提摩太后书 2

圣经当代译本修订版

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1 我儿啊!你要靠着基督耶稣的恩典刚强起来。2 以前你在许多见证人面前听过我的教导,你要把这些教导传给忠信可靠、能够教导他人的人。3 你要做基督耶稣的精兵与我同受苦难。4 当兵的若让其他事务缠身,就不能取悦征召他的上司。5 同样,参加比赛的人若不遵守比赛规则,就不可能得奖。6 辛劳的农夫理当先享受收成。7 你要思想我说的话,因为主必赐你悟性明白各样的事。8 你要切记我所传的福音:耶稣基督是大卫的后裔,祂从死里复活了。9 我为这福音受苦,甚至像犯人一样被囚禁,但上帝的道是囚禁不住的。10 我为了上帝所拣选的人忍受一切痛苦,使他们可以获得在基督耶稣里的救恩和永远的荣耀。11 有真实可信的话说: “我们若与基督同死, 就必与祂同活。12 我们若忍耐到底, 就必与祂一同做王。 我们若不承认祂, 祂也必不承认我们。13 我们纵然会失信, 祂仍然信实可靠, 因为祂不能违背自己。”14 你要提醒众人这些事,在主面前嘱咐他们:不要为言词争辩,因为那对听见的人有害无益。15 你应当竭力在上帝面前做经得起考验、问心无愧的工人,正确地阐释真理之道。16 要远避一切世俗的空谈,因为好空谈的人只会越来越不敬虔。17 他们讲的话像毒疮,只会越烂越大,许米乃和腓理徒就是例子。18 他们离经背道,说复活的事已成过去,动摇了许多人的信心。19 然而,上帝所立的坚实根基永不动摇,这根基上刻着:“主认识谁是属于祂的人”,“凡自称是属于主的人都要离弃罪恶。”20 大户人家不但有金器银器,也有木器瓦器,这些器皿的用途有贵贱之分。21 人若洁身自爱,远离卑贱的事,就必成为圣洁无瑕的贵重器皿,可以被主用来成就各样的善事。22 你要逃避年轻人的邪情私欲,要跟那些以清洁的心求告主的人一同追求公义、信心、仁爱、和平。23 不要参与愚昧无知的辩论,因为这些事只会引起纷争。24 上帝的奴仆不可与人争执,总要温和待人,善于教导,心存忍耐。25 要温柔地规劝那些反对我们的人,也许上帝会赐给他们悔改的心,使他们明白真理,26 让他们这些被魔鬼掳去、受其摆布的人能够醒悟过来,脱离魔鬼的网罗。

提摩太后书 2

English Standard Version

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1 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, (弗6:10; 提后1:2)2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men,[1] who will be able to teach others also. (提前1:18; 提后1:13; 多1:5)3 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. (提前1:18; 提后1:8; 提后4:5)4 No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. (彼后2:20)5 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. (林前9:25; 提后4:8)6 It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. (林前9:10; 來6:7)7 Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, (太1:1; 羅2:16; 林前15:20)9 for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! (腓1:7; 腓1:13; 提后1:8; 提后1:12; 提后4:17)10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (林前13:7; 林后1:6; 弗3:13; 西1:24; 彼前5:10)11 The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; (羅6:8; 帖前5:10; 提前1:15; 启20:4)12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; (太10:33; 羅8:17; 帖后1:4; 來10:36; 启20:4)13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself. (民23:19; 羅3:3; 林前1:9; 多1:2)14 Remind them of these things, and charge them before God[2] not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. (提前5:21; 提前6:4; 提前6:13; 提后2:23; 多3:9)15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,[3] a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. (腓1:20)16 But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, (提前6:20; 多3:9)17 and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, (提前1:20)18 who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some. (林前15:12)19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.” (民16:5; 赛26:13; 鸿1:7; 路13:27; 约10:14; 约10:27; 林前8:3)20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. (羅9:21; 提前3:15)21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable,[4] he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. (箴25:4; 赛52:11; 提前5:10; 提后3:17; 多3:1)22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. (徒7:59; 徒9:14; 提前1:5; 提前4:12; 提前6:11)23 Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. (提前6:4)24 And the Lord’s servant[5] must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, (帖前2:7; 提前3:2; 提前3:3)25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, (但4:27; 徒5:31; 徒8:22; 加6:1; 提前2:4; 提前6:11; 多3:2; 彼前3:15)26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will. (提前3:7)