箴言 31:10 - 31 ote style="f" caller="+"> 31:10 Verses 10-31 are an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands. She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar. She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants. She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks. She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night. In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers. She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy. When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet. She makes coverings for her bed; she is clothed in fine linen and purple. Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes. She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all." Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
才德的婦人誰能得著呢？他的價值遠勝過珍珠。他丈夫心裡倚靠他，必不缺少利益；他一生使丈夫有益無損。他尋找羊羢和麻，甘心用手做工。他好像商船從遠方運糧來，未到黎明他就起來，把食物分給家中的人，將當做的工分派婢女。他想得田地就買來；用手所得之利栽種葡萄園。他以能力束腰，使膀臂有力。他覺得所經營的有利；他的燈終夜不滅。他手拿撚線竿，手把紡線車。他張手賙濟困苦人，伸手幫補窮乏人。他不因下雪為家裡的人擔心，因為全家都穿著朱紅衣服。他為自己製作繡花毯子；他的衣服是細麻和紫色布做的。他丈夫在城門口與本地的長老同坐，為眾人所認識。他做細麻布衣裳出賣，又將腰帶賣與商家。能力和威儀是他的衣服；他想到日後的景況就喜笑。他開口就發智慧；他舌上有仁慈的法則。他觀察家務，並不吃閒飯。他的兒女起來稱他有福；他的丈夫也稱讚他，說：才德的女子很多，惟獨你超過一切。艷麗是虛假的，美容是虛浮的；惟敬畏耶和華的婦女必得稱讚。願他享受操作所得的；願他的工作在城門口榮耀他。

哥林多前書 7:2 - 5 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
但要免淫亂的事，男子當各有自己的妻子；女子也當各有自己的丈夫。丈夫當用合宜之分待妻子；妻子待丈夫也要如此。妻子沒有權柄主張自己的身子，乃在丈夫；丈夫也沒有權柄主張自己的身子，乃在妻子。夫妻不可彼此虧負，除非兩相情願，暫時分房，為要專心禱告方可；以後仍要同房，免得撒但趁著你們情不自禁，引誘你們。

彼得前書 3:1 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives,
你們作妻子的要順服自己的丈夫；這樣，若有不信從道理的丈夫，他們雖然不聽道，也可以因妻子的品行被感化過來；

彼得前書 3:1 - 6 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.
你們作妻子的要順服自己的丈夫；這樣，若有不信從道理的丈夫，他們雖然不聽道，也可以因妻子的品行被感化過來；這正是因看見你們有貞潔的品行和敬畏的心。你們不要以外面的辮頭髮，戴金飾，穿美衣為妝飾，只要以裡面存著長久溫柔，安靜的心為妝飾；這在神面前是極寶貴的。因為古時仰賴神的聖潔婦人正是以此為妝飾，順服自己的丈夫，就如撒拉聽從亞伯拉罕，稱他為主。你們若行善，不因恐嚇而害怕，便是撒拉的女兒了。

以弗所書 5:33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
然而，你們各人都當愛妻子，如同愛自己一樣。妻子也當敬重他的丈夫。

箴言 18:22 He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.
得著賢妻的，是得著好處，也是蒙了耶和華的恩惠。

哥林多前書 11:3 But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
我願意你們知道，基督是各人的頭；男人是女人的頭；神是基督的頭。

以弗所書 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
你們作丈夫的，要愛你們的妻子，正如基督愛教會，為教會捨己。

彼得前書 3:7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
你們作丈夫的，也要按情理﹝原文作知識﹞和妻子同住；因他比你軟弱，（比你軟弱：原文作是軟弱的器皿）與你一同承受生命之恩的，所以要敬重他。這樣，便叫你們的禱告沒有阻礙。

箴言 12:4 A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
才德的婦人是丈夫的冠冕；貽羞的婦人如同朽爛在他丈夫的骨中。

箴言 31:11 - 12 Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.
他丈夫心裡倚靠他，必不缺少利益；他一生使丈夫有益無損。

彼得前書 3:5 For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands,
因為古時仰賴神的聖潔婦人正是以此為妝飾，順服自己的丈夫，

歌羅西書 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
你們作妻子的，當順服自己的丈夫，這在主裡面是相宜的。

