2:8 你要記念耶穌基督乃是大衛的後裔,他從死裡復活,正合乎我所傳的福音。
2:9 我為這福音受苦難,甚至被捆綁,像犯人一樣。然而上帝的道卻不被捆綁。
2:10 所以,我為選民凡事忍耐,叫他們也可以得著那在基督耶穌裡的救恩和永遠的榮耀。
2:11 有可信的話說:我們若與基督同死,也必與他同活;
2:12 我們若能忍耐,也必和他一同作王。我們若不認他,他也必不認我們;
2:13 我們縱然失信,他仍是可信的,因為他不能背乎自己。
2:14 你要使眾人回想這些事,在主面前囑咐他們:不可為言語爭辯;這是沒有益處的,只能敗壞聽見的人。
8 Remember
Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, 9 for
which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But
God’s word is not chained. 10 Therefore I endure everything for
the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ
Jesus, with eternal glory.
11 Here
is a trustworthy saying:
If
we died with him,
we will also live with him;
12 if we endure,
we will also reign with him.
If we disown him,
he will also disown us;
13 if we are faithless,
he remains faithful,
for he cannot disown himself.
14 Keep
reminding God’s people of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling
about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen.
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保羅教導提摩太福音的內容,當然福音就是指耶穌基督的拯救。所以要說到耶穌基督是大衛的子孫,更是上帝的兒子。不僅說到基督的身分,更是要說到基督的作為,為我們的罪死在十字架上,三天後復活,升天到上帝的右邊,將來還要降臨,帶領我們進入祂的國度中,與基督一同做王!
這就像我們在教會中有《使徒信經》、《尼西亞信經》、…,等信經。讓我們透過簡短的宣告,認識信仰的內容,方便我們傳福音和與弟兄姐妹分享信樣上的看見,使大家有相同的立場和信念。
當然有共同的信念與立場,就不會有言語的爭辯了,可倚靠基督有合一的心,位主做美好見證!