哥林多后书 13
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
结尾的警告与劝勉
13 这是我第三次到你们那里去。“任何事，凭两个或三个见证人的口，才能成立。”[a] 2 我先前说过了，现在虽然我不在你们那里，还要像第二次在你们那里的时候一样，预先警告那些从前犯了罪的人和所有其余的人：我如果再来，不会顾惜！ 3 这是因为你们寻找基督在我里面说话的凭证。基督对你们并不是软弱的；相反，他在你们中间是有大能的。 4 实际上，基督虽然在软弱中被钉十字架，但他却在神的大能中活着。的确，我们虽然在基督里也软弱，但为了你们，我们却在神的大能中，将要与基督一同活着。
5 你们要察验自己是否在信仰中，要考验自己。难道你们不了解耶稣基督在你们里面吗？除非你们是经不起考验的。 6 但是我希望你们明白，我们不是经不起考验的。 7 我们祈求神，使你们不做任何恶事。这不是要显明我们是经过考验的，而是要你们行美善的事，就算我们可能像是经不起考验的。 8 因为我们做任何事都不能抵挡真理，只能拥护真理。 9 实际上，当我们软弱而你们刚强的时候，我们就欢喜；我们还祈求这一点：就是你们得以完全。 10 为此，我不在你们那里的时候写了这些事，好让我来到的时候，不必用主所赐给我的权柄严厉地对待你们。这权柄是为了造就人，并不是为了拆毁人。
11 最后，弟兄们，你们要欢喜！愿你们得以完全，愿你们得到安慰！你们要同心合意，要彼此和睦。这样，慈爱与平安的神就会与你们同在。 12 你们要用圣洁的亲吻礼彼此问候。所有的圣徒都问候你们。
13 愿主耶稣基督的恩典、神的慈爱、圣灵的契合[b]与你们大家同在！[c][d]
Footnotes
- 哥林多后书 13:1 《申命记》17:6；19:15。
- 哥林多后书 13:13 契合——或译作“沟通”或“相通”。
- 哥林多后书 13:13 有古抄本附“阿们。”
- 哥林多后书 13:13 有译本把12-13节的经文分成三节“12 你们要用圣洁的亲吻礼彼此问候。13 所有的圣徒都问候你们。14 愿主耶稣基督的恩典、神的慈爱、圣灵的契合与你们大家同在！”
2 Corinthians 13
The Message
He’s Alive Now!
13 1-4 Well, this is my third visit coming up. Remember the Scripture that says, “A matter becomes clear after two or three witnesses give evidence”? On my second visit I warned that bunch that keeps sinning over and over in the same old ways that when I came back I wouldn’t go easy on them. Now, preparing for the third, I’m saying it again from a distance. If you haven’t changed your ways by the time I get there, look out. You who have been demanding proof that Christ speaks through me will get more than you bargained for. You’ll get the full force of Christ, don’t think you won’t. He was sheer weakness and humiliation when he was killed on the cross, but oh, he’s alive now—in the mighty power of God! We weren’t much to look at, either, when we were humiliated among you, but when we deal with you this next time, we’ll be alive in Christ, strengthened by God.
5-9 Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along taking everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do something about it. I hope the test won’t show that we have failed. But if it comes to that, we’d rather the test showed our failure than yours. We’re rooting for the truth to win out in you. We couldn’t possibly do otherwise.
We don’t just put up with our limitations; we celebrate them, and then go on to celebrate every strength, every triumph of the truth in you. We pray hard that it will all come together in your lives.
10 I’m writing this to you now so that when I come I won’t have to say another word on the subject. The authority the Master gave me is for putting people together, not taking them apart. I want to get on with it, and not have to spend time on reprimands.
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11-13 And that’s about it, friends. Be cheerful. Keep things in good repair. Keep your spirits up. Think in harmony. Be agreeable. Do all that, and the God of love and peace will be with you for sure. Greet one another with a holy embrace. All the brothers and sisters here say hello.
14 The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you.
2 Corinthians 13
New King James Version
Coming with Authority
13 This will be (A)the third time I am coming to you. (B)“By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.” 2 (C)I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent [a]I write to those (D)who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again (E)I will not spare— 3 since you seek a proof of Christ (F)speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty (G)in you. 4 (H)For though He was crucified in weakness, yet (I)He lives by the power of God. For (J)we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, (K)that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you [b]are (L)disqualified. 6 But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.
Paul Prefers Gentleness
7 Now [c]I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though (M)we may seem disqualified. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 9 For we are glad (N)when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, (O)that you may be made complete. 10 (P)Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the (Q)authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.
Greetings and Benediction
11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. (R)Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love (S)and peace will be with you.
12 (T)Greet one another with a holy kiss.
13 All the saints greet you.
14 (U)The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and (V)the [d]communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 13:2 NU omits I write
- 2 Corinthians 13:5 do not stand the test
- 2 Corinthians 13:7 NU we
- 2 Corinthians 13:14 fellowship
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