提多書 2:1 - 15 You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance. Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God. Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us. Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive. For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope-the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.
但你所講的總要合乎那純正的道理。勸老年人要有節制、端莊、自守，在信心、愛心、忍耐上都要純全無疵。又勸老年婦人，舉止行動要恭敬，不說讒言，不給酒作奴僕，用善道教訓人，好指教少年婦人，愛丈夫，愛兒女，謹守，貞潔，料理家務，待人有恩，順服自己的丈夫，免得神的道理被毀謗。又勸少年人要謹守。你自己凡事要顯出善行的榜樣，在教訓上要正直、端莊，言語純全，無可指責，叫那反對的人，既無處可說我們的不是，便自覺羞愧。勸僕人要順服自己的主人，凡事討他的喜歡，不可頂撞他，不可私拿東西，要顯為忠誠，以致凡事尊榮我們救主神的道。因為神救眾人的恩典已經顯明出來，教訓我們除去不敬虔的心和世俗的情慾，在今世自守、公義、敬虔度日，等候所盼望的福，並等候至大的神和（或作?無和字）我們救主耶穌基督的榮耀顯現。他為我們捨了自己，要贖我們脫離一切罪惡，又潔淨我們，特作自己的子民，熱心為善。這些事你要講明，勸戒人，用各等權柄責備人，不可叫人輕看你。

箴言 31:12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.
他一生使丈夫有益無損。

哥林多前書 11:8 - 9 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
起初，男人不是由女人而出，女人乃是由男人而出。並且男人不是為女人造的；女人乃是為男人造的。

希伯來書 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
婚姻，人人都當尊重，床也不可污穢；因為苟合行淫的人，神必要審判。

箴言 14:1 The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
智慧婦人建立家室；愚妄婦人親手拆毀。

箴言 19:14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
房屋錢財是祖宗所遺留的；惟有賢慧的妻是耶和華所賜的。

箴言 31:10 ote style="f" caller="+"> 31:10 Verses 10-31 are an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
才德的婦人誰能得著呢？他的價值遠勝過珍珠。

腓立比書 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,
凡事不可結黨，不可貪圖虛浮的榮耀；只要存心謙卑，各人看別人比自己強。

提多書 2:5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
謹守，貞潔，料理家務，待人有恩，順服自己的丈夫，免得神的道理被毀謗。

哥林多前書 11:8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;
起初，男人不是由女人而出，女人乃是由男人而出。

以弗所書 5:1 - 33 Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person-such a person is an idolater-has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient. Therefore do not be partners with them. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible-and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. This is why it is said: "Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church- for we are members of his body. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." This is a profound mystery-but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
所以，你們該效法神，好像蒙慈愛的兒女一樣。也要憑愛心行事，正如基督愛我們，為我們捨了自己，當作馨香的供物和祭物，獻與神。至於淫亂並一切污穢，或是貪婪，在你們中間連提都不可，方合聖徒的體統。淫詞、妄語，和戲笑的話都不相宜；總要說感謝的話。因為你們確實的知道，無論是淫亂的，是污穢的，是有貪心的，在基督和神的國裡都是無分的。有貪心的，就與拜偶像的一樣。不要被人虛浮的話欺哄；因這些事，神的忿怒必臨到那悖逆之子。所以，你們不要與他們同夥。從前你們是暗昧的，但如今在主裡面是光明的，行事為人就當像光明的子女。光明所結的果子就是一切良善、公義、，誠實。總要察驗何為主所喜悅的事。那暗昧無益的事，不要與人同行，倒要責備行這事的人；因為他們暗中所行的，就是提起來也是可恥的。凡事受了責備，就被光顯明出來，因為一切能顯明的就是光。所以主說：你這睡著的人當醒過來，從死裡復活！基督就要光照你了。你們要謹慎行事，不要像愚昧人，當像智慧人。要愛惜光陰，因為現今的世代邪惡。不要作糊塗人，要明白主的旨意如何。不要醉酒，酒能使人放蕩；乃要被聖靈充滿。當用詩章、頌詞、靈歌、彼此對說，口唱心和的讚美主。凡事要奉我們主耶穌基督的名常常感謝父神。又當存敬畏基督的心，彼此順服。你們作妻子的，當順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主。因為丈夫是妻子的頭，如同基督是教會的頭；他又是教會全體的救主。教會怎樣順服基督，妻子也要怎樣凡事順服丈夫。你們作丈夫的，要愛你們的妻子，正如基督愛教會，為教會捨己。要用水藉著道把教會洗淨，成為聖潔，可以獻給自己，作個榮耀的教會，毫無玷污、皺紋等類的病，乃是聖潔沒有瑕疵的。丈夫也當照樣愛妻子，如同愛自己的身子；愛妻子便是愛自己了。從來沒有人恨惡自己的身子，總是保養顧惜，正像基督待教會一樣，因我們是他身上的肢體（有古卷加：就是他的骨他的肉）。為這個緣故，人要離開父母，與妻子連合，二人成為一體。這是極大的奧秘，但我是指著基督和教會說的。然而，你們各人都當愛妻子，如同愛自己一樣。妻子也當敬重他的丈夫。

以弗所書 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
你們作妻子的，當順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主。

