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1:1 作長老的寫信給親愛的該猶,就是我誠心所愛的。 The elder, To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
1:2 親愛的兄弟啊,願你凡事興盛,身體健壯,正如你的靈魂興盛一樣。 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 1:3 有弟兄來證明你心裏存的真理,正如你按真理而行,我就甚喜樂。 It gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about your faithfulness to the truth and how you continue to walk in the truth. 1:4 我聽見我的兒女們按真理而行,我的喜樂就沒有比這個大的。 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 1:5 親愛的兄弟啊,凡你向作客旅之弟兄所行的都是忠心的。 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, even though they are strangers to you. 1:6 他們在教會面前證明了你的愛;你若配得過 神,幫助他們往前行,這就好了。 They have told the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. 1:7 因他們是為主的名〔原文是那名〕出外,對於外邦人一無所取。 It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans. 1:8 所以我們應該接待這樣的人,叫我們與他們一同為真理做工。 We ought therefore to show hospitality to such men so that we may work together for the truth. 1:9 我曾略略的寫信給教會,但那在教會中好為首的丟特腓不接待我們。 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will have nothing to do with us. 1:10 所以我若去,必要提說他所行的事,就是他用惡言妄論我們。還不以此為足,他自己不接待弟兄,有人願意接待,他也禁止,並且將接待弟兄的人趕出教會。 0 So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping maliciously about us. Not satisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers. He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church. 1:11 親愛的兄弟啊,不要效法惡,只要效法善。行善的屬乎 神;行惡的未曾見過 神。 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God. 1:12 低米丟行善,有眾人給他作見證,又有真理給他作見證;就是我們也給他作見證。你也知道我們的見證是真的。 Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone--and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true. 1:13 我原有許多事要寫給你,卻不願意用筆墨寫給你, I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink. 1:14 但盼望快快的見你,我們就當面談論。 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. 1:15 願你平安。眾位朋友都問你安。請你替我按著姓名問眾位朋友安。 \15 Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name._ 本模組中文化由長島基督福音教會的Jack起始。多次經本人修改,2025年11月由AI協助更改加入朗讀功能,2026年加入搜尋「中、英」字皆可,顯示「黃底紅字」歡迎大家使用!! 荒漠甘泉五合一■ 中文荒漠甘泉(01月13日)
一月十三日 「靠著愛我們的主,在這一切的事上,已經得勝有餘了。」羅馬書八章37節 得勝有餘!得勝有餘並不是僅僅得勝,乃是得勝到一個地步非但不輸,而且還攻陷敵陣,擄掠戰利品。我們如何可以「得勝有餘」呢?「得勝有餘」必須在一個受試煉、逼迫的處境中,方能得到。所有的試煉都是絕對必需的,試煉可以使我們的靈命堅固。這好比磁器上的畫,必須經過火燒,纔能永久存留;也像山嶺上的香柏木,必須經過疾風的搖動,纔會紮根更深。我們所遭遇的屬靈戰爭,實在是一種變相的祝福;我們的大仇敵撒但,原是被利用來訓練我們,為要我們得最後勝利的。相傳古時弗利家(Phrygia)民族,每次戰勝仇敵後,總把敵人的血吸盡,他們以為這樣可以把敵人的體力和膽量加進自己的身體中去。不錯,勝一次試煉,就是倍一次我們屬靈的力量。因此,以後我們不只能勝仇敵,而且還能擄掠他們,使他們站在我們的戰線上替我們爭戰。以賽亞說:「他們要向西飛,撲在非利士人的肩頭上;一同擄掠東方人,伸手按住以東和摩押;亞捫人也必順服他們。」(賽十一14)非利士人是他們的敵人,但是他們不只能戰勝非利士人,而且還能騎在與他們不兩立的敵人肩上一同擄掠別人。正好像聰明的水手能利用大風的推動來前進一樣;所以在我們屬靈的生命中許多不利的逆境,因著那加給我們恩典和力量的,都是使我們進入更深、更完全的機會。我們巴不得能和保羅一樣說:「我所遭遇的事,更是叫福音興旺。」(腓一12) ─譯自更豐盛的生命 「感謝神,常率領我們在基督裡誇勝,並藉著我們在各處顯揚那因認識基督而有的香氣。」(林後二14)
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(01月13日)
January 13 "In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us." (Romans 8:37.) THIS is more than victory. This is a triumph so complete that we have not only escaped defeat and destruction, but we have destroyed our enemies and won a spoil so rich and valuable that we can thank God that the battle ever came. How can we be "more than conquerors"? We can get out of the conflict a spiritual discipline that will greatly strengthen our faith and establish our spiritual character. Temptation is necessary to settle and confirm us in the spiritual life. It is like the fire which bruns in the colors of mineral painting, or like winds that cause the mighty cedars of the mountain to strike more deeply into the soil. Our spiritual conflicts are amoung our choicest blessings, and our great adversary is used to train us for his ultimate defeat. The ancient Phrygians lad a legend that every time they conquered an enemy the victor absorbed the physical strength of his victim and added so much more to his own strength and valor. So temptation victoriously met doubles our spiritual strength and equipment. It is possible thus not only to defeat our enemy, but to capture him and make him fight in our ranks. The prophet Isaiah speaks of flying on the shoulders of the Philistines (Isa. 11:14). These Philistines were their deadly foes, but the figure suggested that they would be enabled not only to conquer the Philistines, but to use them to carry the victors on their shoulders for further triumphs. Just as the wise sailor can use a head wind to carry him forward by tacking and taking advantage of its impelling force; so it is possible for us in our spiritual life through the victorious grace of God to turn to account the things that seem most unfriendly and unfavorable, and to be able to say continually, "The things that were against me have happened to the furtherance of the Gospel." ─Life More Abundantly. "Now thanks be unto God Who always leads us forth to triumph with the Anointed one, and Who diffuses by us the fragrance of the knowledge of Him in every place." (2 Cor. 2:14, literal translation.)
