ أَوَّلاً في جَدَّتِكَ لُوئِيس، وفي أُمِّكَ أُونِيقَة، وإِنِّي وَاثِقٌ أَنَّهُ راسِخٌ فِيكَ أَنْتَ أَيْضًا. لِذلِكَ أُذَكِّرُكَ أَنْ تُذَكِّيَ مَوهِبَةَ اللهِ التي فِيكَ بِوَضْعِ يَدَيَّ. فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُعْطِنَا رُوحَ الخَوْف، بَلْ رُوحَ القُوَّةِ والمَحَبَّةِ والٱعْتِدَال. فلا تَسْتَحْيِ بِشَهَادَةِ رَبِّنَا، ولا بِي أَنَا أَسِيرَهُ، بَلْ شَارِكْنِي في ٱحْتِمَالِ الْمَشَقَّاتِ مِنْ أَجْلِ الإِنْجِيل، مُتَقَوِّيًا بِالله، الَّذي خَلَّصَنَا ودَعَانَا دَعْوَةً مُقَدَّسَة، لا وَفْقًا لأَعْمَالِنَا بَلْ وَفْقًا لِقَصْدِهِ هُوَ ونِعْمَتِهِ، الَّتي وُهِبَتْ لَنَا في المَسِيحِ يَسُوع، قَبْلَ الأَزْمِنَةِ الدَّهْرِيَّة. لكِنَّهَا أُعْلِنَتِ الآنَ بِظُهُورِ مُخَلِّصِنَا الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوع، الَّذي أَبْطَلَ الْمَوْت، فأَنَارَ الحَيَاةَ وعَدَمَ الفَسَادِ بَوَاسِطَةِ الإِنْجِيل”. الَّذي جُعِلْتُ أَنَا لَهُ مُبَشِّرًا ورَسُولاً ومُعَلِّمًا.
What will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 16/24-28: “Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life? ‘For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done. Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel
Second Letter to Timothy 01/01-11: “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. I am grateful to God whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you. For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God, who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. For this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher,”