提摩太前書 2:11 - 14 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.
女人要沉靜學道，一味的順服。我不許女人講道，也不許他轄管男人，只要沉靜。因為先造的是亞當，後造的是夏娃；且不是亞當被引誘，乃是女人被引誘，陷在罪裡。

提多書 2:3 - 5 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
又勸老年婦人，舉止行動要恭敬，不說讒言，不給酒作奴僕，用善道教訓人，好指教少年婦人，愛丈夫，愛兒女，謹守，貞潔，料理家務，待人有恩，順服自己的丈夫，免得神的道理被毀謗。

雅各書 1:19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
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，

哥林多前書 11:9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
並且男人不是為女人造的；女人乃是為男人造的。

羅馬書 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
你不可為惡所勝，反要以善勝惡。

哥林多前書 7:1 - 40 Now for the matters you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. I say this as a concession, not as a command. I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches. Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God's commands is what counts. Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them. Were you a slave when you were called? Don't let it trouble you-although if you can gain your freedom, do so. For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord's freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ's slave. You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings. Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them. Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this. What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away. I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs-how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world-how he can please his wife- and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord's affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world-how she can please her husband. I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord. If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married. But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin-this man also does the right thing. So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better. A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord. In my judgment, she is happier if she stays as she is-and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
論到你們信上所提的事，我說男不近女倒好。但要免淫亂的事，男子當各有自己的妻子；女子也當各有自己的丈夫。丈夫當用合宜之分待妻子；妻子待丈夫也要如此。妻子沒有權柄主張自己的身子，乃在丈夫；丈夫也沒有權柄主張自己的身子，乃在妻子。夫妻不可彼此虧負，除非兩相情願，暫時分房，為要專心禱告方可；以後仍要同房，免得撒但趁著你們情不自禁，引誘你們。我說這話，原是准你們的，不是命你們的。我願意眾人像我一樣；只是各人領受神的恩賜，一個是這樣，一個是那樣。我對著沒有嫁娶的和寡婦說，若他們常像我就好。倘若自己禁止不住，就可以嫁娶。與其慾火攻心，倒不如嫁娶為妙。至於那已經嫁娶的，我吩咐他們；其實不是我吩咐，乃是主吩咐說：妻子不可離開丈夫，若是離開了，不可再嫁，或是仍同丈夫和好。丈夫也不可離棄妻子。我對其餘的人說（不是主說）：倘若某弟兄有不信的妻子，妻子也情願和他同住，他就不要離棄妻子。妻子有不信的丈夫，丈夫也情願和他同住，他就不要離棄丈夫。因為不信的丈夫就因著妻子成了聖潔，並且不信的妻子就因著丈夫（原文作弟兄）成了聖潔；不然，你們的兒女就不潔淨，但如今他們是聖潔的了。倘若那不信的人要離去，就由他離去吧！無論是弟兄，是姐妹，遇著這樣的事都不必拘束。神召我們原是要我們和睦。你這作妻子的，怎麼知道不能救你的丈夫呢？你這作丈夫的，怎麼知道不能救你的妻子呢？只要照主所分給各人的，和神所召各人的而行。我吩咐各教會都是這樣。有人已受割禮蒙召呢，就不要廢割禮；有人未受割禮蒙召呢，就不要受割禮。受割禮算不得什麼，不受割禮也算不得什麼，只要守神的誡命就是了。各人蒙召的時候是什麼身分，仍要守住這身分。你是作奴隸蒙召的嗎？不要因此憂慮；若能以自由，就求自由更好。因為作奴僕蒙召於主的，就是主所釋放的人；作自由之人蒙召的，就是基督的奴僕。你們是重價買來的，不要作人的奴僕。弟兄們，你們各人蒙召的時候是什麼身分，仍要在神面前守住這身分。論到童身的人，我沒有主的命令，但我既蒙主憐恤能作忠心的人，就把自己的意見告訴你們。因現今的艱難，據我看來，人不如守素安常才好。你有妻子纏著呢，就不要求脫離；你沒有妻子纏著呢，就不要求妻子。你若娶妻，並不是犯罪；處女若出嫁，也不是犯罪。然而這等人肉身必受苦難，我卻願意你們免這苦難。弟兄們，我對你們說，時候減少了。從此以後，那有妻子的，要像沒有妻子；哀哭的，要像不哀哭；快樂的，要像不快樂；置買的，要像無有所得；用世物的，要像不用世物，因為這世界的樣子將要過去了。我願你們無所掛慮。沒有娶妻的，是為主的事掛慮，想怎樣叫主喜悅。娶了妻的，是為世上的事掛慮，想怎樣叫妻子喜悅。婦人和處女也有分別。沒有出嫁的，是為主的事掛慮，要身體、靈魂都聖潔；已經出嫁的，是為世上的事掛慮，想怎樣叫丈夫喜悅。我說這話是為你們的益處，不是要牢籠你們，乃是要叫你們行合宜的事，得以殷勤服事主，沒有分心的事。若有人以為自己待他的女兒不合宜，女兒也過了年歲，事又當行，他就可隨意辦理，不算有罪，叫二人成親就是了。倘若人心裡堅定，沒有不得已的事，並且由得自己作主，心裡又決定了留下女兒不出嫁，如此行也好。這樣看來，叫自己的女兒出嫁是好，不叫他出嫁更是好。丈夫活著的時候，妻子是被約束的；丈夫若死了，妻子就可以自由，隨意再嫁，只是要嫁這在主裡面的人。然而按我的意見，若常守節更有福氣。我也想自己是被神的靈感動了。

