何西阿書 10:12
Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.
你們要為自己栽種公義,就能收割慈愛。現今正是尋求耶和華的時候;你們要開墾荒地,等他臨到,使公義如雨降在你們身上。
以賽亞書 30:18
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
耶和華必然等候,要施恩給你們;必然興起,好憐憫你們。因為耶和華是公平的神;凡等候他的都是有福的!
羅馬書 12:19
Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.
親愛的弟兄,不要自己伸冤,寧可讓步,聽憑主怒(或作:讓人發怒);因為經上記著:「主說:『伸冤在我;我必報應。』」
約伯記 33:26
then that person can pray to God and find favor with him, they will see God's face and shout for joy; he will restore them to full well-being.
他禱告神,神就喜悅他,使他歡呼朝見神的面;神又看他為義。
以賽亞書 28:17
I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place.
我必以公平為準繩,以公義為線鉈。冰雹必沖去謊言的避所;大水必漫過藏身之處。
彼得前書 4:2
As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.
你們存這樣的心,從今以後就可以不從人的情慾,只從神的旨意在世度餘下的光陰。
申命記 6:25
And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness."
我們若照耶和華我們神所吩咐的一切誡命謹守遵行,這就是我們的義了。』」
以賽亞書 62:1
For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.
我因錫安必不靜默,為耶路撒冷必不息聲,直到他的公義如光輝發出,他的救恩如明燈發亮。
但以理書 12:3
Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
智慧人必發光如同天上的光;那使多人歸義的,必發光如星,直到永永遠遠。
使徒行傳 19:19
A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
平素行邪術的,也有許多人把書拿來,堆積在眾人面前焚燒。他們算計書價,便知道共合五萬塊錢。
提摩太後書 2:22
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Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.
And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.
Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,
and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
你要逃避少年的私慾,同那清心禱告主的人追求公義、信德、仁愛、和平。
惟有那愚拙無學問的辯論,總要棄絕,因為知道這等事是起爭競的。
然而主的僕人不可爭競,只要溫溫和和的待眾人,善於教導,存心忍耐,
用溫柔勸戒那抵擋的人;或者神給他們悔改的心,可以明白真道,
叫他們這已經被魔鬼任意擄去的,可以醒悟,脫離他的網羅。
啟示錄 2:2
- 3
I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.
You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
我知道你的行為、勞碌、忍耐,也知道你不能容忍惡人。你也曾試驗那自稱為使徒卻不是使徒的,看出他們是假的來。
你也能忍耐,曾為我的名勞苦,並不乏倦。
詩篇 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
因為耶和華神是日頭,是盾牌,要賜下恩惠和榮耀。他未嘗留下一樣好處不給那些行動正直的人。
箴言 2:5
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then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.
Then you will understand what is right and just and fair-every good path.
For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways,
who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
Surely her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.
Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.
你就明白敬畏耶和華,得以認識神。
因為,耶和華賜人智慧;知識和聰明都由他口而出。
他給正直人存留真智慧,給行為純正的人作盾牌,
為要保守公平人的路,護庇虔敬人的道。
你也必明白仁義、公平、正直、一切的善道。
智慧必入你心;你的靈要以知識為美。
謀略必護衛你;聰明必保守你,
要救你脫離惡道(或作:惡人的道),脫離說乖謬話的人。
那等人捨棄正直的路,行走黑暗的道,
歡喜作惡,喜愛惡人的乖僻,
在他們的道中彎曲,在他們的路上偏僻。
智慧要救你脫離淫婦,就是那油嘴滑舌的外女。
他離棄幼年的配偶,忘了神的盟約。
他的家陷入死地;他的路偏向陰間。
凡到他那裡去的,不得轉回,也得不著生命的路。
智慧必使你行善人的道,守義人的路。
正直人必在世上居住;完全人必在地上存留。
惟有惡人必然剪除;奸詐的,必然拔出。
以賽亞書 55:12
- 13
You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper, and instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for the Lord's renown, for an everlasting sign, that will endure forever."
你們必歡歡喜喜而出來,平平安安蒙引導。大山小山必在你們面前發聲歌唱;田野的樹木也都拍掌。
松樹長出,代替荊棘;番石榴長出,代替蒺藜。這要為耶和華留名,作為永遠的證據,不能剪除。
羅馬書 14:17
- 18
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.
