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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._ 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26日)
二月廿六日 「我的恩典是彀你用的。」哥林多後書十二章9節(直譯) 有一天晚上,我整天工作之後,騎馬回家。路上我極感疲乏,差不多要馬上倒下來;忽然之間,一節聖經像閃電一般地照在我的心中:「我的恩典是夠你用的」到家之後,我就在聖經的原文中查考,發現它的語氣是:「我的恩典是夠你用的」;我就對主說:「主啊,我信,我信您的恩典是夠我用的;」此時裏面的喜樂爆發出來,成為歡笑。直到那晚,我纔知道不信神夠用的恩典是何等可笑,亦復可憐。這猶如海洋中一條口渴的小魚,不敢喝水,深怕把水喝乾了;雖然海洋對牠說:「小魚兒儘量喝罷!我的水是夠你喝的。」但是牠仍然不敢。這又好比七個豐年之後,倉廩中一隻小鼠,不敢喫食,深怕以後要餓死;雖然約瑟對牠說:「小鼠兒,儘量吃罷!我的穀粒是夠你喫的。」但是牠仍然不敢。這也像一個人,在高山上,對自己說:「我每年呼吸這許多空氣,我怕我會把空氣中的氧氣吸盡罷。」雖然大氣對他說:「可憐的人啊,儘量吸罷!我的氧氣是夠你呼吸的。」但是他仍不敢。哦,弟兄們,讓我們每一個都作信心的偉人!小信心會帶你的靈到天上去,大信心會帶天到你的靈裏來。 ─司布真 祂的恩典, 偉大得足夠應付大災難, 席捲靈魂的驚波險濤, 窒息生命的暴風怒潮, 不能控制的急雨狂焰。 祂的恩典, 偉大得也夠袪除小麻煩 急躁不寧, 如坐針氈, 疑慮榮心, 如蠅附羶, 憂戚如焚, 獨夜自煎。 ─富林德 神替我們在天上的銀行中存了無數量的款子,等待我們用信心任意支取,讓我們放膽前去支取罷。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月26日)
February 26 "My grace is sufficient for thee." (2 Cor. 12:9.) THE other evening I was riding home after a heavy day's work. I felt very wearied, and sore depressed, when swiftly, and suddenly as a lightning flash, that text came to me, "My grace is sufficient for thee." I reached home and looked it up in the original, and at last it came to me in this way, "MY grace is sufficient for thee"; and I said, "I should think it is, Lord," and burst out laughing. I never fully understood what the holy laughter of Abraham was until then. It seemed to make unbelief so absurd. It was as though some little fish, being very thirsty, was troubled about drinking the river dry, and Father Thames said, "Drink away, little fish, my stream is sufficient for thee." Or, it seemed after the seven years of plenty, a mouse feared it might die of famine; and Joseph might say, "Cheer up, little mouse, my granaries are sufficient for thee." Again, I imagined a man away up yonder, in a lofty mountain, saying to himself, "I breathe so many cubic feet of air every year, I fear I shall exhaust the oxygen in the atmosphere," but the earth might say, "Breathe away, O man, and fill the lungs ever, my atmosrhere is sufficient for thee." Oh, brethren, be great believers! Little faith will bring your souls to Heaven, but great faith will bring Heaven to your souls. ─C. H. Spurgeon. His grace is great enough to meet the great things─ The crashing waves that overwhelm the soul, The roaring winds that leave us stunned and breathless, The sudden storms beyond our life's control. His grace is great enough to meet the small things─ The little pin-prick troubles that annoy, The insect worries, buzzing and persistent, The squeaking wheels that grate upon our joy. ─Annie Johnson Flint. There is always a large balance to our credit in the bank of Heaven waiting for our exercise of faith in drawing it. Draw heavily upon His resources.
