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THE HOLY WRITING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE HOLY FATHERS OF THE CHURCH ABOUT THE MARTYRS
Delve into yourself and into the teaching; do this constantly: for by doing so, you will save yourself and those who listen to you (1 Tim. 4:16)
REDEMPTION
So say to the children of Israel: I am the Lord, and I will bring out (κα ὶ ἐ ξ ά ξω ὑ μ ᾶ ς ) you from under the yoke of the Egyptians (ἀ π ό τ ῆ ς δυναστε ί ας τ ῶ ν Α ἰ γυπτ ί ων ), and I will deliver you (κα ὶ λυτρ ώ σομαι ὑ μ ᾶ ς) from their slavery, and I will save you with an outstretched arm and great judgments (Ex. 6, 6)
St. Basil the Great: “So, seek not a brother for your redemption, but the God-Man Jesus Christ, Who alone can give treason for everyone, because suppose God cleansing by faith in His blood (Rom. 3:25). Moses was a brother to the Israelites, but he could not redeem them ... Moses did not free the people from sin, but only begged God not to punish for sin».
The evidence of Holy Scripture and the corresponding interpretations of the holy fathers that martyrdom is a sacrifice
No one has more sowing love, but who will lay down his life for his friends (John 15, 13)
St. Cyril of Alexandria: “He clearly says that this is a commandment and I teach those who want to follow Me to do and think, namely, to try for such love for each other, which I already showed and fulfilled earlier. And so, what limit of the love of Christ everyone should imagine, this again He Himself showed, saying that there is nothing greater than such love, which commands to give the very soul for loved ones... But now the Savior, out of love for us, laid down His very soul for us and, showing some incomparable love for humanity, revealed us to be zealous and trebleblessed, having no shortage of any good at all ... In this sense, I believe, the above words will befit the inspired heads students. If, however, this saying is extended to everyone, that is, this is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you research will be of great benefit. After all, if love for brethren contains and accomplishes the fulfillment of all the commandments of our Savior, then is not he worthy of great surprise who mainly tries to do it flawlessly and irreproachably, how soon she is, so to speak, the head of all virtues? For the second thing after love for God is love for one another, and all the power of piety towards God, as it were, is contained in this one owl "word, namely: love your neighbor as yourself." (Gal. 5:14)
For I am already becoming a victim, and the time of my departure has come
(2 Tim. 4:6)
St. John Chrysostom: “He did not say: my sacrifice, but something more, because not everything is offered to God from the sacrifice, but from the drink (σπονδ ῆ ς) - everything. »
Bl. Theophylact. Bulgarian: “I didn’t say: I sacrifice myself, but stronger. For in a sacrifice not everything is offered to God, but the drink offering was all offered.”
St. Theophan the Recluse: " I happen to eat , - σπ έ νδομαι . I'm already being slaughtered as a sacrifice; “or I already offer myself as a sacrifice to Christ” (Ecumenius of Trikk). “I stand at the very end of feats. The Apostle called his mortification a sacrifice (that is, he expressed it in a word - σπ έ νδομαι); because blood was shed for piety (σπονδη - sacrificial libation)” (Blessed Theodoret of Kirr). “He did not call the death that was being prepared for him a sacrifice, - θυσίαν - but a libation, - σπονδη, speaking more strongly and more sacredly. For in a sacrifice, usually only a certain part was offered for a burnt offering to God; and all drink offerings were offered to him. He commands his disciples to do the same when he says: imagine ubo body your sacrifice livin (Rom. 12:1). For he who is slain for Christ sacrificially sacrifices himself. Or σπενδομαι he understands as καταλ ύ ω πολεμον, - I end my war with everyone "
But even if I become a sacrifice for the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and rejoice over you all. (Philip. 2, 17)
St. John Chrysostom: “And he comforts them regarding his death, and teaches them to willingly endure death for Christ. I become, he says, as if by a libation and a sacrifice. O blessed soul! Bringing them is called a sacrifice. Indeed, to sacrifice a soul is much better than to sacrifice oxen. So, if I add myself to this offering as a libation, then I rejoice, he says, about my death.
Bl. Theophylact of Bulgaria: “Although, he says, I am a sacrifice, “but I become a sacrifice for the sacrifice and service of your faith,” that is, having made you a victim to God first, dedicating you to the service of God and making you believers. But in view of death, I do not grieve at all, but rejoice and rejoice with all of you. I rejoice that I offer your faith to Christ as a sacrifice."
Therefore, I beseech you, brethren, by the mercy of God, present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.(Rom. 12:1)
Bl. Theophylact of Bulgaria: “Otherwise: we must present our members to God, as to a king, irreproachable and best; for such are the king's. Then we must present them as a living sacrifice; for when we put them to death, then we live according to the Spirit.”
Patristic sayings about martyrdom as a sacrifice
Holy martyr. Cyprian of Carthage: “And without that, you make and bring a sacrifice to God, how precious, how much glorious, which will serve much to reward us with heavenly rewards, since Divine Scripture says: sacrifice to God the spirit is contrite, the heart is contrite and humble God will not despise(Ps. 50, 19). Such a sacrifice you offer to God; having become sacrifices to God, you continually perform this sacrifice day and night, presenting yourselves as holy and blameless victims ... "
St. Gregory the Theologian: “... martyrs are no less instructive for us - these verbal burnt offerings, perfect sacrifices, pleasant offerings, this preaching of the truth, the reproof of lies, the fulfillment of the spiritually understood Law, the destruction of error, the persecution of vice, the drowning of sin, the cleansing of the world.”
St. Gregory the Theologian: “... for, as I think, for the holy martyrs cleansed by the blood and imitating the sacrifice of Christ, what the eye has not seen, the ear has not heard, and the human mind has not imagined, freely creating in itself the idea of bliss, is observed.”
