P\u00e1ll minnir \u00e1, a\u00f0 hann s\u00e9 postuli Krists, heilsar T\u00edm\u00f3teusi \u00e1st\u00fa\u00f0lega og segir hann vera sem elska\u00f0 barn sitt. Hann rifjar upp tildr\u00f6g \u00feess a\u00f0 T\u00edm\u00f3teus var\u00f0 l\u00e6risveinn Krists og hvetur hann til \u00feess a\u00f0 halda \u00e1samt s\u00e9r fast vi\u00f0 „vitnisbur\u00f0inum um Drottin“, hva\u00f0 sem annars kann a\u00f0 koma upp \u00e1. Eins og g\u00f3\u00f0um l\u00e6risveini s\u00e6mir, \u00e1 T\u00edm\u00f3teus a\u00f0 kenna safna\u00f0arf\u00f3lki s\u00ednu \u00fea\u00f0, sem P\u00e1ll kenndi honum, for\u00f0ast vanheilagt h\u00e9g\u00f3matal og einskis n\u00fdtar \u00fer\u00e6tur og fl\u00fdja girndir \u00e6skunnar.<\/em><\/p>\n * P\u00e1ll, postuli …T\u00edm\u00f3teusi: <\/em>P\u00e1ll g\u00e9kk einnig undir hinu gy\u00f0ingalega nafni s\u00ednu, S\u00e1l (Post 7.57-8.3; 9.1-30). Ungur var hann far\u00edsei, hl\u00fd\u00f0inn l\u00f6gm\u00e1li M\u00f3se, og ofs\u00f3tti kirkjuna (Fil 3.5,6). Hinn upprisni Kristur \u00fatvaldi hann postula sinn og f\u00f3l honum a\u00f0 pr\u00e9dika fagna\u00f0arerindi\u00f0.(Post 9.1-19). Sj\u00e1 „P\u00e1ll (S\u00e1l) fr\u00e1 Tarsus<\/a>„.<\/p>\n Postuli \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ir „s\u00e1 sem sendur er“ til \u00feess a\u00f0 reka erindi e\u00f0a inna af hendi \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 verkefni \u00ed nafni \u00feess, sem sendir. Jes\u00fas valdi t\u00f3lf postula \u00far l\u00e6risveinah\u00f3pnum, en auk \u00feess nefndust postular a\u00f0rir tr\u00fabo\u00f0ar, eins og t.d. P\u00e1ll, svo og \u00fdmsir \u00feeir, er s\u00e1u Jes\u00fa upprisinn (L\u00fak 24.33; Post 1.2,3). Jes\u00fas sendi postulana t\u00f3lf til \u00feess a\u00f0 pr\u00e9dika fagna\u00f0arerindi\u00f0 \u00f6llum \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0um og kenna \u00feeim a\u00f0 halda allt \u00fea\u00f0, sem hann hann haf\u00f0i bo\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00feeim (Matt 28.18; Post 1.8).<\/p>\n T\u00edm\u00f3teus var me\u00f0 P\u00e1li \u00e1 kristnibo\u00f0sfer\u00f0um hans (Post 16.1-3) og minnist P\u00e1ll \u00e1 \u00feennan g\u00f3\u00f0a samverkamann sinn \u00ed m\u00f6rgum br\u00e9fanna \u00ed N\u00fdja testamenti (2Kor 1.1; \u00deess 1.1; Flm 1). Sj\u00e1 n\u00e1nar innganginn a\u00f0 Fyrra T\u00edm\u00f3teusarbr\u00e9fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1.1\u00a0<\/strong>P\u00e1ll, postuli: <\/em>Sj\u00e1 athugagrein um P\u00e1l postula<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1.1\u00a0<\/strong>fyrirheiti\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 \u00ed Kristi Jes\u00fa: <\/em>Fyrirheiti (lofor\u00f0) um eil\u00edft l\u00edf P\u00e1li til handa og \u00f6llum \u00feeim \u00f6\u00f0rum sem \u00e1 Jes\u00fa tr\u00faa. Sj\u00e1 og „Eil\u00edft l\u00edf<\/a>„.