提摩太後書 2:24
And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.
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，
提摩太後書 2:23
- 24
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.
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，
腓立比書 2:14
Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
凡所行的，都不要發怨言，起爭論，
箴言 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
回答柔和，使怒消退；言語暴戾，觸動怒氣。
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。』」
提多書 3:1
- 2
Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good,
to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.
你要提醒眾人，叫他們順服作官的、掌權的，遵他的命，預備行各樣的善事。
不要毀謗，不要爭競，總要和平，向眾人大顯溫柔。
箴言 3:30
Do not accuse anyone for no reason- when they have done you no harm.
人未曾加害與你，不可無故與他相爭。
箴言 10:8
The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.
心中智慧的，必受命令；口裡愚妄的，必致傾倒。
羅馬書 14:19
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
所以，我們務要追求和睦的事與彼此建立德行的事。
箴言 29:22
An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.
好氣的人挑啟爭端；暴怒的人多多犯罪。
哥林多前書 13:1
- 13
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.
For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
我若能說萬人的方言，並天使的話語，卻沒有愛，我就成了鳴的鑼，響的鈸一般。
我若有先知講道之能，也明白各樣的奧秘，各樣的知識，而且有全備的信，叫我能夠移山，卻沒有愛，我就算不得什麼。
我若將所有的賙濟窮人，又捨己身叫人焚燒，卻沒有愛，仍然與我無益。
愛是恆久忍耐，又有恩慈；愛是不嫉妒；愛是不自誇，不張狂，
不做害羞的事，不求自己的益處，不輕易發怒，不計算人的惡，
不喜歡不義，只喜歡真理；
凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。
愛是永不止息。先知講道之能終必歸於無有；說方言之能終必停止；知識也終必歸於無有。
我們現在所知道的有限，先知所講的也有限，
等那完全的來到，這有限的必歸於無有了。
我作孩子的時候，話語像孩子，心思像孩子，意念像孩子，既成了人，就把孩子的事丟棄了。
我們如今彷彿對著鏡子觀看，模糊不清（原文作如同猜謎）；到那時就要面對面了。我如今所知道的有限，到那時就全知道，如同主知道我一樣。
如今常存的有信，有望，有愛這三樣，其中最大的是愛。
彼得前書 2:21
To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
你們蒙召原是為此；因基督也為你們受過苦，給你們留下榜樣，叫你們跟隨他的腳蹤行。
箴言 18:1
- 2
An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.
與眾寡合的，獨自尋求心願，並惱恨一切真智慧。
愚昧人不喜愛明哲，只喜愛顯露心意。
約翰福音 18:36
Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place."
耶穌回答說：「我的國不屬這世界；我的國若屬這世界，我的臣僕必要爭戰，使我不至於被交給猶太人。只是我的國不屬這世界。」
雅各書 3:17
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.
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。
馬太福音 6:25
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
「所以我告訴你們，不要為生命憂慮吃什麼，喝什麼；為身體憂慮穿什麼。生命不勝於飲食嗎？身體不勝於衣裳嗎？
路加福音 10:30
- 37
In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.
The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'
"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"
The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."
耶穌回答說：「有一個人從耶路撒冷下耶利哥去，落在強盜手中。他們剝去他的衣裳，把他打個半死，就丟下他走了。
偶然有一個祭司從這條路下來，看見他就從那邊過去了。
又有一個利未人來到這地方，看見他，也照樣從那邊過去了。
惟有一個撒瑪利亞人行路來到那裡，看見他就動了慈心，
上前用油和酒倒在他的傷處，包裹好了，扶他騎上自己的牲口，帶到店裡去照應他。
第二天拿出二錢銀子來，交給店主，說：『你且照應他；此外所費用的，我回來必還你。』
你想，這三個人那一個是落在強盜手中的鄰舍呢？」
他說：「是憐憫他的。」耶穌說：「你去照樣行吧。」
提摩太後書 3:16
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
聖經都是神所默示的（或作：凡神所默示的聖經），於教訓、督責、使人歸正、教導人學義都是有益的，
雅各書 3:9
- 12
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God's likeness.
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
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.
我們用舌頭頌讚那為主、為父的，又用舌頭咒詛那照著神形像被造的人；
頌讚和咒詛從一個口裡出來！我的弟兄們，這是不應當的！
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。
申命記 4:2
Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.
所吩咐你們的話，你們不可加添，也不可刪減，好叫你們遵守我所吩咐的，就是耶和華你們神的命令。
箴言 26:4
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him.