St. John Chrysostom: “By the grace of God, you no longer needed any proof, already rooted in faith; but the inhabitants of Rome, where there was then great wickedness, needed more help. Therefore, Peter and Paul, and after them this man, all there were sacrificed, both in order to cleanse this city, defiled by the blood of idols, with their own blood, and in order to present the evidence of the resurrection of the crucified Christ by the very deed. .
St. John Chrysostom: “You received a language from nature, but you raised a martyr out of it; you have received the mouth, the storehouse of the tongue, but you have made an altar for the tongue out of the mouth; you received a ring to make sounds, but you showed it as an ear cut off; you received the language, the minister of words, but you offered it as a sacrifice to Christ, like an immaculate sheep ... You, a valiant man, captured an honor equal to the sacrifice of the patriarch, offering the only begotten branch of the tongue instead of the only begotten son.
liturgical following
From the general service to the holy martyr (according to the Great collection. Mukachevo. 1991, part 1)
“Offering a bloodless sacrifice to God, like a priest of the most legitimate, God-speaking all-honestly, after ѣ waiting for all the fruits and etci yatnu sacrifice, to you with your own blood, as the truest martyr, you brought Christ, pray for those who sing to you ”(Stichera on the Lord cried, p. 438)
“The priest is the most lawful, even before your death you were, blessedly celebrating the divine and unspoken sacraments, you poured out your blood for Christ God, and favorable sacrifice you brought yourself ... ”(Glory to the Lord cried, p. 439)
“I live an all-perfect sacrifice, you brought yourself to Christ with torment ...” (Canon of Matins, Canto 3, p. 444)
« burnti you are divine, and the sacrifice is pure thou art brought to the Savior of all, wise holy martyr. (Canto 4, p. 445)
« Victim and priest, sacrifice yourself to God for the sake of faith ... ”(Song.6, p. 446)
“He piously performed the secret service of Christ, the verbal sheep himself was brought to Him the sacrifice is pleasing and pleasing all-perfect by blood, most blessed” (Canto 8, p. 448)
Martyrdom is a liturgical continuation of the redemptive feat of Christ: Holy Scripture and the interpretation of the Holy Fathers of the Church
The Holy Church, in the person of her Fathers, teaches about martyrdom as equivalent to the Sacrament of Baptism
… work out your salvation with fear and trembling. Because God works in you both willing and acting according to His good pleasure.(Philipp. 2, 12-13)
St. Theophan the Recluse: “The Apostle supplies the fear of God with the impetus that God Himself acts in them, and in their good desires and in good deeds. This is even stronger than what Chrysostom says: remember that God is everywhere, therefore with you and with you. It is said here that He is not only with us, but also in us; and not like a resting power, but like a power acting in everything ... And such are all Christians. They unite with the Lord and have Him active in them” (pp. 367-368) “God does not act because he compels and compels, but because, finding zeal in us, he strengthens it with grace” (p. 369)
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you and make up for the lack in my flesh of the sorrows of Christ for His body, which is the Church(Col. 1:24)
St. John Chrysostom: “It seems to me that he said great things, but this is not out of impudence - no! - but out of strong love for Christ. He does not want these sorrows to be attributed to him, but to Christ ... So he is not ashamed to attribute these sufferings to Him, because (Christ) not only died for us, but after death is ready to suffer for us.(The Apostle) wished and tried to prove that (Christ) even now endangers Himself with His own body for the sake of the Church. His speech is directed to this, i.e., that you are not brought by us, but by Him, although we do it, we took upon ourselves not our own work, but His ... Look how much he expresses, revealing strong love. As he wrote in 2 Corinthians: put in us the ministry of reconciliation(Cor. 5:18), and more: we embassy in Christ, as if we pray to God(v. 20), so here, to attract them more, he says the same: for his sake, i.e., although he owes you, and retired, but I repay His debt. That'sabout deprivation he speaks to show that, in his opinion, Christ has not yet endured everything. For you, he says, he suffers even after death, if need requires. He presents the same thing differently in the epistle to the Romans, saying: and pray for us(Rom. 8:32), showing that He was not content with death alone, but after that He does infinitely many things for us.”
Bliss. Theophylact of Bulgaria: " And I performκα ὶ ἀ νταπληρ ῶ ) deprivation of the sorrows of Christ in my flesh. Apparently this word is vain and foolish, but no, on the contrary, it is full of great love for Christ. For he wants to convince them that Christ is still suffering for them, and that you do not come (to God) through us, the apostles, but through Him (Christ), although through our mediation. So what do you do when you turn away from the One who, even after his death, is exposed to dangers for you? The meaning of his words is this: if Christ was still burnt to suffer for you, but withdrew and did not pay this debt, then I fulfill His duty; just as, in the absence of a commander, his assistant, protecting the phalanx and taking his place, would receive wounds instead of him. That's why he said - deprivation ( ὑ στερ ή μα - deficiency) to show that, in his opinion, He has not yet suffered. He loves us so much that even after his death, as if the previous sufferings were not enough, he suffers in my body; for He was not satisfied with His death, but still works innumerable good deeds. So Paul, not exalting himself, says this, but out of a desire to show that Christ still cares for them.
For his body, the hedgehog is the church. Saying that although I suffer, but in fact it is the suffering of Christ, he gives credibility to these words, saying that these (sufferings) also occur for the sake of His body. So, do not regard these words as boasting, but believe that He who did not despise uniting the church with Himself, even now suffers in my flesh for her sake.
St. John Chrysostom: “The strongest truly proof of the resurrection is that the mortified Christ showed such power after death that he persuaded living people to despise their fatherland, and home, and friends, and relatives, and life itself for the sake of confessing Him ...”
Holy Fathers of the Church .
