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1:1 作使徒的保羅(不是由於人,也不是藉著人,乃是藉著耶穌基督,與叫他從死裏復活的父 神) Paul, an apostle--sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead--
1:2 和一切與我同在的眾弟兄,寫信給加拉太的各教會。 and all the brothers with me,To the churches in Galatia: 1:3 願恩惠、平安從父 神與我們的主耶穌基督歸與你們! Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 1:4 基督照我們父 神的旨意,為我們的罪捨己,要救我們脫離這罪惡的世代。 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 1:5 但願榮耀歸於 神,直到永永遠遠。阿們! to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1:6 我希奇你們這麼快離開那藉著基督之恩召你們的,去從別的福音。 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel-- 1:7 那並不是福音,不過有些人攪擾你們,要把基督的福音更改了。 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 1:8 但無論是我們,是天上來的使者,若傳福音給你們,與我們所傳給你們的不同,他就應當被咒詛。 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 1:9 我們已經說了,現在又說,若有人傳福音給你們,與你們所領受的不同,他就應當被咒詛。 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned! 1:10 我現在是要得人的心呢?還是要得 神的心呢?我豈是討人的喜歡嗎?若仍舊討人的喜歡,我就不是基督的僕人了。 0 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. 1:11 弟兄們,我告訴你們,我素來所傳的福音不是出於人的意思。 I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up. 1:12 因為我不是從人領受的,也不是人教導我的,乃是從耶穌基督啟示來的。 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. 1:13 你們聽見我從前在猶太教中所行的事,怎樣極力逼迫殘害 神的教會。 For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. 1:14 我又在猶太教中,比我本國許多同歲的人更有長進,為我袓宗的遺傳更加熱心。 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. 1:15 然而,那把我從母腹裏分別出來、又施恩召我的 神, But when God, who set me apart from birth(\f1 1:15 Or|i from my mother's womb|d ) and called me by his grace, was pleased 1:16 既然樂意將他兒子啟示在我心裏,叫我把他傳在外邦人中,我就沒有與屬血氣的人商量, to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man, 1:17 也沒有上耶路撒冷去見那些比我先作使徒的,惟獨往阿拉伯去,後又回到大馬士革。 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went immediately into Arabia and later returned to Damascus. 1:18 過了三年,才上耶路撒冷去見磯法,和他同住了十五天。 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter(\f2 1:18 Greek|i Cephas|d) and stayed with him fifteen days. 1:19 至於別的使徒,除了主的兄弟雅各,我都沒有看見。 I saw none of the other apostles--only James, the Lord's brother. 1:20 我寫給你們的不是謊話,這是我在 神面前說的。 I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie. 1:21 以後我到了利亞和基利家境內。 Later I went to Syria and Cilicia. 1:22 那時,猶太信基督的各教會都沒有見過我的面。 I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 1:23 不過聽說那從前逼迫我們的,現在傳揚他原先所殘害的真道。 They only heard the report: <<The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.>> 1:24 他們就為我的緣故,歸榮耀給 神。 And they praised God because of 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07日)
三月七日 「我們……周圍遭患難。」哥林多後書七章5節 為甚麼神這樣帶領我們,應許患難一直臨到我們?第一,神彀用的恩典和能力可以彰顯得更完全,遠勝在安逸中。「我們有這寶貝放在瓦器裏,要顯明這莫大的能力,是出於神,不是出於我們。」(林後四7) 第二,患難使我們更依靠神。神一直在教導我們依靠祂,讓祂把我們緊緊握在手中,把所有的難處交給祂,由祂照顧。 第三,主自己曾站過那「四圍遭患難」之地,今天祂也要我們去站;並不用自己的力,乃是一直用手拉住祂,不敢獨自跨前一步,用以訓練我們的信心。 第四,除了在患難中,沒有別的地方可以學習信心的功課。四週遭患難之地是神所設立的信心學校,在那裏我們受到信心的訓練。 信心的祕訣一次學會,就永遠會了,並且是一個永遠的幸福;有信,貧窮變為富足;沒有信,富足也是貧窮。 ─譯自屬天的日子 別人歡唱, 我為何悲哭? 「為了探測苦海的深度。」 別人休息, 我為何工作? 「為了出力完成神的吩咐。」 別人獲得, 我為何損失? 「為了體驗失敗的慘痛。」 美好的幸福為你所有, 為何厄運偏糾纏我, 自朝至暮? 「因為神知道如此的安排, 將使我在永恆中獲得無上豐富。」
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(03月07日)
March 7 "We are troubled on every side." (2 Cor. 7:5.) WHY should God have to lead us thus, and allow the pressure to be so hard and constant? Well, in the first place, it shows His all-sufficient strength and grace much better than if we were exempt from pressure and trial. "The treasure is in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us." It makes us more conscious of our dependence upon Him. God is constantly trying to teach us our dependence, and to hold us absolutely in His hand and hanging upon His care. This was the place where Jesus Himself stood and where He wants us to stand, not with self-constituted strength, but with a hand ever leaning upon His, and a trust that dare not take one step alone. It teaches us trust. There is no way of learning faith except by trial. It is God's school of faith, and it is far better for us to learn to trust God than to enjoy life. The lesson of faith once learned, is an everlasting acquisition and an eternal fortune made; and without trust even riches will leave us poor. ─Days of Heaven upon Earth. "Why must I weep when others sing? `To test the deeps of suffering.' Why must I workd while others rest? `To spend my strength at God's request.' Why must I lose while others gain? `To understand defeat's sharp pain.' Why must this lot of life be mine When that which fairer seems is thine? `Because God knows what plans for me Shall blossom in eternity.'"
