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1:1 奉 神旨意,作基督耶穌使徒的保羅,寫信給在以弗所的聖徒,就是在基督耶穌裏有忠心的人。 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, (\f1 1:1 Some early manuscripts do not have|i in Ephesus|d.)the faithful(\f2 1:1 Or|i believers who are|d )in Christ Jesus:
1:2 願恩惠、平安從 神我們的父和主耶穌基督歸與你們! Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:3 願頌讚歸與我們主耶穌基督的父 神!他在基督裏曾賜給我們天上各樣屬靈的福氣: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 1:4 就如 神從創立世界以前,在基督裏揀選了我們,使我們在他面前成為聖潔,無有瑕疵; For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 1:5 又因愛我們,就按著自己意旨所喜悅的,預定我們藉著耶穌基督得兒子的名分, he(\f3 1:5 Or|i sight in love. \V 5 |iHe|d) predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-- 1:6 使他榮耀的恩典得著稱讚;這恩典是他在愛子裏所賜給我們的。 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 1:7 我們藉這愛子的血得蒙救贖,過犯得以赦免,乃是照他豐富的恩典。 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace 1:8 這恩典是 神用諸般智慧聰明,充充足足賞給我們的; that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. 1:9 都是照他自己所預定的美意,叫我們知道他旨意的奧祕, And he(\f4 1:9 Or|i us. With all wisdom and understanding, \V 9 |ihe|d) made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 1:10 要照所安排的,在日期滿足的時候,使天上、地上、一切所有的都在基督裏面同歸於一。 0 to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment--to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ. 1:11 我們也在他裏面得〔得:或譚成〕了基業;這原是那位隨己意行、做萬事的,照著他旨意所預定的, In him we were also chosen, (\f5 1:11 Or|i were made heirs|d) having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 1:12 叫他的榮耀從我們這首先在基督裏有盼望的人可以得著稱讚。 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. 1:13 你們既聽見真理的道,就是那叫你們得救的福音,也信了基督,既然信他,就受了所應許的聖靈為印記。 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 1:14 這聖靈是我們得基業的憑據〔原文是質〕,直等到 神之民〔民:原文是產業〕被贖,使他的榮耀得著稱讚。 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory. 1:15 因此,我既聽見你們信從主耶穌,親愛眾聖徒, For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 1:16 就為你們不住地感謝 神。禱告的時候,常提到你們, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 1:17 求我們主耶穌基督的 神,榮耀的父,將那賜人智慧和啟示的靈賞給你們,使你們真知道他, I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit(\f6 1:17 Or|i a spirit|d) of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 1:18 並且照明你們心中的眼睛,使你們知道他的恩召有何等指望,他在聖徒中得的基業有何等豐盛的榮耀; I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 1:19 並知道他向我們這信的人所顯的能力是何等浩大, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 1:20 就是照他在基督身上所運行的大能大力,使他從死裏復活,叫他在天上坐在自己的右邊, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 1:21 遠超過一切執政的、掌權的、有能的、主治的,和一切有名的;不但是今世的,連來世的也都超過了。 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 1:22 又將萬有服在他的腳下,使他為教會作萬有之首。 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 1:23 教會是他的身體,是那充滿萬有者所充滿的。 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. 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11日)
一月十一日 「你們的神說,你們要安慰,安慰我的百姓。」以賽亞書四十章1節 安慰,供給安慰,這是那位先知所負的使命。世上充滿了需要安慰的人,可是如果你要作一個安慰使者,你自己必須受過訓練,否則不足勝任。這種訓練的代價極大;因為,你必須親身嚐過那種使人流淚流血的苦楚。這樣,你自己的生活就會變成一間病房,在那裡你可以學習安慰的藝術。你自己必須先受傷,當那位大醫替你洗滌、消毒、抹膏、包紮創傷的時候,你就可學習初步的救護。你是不是正在希奇為甚麼你目前會經過一陣特別的憂愁?等到十年以後,你纔會明白。那時候你會遇見許多人受你從前所嚐過的痛苦。你可以見證你從前怎樣和他們同病、怎樣得著醫治;把病情說明了,照著神從前包紮你的方法敷上一點止痛油。那時候,你會明白為甚麼你從前受這許多的苦楚,你也會感謝神所給你的訓練和替你預先儲蓄在你生命中的經歷。 神安慰我們,不是要我們享受安慰,乃是要我們作安慰使者。 ─兆威持 據說搗爛了玫瑰花瓣, 才能提取它的芳馨。 據說雲雀在傷心的時候, 歌聲更加婉轉動聽。 據說在流血和灑涕之時, 顯出友誼與愛情的貞堅。 難道一切珍愛的事物, 都要受此殘酷苦刑? 一如受傷的小鳥, 可憐地垂下翅膀。 是的!苦難,困辱和坎坷, 為福祉降臨必有的過程。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(01月11日)
January 11 "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God." (Isa. 40:1.) STORE up comfort. This was the prophet's mission. The world is full of comfortless hearts, and ere thou art sufficient for this lofty ministry, thou must be trained. And thy training is costly in the extreme; for, to render it perfect, thou too must pass through the same afflictions as are wringing countless hearts of tears and blood. Thus thy own life becomes the hospital ward where thou art taught the Divine art of comfort. Thou art wounded, that in the binding up of thy wounds by the Great Physician, thou mayest learn how to render first aid to the wounded everywhere. Dost thou wonder why thou art passing through some special sorrow? Wait till ten years are passed, and thou wilt find many others afflicted as thou art. Thou wilt tell them how thou hast suffered and hast been comforted; then as the tale is unfolded, and the anodynes applied which once thy God wrapped around thee, in the eager look and the gleam of hope that shall chase the shadow of despair across the soul, thou shalt know why thou wast afflicted, and bless God for the discipline that stored thy life with such a fund of experience and helpfulness. ─Selected. God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters. ─Dr. Jowett. "They tell me I must bruise The rose's leaf, Ere I can keep and use Its fragrance brief. "They tell me I must break The skylark's heart, Ere her cage song will make The silence start. "They tell me love must bleed, And friendship weep, Ere in my deepest need I touch that deep. "Must it be always so With precious things? Must they be bruised and go With beaten wings? "Ah, yes! by crushing days, By caging nights, by scar Of thorn and stony ways, These blessings are!"
