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1:1 奉 神旨意作基督耶穌使徒的保羅和兄弟提摩太,寫信給在哥林多 神的教會,並亞該亞遍處的眾聖徒。 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
1:2 願恩惠、平安從 神我們的父和主耶穌基督歸與你們! Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:3 願頌讚歸與我們的主耶穌基督的父 神,就是發慈悲的父,賜各樣安慰的 神。 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 1:4 我們在一切患難中,他就安慰我們,叫我們能用 神所賜的安慰去安慰那遭各樣患難的人。 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 1:5 我們既多受基督的苦楚,就靠基督多得安慰。 For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 1:6 我們受患難呢,是為叫你們得安慰,得拯救;我們得安慰呢,也是為叫你們得安慰;這安慰能叫你們忍受我們所受的那樣苦楚。 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 1:7 我們為你們所存的盼望是確定的,因為知道你們既是同受苦楚,也必同得安慰。 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort. 1:8 弟兄們,我們不要你們不曉得,我們從前在亞細亞遭遇苦難,被壓太重,力不能勝,甚至連活命的指望都絕了; We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. 1:9 自己心裏也斷定是必死的,叫我們不靠自己,只靠叫死人復活的 神。 Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 1:10 他曾救我們脫離那極大的死亡,現在仍要救我們,並且我們指望他將來還要救我們。 0 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, 1:11 你們以祈禱幫助我們,好叫許多人為我們謝恩,就是為我們因許多人所得的恩。 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our(\f1 1:11 Many manuscripts|i your|d) behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many. 1:12 我們所誇的是自己的良心,見證我們憑著 神的聖潔和誠實;在世為人不靠人的聰明,乃靠 神的恩惠,向你們更是這樣。 Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom but according to God's grace. 1:13 我們現在寫給你們的話,並不外乎你們所念的,所認識的,我也盼望你們到底還是要認識; For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, 1:14 正如你們已經有幾分認識我們,以我們誇口,好像我們在我們主耶穌的日子以你們誇口一樣。 as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus. 1:15 我既然這樣深信,就早有意到你們那裏去,叫你們再得益處; Because I was confident of this, I planned to visit you first so that you might benefit twice. 1:16 也要從你們那裏經過,往馬其頓去,再從馬其頓回到你們那裏,叫你們給我送行往猶太去。 I planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea. 1:17 我有此意,豈是反覆不定嗎?我所起的意,豈是從情慾起的,叫我忽是忽非嗎? When I planned this, did I do it lightly? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say, <<Yes, yes>> and <<No, no>>? 1:18 我指著信實的 神說,我們向你們所傳的道,並沒有是而又非的。 But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not <<Yes>> and <<No.>> 1:19 因為我和西拉並提摩太,在你們中間所傳 神的兒子耶穌基督,總沒有是而又非的,在他只有一是。 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by me and Silas(\f2 1:19 Greek|i Silvanus|d, a variant of|i Silas|d0 and Timothy, was not <<Yes>> and <<No,>> but in him it has always been <<Yes.>> 1:20 神的應許,不論有多少,在基督都是是的。所以藉著他也都是實在〔實在:原文是阿們〕的,叫 神因我們得榮耀。 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are <<Yes>> in Christ. And so through him the <<Amen>> is spoken by us to the glory of God. 1:21 那在基督裏堅固我們和你們,並且膏我們的就是 神。 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 1:22 他又用印印了我們,並賜聖靈在我們心裏作憑據〔原文是質〕。 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. 1:23 我呼籲 神給我的心作見證,我沒有往哥林多去是為要寬容你們。 I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. 1:24 我們並不是轄管你們的信心,乃是幫助你們的快樂,因為你們憑信才站立得住。 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm. This is Alex Markley's PHPScripture v1.2.0, displaying a copy of Chinese Union Version Bible in XOOPS. 本模組中文化由長島基督福音教會的Jack起始, 聖經文字部分由CCIM(網路基督使團)網站下載. 如欲修改經文請洽聖經公會. 荒漠甘泉五合一■ 中文荒漠甘泉(03月17日)
三月十七日 「住在那裏,等我吩咐你。」馬太福音二章13節 親愛的主, 我願留在您安置我的地方; 我雖渴望離此遠颺, 我有意和大隊一起前進, 是的, 您知道我要做他們的領導人。 為了鮮明的旗幟而歡呼, 把腳步配合著軍樂的悠揚, 光榮地身先士卒, 馳騁疆場, 但我願留在您安置我的地方。 親愛的主, 我願留在您安置我的地方; 地的面積狹小, 而又是一片荒涼, 石礫既多, 土質更是澆薄, 似乎不會有生命在此滋長。 這是您的土地, 只要給我種子, 我將放膽去播種插秧, 我願耕耘, 等待雨水沛降, 一旦綠曲抽茁, 我將欣喜若狂! 我願留在您安置我的地方。 親愛的主, 我願留在您安置我的地方; 我永遠敬虔忠誠來信靠您, 白日的辛勞和炎熱, 我都願一嘗, 夜間我可伏臥在您的腳旁。 當我把塵世的工作一一做完, 將可沐浴在永世的榮光, 來結束我一生的全部紀錄, 那時, 我必發覺留著比離開更為適當; 我願留在您安置我的地方。 哦,不安定的心哪!你跳得多麼厲害,撞在環境的鐵欄上,想衝出去到外面更寬大的場地去工作。靜下來罷,讓神替你安排你的日子罷!今天的忍耐和信靠,就是將來神差你出去作大事業的預備。 ─選
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(03月17日)
March 17 "Be thou there till I bring thee word." (Matt. 2:13.) "I'll stay where You've put me; I will, dear Lord, Though I wanted so badly to go; I was eager to march with the`rank and lile,' Yes, I wanted to lead them, You know. I planned to keep step to the music loud, To cheer when the banner unfurled, To stand in the midst of the fight straight and proud, But I'll stay where You've put me. "I'll stay where You've put me; I'll work, dear Lord, Though the field be marrow and small, And the ground be fallow, and the stones lie thick, And there seems to be no life at all. The field is Thine own, only give me the seed, I'll sow it with never a fear; I'll till the dry soil while I wait for the rain, And rejoice when the green blades appear; I'll work where You've put me. "I'll stay where You've put me; I will, dear Lord; I'll bear the day's burden and heat, Always trusting Thee fully; when even has come I'll lay heavy sheaves at Thy feet. And then, when my earth work is ended and done, In the light of eternity's glow, Life's record all closed, I surely shall find It was better to stay than to go; I'll stay where You've put me." "Oh restless heart, that beat against your prison bars of circumstances, yearning for a wider sphere of usefulness, leave God to order all your days. Patience and trust, in the dullness of the routine of life, will be the best preparation for a courageous bearing of the tug and strain of the larger opportunity which God may some time send you."