■ 永活之泉(03月07日)
三月七日 神所尋找的代禱者 「耶路撒冷啊,我在你城上設立守望的,他們晝夜必不靜默。呼籲耶和華的,你們不要歇息,也不要使他歇息。」以賽亞書六十二章6—7節 守望者通常是設立在城牆上,隨時可將要臨到的危險通知官長。神設立的守望者不僅是他們警戒世人——通常人都不願聽——並且要他們有需要或敵人威脅時,呼喊神來幫助他們。代禱者最大的特點乃是晝夜不靜默、不歇息,也不使神歇息,直到神的拯救來臨。他們心中確知神必垂聽他們的禱告。 就是為著這件事,主耶穌說:「神的選民晝夜呼籲祂,祂豈不終久給他們伸冤嗎?」我們到處聽到神的教會受到世界及其世俗觀念的影響,已逐漸失去對信徒的影響力。罪人悔改及神子民聖潔的見證已不多見。大多數的基督徒全然忽略了基督要他們有份於祂國度之擴充的呼召。聖靈的能力經歷得非常有限。 在有關於如何使青年人、老人對神的話發生興趣,如何喚起他們對神事務服事的愛心等的談論中,聽不到多少不可或缺之聖靈的能力,在教會的服事及弟兄姊妹中間。由於禱告之缺乏,因而看不到甚麼信心及悔改的標記:聖靈的工作顯得非常微弱。唯有同心迫切地禱告才能導致轉變。如果神的選民向神晝夜呼籲,則時間該是現在。親愛的讀者,你不願意將自己獻給神有份於此蒙福的代禱工作嗎?你不樂意學習將代禱視為一生中最高的特權,使你得以成為一條途徑,使神的祝福能藉著你的代禱而被帶到地上來嗎? 禱告: 永遠可稱頌的神啊,求您垂聽我們的祈求,求您親自興起您所喜悅的代禱者。求您賜給我們專以您的事為念的人,從不歇息地向您祈求,直等到您再一次使您的教會在地上成為可讚美的器皿。可稱頌的父啊,您的靈教導我們如何禱告。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子(03月07日)
三月七日 大膽的發光 「然而靠著愛我們的主,在這一切的事上,已經得勝有餘了。」羅馬書八章37節 保羅是說到那些似乎將聖徒和神的愛分開的事。但奇妙的,是沒有甚麼能將神的愛和聖徒截成兩段。這些事能夠來到聖徒的心靈和神之間,使個人生命與神脫離關係,但是沒有甚麼事能使神的愛與聖徒的靈截成兩段。我們基督徒信仰的基石,是神在十字架上所表現的愛,這種愛是我們從不配,也永不配得的。保羅說,這就是我們在這一切的事上得勝有餘──萬能的得勝者──的原因,而這樣的快樂是因著那些像要壓倒我們的事得到的。 浮浪的海潮,固使平常游泳者感覺困難,而在善於游泳者,以浮浪的海潮為無上的樂事。把這應用到我們的情景上來,這些事──患難、困苦、逼迫都使我們有無上的快樂;是不應當拒絕的。我們靠著主,在這一切的事上,已經得勝有餘了,不是忍受這些事,卻是要在這些事當中得勝。聖徒從不輕視患難,卻因患難而知道主的快樂。保羅說:「就是在患難中,也是歡歡喜喜的。」(羅五3) 大膽的發光不是建在任何暫時的事情上,卻是建在不能更改的神的愛上。生活的經驗,無論是恐怖或是乏味,是不能觸及我們的主耶穌基督裡所表現的神的愛。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(03月07日)
三月七日 「……施比受更為有福。」使徒行傳二十章35節 我們如何知道肉體的和屬天的愛差別何在?屬肉體的愛以自我為中心,而且只追求滿足自我。屬天的愛則以愛神、愛人為中心,以榮耀、讚美祂為喜樂。真愛是不自私的,所以若不是不自私的愛,就不是從神來的。 讓我們想想,我們給別人的有多少,為自己求的有多少?我們生命的中心是我們自己,還是主、或是祂的子民和事工呢? 求神更加幫助我們瞭解這個施比受更為有福的偉大真理。「因為凡要救自己生命的,必喪掉生命;凡為我和福音喪掉生命的,必救了生命。」(可八35) 你若曾找到一些珍貴的寶藏, 就該與人分享。 你若曾享受到屬靈的喜樂, 就該與人分享。 給掉一半,擁有的卻加倍, 而愛更能使一切祝福都增加。 所以讓我們更勤勞地事奉, 學習與人分享。
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