<\/p>\n 1.2 <\/strong>Gu\u00f0i f\u00f6\u00f0ur og Kristi Jes\u00fa, Drottni vorum: <\/em>Jes\u00fas kalla\u00f0i Gu\u00f0 „f\u00f6\u00f0ur“ (sj\u00e1 t.d. J\u00f3h 14) og sama gerir P\u00e1ll \u00ed br\u00e9fum s\u00ednum (R\u00f3m 1.7; 1Kor 1.3; Gal 1.2,3).<\/p>\n Gr\u00edska or\u00f0i\u00f0 „Kristur“ \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ir „hinn smur\u00f0i“, sem er \u00e1 hebresku „Mess\u00edas“ (hinn \u00fatvaldi). Sj\u00e1 „Drottinn (nota\u00f0 um Jes\u00fa)<\/a>„.<\/p>\n 1.3 <\/strong>forfe\u00f0ur m\u00ednir: <\/em>P\u00e1ll var Gy\u00f0ingur, afkomandi \u00cdsraelsmanna.<\/p>\n 1.5\u00a0<\/strong>L\u00f3is \u00f6mmu \u00feinni…Evnike m\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00feinni: <\/em>H\u00f6fundur Postulas\u00f6gunnar segir m\u00f3\u00f0ur T\u00edm\u00f3teusar hafa veri\u00f0 „tr\u00faa\u00f0a konu af Gy\u00f0inga \u00e6tt“ (Post 16.1).<\/p>\n 1.6\u00a0<\/strong>yfirlagningu handa minna: <\/em>S\u00fa h\u00e1ttsemi a\u00f0 „leggja hendur yfir“ var h\u00f6f\u00f0 vi\u00f0 \u00fatvalningu manns til \u00feess a\u00f0 taka a\u00f0 s\u00e9r \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 starf, t.d. pr\u00e9dikun e\u00f0a \u00fej\u00f3nustu (Post 6.6; 1T\u00edm 5.22), e\u00f0a \u00feegar a\u00f0rar n\u00e1\u00f0argjafir heilags anda voru gefnar (Post 8.17; 19.6). N\u00fa \u00e1 d\u00f6gum, \u00feegar menn eru me\u00f0 h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0legri ath\u00f6fn kalla\u00f0ir til s\u00e9rstaks hlutverks \u00ed kirkjunni, heitir \u00fea\u00f0 „v\u00edgsla“.<\/p>\n 1.8\u00a0<\/strong>Fyrirver\u00f0 \u00feig \u00fev\u00ed ekki fyrir vitnisbur\u00f0inn um Drottin vorn n\u00e9 fyrir mig, bandingja hans: <\/em>R\u00f3mversk yfirv\u00f6ld \u00ed skattl\u00f6ndunum \u00fear sem P\u00e1ll og T\u00edm\u00f3teus h\u00f6f\u00f0u pr\u00e9dika\u00f0 Krist voru farin a\u00f0 handtaka l\u00e6risveina hans. Sumir r\u00f3mversku keisaranna ger\u00f0u tilkall til \u00feess a\u00f0 vera tilbe\u00f0nir af \u00feegnum s\u00ednum sem gu\u00f0ir v\u00e6ru og l\u00e9tu aukin heldur reisa musteri s\u00e9r til d\u00fdr\u00f0ar. \u00de\u00e1 t\u00f3ku \u00feeir s\u00e9r hei\u00f0urstitla \u00e1 bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 „gu\u00f0ssonur,“ „drottinn“ og „frelsari.“ Flestir Gy\u00f0ingar og kristnir menn neitu\u00f0u a\u00f0 taka \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed sl\u00edkri afgu\u00f0ad\u00fdrkun. H\u00f6fundur br\u00e9fsins hvetur T\u00edm\u00f3teus til \u00feess a\u00f0 breg\u00f0a ekki tr\u00fana\u00f0i vi\u00f0 Krist, jafnvel \u00fe\u00f3tt hann \u00feurfi a\u00f0 \u00feola fyrir \u00fea\u00f0 illt.<\/p>\n 1.8\u00a0<\/strong>fagna\u00f0arerindisins: <\/em>Fagna\u00f0arerindi\u00f0 er hvort tveggja \u00ed senn kenning Jes\u00fa um Gu\u00f0s r\u00edki og fr\u00e1s\u00f6gn l\u00e6risveina hans af \u00fev\u00ed sem Jes\u00fas ger\u00f0i. \u00deeir sem treysta Jes\u00fa og tr\u00faa gle\u00f0ibo\u00f0skapnum ver\u00f0a l\u00e6risveinar hans og heyra til Gu\u00f0s l\u00fd\u00f0.