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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 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1:2 寫信給歌羅西的聖徒，在基督裏有忠心的弟兄。願恩惠、平安從 神我們的父歸與你們！ To the holy and faithful(\f1 1:2 Or|i believing|d) brothers in Christ at Colosse: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.( \f2 1:2 Some manuscripts|i Father and the Lord Jesus Christ|d) 1:3 我們感謝 神、我們主耶穌基督的父，常常為你們禱告； We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 1:4 因聽見你們在基督耶穌裏的信心，並向眾聖徒的愛心， because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints-- 1:5 是為那給你們存在天上的盼望；這盼望就是你們從前在福音真理的道上所聽見的。 the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel 1:6 這福音傳到你們那裏，也傳到普天之下，並且結果，增長，如同在你們中間，自從你們聽見福音，真知道 神恩惠的日子一樣。 that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth. 1:7 正如你們從我們所親愛、一同作僕人的以巴弗所學的。他為我們〔有古卷：你們〕作了基督忠心的執事， You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our(\f3 1:7 Some manuscripts|i your|d) behalf, 1:8 也把你們因聖靈所存的愛心告訴了我們。 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit. 1:9 因此，我們自從聽見的日子，也就為你們不住地禱告祈求，願你們在一切屬靈的智慧悟性上，滿心知道 神的旨意； For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 1:10 好叫你們行事為人對得起主，凡事蒙他喜悅，在一切善事上結果子，漸漸地多知道 神； 0 And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 1:11 照他榮耀的權能，得以在各樣的力上加力，好叫你們凡事歡歡喜喜地忍耐寬容； being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 1:12 又感謝父，叫我們能與眾聖徒在光明中同得基業。 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you(\f4 1:12 Some manuscripts|i us|d) to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. 1:13 他救了我們脫離黑暗的權勢，把我們遷到他愛子的國裏； For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 1:14 我們在愛子裏得蒙救贖，罪過得以赦免。 in whom we have redemption,( \f5 1:14 A few late manuscripts|i redemption through his blood|d) the forgiveness of sins. 1:15 愛子是那不能看見之 神的像，是首生的，在一切被造的以先。 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 1:16 因為萬有都是靠他造的，無論是天上的，地上的；能看見的，不能看見的；或是有位的，主治的，執政的，掌權的；一概都是藉著他造的，又是為他造的。 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 1:17 他在萬有之先；萬有也靠他而立。 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 1:18 他也是教會全體之首。他是元始，是從死裏首先復生的，使他可以在凡事上居首位。 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 1:19 因為父喜歡叫一切的豐盛在他裏面居住。 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 1:20 既然藉著他在十字加上所流的血成就了和平，便藉著他叫萬有─無論是地上的、天上的─都與自己和好了。 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. 1:21 你們從前與 神隔絕，因著惡行，心裏與他為敵。 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of(\f6 1:21 Or|i minds, as shown by|d) your evil behavior. 1:22 但如今他藉著基督的肉身受死，叫你們與自己和好，都成了聖潔，沒有瑕疵，無可責備，把你們引到自己面前。 But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation-- 1:23 只要你們在所信的道上恆心，根基穩固，堅定不移，不至被引動失去〔原文是離開〕福音的盼望。這福音就是你們所聽過的，也是傳與普天下萬人聽的〔原文是凡受造的〕，我保羅也作了這福音的執事。 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. 1:24 現在我為你們受苦，倒覺歡樂；並且為基督的身體，就是為教會，要在我肉身上補滿基督患難的缺欠。 Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. 1:25 我照 神為你們所賜我的職分作了教會的執事，要把 神的道理傳得全備， I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness-- 1:26 這道理就是歷世歷代所隱藏的奧祕；但如今向他的聖徒顯明了。 the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the saints. 1:27 神願意叫他們知道，這奧祕在外邦人中有何等豐盛的榮耀，就是基督在你們心裏成了有榮耀的盼望。 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 1:28 我們傳揚他，是用諸般的智慧，勸戒各人，教導各人，要把各人在基督裏完完全全的引到 神面前。 We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. 1:29 我也為此勞苦，照著他在我裏面運用的大能盡心竭力。 To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me. 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11日）
