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1:1 奉 神旨意,照著在基督耶穌裏生命的應許,作基督耶穌使徒的保羅 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
1:2 寫信給我親愛的兒子提摩太。願恩惠、憐憫、平安從父 神和我們主基督耶穌歸與你! To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 1:3 我感謝 神,就是我接續祖先用清潔的良心所事奉的 神。祈禱的時候,不住的想念你, I thank God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 1:4 記念你的眼淚,晝夜切切地想要見你,好叫我滿心快樂。 Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. 1:5 想到你心裏無偽之信,這信是先在你外祖母羅以和你母親友妮基心裏的,我深信也在你的心裏。 I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. 1:6 為此我提醒你,使你將 神藉我按手所給你的恩賜再如火再挑旺起來。 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 1:7 因為 神賜給我們,不是膽怯的心,乃是剛強、仁愛、謹守的心。 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. 1:8 你不要以給我們的主作見證為恥,也不要以我這為主被囚的為恥;總要按 神的能力,與我為福音同受苦難。 So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, 1:9 神救了我們,以聖召召我們,不是按我們的行為,乃是按他的旨意和恩典;這恩典是萬古之先,在基督耶穌裏賜給我們的, who has saved us and called us to a holy life--not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, 1:10 但如今藉著我們救主基督耶穌的顯現才表明出來了。他已經把死廢去,藉著福音,將不能壞的生命彰顯出來。 0 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 1:11 我為這福音奉派作傳道的,作使徒,作師傅。 And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. 1:12 為這緣故,我也受這些苦難。然而我不以為恥;因為知道我所信的是誰,也深信他能保全我所交付他的〔或譯:他所交託我的〕,直到那日。 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day. 1:13 你從我聽的那純正話語的規模,要用在基督耶穌裏的信心和愛心,常常守著。 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. 1:14 從前所交託你的善道,你要靠著那住在我們裏面的聖靈牢牢的守著。 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you--guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. 1:15 凡在亞細亞的人都離棄我,這是你所知道的,其中有腓吉路和黑摩其尼。 You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. 1:16 願主憐憫阿尼色弗一家的人;因他屢次使我暢快,不以我的鎖鍊為恥, May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains. 1:17 反倒在羅馬的時候,殷勤的找我,並且找著了。 On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. 1:18 願主使他在那日得主的憐憫。他在以弗所怎樣多多地服事我,是你明明知道的。 May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus. 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(01月18日)
一月十八日 「感謝神,常帥領我們在基督裡誇勝。」哥林多後書二章14節 在人顯著的失敗中,神得著最完全的勝利。許多時候,仇敵似乎得勝了,神也容讓牠得勝;可是後來神終究剷除牠所有的作為,推翻牠顯著的勝利,一如經上所說:「使惡人的道路顛倒。」(詩一四六9,直譯)如果神不讓仇敵先得勢,神就不能給我們一個更大、更可誇的得勝。 三個希伯來人被擲入火窯的故事,是一個很好的例子。這裡,仇敵顯然勝利了。按事情看來,永活神的僕人將陷於一敗塗地的光景中了。(許多時候,我們也有這樣失敗的光景,同時仇敵真是歡喜。)他們跌在火焰中,他們的仇敵盼望看他們在可怕的火焰中頃刻之間化成飛灰,萬想不到這三個希伯來人竟在火窯中遊行自娛。這真使仇敵喫驚不小。尼布甲尼撒王叫他們從火中出來,甚至一根頭髮也沒有燒焦,一塊布也沒有變色,也沒有一些火燎的氣味,「因為沒有別神能這樣施行拯救。」(但三29) 顯著的失敗的結果,反是希奇的勝利。 假定這三個希伯來人失去了信心和勇氣,在受困之時怨神說:「為甚麼神不救我們脫離火窯呢?」他們定規會被火燒死,神也得不著榮耀了。親愛的,今天在你的生活中若是正有一個極大的試煉,不要氣餒,自認失敗,仍要繼續用信心藉著那能使你得勝有餘的主宣告勝利,榮耀的勝利立刻就要來了。我們應當知道:在一切神應許我們進入的艱難中,神在替我們造成機會,使我們在祂裡面學習信心的功課,藉著主基督誇勝,大大榮耀祂自己的名。 ─譯自讚美的生命 失敗可能與勝利同樣微妙, 受撼的靈魂成就了榮耀, 你看狂風中掙扎的橡樹, 在那擋風的一面, 受壓的樹身, 它的根卻向地下長得更深更穩。 唯有經歷過極大的悲痛, 纔能領會極大的歡欣, 憂患給心靈打開喜悅之門。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(01月18日)
January 18 "Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ."(2Cor. 2:14.) GOD gets His greatest victories out of apparent defeats. Very often the enemy seems to triumph for a little, and God lets it be so; but then He comes in and upsets all the work of the enemy, overthrows the apparent victory, and as the Bible says, "turns the way of the wicked upside down." Thus He gives a great deal larger victory than we would have known if He and not allowed the enemy, seemingly, to triumph in the first place. The story of the three Hebrew children being cast into the fiery furnace is a familiar one. Here was an apparent victory for the enemy. It looked as if the servants of the living God were going to have a terrible defeat. We have all been in places where it seemed as though we were defeated, and the enemy rejoiced. We can imagine what a complete defeat this looked to be. They fell down into the flames, and their enemies watched them to see them burn up in that awful fire, but were greatly astonished to see them walking around in the fire enjoying themselves. Nebuchadnezzar told them to "come forth out of the midst of the fire." Not even a hair was singed, nor was the smell of fire on their garments, "because there is no other god that can deliver after this sort." This apparent defeat resulted in a marvelous victory. Suppose that these three men had lost their faith and courage, and had complained, saying, "Why did not God keep us out of the furnace!" They would have been burned, and God would not have been glorified. If there is a great trial in your life today, do not own it as a defeat, but continue, by faith, to claim the victory through Him who is able to make you more than conqueror, and a glorious victory will soon be apparent. Let us learn that in all the hard places God brings us into, He is making opportunities for us to exercise such faith in Him as will bring about blessed results and greatly glorify His name. ─Life of Praise. "Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining in the wind, The boughs drink in new beauty, and the trunk Sends down a deeper root on the windward side. Only the soul that knows the mighty grief Can know the mighty rapture. Sorrows come To stretch out spaces in the heart for joy."
