If you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God’s approval/إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَصْبِرُونَ على الأَلَمِ وأَنْتُم فَاعِلُو خَيْر، فإِنَّهَا لَنِعْمَةٌ عِنْدَ الله
إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَصْبِرُونَ على الأَلَمِ وأَنْتُم فَاعِلُو خَيْر، فإِنَّهَا لَنِعْمَةٌ عِنْدَ الله
رسالة القدّيس بطرس الأولى02/من18حتى25/:”يا إخوَتِي، أَيُّهَا الخُدَّام، إِخْضَعُوا بِكُلِّ مَخَافَةٍ لأَسْيَادِكُم، لا لِلصَّالِحِينَ مِنهُم والحُلَمَاءِ فَحَسْب، بَلْ لِلْقُسَاةِ أَيْضًا. فَإِنَّهَا لَنِعْمَةٌ أَنْ يَحْتَمِلَ الإِنْسَانُ الأَحْزَانَ حينَ يتَأَلَّمُ مَظْلُومًا، بيَقِينِ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لأَجْلِ الله. فأَيُّ مَفْخَرَةٍ لَكُم إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَصْبِرُونَ على اللَّطْمِ وأَنْتُم مُذْنِبُون؟ ولكِنْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَصْبِرُونَ على الأَلَمِ وأَنْتُم فَاعِلُو خَيْر، فإِنَّهَا لَنِعْمَةٌ عِنْدَ الله. فَإِلى هذَا دُعِيتُم، لأَنَّ المَسِيحَ أَيضًا تَأَلَّمَ مِنْ أَجْلِكُم، تَارِكًا لَكُم مِثَالاً لِتَسِيرُوا عَلى خُطَاه. وهُوَ الَّذي مَا فَعَلَ خَطِيئَة، ولا كَانَ في فَمِهِ مَكْر؛ وهُوَ الَّذي كانَ يُشْتَمُ ولا يَرُدُّ الشَّتْم، ويَتَأَلَّمُ ولا يُهَدِّد، بَلْ يُسَلِّمُ نَفْسَهُ للهِ الَّذي يَحْكُمُ بِالعَدْل؛ وهُوَ الَّذي حَمَلَ خَطايَانَا في جَسَدِهِ على الخَشَبَة، لِكَي نَمُوتَ عنِ الْخَطايا فَنَحْيَا لِلبِرّ؛ وهُوَ الَّذي بِجُرْحِهِ شُفِيتُم. فَقَد كُنْتُم ضَالِّينَ كَالغَنَم، لكِنَّكُم رَجَعْتُمُ الآنَ إِلى رَاعِي نُفُوسِكُم وحَارِسِهَا”.
I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 24/44-49/:”Then he said to them, ‘These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.’Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.’
If you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God’s approval
First Letter of Peter 02/18-25/:”Slaves, accept the authority of your masters with all deference, not only those who are kind and gentle but also those who are harsh. For it is to your credit if, being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly. If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, where is the credit in that? But if you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God’s approval. For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps. ‘He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.’When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
