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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(02月11日)
二月十一日 「等到……祭司把腳站在……水裏,……水……必然斷絕。」(約書亞記三章13節) 百姓必須憑信向前進,並不能在營中坐待外面的路開通了之後方纔起行。他們必須拔營開步、整裝束荷、排齊隊伍、直達河邊,雖然河水還沒有起變化。 到了河邊,若是他們想停在那裏,等河水分開了,然後伸足下水,他們定規空等,定規到今天還在河東。他們在水斷絕之前,必須先舉足涉水。 讓我們也學習怎樣用信心抓住神的話前進,不看前面的道路能否通行。我們常受攔阻和難處的挫折,都是因為我們想等神先替我們開路,挪去了一切的攔阻和難處,然後再試著前行。這是何等的錯誤。若是神要我們向前衝,我們就憑著信心抓住祂的話語向前衝,好像一無攔阻一般,路自然會為我們一步步地敞開。 ─譯自晚思 他背後躺著灰色的亞速爾島, 已經遠離了直布羅陀海峽, 前面看不見海岸的影子; 茫茫大海, 白浪滔天。 船上的大副說: 「我們必須禱告, 看哪!星星都已隱湮。 勇敢的船長, 我該怎麼下令?」 你說: 「駛向前去!向前!向前!」 「我的船員一天比一天更想叛變, 他們形容憔悴, 衰弱可憐,」 大副這樣報告, 心中思念家鄉。 鹹澀的浪花濺上他黝黑的臉。 「我該怎樣下令, 英勇的船長, 假若明早仍只見海水無邊?」 「哦,破曉的時候你該說, 駛向前去!向前!向前」 他們繼續航行, 大副說道: 「今夜狂暴的海洋露出了獠牙, 掀開了唇, 張開了大嘴, 好像要吞滅我們, 咬死我們! 英勇的船長, 只求你說一句話; 希望已渺, 無法持守!」 但船長的話如利刃出鞘說: 「駛向前去!向前!向前」 他精疲力竭, 苦守甲板, 從黑暗中遠遠眺望, 有一夜, 忽然遙見一點微光, 光明!光明!光明已在望! 它的發展, 就是日後的旗旌, 時代的黎明, 展開在黑暗之間, 他達到了那新世界, 並且給那世界一個最偉大的啟示, 「駛向前去!向前!」 ─密勒 憑著信心前進,即是勝利。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月11日)
February 11 "As soon as the soles of the feet of the priests....shall rest in the waters....the waters shall be cut off."(Joshua 3:13.) THE people were not to wait in their camps until the way was opened, they were to walk by faith. They were to break camp, pack up their goods, form in line to march, and move down to the very banks before the river would be opened. If they had come down to the edge of the river and then had stopped for the stream to divide before they stepped into it, they would have waited in vain. They must take one step into the water before the river would be cut off. We must learn to take God at His Word, and go straight on in duty, although we see no way in which we can go forward. The reason we are so often balked by difficulties is that we expect to see them removed before we try to pass through them. If we would move straight on in faith, the path would be opended for us. We stand still, waiting for the obstacle to be removed, when we ought to go forward as if there were no obstacles. ─Evening Thoughts. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good Mate said:" Now we must pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?" "Why, say, `Sail on! sail on! and on!" "My men grow mutinous day by day; My men grow ghastly wan and weak!" The stout Mate thought of home; a spray, of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek. "What shall I say, brave Admiral, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn?" "Why, you shall say at break of day, 'Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!'" They sailed. They sailed. Then spoke the Mate: "This mad sea shows its teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait, With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Admiral, say but one good word; What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah! that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck─ A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world, Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" ─Joaquin Miller. Faith that goes forward triumphs.