以弗所書 5:21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
又當存敬畏基督的心，彼此順服。

以弗所書 5:22 - 24 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
你們作妻子的，當順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主。因為丈夫是妻子的頭，如同基督是教會的頭；他又是教會全體的救主。教會怎樣順服基督，妻子也要怎樣凡事順服丈夫。

提摩太前書 5:8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
人若不看顧親屬，就是背了真道，比不信的人還不好，不看顧自己家裡的人，更是如此。

提摩太前書 5:14 So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.
所以我願意年輕的寡婦嫁人，生養兒女，治理家務，不給敵人辱罵的把柄。

箴言 31:1 - 31 The sayings of King Lemuel-an inspired utterance his mother taught him. Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb! Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers! Do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings. It is not for kings, Lemuel- it is not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights. Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are in anguish! Let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more. Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. ote style="f" caller="+"> 31:10 Verses 10-31 are an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands. She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar. She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants. She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks. She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night. In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers. She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy. When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet. She makes coverings for her bed; she is clothed in fine linen and purple. Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes. She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all." Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
利慕伊勒王的言語，是他母親教訓他的真言。我的兒啊，我腹中生的兒啊，我許願得的兒啊！我當怎樣教訓你呢？不要將你的精力給婦女；也不要有敗壞君王的行為。利慕伊勒啊，君王喝酒，君王喝酒不相宜；王子說濃酒在那裡也不相宜；恐怕喝了就忘記律例，顛倒一切困苦人的是非。可以把濃酒給將亡的人喝，把清酒給苦心的人喝，讓他喝了，就忘記他的貧窮，不再記念他的苦楚。你當為啞巴（或作：不能自辯的）開口，為一切孤獨的伸冤。你當開口按公義判斷，為困苦和窮乏的辨屈。才德的婦人誰能得著呢？他的價值遠勝過珍珠。他丈夫心裡倚靠他，必不缺少利益；他一生使丈夫有益無損。他尋找羊羢和麻，甘心用手做工。他好像商船從遠方運糧來，未到黎明他就起來，把食物分給家中的人，將當做的工分派婢女。他想得田地就買來；用手所得之利栽種葡萄園。他以能力束腰，使膀臂有力。他覺得所經營的有利；他的燈終夜不滅。他手拿撚線竿，手把紡線車。他張手賙濟困苦人，伸手幫補窮乏人。他不因下雪為家裡的人擔心，因為全家都穿著朱紅衣服。他為自己製作繡花毯子；他的衣服是細麻和紫色布做的。他丈夫在城門口與本地的長老同坐，為眾人所認識。他做細麻布衣裳出賣，又將腰帶賣與商家。能力和威儀是他的衣服；他想到日後的景況就喜笑。他開口就發智慧；他舌上有仁慈的法則。他觀察家務，並不吃閒飯。他的兒女起來稱他有福；他的丈夫也稱讚他，說：才德的女子很多，惟獨你超過一切。艷麗是虛假的，美容是虛浮的；惟敬畏耶和華的婦女必得稱讚。願他享受操作所得的；願他的工作在城門口榮耀他。

哥林多前書 7:39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.
丈夫活著的時候，妻子是被約束的；丈夫若死了，妻子就可以自由，隨意再嫁，只是要嫁這在主裡面的人。

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。

提摩太前書 2:11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.
女人要沉靜學道，一味的順服。

約翰一書 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
我們若認自己的罪，神是信實的，是公義的，必要赦免我們的罪，洗淨我們一切的不義。

馬太福音 5:27 - 28 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.' ote style="f" caller="+"> 5:27 Exodus 20:14 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
「你們聽見有話說：『不可姦淫。』只是我告訴你們，凡看見婦女就動淫念的，這人心裡已經與他犯姦淫了。