■ 永活之泉(03月17日)
三月十七日 為個別的靈魂代禱 「……你們……的將被收集,啊!以色列人哪……。」以賽亞書廿七章12節 我們身體裡面的每一肢體,都有它固定的位置;在社會上或在教會中也是如此。工作是整體的利益及完善的目標,但目標之達成,卻是藉著每一個肢體的配搭工作。 在教會中有一種普遍的想法,就是人們的得救乃是神僕人的事。由於他通常都是與群眾接觸,卻少有機會接觸到個人。這就造成雙重的虧損。信徒本身不明白他該對他四周的人作見證—─這可使他自己的屬靈生命活潑剛強,又可使人蒙恩。由於不信的人所接觸到的信徒沒有把基督個別的傳給他,他就受到說不出的虧損。我們極少發現有人想到該為著四周的人代禱。基督徒的生活需要恢復代禱應佔的地位——那對教會及其中一切事奉是多麼重要! 哦!基督徒甚麼時候認清這個偉大的事實,神在天上渴望要作的需要地上的禱告,這是不可或缺的。只要認識這件事時,我們才看見代禱是使靈魂得救的主要因素。若沒有聖靈的能力顯出在禱告的事工上,一切努力都是徒然;只有當神的僕人與子民在禱告與見證上合一時,教會才會興旺,每個信徒才明白他們該作的是甚麼。 我們如何能激發起代禱的靈?答案是兩面的。一面要每一個基督徒當他一開始領悟到代禱的能力及需要時,就開始為著個別的靈魂從事實際的代禱事工。為著你的兒女、親人、朋友、及所有神在你四周所安排的人代禱。如果你感覺代禱缺乏能力時,謙卑俯伏在施恩座前,神要每一個蒙救贖的兒女為那些將滅亡的人代禱。禱告乃如正常基督徒生活的呼吸一般重要——證明那是從上面來的。 然後迫切不斷地禱告神將聖靈的能力賜給你,及所有你四周所有神的兒女們,使代禱之能顯在蒙神尊重的地位中。
■ 中文屬天日子(03月17日)
三月十七日 工人之支配慾 「我們立了志向要得主的喜悅。」哥林多後書五章9節 「我們立了志向……」要把主的鴻圖放在前面,跟著不離,那是艱苦的工作。那便是說一年一年的勉強自己達到最高的理想。不是要感動甚麼人,建設甚麼教會,開甚麼奮興會,僅僅是企圖「得主的喜悅」。不是缺少靈性經驗而失敗,乃是缺乏努力保持正當的理想。至少要每禮拜一次把我們所行的拿到神面前,看我們的生活是否遵照神所期望的標準。保羅像一位音樂家,他所要求的是教他的人的讚賞,不問聽眾的讚賞。 任何企圖稍微偏離「求悅於神」的中心,其結果或是我們成為撇棄的人。習於辨別志向所達到的歸結,你就明白為甚麼要仰望耶穌基督而生活的緣故。保羅說:「我是攻克己身,叫身服我,恐怕我傳福音給別人,自己反被棄絕了。」(林前九27) 我要習於將各種事件去與主要的企圖發生關係,保持而不間斷。我對社會顯明的價值,就是以我私人的價值為標準。我主要的企圖是討祂的歡心,要得祂的喜悅呢?抑是次一等的好呢?
■ 中文上海嗎哪(03月17日)
三月十七日 「祂記念祂的約,直到永遠……」詩篇一百零五篇8節 我們若是在律法中靠自己的能力掙扎,我們會一直在罪的控制下。但當我們走出西乃山的陰影,欣然地接受基督的恩典和祂白白賜予的全然救恩,一切的掙扎就會成為歷史。因祂曾應許作我們思想上和感情上的公義主,我們能藉著祂稱義,並且求祂保守我們,在遇到任何敵對的情況時,仍然能在祂完全的旨意和平安之中。 我們真的知道且相信這的確是福音的應許,以及新約的本質嗎?我們是否相信基督已保證將祂的律放在我們心中,使我們能按著祂的命令行事,並且遵守祂的旨意?我們確實瞭解神曾向亞伯拉罕所起的誓:叫他既從仇敵手中被救出來,就可以終身在神面前坦然無懼的用聖潔、公義事奉祂(路一74、75)。神也曾向我們起誓祂會像對待亞伯拉罕一樣待我們,祂會實現祂的應許,因為祂是信實的,讓我們完全依靠祂。
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