9:27 Ci ma port aspru cu trupul meu, si-l tin in stapanire, ca nu cumva, dupa ce am propovaduit altora, eu insumi sa fiu lepadat. Ma port aspru. [,,Tin sub”, KJV; ,,Strunesc puternic”, G. Gal.]. Gr. hupopiazo, literal, ,,a lovi sub ochi”, ,,a innegri ochiul cuiva”. Versiunea KJV aici e lipsita de metafora luptei de box din vechime sau lupta cu pumnii a grecilor, pe care Pavel a folosit-o pentru a ilustra plastic natura crunta a luptei care trebuia sa se dea de fiecare crestin sincer. Manusile de box purtate de luptatori nu erau manusi in sensul modern al cuvantului; ele erau adesea facute din curele de piele de bou, care erau uneori intarite cu articulatii de arama. Hupopiazo zugraveste viu severitatea si asprimea pe care crestinii adevarati le exercita fata de firea lor pacatoasa. Ea sugereaza disciplina si lepadarea de sine rigida care trebuie sa fie exercitata pentru ca sa se castige biruinta asupra tuturor pasiunilor stricate ale tendintelor rele ale omului. Tin in stapanire. Literal, ,,a duce in robie”, de unde ,,a face un serv al lui”. Pavel arata in felul acesta scopul sau hotarat de a castig biruinta deplina asupra tuturor inclinatiilor si pasiunilor si tendintelor stricate. La el nu era nici un gand de jumatati de masura. El stia ca trebuie sa fie o lupta pana la sfarsit, indiferent care ar fi fost costul in suferinta si chin pentru firea sa pamanteasca; raul acela care se razboia cu aspiratiile lui spirituale trebuia sa moara. Aceasta este o lectie pe care trebuie sa o invete toti aceia care nadajduiesc sa se califice pentru primire lor ca cetateni ai cerului. Indemnurile si dorintele nesatioase ale apetitului si patimilor firesti trebuie sa fie nimicite. Lucrul acesta este cu putinta numai cand vointa este predata lui Hristos (vezi Filp 4:13; SC 43, 44, 60). Ca nu cumva. Pavel nu intentiona sa ingaduie ca ceva sa-l impiedice de a ajunge la mantuire; el era pregatit sa faca orice voia Dumnezeu ca sa fie pregatit pentru cer. El stia ca era o primejdie dainuitoare de a fi amagit din cauza inselatoriei pacatului, si era hotarat ca nimic sa nu fie lasat nefacut din partea sa pentru a-si asigura succesul in obtinerea coroanei vietii vesnice. Propovaduit altor. Se poate ca Pavel sa continue metafora cu jocurile, referindu-se aici la sine ca fiind crainicul care chema pe alergatori la intrecerea in alergare. In acelasi timp el este si un concurent. Lepadat. Gr. adokimos, ,,nerezistand la incercare”, ,,neaprobat”. In calitate de crainic, Pavel facuse cunoscut regulile care carmuiau jocurile. In calitatea de concurent, de asemenea s-ar fi asteptat de la el sa fie mai pe sus de toti ceilalti care sa se tina de reguli. Pavel fusese plin de ravna la proclamarea catre altii a regulilor si randuielilor care carmuiau concursul pentru viata vesnica. Aici el da glas hotararii de a practica un control rigid asupra naturii sale pacatoase, ca nu cumva sa sufere groaznica dezonoare de a fi gasit cu lipsa de marele Judecator la sfarsitul alergarii. Slujitorii lui Hristos, care tin inaintea lumii regulile care corespund biruintei in intrecerea pentru mantuirea vesnica, trebuie sa fie foarte atenti in privinta starii lor spirituale ca nu cumva sa ramana mai pe jos in vreo privinta oarecare si in felul acesta sa dea gres in a obtine rasplatirea aceea pentru care isi cheltuisera viata indemnand pe altii sa o castige. Daca toti cei care sunt chemati la lucrarea Evangheliei ar fi atat de credinciosi si staruitori cum a fost Pavel, redesteptarea si reforma dupa care biserica tanjeste ar fi mult grabita si Hristos ar veni in curand. COMENTARIILE ELLEN G. WHITE 6 AA 346 7 AA 340; Ev 64; 1T 147; 8T 180 7–14AA 335 9 GW 450 13–184T 409 16 AA 361; EW 94, 100; 1T 131, 379, 448; 2T 552 17 6T 83 19 DA 550; 2T 674 19–22GW 117 22 ChS 116; ML 189; 2T 674; 3T 422; WM 64 24 AA 313; 9T 136 24, 25 CD 27; CH 565; Te 144; 4T 34 24–27AA 309; CT 256; GW 241; MH 129; 2T 46, 357; 6T 374 25 AA 311, 312; CD 29; CH 38, 100, 432, 449, 505, 575; CW 124; ML 82; MM 275; MYP 242; PP 562; Te 94, 101, 106, 139, 141, 156, 161, 175, 189, 201, 243; 1T 471, 487, 618; 2T 45, 68, 362, 374, 381; 3T 62, 162, 489, 491, 561; 4T 33, 215; 6T 256, 375, 378; 7T 74 25, 26 Te 145 25–27SL 26; 4T 35 26 TM 407 26, 27 AA 314; 2T 359 27 CD 44; CG 467; Ev 682; ML 78; MM 144; SL 95; Te 148; TM 163; 1T 436; 2T 75, 381, 409, 413, 457, 511; 3T 464; 4T 371, 434, 574 |
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Special note for ANDROID SmartPhones
I recommend to download PhoneMe emulator for Android from here.