因為神的國不在乎吃喝,只在乎公義、和平,並聖靈中的喜樂。
在這幾樣上服事基督的,就為神所喜悅,又為人所稱許。
約翰二書 1:9
Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
凡越過基督的教訓、不常守著的,就沒有神;常守這教訓的,就有父又有子。
詩篇 23:6
Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
我一生一世必有恩惠慈愛隨著我;我且要住在耶和華的殿中,直到永遠。
彌迦書 6:8
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
世人哪,耶和華已指示你何為善。他向你所要的是什麼呢?只要你行公義,好憐憫,存謙卑的心,與你的神同行。
羅馬書 4:20
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Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
並且仰望神的應許,總沒有因不信心裡起疑惑,反倒因信心裡得堅固,將榮耀歸給神,
且滿心相信神所應許的必能做成。
羅馬書 4:24
but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness-for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
也是為我們將來得算為義之人寫的,就是我們這信神使我們的主耶穌從死裡復活的人。
羅馬書 6:19
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I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.
When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness.
What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
我因你們肉體的軟弱,就照人的常話對你們說。你們從前怎樣將肢體獻給不潔不法作奴僕,以至於不法;現今也要照樣將肢體獻給義作奴僕,以至於成聖。
因為你們作罪之奴僕的時候,就不被義約束了。
你們現今所看為羞恥的事,當日有什麼果子呢?那些事的結局就是死。
但現今,你們既從罪裡得了釋放,作了神的奴僕,就有成聖的果子,那結局就是永生。
哥林多前書 4:19
- 21
But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?
然而,主若許我,我必快到你們那裡去,並且我所要知道的,不是那些自高自大之人的言語,乃是他們的權能。
因為神的國不在乎言語,乃在乎權能。
你們願意怎麼樣呢?是願意我帶著刑杖到你們那裡去呢?還是要我存慈愛溫柔的心呢?
雅各書 1:19
- 20
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
我親愛的弟兄們,這是你們所知道的,但你們各人要快快的聽,慢慢的說,慢慢的動怒,
因為人的怒氣並不成就神的義。
雅各書 3:11
- 24
Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
泉源從一個眼裡能發出甜苦兩樣的水嗎?
我的弟兄們,無花果樹能生橄欖嗎?葡萄樹能結無花果嗎?鹹水裡也不能發出甜水來。
你們中間誰是有智慧有見識的呢?他就當在智慧的溫柔上顯出他的善行來。
你們心裡若懷著苦毒的嫉妒和分爭,就不可自誇,也不可說謊話抵擋真道。
這樣的智慧不是從上頭來的,乃是屬地的,屬情慾的,屬鬼魔的。
在何處有嫉妒、分爭,就在何處有擾亂和各樣的壞事。
惟獨從上頭來的智慧,先是清潔,後是和平,溫良柔順,滿有憐憫,多結善果,沒有偏見,沒有假冒。
並且使人和平的,是用和平所栽種的義果。
瑪拉基書 3:3
- 11
He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,
and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years.
"So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me," says the Lord Almighty.
"I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.
Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the Lord Almighty. "But you ask, 'How are we to return?'
"Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How are we robbing you?' "In tithes and offerings.
You are under a curse-your whole nation-because you are robbing me.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe," says the Lord Almighty.
他必坐下如煉淨銀子的,必潔淨利未人,熬煉他們像金銀一樣;他們就憑公義獻供物給耶和華。
那時,猶大和耶路撒冷所獻的供物必蒙耶和華悅納,彷彿古時之日、上古之年。
萬軍之耶和華說:「我必臨近你們,施行審判。我必速速作見證,警戒行邪術的、犯姦淫的、起假誓的、虧負人之工價的、欺壓寡婦孤兒的、屈枉寄居的,和不敬畏我的。」
「因我耶和華是不改變的,所以你們雅各之子沒有滅亡。
萬軍之耶和華說:從你們列祖的日子以來,你們常常偏離我的典章而不遵守。現在你們要轉向我,我就轉向你們。你們卻問說:『我們如何才是轉向呢?』
人豈可奪取神之物呢?你們竟奪取我的供物。你們卻說:『我們在何事上奪取你的供物呢?』就是你們在當納的十分之一和當獻的供物上。
因你們通國的人都奪取我的供物,咒詛就臨到你們身上。
萬軍之耶和華說:你們要將當納的十分之一全然送入倉庫,使我家有糧,以此試試我,是否為你們敞開天上的窗戶,傾福與你們,甚至無處可容。
萬軍之耶和華說:我必為你們斥責蝗蟲(原文作吞噬者),不容他毀壞你們的土產。你們田間的葡萄樹在未熟之先也不掉果子。
馬太福音 12:35
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
善人從他心裡所存的善就發出善來;惡人從他心裡所存的惡就發出惡來。
路加福音 8:15
But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.
