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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（01月24日）
一月廿四日 「但……鴿子找不著落腳之地，就回到…挪亞那裡……到了晚上，鴿子回到他那裡，嘴裡叨著一個…橄欖葉子。」創世記八章9節、11節 神知道甚麼時候該不給我們看得見的憑據，甚麼時候該給我們看得見的憑據。我們若能完全信靠祂，這是何等美好的一件事呢！當所有眼見的憑據都收回了的時候，是最美好的時候；因為神的美旨是要我們承認：祂的話語、祂的應許、祂的恩約，比我們眼見的一切憑據更實在、更可靠。神若給我們眼見的憑據，也好；也是可寶貴的。那些只信神的話而不用其他憑據的人們，常得到許多看得見的憑據。 ─特榮布爾 相信祂； 即使風雨欲來， 烏雲蓋天， 即使穹蒼如銅號， 卻默然無聲， 祂聽清楚你禱告中的每一言語， 甚之連麻雀輕輕落到之聲祂都聽聞。 讚美祂， 如果憂愁悲痛已到眼前， 即使連我們以為最親愛的事物遭受損失！ 可是損失即是獲得， 讚美祂， 從神那裏什麼都全備。 祂緊握我們的手， 縱使路途遙遠又可怖， 戰兢恐懼前一步亦看不清， 祂正在引導我， 只要我緊緊依附祂！ 當人世一切珍貴如浮雲消散， 荒涼寂寞， 走頭無路， 你該滿足， 因為信靠了祂， 絕對不會使你有任何。 暫緩不是拒絕；許多禱告上批著：「我的時候還沒有到。」神有規定的旨意，也有規定的時間。 ─選
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（01月24日）
January 24 "But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him....And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf." (Gen. 8:9-11.) ＧOD knows just when to withhold from us any visible sign of encouragement, and when to grant us such a sign. How good it is that we may trust Him anyway! When all visible evidences that He is remenbering us are withheld, that is best; He wants us to realize that His Word, His promise of remembrance, is more substantial and dependable than any evidence of our senses. When he sends the visible evidence, that is well also; we appreciate it all the more after we have trusted Him without it. Those who are readiest to trust God without other evidence than His word always receive the greatest number of visible evidences of His love. ─C. G. Trumbull. "Believing Him; if storm-clouds gather darkly 'round, And even if the heaven seem brass, without a sound? He hears each prayer and even notes the sparrow's fall. "And praising Him; when sorrow, grief, and pain are near, And even when we lose the thing that seems most dear? Our loss is gain. Praise Him; in Him we have our All. "Our hand in His; e'en though the path seems long and drear We scarcely see a step ahead, and almost fear? He guides aright. He has it thus to keep us near. "And satified; when every path is blocked and bare, And worldly things are gone and dead which were so fair? Believe and rest and trust in Him, He comes to stay." Delays are not refusals; many a prayer is registered, and underneath it the words: "My time is not yet come." God has a set time as well as a set purpose, and He who orders the bounds of our habitation order also the time of our deliverance. ─Selected.
■ 永活之泉（01月24日）
一月廿四日 基督的十字架 「我已經與基督同釘十字架。」加拉太書二章20節 基督的十字架是祂最大的榮耀。因為祂自己卑微，以至於死在十字架上，所以神將祂升為至高。十字架就是征服撒但和罪惡的權能。 基督徒與基督一同有分於這十字架。這位釘十字架的基督，藉著聖靈住在基督徒裡面，而十字架的靈也給基督徒啟示。基督徒今天活著，乃是一個已經與基督同死的人。當他認識基督釘十字架的權能時，他向著世界和罪惡就是死的，而向著神乃是活著的，並且這個權能也就成了他生命中的實際。因為那位活在我們裡面的基督，就是一位釘十字架者。 當我們的主對祂的門徒說：「背起你的十字架來跟從我」的時候，他們明白這句話嗎？他們曾看見過人背著十字架，知道那是甚麼意思，就是指著在十字架上痛苦的死亡。基督是在祂的一生中背著祂的十字架，這十字架就是祂要為世人受死的死刑判決辭。因此每一個基督徒也必須背著他的十字架，知道他自己是只配死的，並且相信他已經與基督同釘死了，現在乃是那位釘死者活在他裡面。「我們的舊人和祂同釘十字架；」（羅六6）「凡屬基督耶穌的人，是已經把肉體連肉體的邪情私慾，同釘在十字架上了。」（加五24）當我們接受了這個十字架的生命時，我們就能和保羅一同來說：「我斷不以別的誇口，只誇我們主耶穌基督的十字架。」（加六14） 這是一個很深的屬靈真理，請你一面默想、一面禱告，聖靈就必要教導你。但願基督在十字架上的性情、祂的謙卑、祂對所有屬世榮耀的捨棄，並祂捨己的靈，能得著你。祂死的權能要在你裡面作工，並且你要在祂的死裡變成祂的形狀，你也要認識祂和祂復活的大能。哦，親愛的啊！請你花時間讓基督藉著祂的靈，來啟示祂自己乃是釘十字架的那一位！
■ 中文屬天日子（01月24日）
一月廿四日 忠於基督 「我特意向你顯現。」使徒行傳廿六章16節 保羅在大馬色路上所見的異象，不是曇花一現的衝動，對於他實是一種強烈的指導，因為他曾說「我沒有違背那從天上來的異象。」總而言之，我們的主向保羅所說的是「我要掌管你的整個生命；除了我以外，你不要有目標，不要有宗旨，也不要有意志。」「我知道我所揀選的。」 當我們重生之時，我們都有耶穌希望我們如何的異象，如果我們有一點兒屬靈；就不可違背那異象，更不可說，那是不能達到的。只知道神拯救了世界，知道聖靈能使耶穌在我裡面所作的發生效力，那是不夠的；必要與祂有個人關係的基礎。保羅並沒有接受甚麼宣傳教義的使命，而是被領到與耶穌基督發生活潑、對等、馴服的關係中。本章16節：「要派你作執事作見證，」雖是一種漫無限制的訓令，卻沒有脫離人格對等的關係。保羅所順從的是一個人格，並不是一種運動。他是絕對的屬了耶穌基督，不曾看見別的事；也不為別事活著。「因為我曾定了主意，在你們中間不知道別的，只知道耶穌基督，並祂釘十字架。」（林前二2）
■ 中文上海嗎哪（01月24日）
一月廿四日 「你們白白地得來，也要白白地捨去。」馬太福音十章8節 當神為我們的靈魂或身體留下特別印記時，祂要我們與他人交通這些情況，並把這託付視為神聖的──「你們白白地得來，也要白白地捨去。」 在這末後、恩典的時代，神喜歡在世界各地的基督教會裡，顯現祂特別的祝福。但祂要祂的子民將這些奇蹟廣傳到世人當中。事實上，每一個與神有親密關係的我們，都是這些更高真理的託管人或見證人，我們應該盡己所能地影響每一個我們能影響的人。 神以聖者向我們顯現，因為祂要我們幫助世人知道祂能潔淨。祂之所以成為我們的大醫生，乃因有很多我們能幫助、祝福的病人和受痛苦的靈魂。 相同情況，如果主耶穌再來的盼望，對我們是極其珍貴，但我們卻隱藏這真理，並不為此作見證，只視此為個人的安慰，那麼我們真是比知恩不報更糟糕。
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