■ 永活之泉(01月13日)
一月十三日 基督對我們的愛 「我愛你們,正如父愛我一樣;你們要常在我的愛裡。」約翰福音十五章9節 所有親戚朋友之間的交往,完全是根據他們中間彼此的友愛。夫婦或父子之間,若是缺少了愛,就是富有貲財,又有甚麼價值呢?照樣在我們信主的人中,若是不認識基督的愛,也沒有經歷過基督的愛,就是一切的知識都全備,並且熱心於神的工作,又有甚麼價值呢?(林前八1—3)哦!基督徒啊!在內室中有一件事是最重要的,就是藉著經歷來認識基督是何等的愛你,並且也學習如何能繼續住在這一個愛裡。 請想一想基督所說的話:「正如父愛我。」——這是一個何等神聖永遠而奇妙的愛!「我也照樣愛你們。」祂愛父的那個愛,和祂心中常存著,如今又放在門徒心中的那個愛,原是同一的愛。祂渴望將這永遠的愛加給我們,叫這個愛在我們裡面作工,好使我們能天天住在這個愛裡。哦,這是何等有福的生活!基督深願祂的每一個門徒都能活在神愛的能力裡。這個愛乃是祂親身所經歷過的。親愛的弟兄們!當你在公開的場合,或隱密的所在,與基督交通的時候,你是否覺得是被這一個屬天的愛所圍繞,並且蒙它所保守呢?但願你有一顆心渴慕接觸這一個永遠的愛。這一位你所巴望與祂交通的基督,是無法形容的渴望著把祂的愛充滿在你裡面。 請時常誦讀神話語中,所說關於基督的愛。請默想這些話,並讓這些話種在你的心坎裡,遲早你就能認識,在生命中最大的喜樂,就是被這一位主耶穌所愛。我們可以整天活在祂的交通裡。 讓你的心一直地說,祂對我的愛是無法形容的,祂要保守我住在祂的愛裡。
■ 中文屬天日子(01月13日)
一月十三日 你們曾與神有內室的交通麼? 「無人的時候,……,和十二個門徒,問祂這比喻的意思。」馬可福音四章10節 祂與我們單獨同在。當神以磨難、痛心、試探、失望、疾病、失戀、新交或友誼破裂種種方式,促成我們與祂單獨同在的時候──當祂與我們絕對獨處,而我們啞口無言,一個問題也不能問的時候,祂才開始講解。留意耶穌基督訓練那十二個門徒。感覺困惑的是門徒,倒不是外面的群眾。他們不斷地問祂許多問題,而祂不斷地給他們講解。但是,直到他們接受聖靈以後,他們才心領神會(參約十四26)。 如果你們與神繼續往來,有一件事是要明瞭的,神也僅僅要你們明瞭這件事,就是對付你們靈性的方法。你兄弟的愁苦和困難,對你是一種絕對不能明瞭的事。等到神給與我們足量的痛心,我們才能想像,才能理會。在我們每個人裡面有許多頑強和無知的區域,被聖靈揭示出來了,這只有耶穌與我們單獨同在的時候,才能成功。我們現在與祂單獨同在嗎?抑或我們為混亂的意念,為神工作中混亂的心志,為自身混亂的觀念所播弄呢?不到我們撇開了心中一切的問題,而與耶穌單獨同在的時候,耶穌就不能向我們解說甚麼。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(01月13日)
一月十三日 「他要以你當作神。」出埃及記四章16節 這是神對摩西的應許,神也要摩西在他哥哥亞倫面前有這麼高貴的性格。這不是提議,我們必須藉著崇高、榮耀的地位對著我們所遇見的人做神的代表。 在我們的生命中,代表神是何等神聖、光榮的事。但是我們能一致地接受這個呼召嗎?若能,我們在待人的行為上必定有很大的改變。神是值得依靠、信賴的。祂的話語永不改變,所以我們可以毫不保留地相信祂。願我們活出神的樣式來,好叫人信任我們,像他們信靠神一樣。 由於神沒有任何需要,祂總是不斷地付出,並且「厚待一切求告祂的人」(羅十),祂性格的偉大在於愛──大公無私的愛、善待一切受造物的愛。神的生命是忘我的生命;祂除了愛護、祝福萬物,真是別無他求。 當主在神的寶座為我們代求時,讓我們好好地活,在地上作主的好門徒。
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