■ 永活之泉(01月11日)
一月十一日 起初的愛 「然而有一件事我要責備你,就是你把起初的愛心離棄了。」啟示錄二章4節 在啟示錄二章2、3節裡,曾提起了八種情形,來證明以弗所的教會是如何的熱心和慇勤。但有一種情形卻是壞的!主說:「你若不悔改,我就臨到你那裡,把你的燈檯從原處挪去。」這一個壞的情形是甚麼呢?就是「你把起初的愛心離棄了。」 在今日的教會中,我們也發現同樣的缺點。教會能為著真理熱心,也能有持續恆忍的勞苦工作;然而主所最寶貴的,就是對於祂自己那柔細熱切的愛,卻是沒有了。這是一個極其嚴肅的問題,就是一個教會、一個團體,或者一個基督徒,可能在每一件善良的事工上,都有好的榜樣,然而在內室中向著主耶穌那柔細的愛卻失去了。 如果沒有與基督單獨逐日的交通,人所有的繁忙活動,不管他們自己認為多麼滿意,在主自己的眼中看來,乃是毫無價值。 親愛的弟兄姊妹!這個月就是說到在內室裡與基督有愛的交通。所有的一切都是仰仗於這一件事。基督從天降臨乃是以父愛祂的大愛來愛我們,祂因著這個愛,既受苦又受死,為的是要贏得我們的心。除了當我們也回應祂一個深切的個人之愛時,就再沒有甚麼能使祂的愛得著滿足了。 基督認為這個是最首要的,但願我們也以此為首要。許多牧師、傳道和基督的工人,都要羞慚的承認說,不管他們對於主的工作是如何的熱心,他們的禱告生活仍是有缺欠的,這是因為他們離棄了他們起初的愛心,我請求你把這一句話用紙記下來,並且一直記住它:就是不論在內室裡,在所有的工作中,或是在逐日的生活裡,切記「主耶穌的愛必須是一切。」
■ 中文屬天日子(01月11日)
一月十一日 我們順服神即所以累及他人 「他們就抓住祂,把十字架擱在祂身上。」路加福音廿三章26節 如果我們順服神,累及別人的多,累及自己的少,這種場合自然免不了痛苦。如果我們愛主,順服主必然覺得快樂,是不覺困難的。但是對於那些不愛祂的人們,卻是大大的困難。如果我們順服神,就免不了推翻別人的計劃,而他們用這來嘲弄我們說:「這是基督教嗎?」我們能防止他們這種嘲笑的痛苦;但是,如果我們要順服神,我們絕不可防止,而要付出代價來。 我們因為本性的自尊,就在這一點上有些不願意接受,我們說:「一介不以取諸人。」不過,我們還是一介不取諸人,或是違逆神;我們不能不踏我們的主親身所蹈過的足跡(參路八2─3)。 每當我們說到:自作自受的時候,我們靈性的生命便枯萎了。我們不能如此,因為我們包括在神的大計劃之中了。我們一服從神,別人感受了影響。我們是要在順服神方面有忠心,獨立不依而自謙呢?抑或擇取其他的方向而說我不願意使別人受苦呢?我們可以不服從神而免暫時的痛苦。可是要使我們的主憂傷起來。如果我們順服神,神將要看顧那些因我們順服而感受負擔的人們,我們只要順服而把一切的結果交付神! 如果你順服神,就得留心,免得有要挾或強迫神照你的意思應付你的情形。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(01月11日)
一月十一日 「總要持守,直等到我來。」啟示錄二章25節 有人問一個猶太人,為什麼猶太民族總懂得致富之道?這猶太人說:「唉!我們不見得比別人賺得多,但是我們持守的比別人多。」親愛的朋友,讓我們在這個世代慎防偷竊屬靈財富的扒手,及避免屬靈的產物流失。讓我們不失去已經賺到的,而且確定我們能得著滿足的賞賜(約貳8)。在每個日子裡,讓我們在永恆的儲蓄銀行裡存下屬天的恩惠及勝利,而且知道真實、永恆的至寶不時地增多我們永恆的財富。 這些財富也許很少,但若是我們把神所賜的都存在祂的裡面,並在祂看顧下持守;當萬物的結局到時,當我們看到所善用一生生命中謹慎累積下來的財寶時,我們會非常驚訝。神對那些把財富存在祂裡面的人,總是會投資更多的在這些人身上並多加給他們。 時光的飛逝,因著這些燦爛的歲月而顯得格外珍貴。願神真是幫助我們能將每件事做到最好。
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