三月十一日 「耶和華的僕人摩西死了以後，耶和華曉諭摩西的幫手嫩的兒子約書亞，說，我的僕人摩西死了；現在你要起來，和眾百姓過這約但河。」約書亞記一章1—2節 當憂愁和損失同時臨到你的時候，你第一個衝動就是想放棄一切，坐在失望中傷心。但是你決不能這樣，須知你是在戰場的前線，正當勝敗關頭。如果你躊躇一刻，同胞就要喪膽，神就要受著虧損。所以你不該稍有耽延，連痛哭一場的時間也不能。 某名將常述說他在戰爭時所遭遇的一段傷心的經歷：將軍的兒子是一個陸軍中尉。一次，父子各率一軍，開拔前線。不久，總攻擊開始，將軍身先士卒，向敵陣衝鋒；在戰場上，他偶然瞥見一個本國的戰死軍官躺在地上。跑近一看，乃是他自己的兒子。他第一個意念就是抱了屍身痛哭一場，但是轉念之間，他想到身負重責，戰爭的勝敗就在這一仗，豈可因個人私事貽誤大事；於是在死者灰白的冷唇上搶了一個熱吻，鼓起勇氣，急忙率領軍兵向前衝去。 如果約書亞在摩西的墓旁一直哀哭，是哭不活摩西的，也哭不出神的祝福來。憂愁無非使傷痕更深、使痛苦擴大。神吩咐約書亞在摩西死後從哀傷中起來背負神的使命前去，約書亞遵行神的旨意，果真面前有亮光、能力和祝稫。坐下來一直悲哀會使我們四圍的環境更黑暗、會使我們的心更痛苦、會使我們的力量更衰弱。只要我們不去理會痛苦，立即負起神的使命來，光明就會隨著來到，我們也會剛強起來了。 ─密勒 輕率的啼哭， 自私的淚珠， 將招來深的罪過。 我們憂慮那微不足道的損失， 您卻給我準備了夢想不到的收穫； 我們若不肯放下自以為珍貴的一切， 結果還是喪失， 何能持到永久？ 但若緊握著您的手， 堅定步伐走在您指示的道路， 前途是浸潤著快樂與豐富， 充滿了幸福和尊榮的寶庫。 ─傑克遜
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（03月11日）
March 11 "Now it came to pass after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke unto Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now, therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou and all this people."(Joshua 1:1, 2.) ＳORROW came to you yesterday, and emptied your home. Your first impulse now is to give up, and sit down in despair amid the wrecks of your hopes. But you dare not do it. You are in the line of battle, and the crisis is at hand. To falter a moment would be to imperil some holy interest. Other lives would be harmed by your pausing, holy interests would suffer, should your hands be folded. You must not linger even to indulge your grief. A distinguished general related this pathetic incident of his own experience in time of war. The general's son was a lieutenant of battery. An assault was in progress. The father was leading his division in a charge; as he pressed on in the field, suddenly his eye was caught by the sight of a dead battery-officer lying just before him. One glance showed him it was his own son. His fatherly impulse was to stop beside the was his own son. His fatherly impulse was to stop beside the loved form and give vent to his grief, but the duty of the moment demanded that he should press on in the charge; so, quickly snatching one hot kiss from the dead lips, he hastened away, leading his command in the assault. Weeping inconsolably beside a grave can never give back love's banished treasure, nor can any blessing come out of such sadness. Sorrow makes deep scars; it writes its record ineffaceably on the heart which suffers. We really never get over our great griefs; we are never altogether the same after we have passed through them as we were before. Yet there is a humanizing and fertilizing influence in sorrow which has been rightly accepted and cheerfully borne. Indeed, they are poor who have never suffered, and have none of sorrow's marks upon them. The joy set before us should shine upon our grief as the sun shines through the clouds, glorifying them. God has so ordered, that in pressing on in duty we shall find the truest, richest comfort for ourselves. sitting down to brood over our sorrows, the darkness deepens about us and creeps into our heart, and our strength changes to weakness. But, if we turn away from the gloom, and take up the tasks and duties to which God calls us, the light will come again, and we shall grow stronger. ─J. R. Miller. Thou knowest that through our tears, Of hasty, selfish weeping Comes surer sin, and for our petty fears Of loss thou hast in keeping A greater gain than all of which we dreamed; Thou knowest that in grasping The bright possessions which so precious seemed, We lose them; but if, clasping Thy faithful hand, we tread with steadfast feet, The path of thy appointing, There waits for us a treasury of sweet, Delight, royal anointing With oil of gladness and of strength. ─Helen Hunt Jackson.
