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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（12月30日）
十二月卅日 「於是彼得被囚在監裏。教會卻為他切切的禱告神。」使徒行傳十二章5節 彼得在監裏等待處決。教會既沒有能力拯救他，又沒有勢力拯救他。地上的幫助得不到了，可是天上的幫助還能得到。他們切切的禱告神。神遂差遣祂的使者，夜間去拍醒彼得，領他過了第一層、第二層監牢，來到臨街鐵門。那門自己開了，彼得就得了自由。 親愛的，在你的道路上，也許也有鐵門阻塞你的前進。像一隻籠中的鳥一般，你一直在擊打門閂；可是非但得不到幫助，反使你非常疲憊，非常疼痛。你如果學會了秘訣，就不會這樣了。甚麼秘訣呢？就是相信禱告；這樣，當你來到鐵門旁邊，那門就會自己開了。如果你能像當初的教會在樓房裏那樣懇切禱告，你就會節省許多精力，免除許多煩惱，困難也能勝過了；逆境也能順利了；被撒但所捆綁的親友也能得到釋放了。 ─C.H.P. 危急的時候，是禱告最懇切的時候。以利亞在迦密山頂屈身在地，將臉伏在兩膝之中。雖然沒有出聲的話語，他的全人已經與神合一，與神同心合意地反對惡者的勢力。這是我們禱告時所當有的態度。 ─譯自屈膝的時候 說不出來的歎息常是不能拒絕的禱告。 ─司布真
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（12月30日）
December 30 "Peter was kept in prison: but prayer (instant and earnest prayer) was mad for him." (Acts 12:5, margin) ＰETER was in prison awaiting his execution. The Church had neither human power nor influence to save him. There was no earthly help, but there was help to be obtained by the way of Heaven. They gave themselves to fervent, importunate prayer. God sent His angel, who aroused Peter from sleep and led him out through the first and second wards of the prison; and when they came to the iron gate, it opened to them of its own accord, and Peter was free. There may be some iron gate in your life that has blocked your way. Like a caged bird you have often beaten against the bars, but instead of helping, you have only had to fall back tired, exhausted and sore at heart. There is a secret for you to learn, and that is believing prayer; and when you come to the iron gate, it will open of its own accord. How much wasted energy and sore disappointment will be saved if you will learn to pray as did the Church in the upper room! Insurmountable difficulties will disappear; adverse circumstances will prove favorable if you learn to pray, not with your own faith but with the faith of God (Mark 11:22, Margin). Souls in prison have been waiting for years for the gate to open; loved once out of Christ, bound by Satan, will be set free when you pray till you difinitely believe God. －C. H. P. Emergencies call for intense prayer. When the man becomes the prayer nothing can resist its touch. Elijah on Carmel, bowed down on the ground, with his face between his knees, that was prayer-the man himself. No words are mentioned. Prayer can be too tense for words. The man's whole being was in touch with God, and was set with God against the powers of evil. They couldn't withstand such praying. There's more of this embodied praying needed. －The Bent-knee Time. "Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused." －C. H. Spurgeon.
■ 永活之泉（12月30日）
十二月卅日 神愛心的管家 「人應當以我們為基督的執事，為神奧秘事的管家。所求於管家的是，要他有忠心。」哥林多前書四章1、2節 管家是受國王或主人所託付，將其財產分配給那些有權得到的人。天上的神希望地上的人知道祂有愛的財產，並且願意分給那些需要的人，而福音的執事就是神奧秘事的管家。祂永遠的愛就是極深的奧秘，藉此湧出，使人蒙福。 所求於管家的就是忠心，他必須為此奉獻整個生命；他必須忠心工作，總是在房子內或公共場所告示，何處可取得這種財物。所以，福音執事必須每天活在愛裏並與神交通，不單對神忠心，而且要對人愛心，向交託給自己的人，反射神的愛彼此分享之。屬靈的愛是個奧秘，僅僅可常在那些接待神，滿足於祂的愛，並願如活水江河般地供應於他人的心中。 哦！神的孩子！深深洞察事奉神的奧秘，向罪人作神奇妙愛的管家，常常並且多多為此禱告；如此，神要在這些執事中與你相會，立你為神奧秘事（特別是聖愛之奧秘）的管家。我所愛的弟兄啊！你為神所愛，基督為你死在十字架上。記得所交託你的靈魂、教會和信徒，他們得靠你每天忠心地與神相交，過屬天生活；然後，你才能帶著喜樂和聖靈的大能，對於那些渴慕的人傳遞神的愛。
■ 中文屬天日子（12月30日）
十二月卅日 世上的思慮 「有世上的思慮，錢財的迷惑，和別樣的私慾……」馬可福音四章19節 聖徒們必須放下一切屬世的思慮，因為這些屬世的思慮會阻擋你靈命的長進。但是在另一方面，我們的仇敵──撒但，牠常常用屬世的事物來霸佔聖徒的心，更用不義的財利來迷惑聖徒的眼睛。他會鼓勵聖徒們去追求物質的享受，使聖徒們心力交瘁。如此可以忽略了對屬靈事工的注意，這是撒但的無上妙計之一，牠將世上的金錢、名譽、地位、學識、家庭、兒女，以及一切的享受來打動聖徒們的心，使產生了貪慾，紛亂的思想，從敬虔聖潔的生活中墮落到平庸、憂煩、疲憊、忙碌裡面。使聖徒們專心注目世上福祿，以致與神的交通阻隔，慢慢地不禱告了，不讀經了，亦不參加聚會了，如此神所賜的各樣屬靈的恩賜就此失去，基督生命的活水亦就無法在墮落的聖徒身上流通了！ 當你在安靜的時候，捫心自問，是否有上述的情形？如有，你必須急速回頭求主耶穌作你的幫助，讓祂生命之光再次來照亮你，你將一切的思慮、錢財、情慾全交給主，並且求主給你一顆新心，好叫我們盡心盡意愛我們的主。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（12月30日）
十二月三十日 「……願我們的神……用大能成就你們一切所羨慕的良善，和一切因信心所做的工夫。」帖撒羅尼迦後書一章11節 神今天在找尋一些模範基督徒，因為祂知道若是找到一個真正的模範，要藉著這個人來複製更多同樣的基督徒，將是無可限量的。 生命中每一個經驗都是考驗，因為神以深深嫉妒的愛看著我們勝過每一個經驗。如果我們失敗了，祂會非常失望，而撒但則會歡喜無比。總之，天使及那惡者每一時刻都盯著我們看，所以現在我們所走的每一步，不僅相當重要，而且能決定我們的未來。 當亞伯拉罕往摩利亞山上去的那個清晨，那真是一個最緊張的考驗時刻。然而，亞伯拉罕證明了他是神的僕人，也因此這成為他永遠的印記。神能說：「我眷顧他，為要叫他……遵守我的道，秉公行義，使我所應許亞伯拉罕的話都成就了。」(創十八19) 神今天仍然在找尋像亞伯拉罕這樣的模範。主啊，幫助我們，也能成為世人的模範。
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