So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty/يا إِخْوَتِي: لا يَكُنْ في إِيْمَانِكُم بِرَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ المَسِيح، رَبِّ المَجْد، مُحابَاةٌ لِلوُجُوه

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يا إِخْوَتِي: لا يَكُنْ في إِيْمَانِكُم بِرَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ المَسِيح، رَبِّ المَجْد، مُحابَاةٌ لِلوُجُوه
رسالة القدّيس يعقوب02/من01حتى13/”يا إِخْوَتِي: لا يَكُنْ في إِيْمَانِكُم بِرَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ المَسِيح، رَبِّ المَجْد، مُحابَاةٌ لِلوُجُوه. فَإِنْ دَخَلَ مَجْمَعَكُم رَجُلٌ في إِصْبَعِهِ خَاتَمٌ مِنْ ذَهَب، وعَلَيهِ ثِيَابٌ فَاخِرَة، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فَقِيرٌ علَيهِ ثِيابٌ رَثَّة، فَٱلْتَفَتُّم إِلى لابِسِ الثِّيَابِ الفَاخِرَةِ وقُلْتُم لَهُ: «إِجْلِس أَنْتَ هُنَا في صَدْرِ المَكَان»، وقُلْتُم لِلفَقِير:» قِفْ أَنْتَ هُنَاك»، أَو: «إِجْلِسْ عِندَ مَوطِئِ قَدَمَيَّ»، أَفَلا تَكُونُونَ قَد مَيَّزْتُم في أَنْفُسِكُم، وصِرْتُم قُضَاةً ذَوِي أَفْكارٍ شِرِّيرَة؟ إِسْمَعُوا، يا إِخْوتِي الأَحِبَّاء: أَمَا ٱخْتَارَ اللهُ الفُقَراءَ في نَظَرِ العَالَم لِيَجْعَلَهُم أَغْنِياءَ بالإِيْمَان، ووَارِثِينَ لِلمَلَكُوتِ الَّذي وَعَدَ بِهِ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَهُ؟ وأَنتُمُ ٱحْتَقَرْتُمُ الفَقِير! أَلَيْسَ الأَغْنِيَاءُ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَقْهَرُونَكُم، وهُمُ الَّذِينَ يَجُرُّونَكُم إِلى المَحَاكِم؟ أَلَيْسُوا هُمُ الَّذِينَ يُجَدِّفُونَ على الٱسْمِ الحَسَنِ الَّذي دُعِيَ عَلَيْكُم؟ فَإِنْ كُنْتُم تُتِمُّونَ الشَّرِيعَةَ المُلُوكِيَّةَ الَّتي نَصَّ عَلَيْهَا الكِتاب، وهِيَ: «أَحْبِبْ قَرِيبَكَ حُبَّكَ لِنَفْسِكَ»، فَحَسَنًا تَفْعَلُون. ولكِنْ إنْ كُنْتُم تُحابُونَ الوُجُوه، فإِنَّكُم تَرْتَكِبُونَ خَطِيئَة، والشَّرِيعَةُ تُوَبِّخُكُم بِٱعْتِبَارِكُم مُخَالِفِين. فَمَن حَفِظَ الشَّرِيعَةَ كُلَّهَا، وزَلَّ بِوَصِيَّةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْها، صارَ مُذنِبًا في الوَصَايَا كُلِّهَا. فالَّذي قَال: «لا تَزْنِ»، قالَ أَيْضًا: «لا تَقْتُلْ». فَإِنْ كُنْتَ لا تَزْنِي، ولكِنَّكَ تَقْتُل، فَقَد صِرْتَ مُخَالِفًا لِلشَّرِيعَة. هكَذا تَكَلَّمُوا، وهكَذَا ٱعْمَلُوا، كأُنَاسٍ سَيُدَانُونَ بِشَرِيعةِ الحُرِّيَّة؛ لأَنَّ الدَّينُونَةَ لا تَرْحَمُ مَنْ لا يَرْحَم. والرَّحْمَةُ تَغْلِبُ الدَّينُونَة”.

So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty
Letter of James 02/01-13:”My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favouritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, ‘Have a seat here, please’, while to the one who is poor you say, ‘Stand there’, or, ‘Sit at my feet’, have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonoured the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court? Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you? You do well if you really fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. For the one who said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’, also said, ‘You shall not murder.’ Now if you do not commit adultery but if you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgement will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgement.”

كمَا كانَ في أَيَّامِ نُوح، هكذَا يَكُونُ في أَيَّامِ ٱبْنِ الإِنْسَان
إنجيل القدّيس لوقا17/من26حتى30/”قالَ الربُّ يَسوع: «كمَا كانَ في أَيَّامِ نُوح، هكذَا يَكُونُ في أَيَّامِ ٱبْنِ الإِنْسَان: كانَ النَّاسُ يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُون، وَيَتَزَوَّجُونَ وَيُزَوِّجُون، إِلى يَوْمَ دَخَلَ نُوحٌ السَّفِينَة. فَجَاءَ الطُّوفَانُ وأَهْلَكَهُم أَجْمَعِين. وكَمَا كانَ أَيْضًا في أَيَّامِ لُوط: كانَ النَّاسُ يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُون، وَيَشْتَرُونَ وَيَبيعُون، وَيَغْرِسُونَ وَيَبْنُون. ولكِنْ يَوْمَ خَرَجَ لُوطٌ مِنْ سَدُوم، أَمْطَرَ اللهُ نَارًا وَكِبْرِيتًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَأَهْلَكَهُم أَجْمَعين. هكَذَا يَكُونُ يَوْمَ يَظْهَرُ ٱبْنُ الإِنْسَان.”

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man
Luke 17/26-30: “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking, and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed all of them. it will be like that on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.”