\u00cd \u00ferett\u00e1n af ritum N\u00fdja testamentis, e\u00f0a n\u00e6r helmingnum, segir afdr\u00e1ttarlaust a\u00f0 P\u00e1ll postuli s\u00e9 h\u00f6fundurinn. \u00c1 meira en helftinni af bla\u00f0s\u00ed\u00f0um eins rits til vi\u00f0b\u00f3tar, Postulas\u00f6gunnar, lesum vi\u00f0 um afturhvarf P\u00e1ls og kristnibo\u00f0sfer\u00f0ir hans um r\u00f3mverska heimsveldi\u00f0 \u00fevert og endilangt. \u00cd Post 21.1-21 er P\u00e1ll sag\u00f0ur f\u00e6ddur \u00ed Tarsus, einni af mi\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0 gr\u00edskrar menntunar og menningar. En P\u00e1ll var Gy\u00f0ingur, og \u00fev\u00ed sat hann einnig vi\u00f0 f\u00f3tsk\u00f6r Gamal\u00edels l\u00f6gm\u00e1lskennanda \u00ed Jer\u00fasalem og nam af honum (Post 22.3). Hi\u00f0 gy\u00f0ingalega nafn P\u00e1ls var S\u00e1l. Hann tilheyr\u00f0i flokki far\u00edsea (Fil 3.5), en \u00feeir \u00e1litu a\u00f0 Gu\u00f0i yr\u00f0i \u00fej\u00f3na\u00f0 best me\u00f0 fullkominni hl\u00fd\u00f0ni vi\u00f0 l\u00f6gm\u00e1l M\u00f3se.<\/p>\n
\u00dear e\u00f0 P\u00e1ll var eldheitur far\u00edsei h\u00f3f hann a\u00f0 ofs\u00e6kja l\u00e6risveina Jes\u00fa (Post 8.1-3; 9.1,2). Hann reyndi af alefli a\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0a ni\u00f0url\u00f6gum \u00feeirrar hreyfingar, sem k\u00f6llu\u00f0 var „vegur Drottins.“ En hann t\u00f3k algj\u00f6rum sinnaskiptum \u00feegar Kristur upprisinn birtist honum \u00ed s\u00fdn og valdi hann til \u00feess a\u00f0 bo\u00f0a fagna\u00f0arerindi\u00f0 \u00f6llum m\u00f6nnum (Post 9.1-18; Gal 1.11-17; 1Kor 9.1). A\u00f0 li\u00f0inni \u00feriggja \u00e1ra veru \u00ed Damaskus (Gal 1.18) og eftir a\u00f0 hafa \u00e1tt fund me\u00f0 lei\u00f0togum safna\u00f0arins \u00ed Jer\u00fasalem (Gal 1.18-2.10) h\u00f3f P\u00e1ll a\u00f0 bo\u00f0a hei\u00f0ingjum fagna\u00f0arerindi\u00f0 um Jes\u00fa Krist.<\/p>\n
Af br\u00e9fum P\u00e1ls og fr\u00e1s\u00f6gn Postulas\u00f6gunnar m\u00e1 r\u00e1\u00f0a, a\u00f0 n\u00e6stu fimmt\u00e1n \u00e1rin pr\u00e9dika\u00f0i hann Krist og li\u00f0sinnti l\u00e6risveinum \u00ed Litlu-As\u00edu og Grikklandi vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 koma \u00e1 f\u00f3t kristnum s\u00f6fnu\u00f0um. \u00deannig lag\u00f0i hann h\u00f6nd \u00e1 pl\u00f3g \u00ed Efesus, K\u00f3lossu, \u00deessalon\u00edku, A\u00feenu og Korintu. Hann r\u00f6kr\u00e6ddi vi\u00f0 heimspekinga (Post 17) og leiddi Gy\u00f0ingum fyrir sj\u00f3nir a\u00f0 Jes\u00fas v\u00e6ri uppfylling vona \u00feeirra (Post 18). Hann var\u00f0 fyrir ofs\u00f3knum og var hnepptur \u00ed var\u00f0h\u00f6ld. Hann reyndi a\u00f0 s\u00fdna r\u00f3mverskum valdsm\u00f6nnum fram \u00e1, a\u00f0 heimsveldi \u00feeirra v\u00e6ri engin h\u00e6tta b\u00fain af Kristi (Post 24.25).<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 var tr\u00fa P\u00e1ls, a\u00f0 Jes\u00fas hef\u00f0i veri\u00f0 af Gu\u00f0i sendur til \u00feess a\u00f0 au\u00f0s\u00fdna hl\u00fd\u00f0ni og leggja l\u00edf sitt \u00ed s\u00f6lurnar sem f\u00f3rn og lausnargjald fyrir syndir mannanna (R\u00f3m 3.24,25). Jes\u00fas vildi sameina \u00ed einn s\u00f6fnu\u00f0 alla menn, b\u00e6\u00f0i Gy\u00f0inga og hei\u00f0ingja, hinn n\u00fdja l\u00fd\u00f0 Gu\u00f0s. Gu\u00f0 sendi l\u00edka anda sinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 v\u00edsa l\u00e6risveinum Jes\u00fa veginn og upp\u00f6rva \u00fe\u00e1, svo a\u00f0 \u00feeir \u00fej\u00f3nu\u00f0u Gu\u00f0i me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 brei\u00f0a \u00fat glei\u00f0bo\u00f0skapinn og elska hver annan. P\u00e1ll sag\u00f0i, a\u00f0 \u00e1v\u00f6xtur andans v\u00e6ri k\u00e6rleiki, gle\u00f0i og fri\u00f0ur (Gal 5), og auk \u00feess h\u00e6fni til \u00feess a\u00f0 vinna Gu\u00f0s verk h\u00e9r \u00ed heimi (1Kor 14).<\/p>\n
P\u00e1ll \u00f3ska\u00f0i \u00feessa\u00f0 \u00fej\u00e1st me\u00f0 Kristi a\u00f0 ganga \u00ed dau\u00f0ann l\u00edkur honum, og hann ba\u00f0 \u00feess a\u00f0 s\u00e9r m\u00e6tti au\u00f0nast a\u00f0 n\u00e1 til upprisunnar fr\u00e1 dau\u00f0um (Fil 3.10,11). Hann v\u00e6nti endurkomu Jes\u00fa fr\u00e1 himni og mundi hann \u00fe\u00e1 „breyta veikum og forgengilegum l\u00edkama okkar svo a\u00f0 hann f\u00e1i s\u00f6mu mynd og d\u00fdr\u00f0arl\u00edkami hans“ (Fil 3.21). \u00de\u00e1 mundi Jes\u00fas Kristur bera endanlegt siguror\u00f0 af synd og dau\u00f0a (1Kor 15.50-57).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"