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腓立比書 4

1 我所親愛、所想念的弟兄們,你們就是我的喜樂,我的冠冕。我親愛的,你們應當靠主站立得穩。

保羅的勸導

2 我勸友阿蝶循都基要在主裏同心。 3 我也求你這真實同負一軛的,要幫助這兩個女人,因為她們在福音上曾與我、革利免和我其餘的同工一同勞苦,他們的名字都在生命冊上。 4 你們要靠主常常喜樂。我再說,你們要喜樂。 5 要讓眾人知道你們謙讓的心。主已經近了。 6 應當一無掛慮,只要凡事藉著禱告、祈求和感謝,將你們所要的告訴上帝。 7 上帝所賜那超越人所能了解的平安t,必在基督耶穌裏,保守你們的心懷意念。

8 末了,弟兄們,凡是真實的、凡是可敬的、凡是公義的、凡是清潔的、凡是可愛的、凡是有美名的,若有甚麼德行,若有甚麼稱讚,你們都要留意。 9 你們從我所學習的,所領受的,所聽見的,所看見的事,你們都要繼續去做,賜平安的上帝就必與你們同在。

為饋贈致謝

10 我靠主大大喜樂,因為你們關懷我的心如今又表現了出來;其實你們一直都關懷我,只是沒有機會罷了。 11 我並不是因缺乏而說這話,因為我已經學會無論在甚麼景況都可以知足。 12 我知道怎樣處卑賤,也知道怎樣處豐富;或飽足或飢餓,或有餘或缺乏,任何事情,任何景況,我都得了祕訣。 13 我靠著那加給我力量的,凡事都能做。 14 然而,你們能和我分擔憂患是一件好事。

15  腓立比人哪,你們也知道我開始傳福音、離開馬其頓的時候,在收支的事上,除了你們以外,並沒有別的教會和我分擔。 16 就是我在帖撒羅尼迦,你們也一再差人來供給我的需用。 17 我並不求甚麼饋贈,只求你們的果子不斷增多,歸在你們的賬上。 18 但我已經如數收到,並且有餘;我已經充足,因我從以巴弗提受了你們的饋贈,當作極美的香氣,為上帝所接納、所喜悅的祭物。 19 我的上帝必照他榮耀的豐富,在基督耶穌裏,使你們一切所需用的都充足。 20 願榮耀歸給我們的父上帝,直到永永遠遠。阿們!

祝福

21 請問候在基督耶穌裏的各位聖徒。跟我一起的眾弟兄都問候你們。 22 眾聖徒都問候你們,特別在凱撒家裏的人問候你們。 23 願主耶穌基督的恩與你們的靈同在!

PHILIPPIANS 4

1 Dear friends, I love you and long to see you. Please keep on being faithful to the Lord. You are my pride and joy.

Paul Encourages //the Lord's Followers


2 Euodia and Syntyche, you belong to the Lord, so I beg you to stop arguing with each other.

3 And, my true partner, t I ask you to help them. These women have worked together with me and with Clement and with the others in spreading the good news. Their names are now written in the book of life.t
4 Always be glad because of the Lord! I will say it again: Be glad. 5 Always be gentle with others. The Lord will soon be here. 6 Don't worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God.

7 Then, because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will bless you with peace that no one can completely understand. And this peace will control the way you think and feel.
8 Finally, my friends, keep your minds on whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper. Don't ever stop thinking about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise.

9 You know the teachings I gave you, and you know what you heard me say and saw me do. So follow my example. And God, who gives peace, will be with you.

Paul Gives Thanks //for the Gifts //He Was Given


10 The Lord has made me very grateful that at last you have thought about me once again. Actually, you were thinking about me all along, but you didn't have any chance to show it. 11 I am not complaining about having too little. I have learned to be satisfied witht whatever I have. 12 I know what it is to be poor or to have plenty, and I have lived under all kinds of conditions. I know what it means to be full or to be hungry, to have too much or too little.

13 Christ gives me the strength to face anything.
14 It was good of you to help me when I was having such a hard time. 15 t My friends at Philippi, you remember what it was like when I started preaching the good news in Macedonia.t After I left there, you were the only church that became my partner by giving blessings and by receiving them in return. 16 t Even when I was in Thessalonica, you helped me more than once.

17 I am not trying to get something from you, but I want you to receive the blessings that come from giving.
18  t I have been paid back everything, and with interest. I am completely satisfied with the gifts you sent with Epaphroditus. They are like a sweet-smelling offering or like the right kind of sacrifice that pleases God. 19 I pray that God will take care of all your needs with the wonderful blessings that come from Christ Jesus!

20 May God our Father be praised forever and ever. Amen.

Final Greetings


21 Give my greetings to all who are God's people because of Christ Jesus.
The Lord's followers here with me send you their greetings.

22 All of God's people send their greetings, especially those in the service of the Emperor.
23 I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless your life!