傳道書4:7-12

4:7 我又轉念，見日光之下有一件虛空的事：
4:8 有人孤單無二，無子無兄，竟勞碌不息，眼目也不以錢財為足。他說：「我勞勞碌碌，刻苦自己，不享福樂，到底是為誰呢？」這也是虛空，是極重的勞苦。
4:9 兩個人總比一個人好，因為二人勞碌同得美好的果效。
4:10 若是跌倒，這人可以扶起他的同伴；若是孤身跌倒，沒有別人扶起他來，這人就有禍了。
4:11 再者，二人同睡就都暖和，一人獨睡怎能暖和呢？
4:12 有人攻勝孤身一人，若有二人便能敵擋他；三股合成的繩子不容易折斷。

 ⁷ Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:

⁸ There was a man all alone;
    he had neither son nor brother.
There was no end to his toil,
    yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.
“For whom am I toiling,” he asked,
    “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?”
This too is meaningless—
    a miserable business!

⁹ Two are better than one,
    because they have a good return for their labor:
¹⁰ If either of them falls down,
    one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
    and has no one to help them up.
¹¹ Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
    But how can one keep warm alone?
¹² Though one may be overpowered,
    two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

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    傳道者說到人生必須要有伴侶，有伴侶可以互相扶持，好在面對人生各樣的麼難時可以站立的住。而人生的伴侶更要有主在其中，才會成為「三股合成的繩子」，也只有這樣才能抵擋住考驗，「不容易折斷」！

    求主保守每一個基督化的家庭中夫妻的關係，都因為有主耶穌在其中而得穩固，讓每一對夫妻不是看著對方的優缺點，而是看見耶穌基督的十字架已經承擔一切的好與壞，不再計較對方是如何，而是自己願意像基督一樣為罪人捨己！

    同樣，在教會中的同工，也是彼此都看見耶穌基督的十字架，相信耶穌基督已經為每個弟兄姐妹的罪，獻上自己的性命，我們要放下自己接納弟兄姐妹和同工，如同上帝在基督裡接納我們一樣！

    大家要在基督裡彼此接納，才能發揮「三股合成的繩子不容易折斷」的精神與果效，蒙上帝的保守到上帝國實現的時候！