■ 永活之泉(02月26日)
二月廿六日 詩篇 「您的言語在我上膛何等甘美,在我口中比蜜更甜。」詩篇一一九篇103節 本書是要幫助我們去敬拜神。在全部聖經六十六卷裡,詩篇似乎是特別為著這個目標而寫的;其他各卷,是偏於歷史、教訓或應用方面。但是詩篇能帶領我們進入至聖所,在那裡享受與神相交的福分,這是被聖靈感動寫出的一卷敬拜的書。 你若要每個早晨真的遇見神,並用心靈和誠實敬拜祂,你就需要讓你的心充滿了詩篇裡面神的話語。 你讀詩篇的時候,可將該經文中的「耶和華」「神」和一切代表神的字,如「我」「您」「祂」的旁邊劃以紅線。這樣,能幫助你將詩篇裡的意念和神連結,這位神就是禱告的對象。當你不畏難、不嫌麻煩地將關於神的不同名字都劃出來的時候,你就要看見,本來頗難領會的章節,現在都要發出亮光來了。這樣一劃,便使神成為你中心的思想,帶領你有新的敬拜。將這些話從你的嘴裡向神說出。你的信心就要重新得以堅固,並能體會神如何是你在各種環境中的幫助和力量。 這詩篇在舊約時代,如何為聖靈所用,教導神的子民去禱告;照樣,今天也藉著聖靈的能力,教導我們與神同在。 打開詩篇一一九篇碰著「耶和華」和「您」的時候,就劃出來。你就要驚奇地發現,這些字在每一節聖經裡,總要碰著一次!或者不止一次。讓我們思想:在詩篇的字句裡,所遇見的神,就是那賜給我們律法,並使我們能遵守的神。這樣,詩篇就要成為你所喜愛的,你也要發現這裡的禱告和教訓,能使你繼續向神而去,住在祂能力和慈愛的祝福裡面。 「我何等愛慕您的律法,終日不住地思想。」(詩一一九97)
■ 中文屬天日子(02月26日)
二月廿六日 懷疑耶穌的理由不足 「先生沒有打水的器具。」約翰福音四章11節 「神的道雖是高深,但祂未必期望我在生活中一一行出來!」我們常以為耶穌基督和祂的教訓不比我們的見識高明──「你高超的理想,印象在我們心中,但是與現實的世界接觸,覺得不能見諸實行。」我們每個人有時是這樣想。這些對於耶穌的懷疑,起自擺在我們面前的那些奇怪的問題,就是我們討論神事工的時候所發生的問題──「你們從那裡得錢?你們的事情怎樣安排呢?」就是我們告訴耶穌,我們的情形也是祂難於解決的。「倚靠主,」固然容易,但是一個人要生活。耶穌沒有甚麼東西取水──「從何能給我們這些東西哩!」當心你這些自欺的話──「我不懷疑耶穌,只懷疑我自己。」我們之中,沒有人懷疑自己;我們十二分的知道我們所不能做的是甚麼,可是我們是懷疑耶穌了。祂能做我們所不能做的,這一句話,叫我們有點難受。 我所以懷疑是因為我以自己,去推測神。我的問題是從我劣性的深處發出來的。如果我在我裡面查出這些懷疑,就應該將它們顯露出來,也要坦白的承認──「主啊,我對於您有懷疑之處,我不相信您的智慧離得了我的智慧;我也不相信您的權能離得了我有限的理解。」
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月26日)
二月廿六日 「在各樣善事上,成全你們……。」希伯來書十三章21節 希伯來書結尾的禱告非常美:「但願賜平安的神,就是那憑永約之血,使群羊的大牧人──我主耶穌從死裡復活的神,在各樣善事上成全你們……。」(來十三20—21)「在各樣善事上,成全你們」的字意乃是「使你們能適應各樣善事」。 適應是一件大事,我們得適應周圍的環境及人事,而不能叫環境及人事因我們而改變。例如適應我們不得不相處的人;適應神所給我們的事工,而不是求神來幫助我們做我們的事;適應去實現神給我們一生的旨意及計劃。這其實是我們在屬靈的事上能得到安息、力量及自由的秘密。 主啊!願您以您的豐富充滿我, 直到我的心滿溢, 直到我能用如火般的情緒和生動的話語, 述說您的愛,表達對您的讚美。 主啊!求您用我,求您屢屢用我, 如您所願地,無論在何時或何處用我。 直到我看到您聖潔的臉, 與您同安息、同喜樂、同享榮耀。
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