نَتَكَلَّم، لا إِرْضَاءً لِلنَّاسِ بَلْ للهِ الَّذي يَخْتَبِرُ قُلُوبَنَا. فَإِنَّنا ولا مَرَّةً أَتَيْنَاكُم بِكَلِمَةِ تَمَلُّق، كَمَا تَعْلَمُون، ولا بِدَافِعِ طَمَع، واللهُ شَاهِد
رسالة القدّيس بولس الأولى إلى أهل تسالونيقي02/من01حتى08/:”يا إخوَتِي، أَنْتُم أَنْفُسُكُم تَعْلَمُونَ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَة، أَنَّ دُخُولَنَا إِلَيْكُم لَمْ يَكُنْ باطِلاً. ولكِنْ، كَمَا تَعلَمُون، بَعْدَ أَنْ تَأَلَّمْنَا وشُتِمْنَا في فِيلِبِّي، تَجَرَّأْنَا بإِلهِنَا أَنْ نُكَلِّمَكُم بإِنْجِيلِ الله، في جِهَادٍ كَثِير. ولَمْ يَكُنْ وَعْظُنَا عَنْ ضَلال، ولا عَنْ نَجَاسَة، ولا بِمَكْر، بَلْ كَمَا ٱخْتَبَرَنَا اللهُ فَأَمَّنَنَا على الإِنْجِيل، هكَذَا نَتَكَلَّم، لا إِرْضَاءً لِلنَّاسِ بَلْ للهِ الَّذي يَخْتَبِرُ قُلُوبَنَا. فَإِنَّنا ولا مَرَّةً أَتَيْنَاكُم بِكَلِمَةِ تَمَلُّق، كَمَا تَعْلَمُون، ولا بِدَافِعِ طَمَع، واللهُ شَاهِد، ولا طَلَبْنَا مَجْدًا مِنْ بَشَر، لا مِنْكُم ولا مِنْ غَيرِكُم، معَ أَنَّنَا قادِرُونَ أَنْ نَكُونَ ذَوِي وَقَار، كَرُسُلٍ لِلمَسِيح، لكِنَّنَا صِرْنَا بَيْنَكُم ذَوِي لُطْف، كَمُرْضِعٍ تَحْتَضِنُ أَوْلادَهَا. وهكَذَا فَإِنَّنَا مِنْ شِدَّةِ الحَنِينِ إِلَيْكُم، نَرْتَضِي أَنْ نُعْطِيَكُم لا إِنْجِيلَ اللهِ وحَسْب، بَلْ أَنْفُسَنَا أَيْضًا، لأَنَّكُم صِرْتُم لَنَا أَحِبَّاء.”
We speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts
First Letter to the Thessalonians 02/01-08/:”You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain, but though we had already suffered and been shamefully maltreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition. For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts. As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed; nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others, though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.
‘Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. The one who believes and is baptized will be saved; but the one who does not believe will be condemned
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 16/15-20/:”‘Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. The one who believes and is baptized will be saved; but the one who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.’So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and proclaimed the good news everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that accompanied it.
