أَتُرَانِي الآنَ أَسْتَعْطِفُ النَّاسَ أَمِ الله؟ أَمْ تُرَانِي أَسْعَى إِلى إِرضَاءِ النَّاس؟ فلَوْ كُنْتُ ما أَزَالُ أُرضِي النَّاس، لَمَا كُنْتُ عَبْدًا لِلمَسِيح/Am I now seeking human approval, or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ

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أَتُرَانِي الآنَ أَسْتَعْطِفُ النَّاسَ أَمِ الله؟ أَمْ تُرَانِي أَسْعَى إِلى إِرضَاءِ النَّاس؟ فلَوْ كُنْتُ ما أَزَالُ أُرضِي النَّاس، لَمَا كُنْتُ عَبْدًا لِلمَسِيح
“رسالة القدّيس بولس إلى أهل غلاطية01/من01حتى10/:”يا إخوَتِي، مِنْ بُولُسَ الَّذي هُوَ رَسُولٌ لا مِن قِبَلِ النَّاس، ولا بِمَشيئَةِ إِنسَان، بَلْ بيَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ واللهِ الآبِ الَّذي أَقَامَهُ مِنْ بَينِ الأَموَات، ومِنْ جَمِيعِ الإِخْوَةِ الَّذِينَ مَعي، إِلى كَنَائِسِ غَلاطِيَة:أَلنِّعمَةُ لَكُم والسَّلامُ مِنَ اللهِ أَبينَا والرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ المَسِيح، الَّذي بَذَلَ نَفسَهُ عَن خَطايَانَا، لِيُنقِذَنَا مِنَ الدَّهرِ الحَاضِرِ الشِّرِّير، وَفْقًا لِمَشِيئَةِ إِلهِنَا وَأَبينَا، الَّذي لَهُ المَجْدُ إِلى أَبَدِ الآبِدِين! آمين. إِنِّي لَمُتَعَجِّبٌ مِن أَنَّكُم تتَحَوَّلُونَ بِمِثْلِ هذِهِ السُّرْعَةِ عنِ الَّذي دَعَاكُم بِنِعْمَةِ المَسِيح، وَتَتْبَعُونَ إِنْجِيلاً آخَر. ولَيْسَ هُنَاكَ إِنْجِيلٌ آخَر، إِنَّمَا هُنَاكَ أُنَاسٌ يُبَلْبِلُونَكُم، ويُريدُونَ تَحْرِيفَ إِنْجيلِ المَسِيح. ولكِن، حَتَّى لَو نَحْنُ بَشَّرنَاكُم، أَو بَشَّرَكُم مَلاكٌ مِنَ السَّمَاء، بِخِلافِ مَا بَشَّرنَاكُم بِهِ، فَلْيَكُنْ مَحْرُومًا! وكَمَا قُلْنَا مِن قَبْلُ، أَقُولُ الآنَ أَيضًا: إِنْ بَشَّرَكُم أَحَدٌ بِخِلافِ مَا قَبِلْتُم، فَلْيَكُنْ مَحْرُومًا! أَتُرَانِي الآنَ أَسْتَعْطِفُ النَّاسَ أَمِ الله؟ أَمْ تُرَانِي أَسْعَى إِلى إِرضَاءِ النَّاس؟ فلَوْ كُنْتُ ما أَزَالُ أُرضِي النَّاس، لَمَا كُنْتُ عَبْدًا لِلمَسِيح.”

Am I now seeking human approval, or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ
Letter to the Galatians 01/01-10: “Paul an apostle sent neither by human commission nor from human authorities, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead and all the members of God’s family who are with me, To the churches of Galatia:Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel. not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are confusing you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that one be accursed! As we have said before, so now I repeat, if anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let that one be accursed! Am I now seeking human approval, or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

من يَسْعَى لِكَي يَحْفَظَ نَفْسَهُ يَفْقِدُها، وَمَنْ يَفْقِدُ نَفْسَهُ يَحْفَظُهَا حَيَّةً
“انجيل القدّيس لوقا17/من20حتى37/: “سَأَلَ الفَرِّيسيُّونَ يَسُوع: «مَتَى يَأْتِي مَلَكُوتُ الله؟». فَأَجَابَهُم وَقَال: «مَلكُوتُ اللهِ لا يَأْتِي بِالمُرَاقَبَة. وَلَنْ يُقال: هَا هُوَ هُنا، أَوْ هُنَاك! فَهَا إِنَّ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ في دَاخِلِكُم!». وقَالَ لِلْتَلامِيذ: «سَتَأْتِي أَيَّامٌ تَشْتَهُونَ فِيها أَنْ تَرَوا يَوْمًا وَاحِدًا مِنْ أَيَّامِ ٱبْنِ الإِنْسَان، وَلَنْ تَرَوا. وَسَيُقالُ لَكُم: هَا هُوَ هُنَاك! هَا هُوَ هُنَا! فَلا تَذْهَبُوا، وَلا تَهْرَعُوا. فَكَمَا يُومِضُ البَرْقُ في أُفُق، وَيَلْمَعُ في آخَر، هكذَا يَكُونُ ٱبْنُ الإِنْسَانِ في يَوْمِ مَجِيئِهِ. وَلكِنْ لا بُدَّ لَهُ أَوَّلاً مِنْ أَنْ يَتَأَلَّمَ كَثِيرًا، وَيَرْذُلَهُ هذَا الجِيل! وَكمَا 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. في ذلِكَ اليَوْم، مَنْ كانَ عَلَى السَّطْحِ وَأَمْتِعَتُهُ في البَيْت، فَلا يَنْزِلْ لِيَأْخُذَهَا. وَمَنْ كانَ في الحَقْل، فَكَذلِكَ لا يَرْجِعْ إِلى الوَرَاء. تَذَكَّرُوا ٱمْرَأَةَ لُوط! مَنْ يَسْعَى لِكَي يَحْفَظَ نَفْسَهُ يَفْقِدُها، وَمَنْ يَفْقِدُ نَفْسَهُ يَحْفَظُهَا حَيَّةً. أَقُولُ لَكُم: في تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَة، يَكُونُ ٱثْنَانِ عَلَى سَرِيرٍ وَاحِد، فَيُؤْخَذُ الوَاحِدُ وَيُتْرَكُ الآخَر. وٱثْنَتَانِ تَطْحَنَانِ مَعًا، فَتُؤْخَذُ الوَاحِدَةُ وَتُتْرَكُ الأُخْرَى». فأَجَابُوا وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «إِلَى أَيْنَ يا رَبّ ؟». فَقالَ لَهُم: «حَيْثُ تَكُونُ الجُثَّة، فَهُنَاكَ تَجْتَمِعُ النُّسُور».

Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 17/20-37: “Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, ‘The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; nor will they say, “Look, here it is!” or “There it is!” For, in fact, the kingdom of God is among you.’Then he said to the disciples, ‘The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. They will say to you, “Look there!” or “Look here!” Do not go, do not set off in pursuit. For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. But first he must endure much suffering and be rejected by this generation. 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. On that day, anyone on the housetop who has belongings in the house must not come down to take them away; and likewise anyone in the field must not turn back. Remember Lot’s wife. Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it. I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. There will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken and the other left.’ Then they asked him, ‘Where, Lord?’ He said to them, ‘Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.”