不要照愚昧人的愚妄話回答他，恐怕你與他一樣。
羅馬書 12:17
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.
不要以惡報惡；眾人以為美的事要留心去做。
加拉太書 5:22
- 23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
聖靈所結的果子，就是仁愛、喜樂、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信實、
溫柔、節制。這樣的事沒有律法禁止。
腓立比書 2:14
- 16
Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
so that you may become blameless and pure, "children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation." Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky
as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
凡所行的，都不要發怨言，起爭論，
使你們無可指摘，誠實無偽，在這彎曲悖謬的世代作神無瑕疵的兒女。你們顯在這世代中，好像明光照耀，
將生命的道表明出來，叫我在基督的日子好誇我沒有空跑，也沒有徒勞。
詩篇 22:1
- 31
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?
My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.
In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.
"He trusts in the Lord," they say, "let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him."
Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother's breast.
From birth I was cast on you; from my mother's womb you have been my God.
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.
My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.
Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.
All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me.
They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.
But you, Lord, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.
Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.
You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.
From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you I will fulfill my vows.
The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the Lord will praise him- may your hearts live forever!
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,
for dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations.
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him- those who cannot keep themselves alive.
Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.
They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it!
（大衛的詩，交與伶長。調用朝鹿。）我的神，我的神！為什麼離棄我？為什麼遠離不救我？不聽我唉哼的言語？
我的神啊，我白日呼求，你不應允，夜間呼求，並不住聲。
但你是聖潔的，是用以色列的讚美為寶座（或作：居所）的。
我們的祖宗倚靠你；他們倚靠你，你便解救他們。
他們哀求你，便蒙解救；他們倚靠你，就不羞愧。
但我是蟲，不是人，被眾人羞辱，被百姓藐視。
凡看見我的都嗤笑我；他們撇嘴搖頭，說：
他把自己交託耶和華，耶和華可以救他吧！耶和華既喜悅他，可以搭救他吧！
但你是叫我出母腹的；我在母懷裡，你就使我有倚靠的心。
我自出母胎就被交在你手裡；從我母親生我，你就是我的神。
求你不要遠離我！因為急難臨近了，沒有人幫助我。
有許多公牛圍繞我，巴珊大力的公牛四面困住我。
他們向我張口，好像抓撕吼叫的獅子。
我如水被倒出來；我的骨頭都脫了節；我心在我裡面如蠟鎔化。
我的精力枯乾，如同瓦片；我的舌頭貼在我牙床上。你將我安置在死地的塵土中。
犬類圍著我，惡黨環繞我；他們扎了我的手，我的腳。
我的骨頭，我都能數過；他們瞪著眼看我。
他們分我的外衣，為我的裡衣拈鬮。
耶和華啊，求你不要遠離我！我的救主啊，求你快來幫助我！
求你救我的靈魂脫離刀劍，救我的生命（生命：原文作獨一者）脫離犬類，
救我脫離獅子的口；你已經應允我，使我脫離野牛的角。
我要將你的名傳與我的弟兄，在會中我要讚美你。
你們敬畏耶和華的人要讚美他！雅各的後裔都要榮耀他！以色列的後裔都要懼怕他！
因為他沒有藐視憎惡受苦的人，也沒有向他掩面；那受苦之人呼籲的時候，他就垂聽。
我在大會中讚美你的話是從你而來的；我要在敬畏耶和華的人面前還我的願。
謙卑的人必吃得飽足；尋求耶和華的人必讚美他。願你們的心永遠活著！
地的四極都要想念耶和華，並且歸順他；列國的萬族都要在你面前敬拜。
因為國權是耶和華的；他是管理萬國的。
地上一切豐肥的人必吃喝而敬拜；凡下到塵土中不能存活自己性命的人都要在他面前下拜。
他必有後裔事奉他；主所行的事必傳與後代。
他們必來把他的公義傳給將要生的民，言明這事是他所行的。
箴言 23:9
Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words. Saying 11
你不要說話給愚昧人聽，因他必藐視你智慧的言語。
耶利米書 31:3
The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
古時（或作：從遠方）耶和華向以色列（原文作我）顯現，說：我以永遠的愛愛你，因此我以慈愛吸引你。
馬太福音 4:7
Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.' "
耶穌對他說：「經上又記著說：『不可試探主你的神。』」
羅馬書 8:1
- 39
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh,
in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so.
Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation-but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
Now if we are children, then we are heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God's people in accordance with the will of God.
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.
Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died-more than that, who was raised to life-is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
如今，那些在基督耶穌裡的就不定罪了。
因為賜生命聖靈的律，在基督耶穌裡釋放了我，使我脫離罪和死的律了。
律法既因肉體軟弱，有所不能行的，神就差遣自己的兒子，成為罪身的形狀，作了贖罪祭，在肉體中定了罪案，
使律法的義成就在我們這不隨從肉體、只隨從聖靈的人身上。
因為隨從肉體的人體貼肉體的事，隨從聖靈的人體貼聖靈的事。
體貼肉體的，就是死；體貼聖靈的，乃是生命、平安。
原來體貼肉體的，就是與神為仇；因為不服神的律法，也是不能服，
而且屬肉體的人不能得神的喜歡。
如果神的靈住在你們心裡，你們就不屬肉體，乃屬聖靈了。人若沒有基督的靈，就不是屬基督的。
基督若在你們心裡，身體就因罪而死，心靈卻因義而活。
然而，叫耶穌從死裡復活者的靈若住在你們心裡，那叫基督耶穌從死裡復活的，也必藉著住在你們心裡的聖靈，使你們必死的身體又活過來。
弟兄們，這樣看來，我們並不是欠肉體的債去順從肉體活著。
你們若順從肉體活著，必要死；若靠著聖靈治死身體的惡行，必要活著。
因為凡被神的靈引導的，都是神的兒子。
你們所受的，不是奴僕的心，仍舊害怕；所受的，乃是兒子的心，因此我們呼叫：「阿爸！父！」
聖靈與我們的心同證我們是神的兒女；
既是兒女，便是後嗣，就是神的後嗣，和基督同作後嗣。如果我們和他一同受苦，也必和他一同得榮耀。
我想，現在的苦楚若比起將來要顯於我們的榮耀就不足介意了。
受造之物切望等候神的眾子顯出來。
因為受造之物服在虛空之下，不是自己願意，乃是因那叫他如此的。
但受造之物仍然指望脫離敗壞的轄制，得享（享：原文作入）神兒女自由的榮耀。
我們知道一切受造之物一同歎息、勞苦，直到如今。
不但如此，就是我們這有聖靈初結果子的，也是自己心裡歎息，等候得著兒子的名分，乃是我們的身體得贖。
我們得救是在乎盼望；只是所見的盼望不是盼望，誰還盼望他所見的呢（有古卷：人所著見的何必再盼望呢）？
但我們若盼望那所不見的，就必忍耐等候。
況且我們的軟弱有聖靈幫助，我們本不曉得當怎樣禱告，只是聖靈親自用說不出來的歎息替我們禱告。
鑒察人心的，曉得聖靈的意思，因為聖靈照著神的旨意替聖徒祈求。
我們曉得萬事都互相效力，叫愛神的人得益處，就是按他旨意被召的人。
因為他預先所知道的人，就預先定下效法他兒子的模樣，使他兒子在許多弟兄中作長子。
預先所定下的人又召他們來；所召來的人又稱他們為義；所稱為義的人又叫他們得榮耀。
既是這樣，還有什麼說的呢？神若幫助我們，誰能敵擋我們呢？
神既不愛惜自己的兒子，為我們眾人捨了，豈不也把萬物和他一同白白的賜給我們嗎？
誰能控告神所揀選的人呢？有神稱他們為義了（或作：是稱他們為義的神嗎）。
誰能定他們的罪呢？有基督耶穌已經死了，而且從死裡復活，現今在神的右邊，也替我們祈求（有基督云云或作是已經死了，而且從死裡復活，現今在神的右邊，也替我們祈求的基督耶穌嗎）
誰能使我們與基督的愛隔絕呢？難道是患難嗎？是困苦嗎？是逼迫嗎？是飢餓嗎？是赤身露體嗎？是危險嗎？是刀劍嗎？
如經上所記：我們為你的緣故終日被殺；人看我們如將宰的羊。
然而，靠著愛我們的主，在這一切的事上已經得勝有餘了。
因為我深信無論是死，是生，是天使，是掌權的，是有能的，是現在的事，是將來的事，
是高處的，是低處的，是別的受造之物，都不能叫我們與神的愛隔絕；這愛是在我們的主基督耶穌裡的。
哥林多前書 6:7
The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
你們彼此告狀，這已經是你們的大錯了。為什麼不情願受欺呢？為什麼不情願吃虧呢？
提摩太後書 3:16
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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
聖經都是神所默示的（或作：凡神所默示的聖經），於教訓、督責、使人歸正、教導人學義都是有益的，
叫屬神的人得以完全，預備行各樣的善事。
