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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25日）
一月廿五日 「您的杖，您的竿，都安慰我。」詩篇廿三篇4節 在我父親的家中有一個小房間，裡面藏著我家幾代所用的許多手杖。有的是爬山用的，有的是走平坦大道用的，有的是走泥濘之地用的，有的是雨後雪後行路用的，每種手杖的樣式各不相同。有時我回故鄉去探望父親，他老人家常喜歡和我出外散步；每次出發之前，我們總先到手杖室中去揀選我們那一次所適用的手杖。因此我們常常想起神的話語是我們生活中的手杖，會給我無限幫助和安慰。 在打仗的時候，緊急的風聲使我們心慌意亂，神給我們的杖是：「他必不怕兇惡的信息；他心堅定，倚靠耶和華。」（詩一一二7）這杖扶持我們經過許多黑暗的日子。 當死亡奪去我們的孩子，使我們心碎的時候，我在應許中找到另一根安慰的杖：「一宿雖然有哭泣，早晨便必歡呼。」（詩卅5） 有一次我病倒了，在外養病有一年之久，在這時期中我不知道究竟我是否再會恢復，再能回到我的家中去，再擔任我以前的工作。在這樣沒有指望之中，我始終抓住神的杖：「耶和華說：『我知道我向你們所懷的意念，是賜平安的意念，不是降災禍的意念。』」（耶廿九11） 在危險或疑懼的時候，人的評判都說「完了」的時候，我發見了一根帶領我安然過去的杖：「你們得力在乎平靜安穩。」（賽卅15） 在遇到意外事情的時候，似乎沒有一點工夫可以設法補救了，我發見了一根從來沒有誤過我的杖：「信靠的人必不著急。」（賽廿八16） ─亞保德便雅憫 馬丁路德的妻子說：「如果神不叫我經過苦難，我永遠不會知道詩篇中這些話語是甚麼意思；我也永遠不會明白基督人的責任是甚麼。」真的，神杖好像教員指示孩子識字的教鞭一般，指到某一個字，孩子就注意這一個字；照樣，神指導我們許多有益的功課，是我們在別的地方永不會學到的。 ─選 「神總是用祂的竿和杖指引我們。」 「你的鞋是銅的、鐵的。你的日子如何，你的力量也必如何。」（申卅三25） 讓我們記得：如果神要我們走在堅固的石路上，祂必先給我們穿上鐵鞋或是銅鞋；祂絕不會不先替我們預備好了，就差我們出外去走崎嶇的路。 ─麥克勞
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（01月25日）
January 25 "Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."(Psa. 23:4.) ＡT my father's house in the country there is a little closet in the chimney corner where are kept the canes and walking-sticks of several generations of our family. In my visits to the old house, when my father and I are going out for a walk, we often go to the cane closet, and pich out our sticks to suit the fancy of the occasion. In this I have frequently been reminded that the Word of God is a staff. During the war, when the season of discouragement and impending danger was upon us, the verse, "He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord." was a staff to walk with many dark days. When death took away our child and left us almost heartbrokden, I found another staff in the promise that "weeping may endure for the night, but joy cometh in the morning." When in impaired health, I was exiled for a year, not knowing whether I should be permitted to return to my home and work again, I took with me this staff which never failed, "He knoweth the thoughts that he thinketh toward me, thoughts of peace and not of evil." In times of special danger or doubt, when human judgment has seemed to be set at naught, I have found it easy to go forward with this staff, "In quietness and confidence shall be your strength." And in emergencies, when there has seemed to be no adequate time for deliberation or for