Svmch. Cyprian of Carthage: “With what good will, in the person of such His servants, he overcame and defeated this Guardian of the Faith, giving to the believers as much as anyone according to their faith can accept! He Himself was present at His battle - those who fought and fought for His name Himself encouraged, strengthened, inspired. And He, who once conquered death for us, always conquers in us.”
St. John Chrysostom: Not only the soul, but also their very body became partakers of greater grace, and not only did not lose, after frequent torments and cuts, the fortress that it had, but also acquired a greater and higher. What could be more amazing than this victory, when (enemies) could not defeat those who were held and had in their hands in their hands, and having tied them tormented of their own free will, but on the contrary, they themselves were defeated by them in a miserable and unfortunate way? They fought not against them, but against the God who dwells in them; and everyone knows that it is quite necessary for one who is at war with God to suffer an extreme defeat, incurring punishment for only one undertaking.
St. John Chrysostom: “If Christ died and did not rise again, then who did these supernatural deeds?”
St. John Chrysostom: “And who does not go to these exploits with great joy, meaning to partake of the sufferings of the Lord and become conformable to the death of Christ. This is a sufficient reward, a great honor, a reward exceeding labors, even before the kingdom of heaven.
St. John Chrysostom: “Because she, as if in some marvelous dyer, having become a royal scarlet, went to the King above and with great boldness entered the vaults of heaven, while Christ himself with an invisible hand supported the holy head of the martyr and baptized her with fire like water."
Martyrdom is a baptism of blood equivalent to the sacrament of Baptism
In cases where a person has not received a rebirth in the sacrament of Baptism, he receives one in the shedding of martyr's blood. This is the baptism "with which Christ Himself was baptized" (Matt. 20:22-23), notes Metropolitan Macarius (Bulgakov).
Svmch. Cyprian. Carthaginian: “What baptism can have greater and higher power than the baptism of confession and suffering, when the one who confesses Christ before people is baptized with his own blood?”
Svmch. Cyprian of Carthage: “... and secondly, they are not deprived of the sacrament of baptism, as people baptized with the most glorious and greatest blood baptism, about which the Lord also said: that he intends be baptized otherwise baptism(Luke 12:50). What about those who were baptized with their own blood? And those who are sanctified by suffering achieve perfection and receive the grace of the Divine promise, this is shown by the same Lord in the Gospel when he says to the thief who believes and confesses in the very suffering that He will be with Him in Paradise (Luke 23:43).
Svmch. Cyprian of Carthage: “Let it be known that the catechumens (who are martyred) are not deprived of the sacrament of Baptism: for they are baptized with the most glorious and greatest Baptism of blood, about which the Lord also said that He has to be baptized with another baptism (Matt. 20, 22). And that those who are baptized with their own blood and consecrated through suffering reach perfection and receive the grace of the divine promise, the same Lord testifies in the Gospel.
St. Cyril of Jerusalem: “Whoever does not receive baptism has no salvation, except for the martyrs, who receive the Kingdom of Heaven even without water. For the Savior, redeeming the universe with the Cross, and being pierced in the rib, brought out blood and water from it, so that some in times of peace would be baptized with water, others in times of persecution would be baptized with their own blood. And the Savior also called martyrdom baptism, saying: can you drink the cup, south of Az Piya, and by baptism, by which Az I am baptized, I am baptized(Mark 10:38)? And the martyrs realize this, becoming a spectacle for the world, and angels, and men; and in time you will find out ... ".
St. Basil the Great: “Some, in deeds for piety, really, and not imitatively, having died for Christ, no longer needed the symbol-water for their salvation, having been baptized with their own blood.”
St. Gregory the Theologian: “I also know the fourth baptism - baptism with martyrdom and blood, with which Christ himself was baptized, which is much more respectful than others, since it is not defiled by new impurities.”
Bliss. Augustine: “For those who die for the confession of Christ, having not yet taken the font of rebirth, it has the same power of remission of sins as washing with the holy source of baptism. For he who said: unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God(John 3, 5), excludes them by another of His sayings, in which he says with the same universality: Anyone who confesses Me before men, I will confess him also before My Father in Heaven(Matt. 10, 32) ... For what is more honorable than death, through which all sins are forgiven and merits are multiplied?
St. John Chrysostom: “So, yesterday our Lord was baptized with water, and today the servant is baptized with blood; yesterday the gates of heaven were opened, today the gates of hell are trampled. Do not be surprised if I call martyrdom baptism: here, too, the spirit hovers with great abundance, and there is a blotting out of sins and some wondrous and miraculous cleansing of the soul, and just as those who are baptized with water, so those who suffer martyrdom are washed with their own blood, which happened to this one (martyr Lucian )".
St. John Chrysostom: “And if you want to be convinced that this event was an undoubted baptism, listen to how Christ calls His death baptism. Thus, speaking with the sons of Zebedee, He says: drink my cup, and by baptism, even I am baptized, Imate be baptized(Matthew 20:23). And by what baptism was Christ baptized after the baptism of John, besides death and the cross? Just as Jacob, not crucified, but beheaded with a sword, was baptized with the baptism of Christ, so these, although they were not crucified, died of water, were baptized with the baptism of Christ.
Martyrdom and affliction are the means of deliverance from sin
St. Gregory of Nyssa: “Since sin has entered through pleasure, then the opposite will, no doubt, be expelled. Therefore, those who persecute the Lord for confession, and invent unbearable torments, by the difficulty of these bring some healing to the souls, healing from the disease of voluptuousness with the bites of sorrows, thus accept Paul - the cross, Jacob - the sword, Stephen - stones, blessed Peter - piercing with a spear in the head; all former ascetics of the faith after - various types of torment, animals, abysses, bonfires, numbness from cold, exposing the ribs from the flesh, piercing the head with nails, gouging the eyes, cutting off the fingers, tearing the body from both sides in parts, languishing with hunger - all this and the like to this, as a cleansing from sin, the saints endured with joy, so that not even a trace produced by voluptuousness would remain in the heart after this painful and painful sensation smooths out all the imprints of voluptuousness in the soul.
