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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(03月01日)
三月一日 「你要察看神的作為,因神使為曲的,誰能變為直呢?」傳道書七章13節 神似乎常把他的兒女放在極困難的處境中,使他們無法逃避,也無法解決。 這種處境絕非人類的判斷所能解決的,但這種陰暗際遇,自有其目的,也許你正在陷入這種際遇之中。 似乎你的遭遇是頂煩惱,頂嚴重,你也不懂得為甚麼神要如此待你,但是神的處理決沒有錯誤。不久你就會看見祂的美意。你所處的地位是一個戲臺,你正在戲臺上表演神的榮耀、恩典和權能。 祂不只要施行拯救;祂也要藉此使你學習一個不能遺忘的功課,叫你在事情經過之後,還能常常唱出新的讚美來發出足彀的感謝來。 ─選 「我們知道, 一切都在主的統馭之中, 所以我們必需靜待祂的解釋」 我雖模糊, 主,您卻完全知道, 總有一天, 您會解釋其中奧秘, 那時我才會明白是您最好的安排, 這些曲折, 正是教訓我對您的順服。 給我圍上了藩籬, 使我途徑成為曲折, 我的目光雖遊移不定, 但您卻成了目標; 糾正了我的不耐與高傲, 轉移了我的心, 只聽您的呼召。 我感謝您與讚美您曲折的安排, 我雖不知道, 還是一心信靠, 您把我作了試煉, 何等忭幸, 我要緊緊依靠著您的指導。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(03月01日)
March 1 "Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked.(Eccles. 7:13.) OFTEN God seems to place His children in positions of profound difficulty, leading them into a wedge from which there is no escape; contriving a situation which no human judgment would have permitted, had it been previously consulted. The very cloud conducts them thither. You may be thus involved at this very hour. It does seem perplexing and very serious to the last degree, but it is perfectly right. The issue will more than justify Him who has brought you hither. It is a platform for the display of His almighty grace and power. He will not only deliver you; but in doing so, He will give you a lesson that you will never forget, and to which, in many a psalm and song, in after days, you will revert. You will never be able to thank God enough for having done just as He has. ─Selected. "We may wait till He explains, Because we know that Jesus reigns." It puzzles me; but, Lord, Thou understandest, And wilt one day explain this crooked thing. Meanwhile, I know that it has worked out thy best─ Its very crookedness taught me to cling. Thou hast fenced up my ways, made my paths crooked, To keep my wand'ring eyes fixed on Thee; To make me what I was not, humble, patient; To draw my heart from earthly love to Thee. So I will thank and praise Thee for this puzzle, And trust where I cannot understand. Rejoicing Thou dost hold me worth such testing, I cling the closer to Thy guiding hand. ─F.E.M.I.
■ 永活之泉(03月01日)
三月一日 代禱 「互相代求。」雅各書五章16節 禱告中藏著何等榮耀的奧秘!一方面我們看見神在祂聖潔、慈愛、權能中等待著,渴望著要祝福人;而另一方面,一個猶如塵土中小蟲般微不足道的罪人,竟可藉著禱告帶下天上的生命及愛,住在人的裡面。 然而,代禱的榮耀更是何等大!當一個人大膽地對神說出他對別人之期望時,他尋求神,而神卻賜下祂的永遠生命之無窮大能及一切福氣,不止臨到某一個人,更可能是臨到千萬的人。 代禱!誰能說這不是作神兒女的膽量之最神聖的操練,以及與神交通的最高特權與享受?——也是神所使用的能力,作為工具,為了祂偉大的工作,就是使人成為祂的居所並彰顯祂的榮耀、誰能不認為代禱是教會該用以作為恩典的一個主要憑藉,並該盡一切的力量來培植神的兒女,成為這將毀世界不住禱告的能力。 誰不期望信徒們既已相當進入了這個秘訣將感覺到合一的力量是何等大,同時更確信神將為著祂所揀選的人,在祂面前晝夜的呼籲伸冤?只有當基督徒停止尋求外面合一的幫助,而專一地向寶座,並且對耶穌基督不住的奉獻,不停歇的祈求聖靈的能力,才會使教會穿上彩色的外衣和能力,以勝過世界。 禱告: 我們慈愛的父神,垂聽我們的禱告,並且教導您的教會教導我們每一個人,使我們知道代禱的榮耀、祝福,也是戰勝一切的力量。我們求您使我們看見代禱之於您,乃是您實現您那可稱頌主旨意的路——正如代禱之於我們,乃是我們君尊祭司權柄的運用。對於您的教會及將滅亡的人而言,乃是藉著代禱帶下滿有能力的聖靈——奉主耶穌的名。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子(03月01日)
三月一日 經常的問語 「你愛我麼?」約翰福音廿一章17節 彼得現在不敢回答甚麼(參太廿六33─35)。未改變的人固然要表白;而彼得的愛,因耶穌基督問語的刺激才能表白。彼得之愛耶穌,正如常人愛好人一樣。那是天性的愛;這也許進入人的深處,但不能觸到一個人的中心。真愛絕不講大語。耶穌說:「凡在人面前承認我的,」(太十32)那就是說,承認祂的愛,不但是用言語,卻也用行為。 若我們不棄掉一切自抬身價的事,神的道就無法與我們發生關係。罪惡能把感覺弄鈍,但是神的道刺激我們,比罪之刺激還要厲害。主的問語,叫情感緊張,直到被耶穌所刺,刺到妙極不能以言語形容的所在。這不是一種平常的刺激,卻是個人密切關係上的刺激。主的道把我們心靈刺成片碎,毫無迷惑存留。切不能把主的問語看為感傷的情調。當主直接向你說話的時候,你不可回答好聽的話,因為它是一種很重的刺激。當主的道刺激到祂兒女的時候,那刺激從不會錯誤的。同時應該知道刺激的焦點就是啟示的最高點。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(03月01日)
三月一日 「要等候耶和華……」詩篇廿七章14節 在聖經中,雖然等候耶和華出現了很多次,但是瞭解的人並不多。有位老神父稱等候耶和華為「操練與神同在」;我則認為等候神是有禱告的習慣,是時時與主交通,不僅求且接受主的話語。有時有些人會要我們為他們禱告,而我們得說:「為什麼?神已回答了我們為你作的祈禱,神的答案正等著你了,但你必須在主前等候才能得到。」 當我們等候主時,就必須重新得力,直到我們「如鷹展翅上騰,奔跑卻不睏倦,行走卻不疲乏。」由於我們的心極有限,無法一口氣就全然接受祂豐富的一切,我們必須處在與祂同在的環境下,直到我們能完全得著祂的生命。這並且是屬靈深度,得享安息,充滿能力、愛和禱告,盼望和事奉的秘訣。所以我說,要等候神。 在神聖潔施恩座前, 我等候享受與主交通, 我在享受、甜美地享受我的主。 在祂腳前,我安靜地坐著, 深深地汲取祂的豐富生命, 傾聽祂輕聲的話語。
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