action, I have never found that this staff has failed me, "He that believeth shall not make haste." ─Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, in The Outlook. "I had never known," said Martin Luther's wife, "what such and such things meant, in such and such psalms, such complaints and workings of spirit; I had never understood the practice of Christian duties, had not God brought me under some affiction." It is very true that God's rod is as the schoolmaster's pointer to the child, pointing out the letter, that he may the better take notice of it; thus He pointeth out to us many good lessons which we should never otherwise have learned. ─Selected. "God always sends His staff with His rod." "Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be." (Deut.33:25.) Each of us may be sure that if God sends us on stony paths He will provide us with strong shoes, and He will not send us out on any journey for which He does not equip us well. ─Maclaren
■ 永活之泉（01月25日）
一月廿五日 世界 「不要愛世界，和世界上的事，人若愛世界，父的愛就不在他裡面了。」約翰一書二章15節直譯 約翰很清楚地告訴我們，他所說的世界是甚麼意思。他說：「凡世界上的事，就像肉體的情慾、眼目的情慾，並今生的驕傲，都不是從父來的，乃是從世界來的。」（約壹二16） 世界是一種性質，或者說是一種權勢，就是人因著罪所墮落在其中的。這世界的神為著欺騙人的緣故，就把自己隱藏在神所創造的東西裡面，天天藉著世界上的福樂用諸般的試探圍繞著基督徒。 這就是夏娃在伊甸園裡所發生的故事，在創世記三章6節裡，我們也發現約翰所提到的三種情形：第一，肉體的情慾——「女人見那棵樹的果子好作食物：」第二，眼目的情慾——「也悅人的眼目；」第三，今生的驕傲——「且是可喜愛的，能使人有智慧。」就是在今天，世界仍然將引人食慾的美食，以及許多叫肉體嗜慾喜好的東西，並許多眼目的情慾、財富、美色，和奢華擺在我們的面前。此外還有今生的驕傲。當一個人想像他是知道並且瞭解每一件事物的時候，他就因此驕傲起來了。 我們在這個世界中的生活，因著這許多引誘肉體的事物，（那麼多能霸佔我們眼目和我們內心的事物，那麼多屬世的智慧和知識）豈不是充滿了危險麼？所以約翰告訴我們說：「不要愛世界，人若愛世界，父的愛就不在他裡面了。」我們的主也呼召我們，如同當初呼召祂的門徒一樣，要我們撇下一切來跟隨祂。 基督徒啊！你是生活在一個危險的世界中，緊緊的倚靠主耶穌吧！當祂教導你遠避世界和世界吸引的時候，你的愛就要在忠誠的事奉裡歸給祂。但是請記得，你必須每天和主耶穌有交通，獨有祂的愛才能消滅你愛世界的心，所以要花時間單獨與你的主同在。
■ 中文屬天日子（01月25日）
一月廿五日 留餘地給神 「神…既然樂意……」加拉太書一章16節 既為神的工人，我們就要為神稍留地步──給神旋轉自如的地方。我們計算著說，將要發生這，將要發生那；卻忘記替神留著容身之地。如果神用我們所不期望的一種方式，來參加我們的聚會或我們的佈道，我們驚奇麼？不要期望神從固定的方式到來，卻要期望祂來，期望祂來便是為祂稍留餘地。盼望祂來，卻不可盼望祂以一定方式裡來。知道神愈多，愈能叫我們曉得祂有隨時來到的可能。我們容易忽視神來的突兀，不過神絕然不用別的方法。神能於忽然之間，碰進生命裡面──「這是隨神的美意……。」 常常保持你的生活，與神有密切的關係，以便祂的威力臨近你的左右，圍繞著你。常存期望之心，留意你為神所留的餘地，是否是祂喜歡進來的地方？
■ 中文上海嗎哪（01月25日）
一月廿五日 「善美的要持守」帖撒羅尼迦前書五章21節 我們若是能學習真理，而有更新的發現、接受更多的祝福，但是不排斥已經證實的真理，或是忽略奠定好的基礎，那是最理想不過了。 有些人似乎總是在奠定新的基礎，但是最後那些基礎看起來卻像廢墟，以及半途而廢的建築，沒有一樣是完工的成品。 如果今天你為了某些新的亮光，而拋棄一些一年前你認為珍貴且屬靈的真理，那麼我可以保證一年以後，你可能會為了另外一些更新的亮光，而放棄你現在所認識的真理。 雖然神不斷地加添我們的智慧，使我們成長茁壯，但是祂總是藉著祂已經教導我們的，或是在我們生命已經建立的基礎，給我們更多的教導。 總言之，我們應該凡事察驗，善美的要持守，正如腓立比書三章16節所說：「我們到了甚麼地步，就當照著甚麼地步行。」
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