2:17 這些人是無水的井,是狂風催逼的霧氣,有墨黑的幽暗為他們存留。
2:18 他們說虛妄矜誇的大話,用肉身的情慾和邪淫的事引誘那些剛才脫離妄行的人。
2:19 他們應許人得以自由,自己卻作敗壞的奴僕,因為人被誰制伏就是誰的奴僕。
These
are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm; for them the deepest
darkness has been reserved. For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with
licentious desires of the flesh they entice people who have just escaped from
those who live in error. They promise them freedom, but they themselves are
slaves of corruption; for people are slaves to whatever masters them.
Liá-têu
ngìn chhiong châu-thet ke chhièn-ngièn, chhiong phau-fûng chhôi-san ke
súi-hi; Song-ti vi-tó kì-têu pó-liù ke thi-fông he chhai vû-am ke
chhṳ̂m-yên tî-poi. Kì-têu kóng phong-fûng ke khûng-fa, yung ngiuk-thí
ke chhìn-yu̍k yú-fe̍t ke-têu chang tui mièn-lan ke sên-fa̍t chûng
thot-chhut-lòi ke ngìn. Kì-têu tap-yin oi pûn ngìn chhṳ-yù, chhṳ-kâ
fán-chón cho fú-phai sên-fa̍t ke nù-chhòi; yîn-vi ngìn pûn má-ke
chṳ-fu̍k, chhiu-he má-ke ke nù-chhòi.
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使徒彼得對假教師的形容真是貼切,尤其是今日有許多在教會中不是傳講倚靠耶穌基督,而是倚靠積極思想、或是倚靠自己反省來改變生命的講員,正是如此。
他們用誇大話,強調要追求成功、要追求成就,就要信耶穌。就是以今生的驕傲和財富,來誘導人要信耶穌,而不是以聖靈的感動為信耶穌的動機。他們不斷鼓吹:信耶穌你就會興旺,你就會昌盛如同亞伯拉罕。於是誤導人,以為信耶穌的目的就是要做一個卓越的人、富有的人、成功的人、健康的人!
其實信耶穌的目的不是要追求這些,也不是要靠耶穌得這些,信耶穌的目的是,要離棄罪惡向上帝。是要榮耀上帝,並且永遠以上帝為樂,而不是以成功、昌盛、健康為樂,更不是要榮耀自己。