50 quotes and sayings from the Bible
1. Better is a dish of greens, and with it love, than a fattened bull, and with it hatred.
(Prov. 15:17)
2. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you...
3. ... Not what goes into the mouth defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth defiles a person ...
(Matthew 15:11:16-19)
4. There is a time for everything, and a time for every thing under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die... a time to scatter stones, and a time to gather up stones; a time to hug and a time to shy away from hugs… a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
(Eccl. 3:1-2, 5, 8)
5. Do not say: “Why were the former days better than the present?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
(Eccl. 7:10)
6. If the flesh came into existence because of the spirit, that is a miracle. If the spirit is because of the body, it is a miracle of miracles. But I, I am amazed at how such great wealth can fit into such poverty.
7. Therefore, beware of useless grumbling and beware of the slander of the tongue, for even a secret word will not go in vain, but slanderous lips kill the soul.
(Win. 1. 11)
8. Don't be intrusive lest you be pushed away, and don't move too far away lest you be forgotten.
(Sir. 13.13)
9. Therefore, be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect.
10. Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
(Matthew 6:19-21)
11. Judge not, lest you be judged, for with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with what measure you use, it will be measured to you again.
(Gospel of Matthew chapter 7)
12. ... With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and it will be added to you who hear. For whoever has, to him will be given, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
(Mark 4:24-25)
13. ... Do they not, having fallen, get up and, having turned astray, do not return?
14. Do not boast about tomorrow, because you do not know what that day will give birth to.
(Prov. 27.1)
15. Man's days are like grass; like the flower of the field, so it blooms. The wind passes over him, and he is gone, and his place will no longer recognize him.
(Ps. 102.15-16)
16. But there will not always be darkness where it has now thickened.
17. Light and darkness, life and death, right and left are brothers to each other. They cannot be separated from each other.
(Phil. 10)
18. ... Love your soul and comfort your heart and remove sorrow from yourself, for sorrow has killed many, but there is no benefit in it.
(Sir. 30.22-27)
19. So if the light that is in you is darkness, what is the darkness?
20. ... If our outer man smolders, then the inner one is renewed from day to day.
(2 Cor. 4:16)
21. For we know that when our earthly house, this hut, is destroyed, we have from God a habitation in heaven, a house not made by hands, eternal.
(2 Corinthians 5:1)
22. Do not give anything holy to dogs, and do not cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample it under their feet and, turning around, tear you to pieces.
23. Hope that does not come true for a long time torments the heart, and a fulfilled desire is like a tree of life.
(Prov. 13:12)
24. Do not open your heart to every person, so that he does not thank you badly.
25. Do not praise a man for his beauty, and do not have aversion to a man for his outward appearance.
26. My son! do not take on many things: with a lot of things you will not be left without guilt. And if you chase after them, you won't reach them, and if you run away, you won't get away. Another works, strains his strength, hurries, and even more so lags behind.
(Sir. 11. 10-11)
27. If those who lead you say to you: Look, the kingdom is in heaven! then the birds of the air will be ahead of you. If they tell you that it is in the sea, then the fish will get ahead of you. But the Kingdom is within you, and it is your eye! When you know yourself, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are the children of the Living Father. If you do not know yourself, then you will be in poverty and you are poverty.
(Fom. 3)
28. Thus says the Lord: stand in your ways and look, and inquire about the ancient ways, where is the good way, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.
29. ... The visible is temporary, and the invisible is eternal.
(2 Cor. 4:18)
30. Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you?
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will punish him: for the temple of God is holy; and this temple is you.
(1 Cor. 3:16-17)
31. Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your Heavenly Father feeds them... Look at the lilies of the field, how they grow: neither toil nor spin... So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of its own: enough for each day of its own care.
(Matthew 6:26, 28, 34)
32. Do not be jealous of evildoers, do not envy those who do iniquity, for they, like grass, will soon be cut down ...
33. Because they sowed the wind, they will also reap the whirlwind...
34. And from everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required, and to whom much has been entrusted, more will be exacted from him.
(Luke 12:48)
35. There is nothing secret that would not be made clear.
36. Stand firm in your covenant and abide in it, and grow old in your work.
(Sir. 11.19)
37. And passions come from the four demons. From sadness - envy, jealousy, grief, anxiety, pain, heartlessness, care, trouble, and so on. From pleasure come many evil deeds, and empty boasting, and such things. And from desire comes anger, rage, and bitterness, and bitter passion, and greed, and things like that. And from fear - amazement, flattery, confusion, shame. All of them are of the kind that are both useful and harmful.
(Ap. John 18)
38. Do not say: "I will repay evil"; Leave it to the Lord and He will keep you.
Proverbs 17:13
39. What is life without wine? it was created for the joy of people. Joy to the heart and consolation to the soul is wine, moderately consumed at the right time; sorrow for the soul is wine when they drink it a lot, with irritation and quarrel.
(Sir. 31. 32-34)
40. Do not be afraid of the flesh - and do not love it. If you are afraid of her, she will dominate you. If you love her, she will consume you, she will crush you.
41. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because there is torment in fear. He who fears is imperfect in love. Let us love Him, because He first loved us. Whoever says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
(1 John 4:18-20)
42. Do not owe anything to anyone except mutual love; for he who loves another has fulfilled the law... love thy neighbor as thyself. Love does no harm to the neighbor; so love is the fulfillment of the law.
