全新四年樂活讀經
W3 2012-01-25 (林後2)
經文: 哥林多後書 2:6-8 這樣的人受了眾人的責罰也就夠了，倒不如赦免他，安慰他，免得他憂愁太過，甚至沉淪了。所以我勸你們，要向他顯出堅定不移的愛心來。
默想:保羅在這裡很細心的教導哥林多教會，要如何面對與處置弟兄犯錯的情況。對於犯錯的弟兄，必須給予適當程度的公開責罰，然後，接著就要赦免他、安慰他，免得他憂愁太過而沉淪了。保羅要哥林多教會的兄姐對於犯錯的人，顯出堅定不移的愛心。保羅對加拉太教會說，弟兄們，若有人偶然被過犯所勝，你們屬靈的人就當用溫柔的心把他挽回過來；又當自己小心，恐怕也被引誘。(加6:1) 求主幫助我，學會如何向犯錯的兄姐顯出堅定不移的愛心，如何用溫柔的心將他挽回過來，又如何自己小心，恐怕自己也陷入相同的錯誤當中而不自知。
題目: 你是否曾經感受，人因認識基督而散發的馨香之氣？試想，上主是否也藉著認識基督的你們，向人散發基督的馨香之氣？(14節)
2:1 我自己定了主意再到你們那裡去，必須大家沒有憂愁。
For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit.
2:2 倘若我叫你們憂愁，除了我叫那憂愁的人以外，誰能叫我快樂呢？
For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
2:3 我曾把這事寫給你們，恐怕我到的時候，應該叫我快樂的那些人，反倒叫我憂愁。我也深信，你們眾人都以我的快樂為自己的快樂。
And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
2:4 我先前心裡難過痛苦，多多的流淚，寫信給你們，不是叫你們憂愁，乃是叫你們知道我格外的疼愛你們。
For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
2:5 若有叫人憂愁的，他不但叫我憂愁，也是叫你們眾人有幾分憂愁。我說幾分，恐怕說得太重。
But if any one has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure --not to put it too severely -- to you all.
2:6 這樣的人受了眾人的責罰也就夠了，
For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough;
2:7 倒不如赦免他，安慰他，免得他憂愁太過，甚至沉淪了。
so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
2:8 所以我勸你們，要向他顯出堅定不移的愛心來。
So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him.
2:9 為此我先前也寫信給你們，要試驗你們，看你們凡事順從不順從。
For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
2:10 你們赦免誰，我也赦免誰。我若有所赦免的，是在基督面前為你們赦免的；
Any one whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,
2:11 免得撒但趁著機會勝過我們，因我們並非不曉得他的詭計。
to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
2:12 我從前為基督的福音到了特羅亞，主也給我開了門。
When I came to Tro'as to preach the gospel of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord;
2:13 那時，因為沒有遇見兄弟提多，我心裡不安，便辭別那裡的人往馬其頓去了。
but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedo'nia.
2:14 感謝 神！常帥領我們在基督裡誇勝，並藉著我們在各處顯揚那因認識基督而有的香氣。
But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
2:15 因為我們在 神面前，無論在得救的人身上或滅亡的人身上，都有基督馨香之氣。
For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
2:16 在這等人，就作了死的香氣叫他死；在那等人，就作了活的香氣叫他活。這事誰能當得起呢？
to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
2:17 我們不像那許多人，為利混亂 神的道；乃是由於誠實，由於 神，在 神面前憑著基督講道。
For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word; but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit.
2:2 倘若我叫你們憂愁，除了我叫那憂愁的人以外，誰能叫我快樂呢？
For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?
2:3 我曾把這事寫給你們，恐怕我到的時候，應該叫我快樂的那些人，反倒叫我憂愁。我也深信，你們眾人都以我的快樂為自己的快樂。
And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
2:4 我先前心裡難過痛苦，多多的流淚，寫信給你們，不是叫你們憂愁，乃是叫你們知道我格外的疼愛你們。
For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
2:5 若有叫人憂愁的，他不但叫我憂愁，也是叫你們眾人有幾分憂愁。我說幾分，恐怕說得太重。
But if any one has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure --not to put it too severely -- to you all.
2:6 這樣的人受了眾人的責罰也就夠了，
For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough;
2:7 倒不如赦免他，安慰他，免得他憂愁太過，甚至沉淪了。
so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
2:8 所以我勸你們，要向他顯出堅定不移的愛心來。
So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him.
2:9 為此我先前也寫信給你們，要試驗你們，看你們凡事順從不順從。
For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
2:10 你們赦免誰，我也赦免誰。我若有所赦免的，是在基督面前為你們赦免的；
Any one whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ,
2:11 免得撒但趁著機會勝過我們，因我們並非不曉得他的詭計。
to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
2:12 我從前為基督的福音到了特羅亞，主也給我開了門。
When I came to Tro'as to preach the gospel of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord;
2:13 那時，因為沒有遇見兄弟提多，我心裡不安，便辭別那裡的人往馬其頓去了。
but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedo'nia.
2:14 感謝 神！常帥領我們在基督裡誇勝，並藉著我們在各處顯揚那因認識基督而有的香氣。
But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
2:15 因為我們在 神面前，無論在得救的人身上或滅亡的人身上，都有基督馨香之氣。
For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,
2:16 在這等人，就作了死的香氣叫他死；在那等人，就作了活的香氣叫他活。這事誰能當得起呢？
to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
2:17 我們不像那許多人，為利混亂 神的道；乃是由於誠實，由於 神，在 神面前憑著基督講道。
For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word; but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
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感謝神！常帥領我們在基督裡誇勝，並藉著我們在各處顯揚那因認識基督而有的香氣。（林後 2:14）
回覆刪除這節經文，是我的最愛，也是祖父，頭城基督長老教會的吳萬成長老，在我出生後用這節經文來命我的名字。因此，這節經文對我而言，有特別的意義。這節經文的本意原是保羅替自己解釋的。他在此表明無論他到那裡都有一個目的，就是要「叫主的名得榮耀」，更重要的是他那樣改變行程，也是「順從神的帥領」。他怎麼能夠到處顯揚基督的香氣呢？因他到處順從神的率領。如果他是為自己的面子，怕受人議論，一定會照自己的計劃，來決定行程，那就不一定能在各處顯揚基督的香氣了。保羅這樣順從基督的率領，就在他的行程中更加「認識基督」，無論到甚麼地方，都留下得勝的經歷和美好的見證。
所以這裡說「叫主的名得榮耀」，「順從神的率領」，「在各處顯揚那因「認識基督」而有的香氣」，實在就是在生活上，各處留下得勝的見證。
主啊！求你幫助我，更多，更多地認識基督，，更多地順服父神的旨意，更多地遵行且謹守主你的話語，每天與神同行，享受在你裡面的同在和安息。求主幫助我，在你的話與上紮根建造，高舉基督，廣傳福音。是就說是，不是就說不是，在家庭，教會，職場上，社會上，生活上有好見證，作個有誠信，有操守的真正的基督徒，不叫人絆倒。