哥林多前書 14:1 - 40 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit. But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves, but the one who prophesies edifies the church. I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified. Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction? Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me. So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church. For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer, say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying? You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified. I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults. In the Law it is written: "With other tongues and through the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord." Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind? But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all, as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, "God is really among you!" What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up. If anyone speaks in a tongue, two-or at the most three-should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God. Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets. For God is not a God of disorder but of peace-as in all the congregations of the Lord's people. Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church. Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command. But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.
你們要追求愛，也要切慕屬靈的恩賜，其中更要羨慕的，是作先知講道（原文作：是說預言；下同）那說方言的，原不是對人說，乃是對神說，因為沒有人聽出來。然而，他在心靈裡卻是講說各樣的奧秘。但作先知講道的，是對人說，要造就、安慰、勸勉人。說方言的，是造就自己；作先知講道的，乃是造就教會。我願意你們都說方言，更願意你們作先知講道；因為說方言的，若不繙出來，使教會被造就，那作先知講道的，就比他強了。弟兄們，我到你們那裡去，若只說方言，不用啟示，或知識，或預言，或教訓，給你們講解，我與你們有什麼益處呢？就是那有聲無氣的物，或簫，或琴，若發出來的聲音沒有分別，怎能知道所吹所彈的是什麼呢？若吹無定的號聲，誰能預備打仗呢？你們也是如此。舌頭若不說容易明白的話，怎能知道所說的是什麼呢？這就是向空說話了。世上的聲音，或者甚多，卻沒有一樣是無意思的。我若不明白那聲音的意思，這說話的人必以我為化外之人，我也以他為化外之人。你們也是如此，既是切慕屬靈的恩賜，就當求多得造就教會的恩賜。所以那說方言的，就當求著能繙出來。我若用方言禱告，是我的靈禱告，但我的悟性沒有果效。這卻怎麼樣呢？我要用靈禱告，也要用悟性禱告；我要用靈歌唱，也要用悟性歌唱。不然，你用靈祝謝，那在座不通方言的人，既然不明白你的話，怎能在你感謝的時候說「阿們」呢？你感謝的固然是好，無奈不能造就別人。我感謝神，我說方言比你們眾人還多。但在教會中，寧可用悟性說五句教導人的話，強如說萬句方言。弟兄們，在心志上不要作小孩子。然而，在惡事上要作嬰孩，在心志上總要作大人。律法上記著：主說：我要用外邦人的舌頭和外邦人的嘴唇向這百姓說話；雖然如此，他們還是不聽從我。這樣看來，說方言不是為信的人作證據，乃是為不信的人；作先知講道不是為不信的人作證據，乃是為信的人。所以，全教會聚在一處的時候，若都說方言，偶然有不通方言的，或是不信的人進來，豈不說你們癲狂了嗎？若都作先知講道，偶然有不信的，或是不通方言的人進來，就被眾人勸醒，被眾人審明，他心裡的隱情顯露出來，就必將臉伏地，敬拜神，說：「神真是在你們中間了。」弟兄們，這卻怎麼樣呢？你們聚會的時候，各人或有詩歌，或有教訓，或有啟示，或有方言，或有繙出來的話，凡事都當造就人。若有說方言的，只好兩個人，至多三個人，且要輪流著說，也要一個人繙出來。若沒有人繙，就當在會中閉口，只對自己和神說就是了。至於作先知講道的，只好兩個人或是三個人，其餘的就當慎思明辨。若旁邊坐著的得了啟示，那先說話的就當閉口不言。因為你們都可以一個一個的作先知講道，叫眾人學道理，叫眾人得勸勉。先知的靈原是順服先知的；因為神不是叫人混亂，乃是叫人安靜。婦女在會中要閉口不言，像在聖徒的眾教會一樣，因為不准他們說話。他們總要順服，正如律法所說的。他們若要學什麼，可以在家裡問自己的丈夫，因為婦女在會中說話原是可恥的。神的道理豈是從你們出來嗎？豈是單臨到你們嗎？若有人以為自己是先知，或是屬靈的，就該知道，我所寫給你們的是主的命令。若有不知道的，就由他不知道吧！所以我弟兄們，你們要切慕作先知講道，也不要禁止說方言。凡事都要規規矩矩的按著次序行。

以弗所書 5:24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
教會怎樣順服基督，妻子也要怎樣凡事順服丈夫。

