This may have been a personal letter from Paul to his "true son in the faith" , but it has tremendous value for us today.
提摩太前书可能是保罗写给「因信主作我真儿子的提摩太」的个人书信,不过,它对我们今天却有重大的价值。For Christians, the Bible tells us we need to be ready to give an answer for our faith, or a reason for your hope, (1 Peter 3: 15) .
对于基督徒来说,圣经告诉我们,有人问你们心中盼望的缘由,就要常作准备,以温柔、敬畏的心回答各人(彼得前书3:15)。So by the time Paul writes I Corinthians, women are acknowledged as an important part of his churches.
所以保罗写哥林多前书时,女人被认可为教会的重要部分。Look with me in 1 Corinthians 7, we're going to review some things that we've gone on before but keep your Bibles in front of you.
一起看哥林多前书第七章,我们先回顾一些,已经讨论过的问题,把圣经放在前面。Read along with me 1 Corinthians 15: 20, I'm going to skip around a bit but I'm going to cover a lot of ground in this lecture.
跟着我一起读,哥林多前书15:20,我会跳过一些,但我会在这一课上涉及很多背景知识。Acts 1 : 1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach.
徒1:1提阿非罗啊,我已经作了前书,论到耶稣开头一切所行所教训的。I Corinthians Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.
哥林多前书我如今把一件奥秘的事告诉你们,我们不是都要睡觉,乃是都要改变。Pe 5: 14 Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
彼得前书5:14你们要用爱心彼此亲嘴问安。愿平安归与你们凡在基督里的人。And since He uses weak and foolish things (1 Cor. 1: 27), it means you and I are prime candidates for His work.
正因上帝使用软弱和愚拙的人(哥林多前书1章27节),就表示你和我即是他首选的器皿。