哥林多後書6:3-13

6:3 我們凡事都不叫人有妨礙，免得這職分被人毀謗；
6:4 反倒在各樣的事上表明自己是上帝的用人，就如在許多的忍耐、患難、窮乏、困苦、
6:5 鞭打、監禁、擾亂、勤勞、警醒、不食、
6:6 廉潔、知識、恆忍、恩慈、聖靈的感化、無偽的愛心、
6:7 真實的道理、上帝的大能；仁義的兵器在左在右；
6:8 榮耀、羞辱，惡名、美名；似乎是誘惑人的，卻是誠實的；
6:9 似乎不為人所知，卻是人所共知的；似乎要死，卻是活著的；似乎受責罰，卻是不至喪命的；
6:10 似乎憂愁，卻是常常快樂的；似乎貧窮，卻是叫許多人富足的；似乎一無所有，卻是樣樣都有的。
6:11 哥林多人哪，我們向你們，口是張開的，心是寬宏的。
6:12 你們狹窄，原不在乎我們，是在乎自己的心腸狹窄。
6:13 你們也要照樣用寬宏的心報答我。我這話正像對自己的孩子說的。

³ We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. ⁴ Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; ⁵ in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; ⁶ in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; ⁷ in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; ⁸ through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; ⁹ known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; ¹⁰ sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
¹¹ We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you. ¹² We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. ¹³ As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.

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    保羅向哥林多信徒說到自己的狀況，一點也不避諱，完全的敞開說到自己的遭遇，說到自己是為福音的緣故受到各樣的苦，也享受上帝各樣特別的恩惠！這是位主服事的傳道者可以體認的！

    其實傳道的人，在弟兄姊妹面前要完全坦露自己，讓大家看見為基督做工的人會是怎樣，不要為了顧及「神聖」的形像而掩飾自己，只把好的給人知道，不將自己的軟弱展現出來，這是不合乎真裡的！

    我們既然要人靠基督的義來服事，就不要掩飾自己的軟弱和不足，要人知道連這樣一個軟弱和不配的人都可以服事上帝，靠基督的義站立在上帝面前。所有的弟兄姊妹，也必定能靠基督的義站立得住！