■ 永活之泉(01月18日)
一月十八日 恆切禱告 「要人常常禱告,不可灰心。」路加福音十八章1節 「禱告要恆切。」羅馬書十二章12節 「不住地禱告。」帖撒羅尼迦前書五章17節 在禱告生活中,最叫人覺得為難的,就是禱告的答應,來得並不像我們所盼望的那樣迅速。我們常會為著這個思想:「或許我的禱告不對罷?」因而感覺氣餒,因此我們就不恆切禱告了。這就是我們的主所常常迫切教導我們學習的功課。若是我們細查這件事,我們就會看見,答應的遲延可能是有原因的,並且我們的等候也可能給我們帶來祝福。因為答應的遲延,我們的願望會越過越深、越來越強,我們也就會用我們的全心來禱告了。神是把我們放在恆久禱告的訓練學校裡,使我們軟弱的信心能變為剛強。請務必相信,在禱告遲延得答應這件事上,是有極大的祝福的。 更重要的,就是神的意思是要把我們吸引進入與祂自己更深的交通裡。當我們的禱告尚未得著答應的時候,我們要學習認識與神交通、與神親近,並神的愛,這些比我們的祈求得著答應更要緊,這樣我們才能繼續禱告。雅各因著他的禱告遲延得著答應,結果他得著了何等大的祝福!他面對面的看見了神,並且從神得著能力和得勝,作神的君王。(譯註:以色列原文意即神的君王,此處係指雅各在毘努伊勒與神摔跤後,改名「以色列」而言。) 基督徒啊!請注意這個警告。不要在答應還沒有得到的時候,就不耐煩和失望。「禱告要恆切」「不住的禱告」當你這樣作,你要看見這裡會有無可估計的祝福。你要查問——你的禱告是否真正照著神的旨意和神的話語;你也該查問——你的禱告是否在對的靈裡,是否奉著基督的尊名。只要繼續禱告,你就會知道禱告答應的遲延,反而是神所能賜給你的一個最寶貴的恩典了。你也會認識一件事,就是那些在禱告中從神得著最大能力的人,就是那些在神面前抓住祂的應許,而恆切禱告的人。
■ 中文屬天日子(01月18日)
一月十八日 是主! 「多馬說,我的主、我的神。」約翰福音廿章28節 「你們給我喝。」我們之中有許多人要求耶穌基督止我們的渴,殊不知這正是我們要給祂喝的時候。我們現在應該傾出去,傾至最後一滴,不要吸取祂的來滿足我們自己。「你們要替我作見證」──意思是說,有一種純潔,不妥協,不貪污的生命,奉獻給主耶穌,祂無論把我們安放在那裡,我們總要使祂感覺滿意。 當事事留心,不要讓這些事與忠於耶穌基督的心爭強比勝。與崇奉耶穌競爭的事,是替祂服務。但是服務比較的易,喝盡苦杯,比較的難。神呼召的唯一目的,是滿足神,並不是替祂服務。我們不是奉召去替神打仗,卻是奉召去使用在祂的戰爭裡。我們是獻身服務的多呢?還是獻身耶穌基督的多呢?
■ 中文上海嗎哪(01月18日)
一月十八日 「可以拿去給他們,作你我的稅銀。」馬太福音十七章27節 主耶穌奇蹟地在迦百農,為彼得準備了稅金。這個記載使我們能看出主的愛及善解人意。當彼得見了稅吏之後,經上說:「他進了屋子,耶穌先向他說」(太十七25)換句話說,主等待著他。耶穌在彼得還未開口之前,就已預備好他的需要,叫他到海邊去找在魚嘴裡的錢。 由此可見,主總是事先想到我們的需要。祂喜歡為我們保留面子,而且在緊急情況發生之前,祂不僅能預料得到,而且總是帶著愛心準備好我們的需要。 當主耶穌對彼得非常溫柔地說:「……可以拿去給他們,作你我的稅銀。」祂不僅先提到自己尷尬的需要,而且為祂憂愁受罪的孩子承擔一切重擔。祂將我們的憂慮視為祂的憂慮,把我們的悲哀當作祂的悲哀,把我們的恥辱看作祂的恥辱。因祂也曾凡事受過試探,祂能體恤我們的軟弱(來四15)。
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