ΝΑΜΑΤΑ ΓΛΥΚΥΡΡΟΙΑ: If any one purifies himself from what is ignoble, then he will be a vessel for noble use..

37 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετ' αὐτοῦ. εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἰησοῦς, πορεύου καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως.
38 ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά: γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτόν.
39 καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη μαριάμ, [ἣ] καὶ παρακαθεσθεῖσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ κυρίου ἤκουεν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ.
40 ἡ δὲ μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν: ἐπιστᾶσα δὲ εἶπεν, κύριε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἡ ἀδελφή μου μόνην με κατέλιπεν διακονεῖν; εἰπὲ οὖν αὐτῇ ἵνα μοι συναντιλάβηται.
41 ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ κύριος, μάρθα μάρθα, μεριμνᾷς καὶ θορυβάζῃ περὶ πολλά,
42 ἑνὸς δέ ἐστιν χρεία: μαριὰμ γὰρ τὴν ἀγαθὴν μερίδα ἐξελέξατο ἥτις οὐκ ἀφαιρεθήσεται αὐτῆς.

Κυριακή 28 Νοεμβρίου 2010

If any one purifies himself from what is ignoble, then he will be a vessel for noble use..

St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:20-26

TIMOTHY, my son, in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and
silver but also of wood and earthenware, and some for noble use, some
for ignoble. If any one purifies himself from what is ignoble, then
he will be a vessel for noble use, consecrated and useful to the
master of the house, ready for any good work. So shun youthful passions
and aim at righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those
who call upon the Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing to do with
stupid, senseless controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And
the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to every one,
an apt teacher, forbearing, correcting his opponents with
gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the
truth, and they may escape from the snare of the devil, after being
captured by him to do his will.