لَيْسَ لأَحَدٍ حُبٌّ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ هذَا، وهُوَ أَنْ يَبْذُلَ الإِنْسَانُ نَفْسَهُ في سَبِيلِ أَحِبَّائِهِ/No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends

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لَيْسَ لأَحَدٍ حُبٌّ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ هذَا، وهُوَ أَنْ يَبْذُلَ الإِنْسَانُ نَفْسَهُ في سَبِيلِ أَحِبَّائِهِ
إنجيل القدّيس يوحنّا15/من09حتى16/:”قالَ الرَبُّ يَسُوعُ لِتَلاميذِهِ :«كَمَا أَحَبَّنِي الآب، كَذلِكَ أَنَا أَحْبَبْتُكُم. أُثْبُتُوا في مَحَبَّتِي. إِنْ تَحْفَظُوا وصَايَايَ تَثْبُتُوا في مَحَبَّتِي، كَمَا حَفِظْتُ وَصَايَا أَبِي وأَنَا ثَابِتٌ في مَحَبَّتِهِ. كَلَّمْتُكُم بِهذَا لِيَكُونَ فَرَحِي فِيكُم، فَيَكْتَمِلَ فَرَحُكُم. هذِهِ هِيَ وَصِيَّتِي أَنْ تُحِبُّوا بَعْضُكُم بَعْضًا كَمَا أَنَا أَحْبَبْتُكُم. لَيْسَ لأَحَدٍ حُبٌّ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ هذَا، وهُوَ أَنْ يَبْذُلَ الإِنْسَانُ نَفْسَهُ في سَبِيلِ أَحِبَّائِهِ. أَنْتُم أَحِبَّائِي إِنْ تَعْمَلُوا بِمَا أُوصِيكُم بِهِ. لَسْتُ أَدْعُوكُم بَعْدُ عَبِيدًا، لأَنَّ العَبْدَ لا يَعْلَمُ مَا يَعْمَلُ سَيِّدُهُ، بَلْ دَعَوْتُكُم أَحِبَّاءَ، لأَنِّي أَعْلَمْتُكُم بِكُلِّ مَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ أَبي. لَمْ تَخْتَارُونِي أَنْتُم، بَلْ أَنَا ٱخْتَرْتُكُم، وأَقَمْتُكُم لِتَذْهَبُوا وتَحْمِلُوا ثَمَرًا، ويَدُومَ ثَمَرُكُم، فَيُعطيَكُمُ الآبُ كُلَّ مَا تَطْلُبُونَهُ بِٱسْمِي.

No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 15/09-16/:”As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. ‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.”

إِنَّ المَرْأَةَ تَظَلُّ مُرْتَبِطَةً بِرَجُلِهَا مَا دَامَ حَيًّا. فَإِنْ مَاتَ رَجُلُهَا فَهِيَ حُرَّةٌ أَنْ تتَزَوَّجَ مَن تَشَاء، ولكِنْ في الرَّبِّ فَقَط
رسالة القدّيس بولس الأولى إلى أهل قورنتس/07/من46حتى50/:”يا إِخوتي، إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ، وهوَ في لَهَبِ الشَّبَاب، يَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ قَدْ يُسيءُ إِلى خِطِّيبَتِهِ، وأَنَّهُ لا بُدَّ مِنَ الزَّوَاج، فَلْيَفْعَلْ مَا يُرِيد. إِنَّهُ لا يَخْطَأ: فَلْيَتَزَوَّجَا! لكِنَّ مَنْ قَرَّرَ في قَلْبِهِ وصَمَّم، وهوَ غَيْرُ مُضْطَرّ، بَلْ هوَ ذُو سُلْطَانٍ عَلى إِرَادَتِهِ، وعَزَمَ في قَلْبِهِ أَنْ يَصُونَ خِطِّيبَتَهُ، فَحَسَنًا يَفْعَل. إِذًا فَمَنْ يَتَزَوَّجُ خِطِّيبَتَهُ فَحَسَنًا يَفْعَل، ومَنْ لا يَتَزَوَّجُهَا فأَفْضَلَ يَفْعَل! إِنَّ المَرْأَةَ تَظَلُّ مُرْتَبِطَةً بِرَجُلِهَا مَا دَامَ حَيًّا. فَإِنْ مَاتَ رَجُلُهَا فَهِيَ حُرَّةٌ أَنْ تتَزَوَّجَ مَن تَشَاء، ولكِنْ في الرَّبِّ فَقَط. إِلاَّ أَنَّهَا، في رأْيِي، تَكُونُ أَكْثَرَ غِبْطَة، إِنْ ظَلَّتْ حُرَّة. وأَظُنُّ أَنَّ فِيَّ أَنَا أَيْضًا رُوحَ الله!”

A wife is bound as long as her husband lives. But if the husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord
First Letter to the Corinthians 07/36-40/:”If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly towards his fiance’e, if his passions are strong, and so it has to be, let him marry as he wishes; it is no sin. Let them marry. But if someone stands firm in his resolve, being under no necessity but having his own desire under control, and has determined in his own mind to keep her as his fiance’e, he will do well.So then, he who marries his fiance’e does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better. A wife is bound as long as her husband lives. But if the husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord. But in my judgement she is more blessed if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.”