مَنْ يَفْتَخِرْ فَلْيَفْتَخِرْ بِالرَّبّ
رسالة القدّيس بولس الأولى إلى أهل قورنتس01/من26حتى31/يا إِخوَتِي، فَٱنْظُرُوا دَعْوَتَكُم، يَا إِخْوَتِي، فَلَيْسَ فِيكُم كَثِيرُونَ حُكَمَاءُ بِحِكْمَةِ البَشَر، ولا كَثِيرُونَ أَقْوِيَاء، ولا كَثِيرُونَ مِنْ ذَوِي الحَسَبِ الشَّرِيف. إِلاَّ أَنَّ اللهَ ٱخْتَارَ مَا هُوَ حَمَاقَةٌ في العَالَمِ لِيُخْزِيَ ٱلحُكَمَاء، ومَا هُوَ ضُعْفٌ في العَالَمِ لِيُخْزِيَ ٱلأَقْوِيَاء. وٱخْتَارَ اللهُ مَا هُوَ وَضِيعٌ ومُحْتَقَرٌ ومَعْدُوم، لِيُبْطِلَ المَوْجُود،لِئَلاَّ يَفْتَخِرَ بَشَرٌ أَمَامَ الله. فَبِفَضْلِ اللهِ أَنْتُم في المَسِيحِ يَسُوع، الَّذي صَارَ لَنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ حِكْمَةً وَبِرًّا وتَقْدِيسًا وَفِدَاء، لِيَتِمَّ مَا هُوَ مَكْتُوب: «مَنْ يَفْتَخِرْ فَلْيَفْتَخِرْ بِالرَّبّ
Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord
First Letter to the Corinthians 01/26-31: ‘Consider your own call, not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God. He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, in order that, as it is written, ‘Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.’
Jesus Chooses the two bothers Simon and Andrew as well as James son of Zebedee and his brother John
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 04/18-23: “As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake for they were fishermen. And he said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.’ Immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him. Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people.”