(Rom. 13:8-10)
43. If I speak with the tongues of men and angels, but have no love, then I am a ringing brass or a sounding cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries, and have all knowledge and all faith, so that I can move mountains, but do not have love, then I am nothing. And if I give away all my possessions and give my body to be burned, but I do not have love, it does not profit me at all. Love is long-suffering, merciful, love does not envy, love does not exalt itself, is not proud, does not behave violently, does not seek its own, is not irritated, does not think evil, does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; covers everything, believes everything, hopes everything, endures everything. Love never ceases, although prophecy will cease, and tongues will be silent, and knowledge will be abolished. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; when the perfect comes, then that which is in part will cease.
(1 Corinthians 13:1-10)
44. For whoever has the light of good deeds in his mind, then darkness also flees from him.
(Testament. 12.5)
45. The way of the lawless is like darkness; they don't know what they'll trip over.
(Prov. 4:19)
46. Truly, every living person is utter vanity. Verily, man walks like a ghost; in vain he fusses, collects and does not know who will get what.
(Ps. 38:6-7)
47. ... The one who is envied always blossoms, the envious one fades.
(Testament. 2. 3)
48. He who watches the wind will not sow; and who looks at the clouds, he will not reap.
(Eccl. 11:4)
49. Jesus said: I am the light that is on them all. I am everything: everything comes out of Me and everything comes into Me. Split the tree, I am there; lift up the stone and you will find me there.
50. There are many plans in the heart of man, but only what is determined by the Lord will take place.
(Prov. 19:21)
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(Eccl.) The Book of Ecclesiastes, or the Preacher
(Song.) Song of Songs of Solomon
(Prem.) The Book of the Wisdom of Solomon
(Sir.) The Book of Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach
(Is.) Book of Isaiah
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(Weeping) Lamentations of Jeremiah
(Last Mer.) The Epistle of Jeremiah
(Var.) The Book of the Prophet Baruch
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(Os.) Book of Hosea
(Am.) The Book of the Prophet Amos
(Mux.) Book of Micah
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(Mal.) Book of Malachi
(2 Mac.) Second Book of Maccabees
(3 Rides) The Third Book of Ezra
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(Matt.) From Matthew the holy gospel
(Mk.) From Mark the holy gospel
(Luke) From Luke the holy gospel
(Jn.) From John the holy gospel
(Acts) Acts of the Holy Apostles
(James) Epistle of James
(1 Pet.) First Epistle of Peter
(2 Pet.) Second Epistle of Peter
(1 Jn.) First Epistle of John
(Rom.) Epistle to the Romans
(1 Cor.) First Epistle to the Corinthians
(2 Cor.) Second Epistle to the Corinthians
(Gal.) Epistle to the Galatians
(Eph.) Ephesians
(Phil.) Epistle to the Philippians
(1 Thess; 1 Sol.) First Epistle to the Thessalonians (Thessalonians.)
(2 Thess; 2 Sol) Second Epistle to the Thessalonians (Thessalonians.)
(1 Tim.) First Epistle to Timothy
(2 Tim.) 2 Timothy (Heb.) Hebrews
(Revelation; Apoc.) Revelation of Ap. John the Evangelist (Apocalypse)
Apocrypha
(Eph.) Book of Enoch. "Ethiopian Text"
(1 Slav.) Book of Enoch the Righteous. "Slavic Enoch"
(2 Glories) Book of the Holy Mysteries of Enoch. "Slavic Enoch"
(Jub.) The Book of Jubilees, or Little Genesis
(Testament.) Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
(Sol.) Psalms of Solomon
(Odes.) Odes of Solomon
(Fom.) Gospel of Thomas
(Ap. John) Apocryphon of John
(Phil.) Gospel of Philip
God speaks many times in Scripture about how His children should treat people. Not only to brothers and sisters, not only to neighbors, but also to enemies, to those who have done harm and offended. To those who absolutely do not want to relate.
We can read these Bible quotes about dealing with people and ask the Holy Spirit to rebuke us, point out what is not in line with Scripture in our relationships with others, and correct our hearts. To be transformed by His Word into His image and likeness.
Bible quotes about treating people:
1. "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Lev. 19:18)
2. “Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you” (Matthew 5:44)
3. "Confess to each other your wrongdoings and pray for each other" (James 5:16)
4. “By obedience to the truth through the Spirit, having cleansed your souls to unfeigned brotherly love, constantly love one another from a pure heart, as you have been reborn not from a corruptible seed, but from an incorruptible one, from the Word of God, which lives and abides forever” (1 Pet. 1:22-23)
5. “Be all of one mind, compassionate, brotherly love, merciful, friendly, humble; do not return evil for evil, or swearing for swearing; on the contrary, bless, knowing that you are called to this, that you may inherit the blessing.” (1 Pet. 3:8-9)
6. “And we have this commandment from Him, that he who loves God love his brother also.” (1 John 4:21)
7. “The foolish one expresses contempt for his neighbor; but a reasonable person is silent" (Prov. 11:12)
8. “He who despises his neighbor sins; but he who is merciful to the poor is blessed.” (Prov. 14:21)
9. “Let none of you think evil in his heart against his neighbor, and do not love a false oath, for I hate all this, says the Lord” (Zech. 8:17)
10. "Do not bear false witness against your neighbor" (Deut. 5:20)
11. “Love does no harm to the neighbor; so love is the fulfillment of the law." (Rom. 13:10)
12. "For the commandments: do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not covet another's, and all others are contained in this word: love your neighbor as yourself" (Rom. 13:9)
13. "Each of us must please our neighbor, for good, for edification" (Rom. 15:2)
14. "Therefore, putting aside falsehood, each one speak the truth to his neighbor, for we are members of one another." (Eph. 4:25)
15. “For I was hungry, and you gave Me food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you accepted Me; was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me… Truly I say to you, because you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.” (Matthew 25:35-36, 40)
16. "Each of us must please our neighbor, for good, for edification" (Rom. 15:2)
17. “And we have this commandment from Him, that he who loves God love his brother also.” (1 John 4:21)
18. “He who secretly slanders his neighbor will be cast out; proud in eyes and haughty in heart I will not tolerate" (Ps. 100:5)
19. "For the whole law is in one word: love your neighbor as yourself" (Gal. 5:14)
Prepared Elena Petibskaya
Good morning my dears!