Especially I recommend phoneME Advanced - Foundation Profile + MIDP High Resolution b168 rev20547 from here, or from here.
Then you have to build your application, to transfer the .jar and .jad files on your mobile phone and run using this nice emulator.
1. Install a Zip Utility from Android Market.
2. Install a File Manager from Android Market.
3. Download and install PhoneMe, as mentioned above.
4. Build your application by using Download Multilingual Service or Dynamic Download (zip).
5. Copy the zip file into your Android Phone and unzip the content in a folder, and then write down the path to the unzipped files and the name of the .jad file.
6. Launch PhoneMe from your smartphone.
7. Inside PhoneMe, write to the main window the path and the name to the .jad file, above mentioned. Will look something like: file:///mnt/sd/download/BiblePhone.jad and then press enter.
8. The application will be installed, and next a hyperlink will be available below the above mentioned textbox. On this way you can install as many of MIDP application you like on your Android Phone.
How to install the application in Java Mobile enabled phones
It is possible now to have the Holy Scriptures on your mobile phone and to read
it wherever you are due to the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
technology in 1.0 and 2.0 versions, developed for Java applications.
A good advice is to try in the beginning the MIDP 1.0 / 128 Kbytes version, and
progressively to advance to MIDP 2.0 and larger volumes (512 Kbytes or more).
The application is available for MIDP 2.0, MIDP 1.0. You have only to select one
table on the field MIDP2.0 or MIDP1.0, according to the desired Bible version.
Then, you shall make a click on the JAR (Java Archive) file in order to obtain
the software to be installed on your mobile phone.
I recommend you to start with STARTER(MIDP1.0old) edition, then to continue with
INTERMEDIATE(MIDP1.0), and in the end, if the mobile phone supports this thing,
to try to install the ADVANCED (MIDP2.0) edition. Also, start with 128 kbytes
volumes, continue with 512 kbytes, and at the end try the version in one file.
There are cases where the mobile phone requires so called JAD (Java Descriptor)
files. These JAD files has to be
uploaded, on this case, together with the desired JAR files(s).
There are different methods to download the applications in your mobile phone as
follows:
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
5. If none from the above cases are valid
Next, we shall examine each case in order to have a successfully installation of
the software.
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
If your have Internet access on your mobile phone (e.g. WAP or GPRS), it is
enough to access
https://biblephone.intercer.net/wap/ from the browser of the mobile phone,
and to access the desired Bible version, and then to make an option about
MIDP1.0 or MIDP2.0, and finally to select the desired module (e.g. one or more).
After the last selection, the desired version will be downloaded on your mobile
phone.
Many phones have only this option for installing JAVA appplications.
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
If you don't have access to Internet directly from your mobile phone, then you
shall have to pass to this step requiring to have infrared ports on your mobile
phone and on the computer.
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to activate the infrared port on the mobile phone and align it with the infrared
port of the computer (preferable laptop).
c. Then a window will appear asking what file you want to send to the mobile
phone. Next, you will select the downloaded JAR file, and after OK, the mobile
phone will ask you if you want to load that file. You say YES and the
application will be downloaded on your mobile phone.
d. Probably, you will be asked by the mobile phone where you want to save it (e.g.
on the games or applications directories). After you made this selection, the
file will be ready to be loaded for run.
The displaying preference can be set inside the application in order to have
larger fonts, full screen display etc.
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
This situation is similar with the infrared case. You have only to activate
Bluetooth access on your mobile phone (check if exists) and on the computer (check
if exists).
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific
mobile phones.
On this case the steps are as follows:
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to set up the wired connection between the mobile phone and the computer. Next,
you will start the synchronization / data transfer application and download the
JAR file in your mobile phone. Surely, you will have to consult the CD of your
mobile phone.
c. By this application you shall transfer into your mobile phone the JAR file in
the games or applications directories. Next, you will have to select for run the
JAR desired file.
5. If none from the above cases are valid
On this unhappy case, I recommend you to find a friend with a laptop having
infrared / Bluetooth capabilities, or to buy a data link cable, or to change
your current model of mobile phone.
Unfortunately, some models of mobile phones require only WAP/GPRS in order to
download and run Java applications.
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones. Therefore check the documentation of them and also the page for specific
models.
Why so many versions? Simple, because not all the mobile phones support the
Bible in one file with MIDP 2.0 (the most advanced for the time being).
Multilingual Online Ebooks
It is possible now to have the inspirational ebooks on your browser and to read it allowing you to make comparisons between different translations or versions for a specific language. This occasion is unique, and you have only to browse to the desired author and book.