馬太福音 18:1 - 35 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. "If anyone causes one of these little ones-those who believe in me-to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come! If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell. "See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. ote style="f" caller="+"> 18:10 Some manuscripts include here the words of Luke 19:10. "What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish. "If your brother or sister ote style="f" caller="+"> 18:15 The Greek word for brother or sister ( adelphos ) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman; also in verses 21 and 35. sins, sins,18:15Some manuscripts sins against you go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'18:16Deut. 19:15 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector. "Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be ote style="f" caller="+"> 18:18 Or will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be18:18Or will have been loosed in heaven. "Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them." Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. "Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. "At this the servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. ote style="f" caller="+"> 18:28 Greek a hundred denarii ; a denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see 20:2). He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded. "His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.' "But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened. "Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart."
當時，門徒進前來，問耶穌說：「天國裡誰是最大的？」耶穌便叫一個小孩子來，使他站在他們當中，說：「我實在告訴你們，你們若不回轉，變成小孩子的樣式，斷不得進天國。所以，凡自己謙卑像這小孩子的，他在天國裡就是最大的。凡為我的名接待一個像這小孩子的，就是接待我。」「凡使這信我的一個小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在這人的頸項上，沉在深海裡。這世界有禍了，因為將人絆倒；絆倒人的事是免不了的，但那絆倒人的有禍了！倘若你一隻手，或是一隻腳，叫你跌倒，就砍下來丟掉。你缺一隻手，或是一隻腳，進入永生，強如有兩手兩腳被丟在永火裡。倘若你一隻眼叫你跌倒，就把他剜出來丟掉。你只有一隻眼進入永生，強如有兩隻眼被丟在地獄的火裡。」「你們要小心，不可輕看這小子裡的一個；我告訴你們，他們的使者在天上，常見我天父的面。（有古卷在此有人子來，為要拯救失喪的人。）一個人若有一百隻羊，一隻走迷了路，你們的意思如何？他豈不撇下這九十九隻，往山裡去找那隻迷路的羊嗎？若是找著了，我實在告訴你們，他為這一隻羊歡喜，比為那沒有迷路的九十九隻歡喜還大呢！你們在天上的父也是這樣，不願意這小子裡失喪一個。」「倘若你的弟兄得罪你，你就去，趁著只有他和你在一處的時候，指出他的錯來。他若聽你，你便得了你的弟兄；他若不聽，你就另外帶一兩個人同去，要憑兩三個人的口作見證，句句都可定準。若是不聽他們，就告訴教會；若是不聽教會，就看他像外邦人和稅吏一樣。我實在告訴你們，凡你們在地上所捆綁的，在天上也要捆綁；凡你們在地上所釋放的，在天上也要釋放。我又告訴你們，若是你們中間有兩個人在地上同心合意的求什麼事，我在天上的父必為他們成全。因為無論在那裡，有兩三個人奉我的名聚會，那裡就有我在他們中間。」那時，彼得進前來，對耶穌說：「主啊，我弟兄得罪我，我當饒恕他幾次呢？到七次可以嗎？」耶穌說：「我對你說，不是到七次，乃是到七十個七次。天國好像一個王要和他僕人算賬。才算的時候，有人帶了一個欠一千萬銀子的來。因為他沒有什麼償還之物，主人吩咐把他和他妻子兒女，並一切所有的都賣了償還。那僕人就俯伏拜他，說：『主啊，寬容我，將來我都要還清。』那僕人的主人就動了慈心，把他釋放了，並且免了他的債。「那僕人出來，遇見他的一個同伴欠他十兩銀子，便揪著他，掐住他的喉嚨，說：『你把所欠的還我！』他的同伴就俯伏央求他，說：『寬容我吧，將來我必還清。』他不肯，竟去把他下在監裡，等他還了所欠的債。眾同伴看見他所做的事就甚憂愁，去把這事都告訴了主人。於是主人叫了他來，對他說：『你這惡奴才！你央求我，我就把你所欠的都免了，你不應當憐恤你的同伴，像我憐恤你嗎？』主人就大怒，把他交給掌刑的，等他還清了所欠的債。你們各人若不從心裡饒恕你的弟兄，我天父也要這樣待你們了。」