Once I came across the 10 most terrible quotes from the Bible on the Internet, among which are readers of the humorous Christian site shipoffouls.com:
1. Let the woman study in silence, with all humility;
but I do not allow a woman to teach, nor to rule over her husband, but to be in silence. (First Timothy 2:11-12)
2. Now go and smite Amalek [and Jerim] and destroy everything that is from him [do not take anything from them, but destroy and curse everything that he has]; and give him no mercy, but put to death from husband to wife, from child to suckling, from ox to sheep, from camel to donkey. (1 Samuel 15:3)
3. Do not let fortune tellers live. (Exodus 22:18)
4. Daughter of Babylon, despoiler! blessed is he who will repay you for what you have done to us!
Blessed is he who will take and break your babies against a stone! (Psalm 136, 8-9)
5. Behold, I have a maiden daughter, and he has a concubine; I will bring them out, humble them, and do with them what you please; and with this man, don't do this madness.
But they didn't want to listen to him. Then the husband took his concubine and brought him out into the street. They recognized her and cursed her all night long until morning. And they let her go at dawn.
And the woman came before the dawn, and fell at the door of the house of the man who had her master, [and lay] until the light.
Her master got up in the morning, opened the door of the house, and went out to go on his way: and behold, his concubine was lying at the door of the house, and her hands were on the threshold.
He told her: get up, let's go. But there was no answer [because she died]. He put her on the donkey, got up and went to his place. (Book of Judges of Israel, 19:24-28)
6. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the female sex, were inflamed with lust against one another, men doing shame on men and receiving in themselves the due retribution for their error. (Romans 1:27)
7 And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, If You deliver the Ammonites into my hand,
then when I return in peace from the Ammonites, whatever comes out of the gate of my house to meet me will be to the Lord, and I will offer it as a burnt offering.
And Jephthah came to the Ammonites to fight with them, and the Lord delivered them into his hand;
And he struck them with a very great defeat, from Aroer to Minith twenty cities, and to Abel Keramim, and the Ammonites humbled themselves before the children of Israel.
And Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and faces: he had only one, and he had not yet had a son or a daughter.
When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said: oh, my daughter! you struck me; and you are among the disturbers of my peace! I have opened my mouth before the Lord, and I cannot deny it. (Book of Judges of Israel, 11:30-35).
8. [God] said, Take your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac; and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I will tell you about. (Genesis 22:2)
9. Wives, obey your husbands as to the Lord. (Ephesians 5:22)
10. Servants, obey your masters with all fear, not only the good and meek, but also the stern ones. (First Epistle of Peter, 2:18)
In my humble opinion, there are equally interesting quotes in the Bible:
And to those he said in my ear: follow him through the city and strike; let not your eye pity, and do not spare;
Beat the old man, the young man, and the maiden, and the child, and the wives to death (Ezekiel 9:5-6)
And David said in that day: Whoever kills the Jebusites, let him strike with a spear both the lame and the blind, who hate the soul of David. Therefore, it is said: the blind and the lame will not enter the house [of the Lord]. (2 Kings, 5:8)
At midnight, the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in prison, and all the firstborn of cattle. (Exodus 12:29)
only do not rebel against the Lord and do not fear the people of this land; for it will be ours to eat: they have no protection, but the Lord is with us; don't be afraid of them. (Numbers, 14:9)
therefore slay all the male children, and slay all the women who know a man in a man's bed;
and all the female children who have not known the male bed, keep alive for yourself; (Numbers, 31:17-18)
Therefore, Israel, listen to the ordinances and laws that I teach you to keep, so that you may live and go and inherit the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. (Deuteronomy 4:1)
for the Lord your God will bless you, as he told you, and you will lend to many nations, but you yourself will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you. (Deut. 15:6)
Do not lend to your brother at interest [under interest] neither silver, nor bread, nor anything else that [can] be given at interest;
lend to a foreigner ("goy" - a non-Jew) at interest, but do not lend to your brother at interest, so that the Lord your God will bless you in everything that is done by your hands, on the land into which you are going to take possession of it. (Deut. 23:19-20)
Then the sons of foreigners will build your walls, and their kings will serve you; for in my anger I struck you, but in my favor I will be merciful to you.
And your gates will always be open, they will not be closed day or night, so that the wealth of the peoples may be brought to you and their kings be brought.
For the people and kingdoms that do not want to serve you will perish, and such peoples will be completely destroyed. (Book of Isaiah, 60:10-12)
Then Jesus said to him: Return your sword to its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword; (Matthew 26:52)
for [the boss] is God's servant, it's good for you. But if you do evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain: he is God's servant, the avenger in punishment for the one who does evil. (Romans 13:4)
And he said to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Put each one of his sword on his thigh;
And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and that day about three thousand men fell from the people. (Exodus 32:27-28)
Whoever sacrifices to gods, except the Lord alone, let him be destroyed. (Exodus 22:20)
And he went from there to Bethel. When he was walking along the road, little children came out of the city and mocked him and said to him: Go, bald! go, baldhead!
We are crazy for Christ's sake (1 Corinthians 4:10)
And the blasphemer of the name of the Lord must die, the whole community will stone him with stones (Leviticus 24:16)
He looked around and saw them and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the forest and tore forty-two children out of them. (2 Kings 2:23-24)
Second Epistle to the Corinthians
False apostles, crafty workers, take on the appearance of the Apostles of Christ. And it is not surprising: because Satan himself takes the form of an Angel of light, and therefore it is not a great thing if his servants also take the form of servants of truth; but their end will be according to their deeds.
