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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(02月23日)
二月廿三日 「有時來了獅子。」撒母耳記上十七章34節 讀到年輕的大衛怎樣信靠神,真能使我們得到鼓勵和力量。藉著信心,他勝過獅子和熊,後來勝過大力的歌利亞。當獅子來攫奪羊羔的時候,他看為一個非常的機會。若是他失敗,或者驚恐,逃跑了,他就失去了神所給他的機會,恐怕以後也會失去作神所揀選的以色列王的資格。 「有時來了獅子」。人從來不想獅子是從神那裏來的一個特別的祝福;人總是把牠看為一件不幸的受驚嚇的事情。豈知這是神化裝的祝福。每一次臨到我們的苦難和試煉,若是我們用正當的方法去接受,都是神給我們的機會和祝福。 當獅子來的時候,不管牠外表如何可怕,你該認作這是神給你的機會。神的會幕,外面是用公羊皮和海狗皮作頂蓋的;人從來不想那裏有神的榮耀。豈知耶和華的榮耀就在其中。但願神開啟我們的眼睛,叫我們無論在患難中,試煉中,危險中,不幸中,都能彀看見神。 ─C.H.P.
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月23日)
February 23 "And there came a lion." (1 Sam. 17:34.) IT is a source of inspiration and strength to come in touch with the youthful David, trusting God. Through faith in God he conquered a lion and a bear, and afterwards overthrew the mighty Goliath. When that lion came to despoil that flock, it came as a wondrous opportunity to David. If he hand failed or faltered he would have missed God's opportunity for him and probably would never have come to be God's chosen king of Israel. "And there came a lion." One would not think that a lion was a special blessing from God; one would think that only an occasion of alarm. The lion was God's opportunity in disquise. Every difficulty that presents itself to us, if we receive it in the right way, is God's opportunity. Every tempatation that comes is God's opportunity. When the "lion" comes, recognize it as God's opportunity no matter how rough the exterior. The very tabernacle of God was covered with badgers' skins and goats' hair; one would not think there would be any glory there. The Shekinah of God was manifest under that kind of covering. May God open our eyes to see Him, whether in temptations, trials, dangers, or misfortunes. ─C. H. P.
■ 永活之泉(02月23日)
二月廿三日 罪 「罪魁」「並且我主的恩是格外豐盛,使我在基督耶穌裡有信心和愛心。」提摩太前書一章14、15節 「罪」使神的聖潔成為可怕;然而「罪」使神的聖潔顯出榮耀。因為祂說:「你們要自潔成聖,因為我是耶和華——你們的神,……我是叫你們成聖的耶和華。」(利廿7、8) 「罪」顯明神奇妙的愛,不吝嗇祂獨生的兒子。「罪」將耶穌釘在十字架上,因此顯出祂的愛是何等的深、何等的強。在永世的榮耀裡,就是我們這些蒙救贖的罪人,要發出我們的讚美。 千萬別忘記,就是因為罪,才使你和基督耶穌中間發生了一個重大的關係。神所以要你每天與祂相交,目的就是要拯救、保守你,並脫離罪的權勢;且帶領你進入祂的形像,並進入祂無限的慈愛裡。 就是因為想到罪,才使你低聲俯伏在祂腳前,深深地降服敬拜祂。就是因為想到罪常常圍繞你,常來試探你,因此你的禱告就能懇切;你的信心,就是隱藏在基督裡的信心,才能堅強。 就是因為想到罪,才使基督顯得不可言喻的寶貴,使你每時每刻依靠祂的恩典,並且叫你靠著那愛我們的主,作得勝有餘的人。就是因為想到罪,才使我們存破碎痛悔的心來感謝神;這破碎痛悔的心,神必不輕看,祂要在我們裡面作工,並喜悅住在痛悔謙卑的靈裡。 惟有在內室親近父的時候,我們便能勝過罪,基督的聖潔才賜給我們,聖潔的靈也充滿我們的生命。只有在內室裡,我們才能學習認識,並完全經歷這寶貴話語的應許有何等神聖的能力。 「祂兒子耶穌的血也洗淨我們一切的罪。」「住在祂裡面的,就不犯罪。」(約壹一7,三6)
■ 中文屬天日子(02月23日)
二月廿三日 決志服役 「人子來,不是要受人的服事,乃是要服事人。」馬太福音廿章28節 保羅服役的觀念是與我們主服役的觀念相同:「我在你們中間如同服事人的;」「並且自己因耶穌作你們的僕人。」我們以為蒙召作傳道的人,是蒙召去作與旁人不同的人物。據耶穌基督看來,人蒙召是召去作別人的「門墊蓆」;作他們靈性的領袖,絕不是作他們的支配者。保羅說:「我知道怎樣處卑賤。」保羅服役的觀念是「我連自己的性命也願意給你們;無論是譽是毀,我都不介意。只要有人不認識耶穌基督,我對於他的服務,好像是欠債一樣,直到他認識耶穌基督為止。」保羅服務的動機,不是出於愛人,卻是出於愛耶穌基督。如果我們因人類的緣故而獻身服務人,我們就要失望,就要心傷,因為有時人比狗還要忘恩負義些;但是若是我們的動機是愛神,則忘恩負義的事情,不能阻止我們不服事我們的同胞。 保羅認知耶穌基督怎樣待他,也就把它當為服事別人的祕訣:「我從前是一個妄證者,是一個褻瀆者,是一個害人者」──無論人怎樣待我,不必關心,他們絕不至於把我對耶穌基督的仇視和憎惡拿來待我。當我們感覺耶穌基督曾於我們卑污之極,自私之極,犯罪之極服事我們,我們因祂之故,服事別人的時候,就不致灰心失望了。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月23日)
二月廿三日 「因我活著就是基督,我死了就有益處。」腓立比書一章21節 有健康身體的秘訣在於有個健康的心。聖靈為我們的禱告是:「我願你凡事興盛,身體健壯,正如你的靈魂興盛一樣。」(約參2) 我們發現保羅在給腓立比眾信徒的書信中,對死既有崇高又有漠不關心的聖潔感覺。事實上,他處在一個兩難之間的情況,因為他雖情願離世與基督同在,卻又覺得在肉身活著,為腓立比聖徒更是要緊(腓一23—24)。 儘管他比較喜歡與基督同在,但活著卻能快樂地事奉。他願意活著的惟一目的,乃是要成為別人的祝福。 他有這樣的心境時,便快快地站立起來,求神給他能得著完全的能力和健康的信心。因為他若在肉身活著,對那些人更有益處,他說:「我既然這樣深信,就知道仍要住在世間,且與你們眾人同住,使你們在所信的道上,又長進又喜樂。」(腓一25) 主啊!求您使我今天「不以性命為念,……只要行完我的路程,成就我主耶穌所領受的職事。」(徒廿24)
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