提摩太後書4:9-22

4:9 你要趕緊地到我這裡來。
4:10 因為底馬貪愛現今的世界，就離棄我往帖撒羅尼迦去了；革勒士往加拉太去；提多往撻馬太去；
4:11 獨有路加在我這裡。你來的時候，要把馬可帶來，因為他在傳道（或譯：服事我）的事上於我有益處。
4:12 我已經打發推基古往以弗所去。
4:13 我在特羅亞留於加布的那件外衣，你來的時候可以帶來，那些書也要帶來，更要緊的是那些皮卷。
4:14 銅匠亞歷山大多多地害我；主必照他所行的報應他。
4:15 你也要防備他，因為他極力敵擋了我們的話。
4:16 我初次申訴，沒有人前來幫助，竟都離棄我；但願這罪不歸與他們。
4:17 惟有主站在我旁邊，加給我力量，使福音被我盡都傳明，叫外邦人都聽見；我也從獅子口裡被救出來。
4:18 主必救我脫離諸般的凶惡，也必救我進他的天國。願榮耀歸給他，直到永永遠遠。阿們。
4:19 問百基拉、亞居拉，和阿尼色弗一家的人安。
4:20 以拉都在哥林多住下了。特羅非摩病了，我就留他在米利都。
4:21 你要趕緊在冬天以前到我這裡來。有友布羅、布田、利奴、革老底亞，和眾弟兄都問你安。
4:22 願主與你的靈同在！願恩惠常與你們同在！

⁹ Do your best to come to me quickly, ¹⁰ for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. ¹¹ Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. ¹² I sent Tychicus to Ephesus. ¹³ When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.

¹⁴ Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done. ¹⁵ You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message.

¹⁶ At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. ¹⁷ But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth. ¹⁸ The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

¹⁹ Greet Priscilla and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus. ²⁰ Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick in Miletus. ²¹ Do your best to get here before winter. Eubulus greets you, and so do Pudens, Linus, Claudia and all the brothers and sisters.

²² The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.

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    保羅對自己的得救是有把握，正如他在這裡所說：「惟有主站在我旁邊，加給我力量，使福音被我盡都傳明，叫外邦人都聽見；我也從獅子口裡被救出來。主必救我脫離諸般的凶惡，也必救我進他的天國。願榮耀歸給他，直到永永遠遠。阿們。」

    我們若有得救的確據，我們就不會害怕，不管面對任何危險和苦難！因為我們相信上帝在耶穌基督裡的拯救大能，是永不落空！如此，我們就可以放膽來傳主的福音，與人分享福音的好處！

    保羅因著盼望就能夠面對從人來的壓迫與攻擊，也不會懼怕魔鬼藉由疾病、災難、惡人的折磨！因為，相信最後的勝利是屬於耶穌基督的！上帝事必永遠得勝與掌權的！

提摩太後書4:1-8

4:1 我在上帝面前，並在將來審判活人死人的基督耶穌面前，憑著他的顯現和他的國度囑咐你：
4:2 務要傳道，無論得時不得時，總要專心，並用百般的忍耐、各樣的教訓責備人，警戒人，勸勉人。
4:3 因為時候要到，人必厭煩純正的道理，耳朵發癢，就隨從自己的情慾增添好些師傅，
4:4 並且掩耳不聽真道，偏向荒渺的言語。
4:5 你卻要凡事謹慎，忍受苦難，做傳道的工夫，盡你的職分。
4:6 我現在被澆奠，我離世的時候到了。
4:7 那美好的仗我已經打過了，當跑的路我已經跑盡了，所信的道我已經守住了。
4:8 從此以後，有公義的冠冕為我存留，就是按著公義審判的主到了那日要賜給我的；不但賜給我，也賜給凡愛慕他顯現的人。

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: ² Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. ³ For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. ⁴ They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. ⁵ But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

⁶ For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. ⁷ I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸ Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