(2 Cor. XI, 13-15)
We are considered deceivers, but we are faithful; we are unknown, but we are recognized; we are reckoned dead, but behold, we are alive; we are punished, but we do not die; we are grieved, but we always rejoice; we are poor, but we enrich many; we have nothing, but we have everything.
(2 Cor. VI, 8-10)
Second Epistle to Timothy
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their whims they will choose for themselves teachers who will flatter their ears; and turn their ears away from the truth and turn to fables.
(2 Tim. III, 4)
Exodus
Do not listen to empty rumor, do not give your hand
the wicked, to be a witness of iniquity.
(Ex. XXIII, 1)
* * *
Do not misjudge the suits of your poor man.
Turn away from unrighteousness and do not put to death the innocent and the upright, for I will not justify the wicked. Do not accept gifts, for gifts make the sighted blind and turn the cause of the righteous.
(Ex. XXIII, 6-8)
* * *
Do not follow the majority to evil, and do not decide litigation,
deviating from the truth for the most part.
(Ex. XXIII, 2)
Book of Job
Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked I will return. The Lord gave, the Lord took; may the name of the Lord be blessed!
(Job I, 21)
Book of proverbs
The wise inherit glory, but the foolish inherit disgrace.
(Prov. III, 35)
* * *
Do not enter into the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the path of the wicked;
leave it, do not walk on it, avoid it and pass by; because they will not sleep unless they do evil;
their sleep is lost if they do not bring someone to a fall;
for they eat the bread of iniquity and drink the wine of plunder...
The way of the lawless is like darkness; they don't know what they'll trip over.
(Prov. IV, 14-19)
* * *
It is better to be humble in spirit with the meek than to share the booty with the proud.
(Prov. XVI, 19)
* * *
There are many plans in the heart of a person, but it will take place
only determined by the Lord.
(Prov. XIX, 21)
* * *
He who stops his ear from the cry of the poor
and he himself will cry out - and will not be heard.
(Prov. XXI, 13)
* * *
When you sit down to eat food with the ruler, then carefully
watch what is in front of you and put up a barrier
in your throat if you are greedy. Don't be seduced
his dainty dishes; it is a deceptive food.
(Prov. XXIII, 1-3)
* * *
Do not speak into the ears of a fool, for he
will despise your reasonable words.
(Prov. XXIII, 9)
* * *
When the wicked increase, lawlessness increases;
but the righteous will see their fall.
(Prov. XXIX, 18)
* * *
Better a piece of dry bread, and with it the world,
than a house full of slaughtered cattle, with contention.
(Prov. XVII, 1)
* * *
Commit your deeds to the Lord, and your undertakings will be accomplished.
(Prov. XVI, 3)
* * *
Whoever repays good with evil, evil will not depart from his house.
(Prov. XVII, 13)
Book of Ecclesiastes
Don't be too hard and don't expose yourself
too wise; why would you ruin yourself?
(Eccl. VII, 16)
* * *
Judgment on evil deeds is not soon done;
from this the heart of the sons does not fear
human to do evil.
(Eccl. VIII, 11)
* * *
Do not say, "Why are the former days better than the present?"
because it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
(Eccl. VII, 10)
* * *
Do not be hasty in your spirit to anger, because
that anger nestles in the heart of fools.
(Eccl. VII, 9)
* * *
There is much sorrow in much wisdom, and whoever increases knowledge increases sorrow.
(Eccl. I, 18)
* * *
Generation passes and generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises, and the sun sets, and hurries to its place where it rises...
All rivers flow into the sea, but the sea does not overflow: to the place where the rivers flow, they return to flow again...
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done,
And there's nothing new under the sun...
There is no memory of the former; and what will be will not remain
memory of those who will come after.
(Eccl. I, 4-11)
* * *
There is nothing better than a man enjoying his deeds: because this is his share; for who will bring him to see what will be after him?
(Eccl. III, 22)
* * *
Whoever is among the living, there is still hope.
for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
(Eccl. IX, 4)
* * *
Not the agile get a successful run, not the brave - victory, not the wise - bread, and not the prudent - wealth, and not the skillful - goodwill, but time and chance for all of them.
(Eccl. IX, 11)
Book of Wisdom of Jesus, son of Sirach
He who builds his own house with other people's money is the same as
gathering stones for his grave.
(Sir. XXI, 9)
* * *
If you blow on a spark, it will ignite
and if you spit on it, it will die out: both
comes out of your mouth.
(Sir. XXVIII, 14)
* * *
As long as you are alive and breath in you, do not replace
yourself as nobody; for it is better that the children ask you,
rather than look into the hands of your sons.
(Sir. XXXIII, 21-22)
* * *
Do not invent lies against your brother, and do not
the same against a friend. don't want to talk
any kind of lie; for repetition
it will not serve her well.
(Sir. VII, 12-13)
* * *
Do not despise a man in his old age, for we also
getting old. Do not rejoice in the death of a person, even if he was
the most hostile to you: remember that we will all die.
(Sir. VIII, 7-8)
* * *
The earpiece defiles your soul and will
hate everywhere, where only will live.
(Sir. XXI, 31)
* * *
Whoever digs a hole will fall into it himself, and who
sets up a net, he himself will be caught by it.
(Sir. XXVII, 29)
* * *
Do not give water an outlet, nor an evil wife - power; if it does not walk under your hand, then cut it off from your flesh.
(Sir. XXV, 28.29)
* * *
Do no evil, and evil will not befall you; go away
from unrighteousness, and it will turn away from you.