■ 永活之泉（03月11日）
三月十一日 基督是我們代禱的榜樣 「……他與強盛的均分擄物，因……他擔當多人的罪，又為罪犯代求。」以賽亞書五十三章12節 「他為罪犯代求。」這對主來說是何所指呢？試想祂為了那個有功效的禱告出了何等大的代價。祂需要將魂傾倒成為贖罪祭，在客西馬尼向神呼求：「父啊，願您的旨意成全。」 試想是甚麼感動了祂，使祂將自己獻到至極！乃是祂對父的愛——使祂的聖潔得以顯出，以及祂對人的愛——使他們與祂一同成聖。 試想祂得著的是何等的得勝，祂勝過了眾仇敵，就坐在神的右邊，以無限的能力代禱。祂將要看到祂的後裔，與祂同有一個意念，祂能訓練他們有份於祂偉大的代禱工作。 當我們真實地為罪人求神時，這對我們又有甚麼意義呢？我們也是一樣，將自己完全獻於父的榮耀、聖潔及祂的愛，我們也向父說：願您的旨意成全，我們願出任何代價，甚至將魂傾於父的榮耀，聖潔及祂的愛，我們也向父說：願您的旨意成全，我們願出任何代價，甚至將魂傾倒以至於死。 主耶穌已將我們一同帶到天上有份於祂自己，使我們在代禱的偉大工作上與祂同工。祂在天上，我們在地上卻同有一個心志，一個目標——由於對父神及對那迷失人的愛，將自己獻上，藉著代禱帶下神的祝福。使那燃燒在父與子裡面，為要拯救罪人的熱火，也燒在我們心裡。 何等榮耀！何等福氣！因為祂長遠活著，那在聖靈所澆灌在我們心裡的愛，使我們得著何等力量來（為罪犯）代禱！ 禱告： 永活的神，開我們的眼睛，看見您兒子榮耀的異象，就是祂永遠活著為人代禱。並使我們看見您恩典的榮耀，使我們得與祂相似，並能為罪人代求。父啊，奉主耶穌的名。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子（03月11日）
三月十一日 靈悟 「我沒有違背那從天上來的異象。」使徒行傳廿六章19節 如果我們失掉異象，其責只有我們自己擔負；而我們失掉異象的原因是由於靈性的遺漏。如果我們不把信靠神施之於實際，那神所賜予的異象，全都消逝。不違背那從天上來的異象的唯一方法，是盡力完成神的最高理想，還要時時決心回憶那異象才能成功。這是一秒一分不能間斷的工作，不僅是祈禱或靈修時的工作。 「雖然異象遲延，耐心等著」。我們不能強取甚麼異象，必要生活在異象的靈感中，讓其自己完成。我們忙於工作，就忘記所見的異象。在開始時，我們是看異象可以得著，但沒有等待異象；便忙於實際的工作，當異象完成的時候，我們反而不見。等候遲延的異象，是我們對神忠實的測驗。我們忙於實際工作，不見異象之完成，是將我們靈性的幸福置於危險了。 留心神的颶風。神播種聖徒唯一的方法，是藉著祂的旋風，你要證實你是一個空莢麼？是要看你是否照著所見的去生活。讓神擲你出去，不到神擲你出去，切不可出去。如果你選擇自己的地方，你就要成為一個空莢。如果神播種你，你就要結出果子來。 隨著異象之光，練習你的腳步，才是最根本的辦法。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（03月11日）
三月十一日 「惟有你們是被揀選的族類，……是屬神的子民……」彼得前書二章9節 你可曾想過，神從祂所選出的人中再揀選出一些人，是否有些奇怪？「教會」這個名詞，原意是「選召」的意思，但是神仍然在教會中揀選祂特殊的工人。 我們可以從基甸的故事中看到這樣的例子。當他第一次吹角時，有超過三萬以上的亞比以謝人來跟隨他，但是神要他把人數減少。第一次考驗之後，懼怕膽怯的都離開了，只剩下一萬人。然而神需要再從這一萬人中挑選出更精銳的，這次考驗後，聰明、謹慎和心志專一的人被留了下來，可是數目只有三百人。 藉著這雖小但神所揀選的一群，基甸得以提高攻打米甸人士兵的素質。靠著神的能力，他光榮地贏得勝利。今天神仍在挑選合用的三百人，並要用他們使祂贏得世界。讓我們確定，我們是屬於揀選中再揀選出來的。
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