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    保羅向提摩太說到自己服事的動力：「有公義的冠冕為我存留，就是按著公義審判的主到了那日要賜給我的；不但賜給我，也賜給凡愛慕他顯現的人」。也就是說保羅是憑著上帝要賜得公義冠免的應許而努力服事！

    的確，我們不可能神聖到無所求。我們對上帝必定有所求，祂也樂意我們有所求，如此我們才知道祂要應許給我們的恩典多麼豐盛！如此才會激發我們來愛上帝，接受耶穌基督成為救主！

    既是如此，我們要常常思念上帝的恩典，如此才可以做到，「務要傳道，無論得時不得時，總要專心，並用百般的忍耐、各樣的教訓責備人，警戒人，勸勉人。」

箴言21:15

秉公行義使義人喜樂，使作孽的人敗壞。

When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
    but terror to evildoers.

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    公平正義事公義者的表現，所以「秉公行義」，會讓公義的人喜樂！因為，有公義的人是敬畏上帝，盼望上帝的公義實現，不願意邪惡掌權，讓上帝的榮光被遮掩。

    而執政者既是上帝的僕人，就當執行上帝所喜悅的，也因此要有勇氣來對抗惡勢力，尤其是憑著邪惡力量來使自己壯大的惡人，更是要受到正義的法律所制裁，如此才能讓人看見上帝大能的顯現！也因此，作孽的人必定被掃除！

    記得以前的彰化縣長翁金珠女士，是屬乎上帝的人，她就任的時候，真的「秉公行義」，打擊色情行業，就像我現在住處的斜對面，本是要計畫做按摩理容院，因翁縣長的作為，使那個房子沒有變成色情場所，那貪小利的房東，房子目前還沒有租出去，已經好幾年過去了！

    所以，我們盼望有更多的「翁縣長」，維持這塊土地的潔淨，使上帝的榮光照耀在此！

提摩太後書3:10-17

3:10 但你已經服從了我的教訓、品行、志向、信心、寬容、愛心、忍耐，
3:11 以及我在安提阿、以哥念、路司得所遭遇的逼迫、苦難。我所忍受是何等的逼迫；但從這一切苦難中，主都把我救出來了。
3:12 不但如此，凡立志在基督耶穌裡敬虔度日的也都要受逼迫。
3:13 只是作惡的和迷惑人的，必越久越惡，他欺哄人，也被人欺哄。
3:14 但你所學習的，所確信的，要存在心裡；因為你知道是跟誰學的，
3:15 並且知道你是從小明白聖經，這聖經能使你因信基督耶穌，有得救的智慧。
3:16 聖經都是上帝所默示的（或譯：凡上帝所默示的聖經），於教訓、督責、使人歸正、教導人學義都是有益的，
3:17 叫屬上帝的人得以完全，預備行各樣的善事。

¹⁰ You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, ¹¹ persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. ¹² In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, ¹³ while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. ¹⁴ But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, ¹⁵ and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶ All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, ¹⁷ so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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    聖經是基督信仰的基礎，聖經的功用就是：「這聖經能使你因信基督耶穌，有得救的智慧。」「於教訓、督責、使人歸正、教導人學義都是有益的，叫屬上帝的人得以完全，預備行各樣的善事。」

    雖然人可用盡各種靈活的辦法，這都是沒有益處的！因為教會不是一個個人性的團體，不是展現個人魅力的地方。教會是基督的身體，是要展現基督的榮美，要讓人在基督裡尊上帝為大的地方！而這樣的準則，是在聖經中，不再人的口才與領導力！

    求主保守我，好好的按照正意分解真理，這才是上帝給傳道人得權柄！要宣揚上帝的話、上帝的旨意，不是我的想法和觀念。因為我是上帝的僕人，是上帝所揀選的，不再屬於自己了！

提摩太後書3章

       提摩太後書3:1-9  ,

      提摩太後書3章1-5節  , 

       提摩太後書3:10-17,

       提摩太後書3:12  ,

        提摩太後書3:14-15 ,

         提摩太後書3:16  ,