<\/p>\n 1.9 <\/strong>Hann hefur frelsa\u00f0 okkur: <\/em>Or\u00f0i\u00f0 „frelsun“ (hj\u00e1lpr\u00e6\u00f0i) merkir \u00ed Bibl\u00edunni allt \u00fea\u00f0 sem Gu\u00f0 hefur gert og gerir enn til \u00feess a\u00f0 leysa menn fr\u00e1 syndinni og hinu illa. Sj\u00e1 og „K\u00e6rleikur Gu\u00f0s frelsar (Hj\u00e1lpr\u00e6\u00f0i)<\/a>“ og „Eil\u00edft l\u00edf<\/a>„.<\/p>\n 1.9,10\u00a0<\/strong>Hann hefur frelsa\u00f0 okkur…leiddi \u00ed lj\u00f3s l\u00edf og \u00f3forgengileika: <\/em>H\u00e9r vitnar h\u00f6fundur \u00ed s\u00e1lm \u00far frumkirkjunni e\u00f0a kristna tr\u00faarj\u00e1tningu. \u00deegar Jes\u00fas afm\u00e1\u00f0i dau\u00f0ann, pr\u00e9dika\u00f0i fagna\u00f0arerindi\u00f0 um r\u00edki\u00f0 og gaf fyrirheiti um eil\u00edft l\u00edf, \u00fe\u00e1 eignu\u00f0ust mennirnir arfsvon \u00ed r\u00edki Krists og Gu\u00f0s.<\/p>\n 1.10 <\/strong>leiddi \u00ed lj\u00f3s l\u00edf: <\/em>V\u00ed\u00f0a \u00ed Bibl\u00edunni t\u00e1knar lj\u00f3si\u00f0 Gu\u00f0 e\u00f0a Gu\u00f0s or\u00f0 (Slm 119.105; 1J\u00f3h 1.5), en auk \u00feess f\u00f3lk og vi\u00f0bur\u00f0i sem lei\u00f0a \u00ed lj\u00f3s sannleika Gu\u00f0s (Jes 49.6). P\u00e1ll r\u00e6\u00f0ir l\u00edka um „lj\u00f3si\u00f0 fr\u00e1 fagna\u00f0arerindinu“ (2Kor 4.4). \u00cd Fyrsta J\u00f3hannesarbr\u00e9fi er tala\u00f0 um „a\u00f0 ganga \u00ed lj\u00f3sinu“ (I J\u00f3h 1.7). Sj\u00e1 athugagrein vi\u00f0 1.8 (fagna\u00f0arerindisins).<\/p>\n 1.14 <\/strong>hi\u00f0 g\u00f3\u00f0a…heilags anda: <\/em>Hi\u00f0 g\u00f3\u00f0a er bo\u00f0skapurinn um Krist, sem T\u00edm\u00f3teus hefur af P\u00e1li numi\u00f0. Heilagur andi hj\u00e1lpar l\u00fd\u00f0 Gu\u00f0s og kennir honum, svo a\u00f0 hann f\u00e1i lifa\u00f0 Gu\u00f0i vel\u00fe\u00f3knanlegu l\u00edfi. Sj\u00e1 „Heilagur andi<\/a>„.<\/p>\n 1.15 <\/strong>allir As\u00edumenn sneru vi\u00f0 m\u00e9r bakinu: <\/em>As\u00eda var \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00e9ra\u00f0 kalla\u00f0 \u00e1 d\u00f6gum P\u00e1ls, sem var vesturhluti Tyrklands, sem n\u00fa heitir. P\u00e1ll nefndi \u00ed br\u00e9fi \u00fe\u00e6r \u00ferengingar sem hann m\u00e1tti \u00feola \u00ed Efesus (2Kor 1.8). Tali\u00f0 er, a\u00f0 hann hafi veri\u00f0 pynda\u00f0ur og honum h\u00f3ta\u00f0 l\u00edfl\u00e1ti. Sj\u00e1 og Post 20.17-19.<\/p>\n 1.15\u00a0<\/strong>F\u00fdgelus og Hermogenes: <\/em>\u00deessir eru hvergi annars sta\u00f0ar nefndir \u00ed N\u00fdja testamenti, svo a\u00f0 ekki er lj\u00f3st, af hverju sundur\u00feykki P\u00e1ls og \u00feeirra stafa\u00f0i.<\/p>\n 1.16 <\/strong>\u00d3nes\u00edf\u00f3rusar: <\/em>\u00d3nes\u00edf\u00f3rus eru nefndur tvisvar \u00ed br\u00e9finu (4.19), en ekki annars sta\u00f0ar \u00ed N\u00fdja testamenti. Hann hefur veri\u00f0 \u00ed Efesus um lei\u00f0 og P\u00e1ll og T\u00edm\u00f3teus (1Kor 16.8-10).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"