羅馬書 7:1 - 25 Do you not know, brothers and sisters-for I am speaking to those who know the law-that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man. So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "You shall not covet." But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good. Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good to bring about my death, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful. We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do-this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.
弟兄們，我現在對明白律法的人說，你們豈不曉得律法管人是在活著的時候嗎？就如女人有了丈夫，丈夫還活著，就被律法約束；丈夫若死了，就脫離了丈夫的律法。所以丈夫活著，他若歸於別人，便叫淫婦；丈夫若死了，他就脫離了丈夫的律法，雖然歸於別人，也不是淫婦。我的弟兄們，這樣說來，你們藉著基督的身體，在律法上也是死了，叫你們歸於別人，就是歸於那從死裡復活的，叫我們結果子給神。因為我們屬肉體的時候，那因律法而生的惡慾就在我們肢體中發動，以致結成死亡的果子。但我們既然在捆我們的律法上死了，現今就脫離了律法，叫我們服事主，要按著心靈（心靈：或作聖靈）的新樣，不按著儀文的舊樣。這樣，我們可說什麼呢？律法是罪嗎？斷乎不是！只是非因律法，我就不知何為罪。非律法說「不可起貪心」，我就不知何為貪心。然而罪趁著機會，就藉著誡命叫諸般的貪心在我裡頭發動；因為沒有律法，罪是死的。我以前沒有律法是活著的；但是誡命來到，罪又活了，我就死了。那本來叫人活的誡命，反倒叫我死；因為罪趁著機會，就藉著誡命引誘我，並且殺了我。這樣看來，律法是聖潔的，誡命也是聖潔、公義、良善的。既然如此，那良善的是叫我死嗎？斷乎不是！叫我死的乃是罪。但罪藉著那良善的叫我死，就顯出真是罪，叫罪因著誡命更顯出是惡極了。我們原曉得律法是屬乎靈的，但我是屬乎肉體的，是已經賣給罪了。因為我所做的，我自己不明白；我所願意的，我並不做；我所恨惡的，我倒去做。若我所做的，是我所不願意的，我就應承律法是善的。既是這樣，就不是我做的，乃是住在我裡頭的罪做的。我也知道在我裡頭，就是我肉體之中，沒有良善。因為，立志為善由得我，只是行出來由不得我。故此，我所願意的善，我反不做；我所不願意的惡，我倒去做。若我去做所不願意做的，就不是我做的，乃是住在我裡頭的罪做的。我覺得有個律，就是我願意為善的時候，便有惡與我同在。因為按著我裡面的意思（原文作人），我是喜歡神的律；但我覺得肢體中另有個律和我心中的律交戰，把我擄去，叫我附從那肢體中犯罪的律。我真是苦啊！誰能救我脫離這取死的身體呢？感謝神，靠著我們的主耶穌基督就能脫離了。這樣看來，我以內心順服神的律，我肉體卻順服罪的律了。

哥林多前書 3:14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.
人在那根基上所建造的工程若存得住，他就要得賞賜。

以弗所書 4:1 - 32 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it says: "When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people." (What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions ? He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed. That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. "In your anger do not sin" : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need. Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
我為主被囚的勸你們：既然蒙召，行事為人就當與蒙召的恩相稱。凡事謙虛、溫柔、忍耐，用愛心互相寬容，用和平彼此聯絡，竭力保守聖靈所賜合而為一的心。身體只有一個，聖靈只有一個，正如你們蒙召同有一個指望。一主，一信，一洗，一神，就是眾人的父，超乎眾人之上，貫乎眾人之中，也住在眾人之內。我們各人蒙恩，都是照基督所量給各人的恩賜。所以經上說：他升上高天的時候，擄掠了仇敵，將各樣的恩賜賞給人。（既說升上，豈不是先降在地下嗎？那降下的，就是遠升諸天之上要充滿萬有的。）他所賜的，有使徒，有先知，有傳福音的，有牧師和教師，為要成全聖徒，各盡其職，建立基督的身體，直等到我們眾人在真道上同歸於一，認識神的兒子，得以長大成人，滿有基督長成的身量，使我們不再作小孩子，中了人的詭計和欺騙的法術，被一切異教之風搖動，飄來飄去，就隨從各樣的異端；惟用愛心說誠實話，凡事長進，連於元首基督，全身都靠他聯絡得合式，百節各按各職，照著各體的功用彼此相助，便叫身體漸漸增長，在愛中建立自己。所以我說，且在主裡確實的說，你們行事不要再像外邦人存虛妄的心行事。他們心地昏昧，與神所賜的生命隔絕了，都因自己無知，心裡剛硬；良心既然喪盡，就放縱私慾，貪行種種的污穢。你們學了基督，卻不是這樣。如果你們聽過他的道，領了他的教，學了他的真理，就要脫去你們從前行為上的舊人，這舊人是因私慾的迷惑漸漸變壞的；又要將你們的心志改換一新，並且穿上新人；這新人是照著神的形像造的，有真理的仁義和聖潔。所以你們要棄絕謊言，各人與鄰舍說實話，因為我們是互相為肢體。生氣卻不要犯罪；不可含怒到日落，也不可給魔鬼留地步。從前偷竊的，不要再偷；總要勞力，親手做正經事，就可有餘分給那缺少的人。污穢的言語一句不可出口，只要隨事說造就人的好話，叫聽見的人得益處。不要叫神的聖靈擔憂；你們原是受了他的印記，等候得贖的日子來到。一切苦毒、惱恨、忿怒、嚷鬧、毀謗，並一切的惡毒（或作：陰毒），都當從你們中間除掉；並要以恩慈相待，存憐憫的心，彼此饒恕，正如神在基督裡饒恕了你們一樣。

以弗所書 5:15 - 16 Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
你們要謹慎行事，不要像愚昧人，當像智慧人。要愛惜光陰，因為現今的世代邪惡。