■ 永活之泉(02月11日)
二月十一日 父神 「奉父、子、聖靈的名給他們施浸。」馬太福音廿八章19節 我們要記得這聖潔三而一的神的意義,有其敬虔的一方面。我們說到神,我們就想到有一個不能想像的距離;這距離將聖潔的神和罪人分開,使我們只能俯伏在極其懊悔和畏懼之中。當我們說到聖子基督,我們就想到與祂之間的距離是近得無法再近的,祂為女子所生,就是為亞當的女兒所生,並且受了咒詛的死,祂是這樣與我們不能分開的聯合直到永遠!我們再說到聖靈,我們就想起神無限的祝福,有祂的同在在我們裡面,使我們成為祂的家和祂的殿,一直到永遠。 當基督教導我們:「我們在天上的父」的時候,祂立刻接著說:「願人都尊您的名為聖,」因為神是聖潔的,所以我們也要聖潔。除了我們尊那名為聖,並藉著禱告親近祂之外,再沒有成聖的路了。 多少時候,我們說到那名,並沒有覺得是一個不可言喻的特權,說出我們與神之間的關係。如果我們肯花時間與神接觸,在祂的父愛裡敬拜祂,我們的內室就要成為天堂的門了。神的兒女,如果你禱告你在暗中的父,在祂面前深深地俯伏,尋求去敬拜最聖潔的名。請你們記得,這就是禱告最高的祝福。 「禱告你在暗中的父,你父在暗中察看,必然報答你。」(太六6) 在隱密處單獨親近神,並喊說:「我的父!」這是何等不可言諭的權利呢?相信祂在暗中察看我,也要在明處報答我。讓我們來學習,直到你能說:「我面對面見了神,我的性命仍得保全。」(創卅二30)
■ 中文屬天日子(02月11日)
二月十一日 你對神的希望日漸消滅麼? 「堅心倚賴您的,您必保守他十分平安。」以賽亞書廿六章3節 你寄留想像於神呢?或者你的想像消失了呢?想像的消失,在工人的生命中是一個耗盡和毀滅的源頭。如果你從沒有運用你順服神的想像,就從現在開始吧!等候神到來,是無用的;你必丟下對偶像的想像來仰望祂,就必得救。想像是神賜與我們最偉大的恩賜,應該將想像完全供獻給祂。如果你能約束你各種思想,去順服基督,那麼,當試探來到的時候,這便是信心最大的遺產。因為你的信心和神的靈共同工作起來。尊視神的觀念,利用大自然所表現的一切,去組合──日出和日入,太陽和星宿,氣候的變化──則你的想像就不受你衝動的節制,必是去作服務神的事工。 「我們與我們的祖宗一同犯罪……而遺忘了」──於是放一把小劍在你睡覺的地方。「神現在不與我談話,」但是是不應該與我談話的。謹記你是屬誰的,你服事的是誰,用回想來鼓勵你自己,而你對於神的熱愛必增十倍;你的想像必不再消失,會馬上恢復起來,而你的盼望必有不能言喻的光明。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月11日)
二月十一日 「……得以在各樣的力上加力,好叫你們凡事……忍耐寬容」歌羅西書一章11節 保羅為歌羅西的聖徒禱告,他盼望他們能照神榮耀的權能、得以在各樣的力上加力,好叫他們凡事歡歡喜喜的忍耐寬容。能夠忍耐,但是滿臉帶著壓力的表現,似乎每條皺紋都在說:「為什麼沒有任何人同情我?」是一回事。然而能夠因擺在我們前面的喜樂,而能背負十字架、輕視羞辱,則完全是另一回事。 在主的花園中,有些樹「炎熱來到,並不懼怕,葉子仍必青翠,在乾旱之年毫無掛慮,而且結果不止。」(耶十七8)讓我們把臉轉向上升的太陽,且將隨風而來雲朵變成奪目的彩虹。 我們再過不多的時候,就不會再有機會在苦難中喜樂,並且學習忍耐。在天堂不會有任何事能教導我們忍受折磨。所以假使我們現在學不會,就永遠無法得到榮耀的冠冕。甚至將來會渴望時光倒流,回到我們現在極力擺脫的多樣情況中。
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