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✝️[Pawan Upadhyay Bible]☦️ Psalm 1:1 — The Blessed Life Guarding Yourself from Ungodly Counsel, the Way of Sinners, and the Company of Mockers “Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence.” —  Psalm 1:1, Douay-Rheims Psalm 1 begins with a powerful declaration: “Blessed is the man…” Before explaining what the blessed person does, the psalm first tells us what he  does not do . The virtuous person understands that the people around him can influence his  thoughts, decisions, behavior, values, and ultimately his spiritual direction . Therefore, he carefully guards himself against ungodly counsel, the way of sinners, and the influence of mockers. Psalm 1:1 presents three stages: Counsel → Way → Seat Or, in the language of the verbs: Walk → Stand → Sit This progression provides a profound picture of how sinful influence can gradually enter a person's life. 1. “Blessed Is the Man” The ...

✝️[Pawan Upadhyay Bible] Seek and Find [Gospel of Thomas, Saying 2]✝️ Introduction The second saying of the Gospel of Thomas presents a remarkable spiritual journey: seeking, finding, trouble, astonishment, reigning, and—according to the surviving Greek form—rest . The Coptic text preserved in the Nag Hammadi manuscript gives the following progression: Seeking → Finding → Trouble → Astonishment → Reigning over the All The Greek witness gives a closely related progression: Seeking → Finding → Astonishment → Reigning → Rest My purpose in this study is to read this saying as a spiritual journey of a person who refuses to give up searching for knowledge, wisdom, and Truth . ✝️ The Coptic Text of Saying 2 ⲡⲉⲧⲉ ϩⲓ ⲡⲉⲧⲉ ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲙ̄ⲡⲉϥⲕⲱ ⲉϣⲓⲛⲉ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉϥϩⲉ· ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥϩⲉ ⲛ̄ϥⲧⲱⲙ ⲉⲣⲟϥ· ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥⲧⲱⲙ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲛ̄ϥⲣ̄ϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ· ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛ̄ϥⲣ̄ϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲛ̄ϥⲣ̄ⲣ̄ⲣⲟ ⲉϫⲛ̄ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ The Coptic witness is represented in your research paper as the sequence: “Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he ...

✝️[Pawan Upadhyay Bible] The Living Divine Word and the Victory Over Death [ Gospel of Thomas — Saying 1]☦️ Special Notes: Lord Jesus Christ was himself the Living divine word. Living divine word performed holy live actions by his holy words. Living divine word raised the dead. Living divine word calmed the storms of the sea shore. Living divine word healed the persons. Living divine word casted out demons and evil spirits. Living divine word himself was the holy medicine for diseased persons. Living divine word was himself the holy divine miracles.  Holy words of the Living divine word were himself the Resurrection. Living divine word taught the manners of living. Living divine word taught about virtuousness, holiness and holy discipline. Living divine word taught about confession,repentance and holy prayer. Living divine word taught about Heaven and the kingdom of god. Living divine word taught about kindness, forgiveness,peace,love and charity. Holy words of the Living divine wo...