提摩太前書 1:12 - 13 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.
我感謝那給我力量的我們主基督耶穌，因他以我有忠心，派我服事他。我從前是褻瀆神的，逼迫人的，侮慢人的；然而我還蒙了憐憫，因我是不信不明白的時候而做的。

希伯來書 11:1 - 40 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead. By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: "He could not be found, because God had taken him away." For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith. By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise. And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore. All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country-a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned." Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future. By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff. By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones. By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict. By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel. By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days. By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient. And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated- the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground. These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
信就是所望之事的實底，是未見之事的確據。古人在這信上得了美好的證據。我們因著信，就知道諸世界是藉神話造成的；這樣，所看見的，並不是從顯然之物造出來的。亞伯因著信，獻祭與神，比該隱所獻的更美，因此便得了稱義的見證，就是神指他禮物作的見證。他雖然死了，卻因這信，仍舊說話。以諾因著信，被接去，不至於見死，人也找不著他，因為神已經把他接去了；只是他被接去以先，已經得了神喜悅他的明證。人非有信，就不能得神的喜悅；因為到神面前來的人必須信有神，且信他賞賜那尋求他的人。挪亞因著信，既蒙神指示他未見的事，動了敬畏的心，預備了一隻方舟，使他全家得救。因此就定了那世代的罪，自己也承受了那從信而來的義。亞伯拉罕因著信，蒙召的時候就遵命出去，往將來要得為業的地方去；出去的時候，還不知往那裡去。他因著信，就在所應許之地作客，好像在異地居住帳棚，與那同蒙一個應許的以撒、雅各一樣。因為他等候那座有根基的城，就是神所經營所建造的。因著信，連撒拉自己，雖然過了生育的歲數，還能懷孕，因他以為那應許他的是可信的。所以從一個彷彿已死的人就生出子孫，如同天上的星那樣眾多，海邊的沙那樣無數。這些人都是存著信心死的，並沒有得著所應許的；卻從遠處望見，且歡喜迎接，又承認自己在世上是客旅，是寄居的。說這樣話的人是表明自己要找一個家鄉。他們若想念所離開的家鄉，還有可以回去的機會。他們卻羨慕一個更美的家鄉，就是在天上的。所以神被稱為他們的神，並不以為恥，因為他已經給他們預備了一座城。亞伯拉罕因著信，被試驗的時候，就把以撒獻上；這便是那歡喜領受應許的，將自己獨生的兒子獻上。論到這兒子，曾有話說：「從以撒生的才要稱為你的後裔。」他以為神還能叫人從死裡復活；他也彷彿從死中得回他的兒子來。以撒因著信，就指著將來的事給雅各、以掃祝福。雅各因著信，臨死的時候，給約瑟的兩個兒子各自祝福，扶著杖頭敬拜神。約瑟因著信，臨終的時候，提到以色列族將來要出埃及，並為自己的骸骨留下遺命。摩西生下來，他的父母見他是個俊美的孩子，就因著信，把他藏了三個月，並不怕王命。摩西因著信，長大了就不肯稱為法老女兒之子。他寧可和神的百姓同受苦害，也不願暫時享受罪中之樂。他看為基督受的凌辱比埃及的財物更寶貴，因他想望所要得的賞賜。他因著信，就離開埃及，不怕王怒；因為他恆心忍耐，如同看見那不能看見的主。他因著信，就守（或作：立）逾越節，行灑血的禮，免得那滅長子的臨近以色列人。他們因著信，過紅海如行乾地；埃及人試著要過去，就被吞滅了。以色列人因著信，圍繞耶利哥城七日，城牆就倒塌了。妓女喇合因著信，曾和和平平的接待探子，就不與那些不順從的人一同滅亡。我又何必再說呢？若要一一細說，基甸、巴拉、參孫、耶弗他、大衛、撒母耳，和眾先知的事，時候就不夠了。他們因著信，制伏了敵國，行了公義，得了應許，堵了獅子的口，滅了烈火的猛勢，脫了刀劍的鋒刃；軟弱變為剛強，爭戰顯出勇敢，打退外邦的全軍。有婦人得自己的死人復活。又有人忍受嚴刑，不肯苟且得釋放（原文作贖），為要得著更美的復活。又有人忍受戲弄、鞭打、捆鎖、監禁、各等的磨煉，被石頭打死，被鋸鋸死，受試探，被刀殺，披著綿羊山羊的皮各處奔跑，受窮乏、患難、苦害，在曠野、山嶺、山洞、地穴，飄流無定，本是世界不配有的人。這些人都是因信得了美好的證據，卻仍未得著所應許的；因為神給我們預備了更美的事，叫他們若不與我們同得，就不能完全。

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