(Sir. VII, 1,2)
* * *
When you are full, remember the time of hunger,
and in the days of wealth - about poverty and want.
(Sir. XVIII, 25)
* * *
Do not envy the glory of the sinner, for you do not know
what will be its end.
(Sir. IX, 14)
* * *
Don't be intrusive so you don't get pushed away
and don't go too far, lest you be forgotten.
(Sir. XIII, 13)
* * *
Do not do secret things in front of someone else, for you do not know what he will do. Do not open your heart to every person,
so that he does not thank you badly.
(Sir. VIII, 21.22)
* * *
What is the ruler of the people, such are those who serve under him.
(Sir. X, 2)
Book of the Prophet Jeremiah
Man is mad in his knowledge.
(Jer. X, 14)
Book of Isaiah
The villains act villainously, and the villains act villainously...
(Is. XXIV, 16)
First Epistle to the Corinthians
Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is useful; everything is permissible to me, but nothing should possess me. Food for the belly, and the belly for food; but God will destroy both
(1 Cor. VI, 12-13)
Psalter
Those who sow with tears will reap with joy.
(Ps. CXXV, 5)
* * *
Do not be jealous of the villains, do not envy those who do iniquity, for they, like grass, will soon be cut down and, like green grass, wither.
(Ps. XXXVI, 1-2)
* * *
The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him; but the Lord laughs at him, for he sees that his day is coming. The wicked draw their sword and draw their bow to bring down the poor and needy, to pierce those who walk in the straight path: their sword will enter into their own heart, and their bows will be broken.
(Ps. XXXVI, 12-15)
* * *
Why do you boast of villainy, strong one? ... you love more evil than good, more lies than telling the truth; you love all sorts of disastrous speeches, the tongue is insidious: for this God will crush you completely, tear you down and uproot you from your dwelling and your root from the land of the living. The righteous will see and be afraid, laugh at him [and say]: “Behold, a man who did not build his strength in God, but hoped for his abundance of wealth, was strengthened in his villainy.” (Ps. LI, 3-9)
* * *
Cast your cares on the Lord, and He will sustain you.
He will never let the righteous waver.
(Ps. LIV, 23)
Holy Gospel of Matthew
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
(Matt. XXIII, 12)
* * *
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and you will find;
knock, and it will be opened to you; for everyone who asks receives,
and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
(Matt. VII, 7,8)
* * *
Beware of false prophets who come to you
in sheep's clothing, but inside they are ravenous wolves.
(Mat. VII, 15)
* * *
Judge not, lest you be judged, for by what judgment
judge, thus you will be judged; and by what measure
measure, and it will be measured to you.
(Matt. VII, 1,2)
* * *
Don't give shrines to dogs and don't throw pearls
yours before the pigs, so that they do not trample
with his feet.
(Matt. VII, 6)
* * *
His disciples say to him: If such is the duty
man to his wife, it is better not to marry.
He said to them, Not everyone can receive this word, but to whom it has been given. For there are eunuchs who were born in this way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. Who can accommodate, let him accommodate.
(Matt. XIX, 10-12)
* * *
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
(Mat. V, 10)
* * *
For every idle word that people speak, they will give an answer on the day of judgment: for by your words you will be justified,
and from your words you will be condemned (Matt. XII, 36-37)
* * *
No one can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other; or he will be zealous for one, and neglect the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
(Mat. VI, 24)
* * *
Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
(Matt. IV, 4)
* * *
And the enemies of a man are his household (Matt. X, 36)
* * *
It is not that which enters the mouth that defiles a man;
but what comes out of the mouth defiles a person
(Matt. XV, 11)
Holy Gospel of Mark
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand; and if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
(Mk. III, 24-25)
* * *
No one entering the house of a strong man can plunder his things, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he plunders his house.
(Mk. III, 27)
* * *
False christs and false prophets will rise and give signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. But you beware... (Mark 13:22-23)
Holy Gospel of Luke
Whoever has, to him will be given, and whoever does not have, what he thinks to have will be taken away from him.
(Luke VIII, 18)
* * *
There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed,
no secret that would not be done
known and would not be found.
(Luke VIII, 17)
* * *
No prophet is accepted in his own country.
(Luke V, 24)
* * *
Many are called, but few are chosen.
(Luke XIV, 24)
* * *
Woe to you who laugh today! For you will weep and mourn (Luke VI:25)
* * *
By your patience save your souls.
(Luke XXI, 19)
Holy Gospel of John
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Everything came into being through Him, and without Him nothing came into being that came into being.
(John I, 1)
* * *
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not embrace it
(John I, 5)
Epistle of the Holy Apostle James
He who does not sin in the word is a perfect man,
able to curb the whole body.
(James III, 2)
* * *
If a brother or sister is naked and does not have food for the day, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and eat," but does not give them the necessities of the body, what is the use? So faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself.
(James II, 15-17)
* * *
Every nature of animals and birds, reptiles and marine animals is tamed and tamed by human nature, and no one from people can tame the tongue: this is an irresistible evil; it is full of deadly poison.
(James III, 7-8)
* * *
He who doubts is like a wave of the sea,
lifted and blown by the wind.
(James I, 6)
* * *
The tongue is a small member, but it does a lot...
It is full of deadly poison. With it we bless God and the Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth comes a blessing and a curse: it must not, my brethren, be like this. Do sweet and bitter water flow from the same fountain? (James III, 5, 8-12)
* * *
God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
(James IV, 7)
The First Epistle of the Holy Apostle John the Theologian
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out
fear, because in fear there is torment.
He who fears is imperfect in love.
(1 epistle John IV, 18)
* * *
Who says: I love God, but hates his brother,
he is a liar, for he who does not love his brother, whom he sees,
how can he love a God whom he does not see?
(1 epistle John IV, 20)
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