那落在好土裡的,就是人聽了道,持守在誠實善良的心裡,並且忍耐著結實。」
約翰福音 15:4
- 7
Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
你們要常在我裡面,我也常在你們裡面。枝子若不常在葡萄樹上,自己就不能結果子;你們若不常在我裡面,也是這樣。
我是葡萄樹,你們是枝子。常在我裡面的,我也常在他裡面,這人就多結果子;因為離了我,你們就不能做什麼。
人若不常在我裡面,就像枝子丟在外面枯乾,人拾起來,扔在火裡燒了。
你們若常在我裡面,我的話也常在你們裡面,凡你們所願意的,祈求,就給你們成就。
羅馬書 4:11
- 21
And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless,
because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.
Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring-not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed-the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead-since he was about a hundred years old-and that Sarah's womb was also dead.
Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
並且他受了割禮的記號,作他未受割禮的時候因信稱義的印證,叫他作一切未受割禮而信之人的父,使他們也算為義;
又作受割禮之人的父,就是那些不但受割禮,並且按我們的祖宗亞伯拉罕未受割禮而信之蹤跡去行的人。
因為神應許亞伯拉罕和他後裔,必得承受世界,不是因律法,乃是因信而得的義。
若是屬乎律法的人才得為後嗣,信就歸於虛空,應許也就廢棄了。
因為律法是惹動忿怒的(或作:叫人受刑的);那裡沒有律法,那裡就沒有過犯。
所以人得為後嗣是本乎信,因此就屬乎恩,叫應許定然歸給一切後裔;不但歸給那屬乎律法的,也歸給那效法亞伯拉罕之信的。
亞伯拉罕所信的,是那叫死人復活、使無變為有的神,他在主面前作我們世人的父。如經上所記:「我已經立你作多國的父。」
他在無可指望的時候,因信仍有指望,就得以作多國的父,正如先前所說,「你的後裔將要如此。」
他將近百歲的時候,雖然想到自己的身體如同已死,撒拉的生育已經斷絕,他的信心還是不軟弱;
並且仰望神的應許,總沒有因不信心裡起疑惑,反倒因信心裡得堅固,將榮耀歸給神,
且滿心相信神所應許的必能做成。
哥林多前書 3:22
- 23
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future-all are yours,
and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.
或保羅,或亞波羅,或磯法,或世界,或生,或死,或現今的事,或將來的事,全是你們的;
並且你們是屬基督的,基督又是屬神的。
哥林多後書 13:5
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you-unless, of course, you fail the test?
你們總要自己省察有信心沒有,也要自己試驗。豈不知你們若不是可棄絕的,就有耶穌基督在你們心裡嗎?
以弗所書 1:13
- 14
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession-to the praise of his glory.
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。
這聖靈是我們得基業的憑據(原文作質),直等到神之民(民:原文作產業)被贖,使他的榮耀得著稱讚。
歌羅西書 1:12
- 13
and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
又感謝父,叫我們能與眾聖徒在光明中同得基業。
他救了我們脫離黑暗的權勢,把我們遷到他愛子的國裡;
帖撒羅尼迦前書 1:3
- 9
We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you,
because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.
You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.
And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
The Lord's message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia-your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it,
for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
在神我們的父面前,不住的記念你們因信心所做的工夫,因愛心所受的勞苦,因盼望我們主耶穌基督所存的忍耐。
被神所愛的弟兄啊,我知道你們是蒙揀選的;
因為我們的福音傳到你們那裡,不獨在乎言語,也在乎權能和聖靈,並充足的信心,正如你們知道、我們在你們那裡,為你們的緣故是怎樣為人。
並且你們在大難之中,蒙了聖靈所賜的喜樂,領受真道就效法我們,也效法了主;
甚至你們作了馬其頓和亞該亞所有信主之人的榜樣。
因為主的道從你們那裡已經傳揚出來。你們向神的信心不但在馬其頓和亞該亞,就是在各處也都傳開了;所以不用我們說什麼話。
因為他們自己已經報明我們是怎樣進到你們那裡,你們是怎樣離棄偶像,歸向神,要服事那又真又活的神,
帖撒羅尼迦前書 1:9
- 10
for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead-Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
因為他們自己已經報明我們是怎樣進到你們那裡,你們是怎樣離棄偶像,歸向神,要服事那又真又活的神,
等候他兒子從天降臨,就是他從死裡復活的,那位救我們脫離將來忿怒的耶穌。
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