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7月24日 保罗和提摩太的友谊
今日的生活-第206章
The Friendship Between Paul and Timothy, July 24
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“写信给我亲爱的儿子提摩太。愿恩惠、怜悯、平安从父上帝和我们主基督耶稣归与你!……切切的想要见你,好叫我满心快乐”(提后1:2-4)。{ML 209.1}[1]
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Family Companionship
To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.... Greatly desiring to see thee, ... that I may be filled with joy.2 Timothy 1:2-4.{ML 209.1}[1]
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保罗从凯撒的审判厅回到囚室。他看明自己至多不过得到短暂的缓刑。他知道他的仇敌若不置他于死地,是决不罢休的。但他也知道真理已经得到一次胜利。……{ML 209.2}[2]
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From the judgment hall of Caesar, Paul returned to his cell, realizing that he had gained for himself only a brief respite. He knew that his enemies would not rest until they had compassed his death. But he knew also that for a time truth had triumphed....{ML 209.2}[2]
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保罗日复一日地坐在他那幽暗的囚室中,知道只要尼禄说一句话或点一下头,他的性命就保不住了。所以他想念提摩太,并决定差人去请他来。保罗曾派他照看以弗所的教会,所以当保罗最后一次到罗马时,他就留在以弗所。保罗和提摩太二人之间的感情非常深厚坚强。提摩太自悔改之后就常与保罗同工,共尝艰苦,因此他们二人之间的友谊越来越为坚强,越为深厚,越为神圣,直至提摩太对于这位年迈力衰的使徒如同儿子对于敬爱的父亲一般。无怪保罗在孤独寂寞之中渴望见他一面。{ML 209.3}[3]
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Sitting day after day in his gloomy cell, knowing that at a word or a nod from Nero his life might be sacrificed, Paul thought of Timothy, and determined to send for him. To Timothy had been committed the care of the church at Ephesus, and he had therefore been left behind when Paul made his last journey to Rome. Paul and Timothy were bound together by an affection unusually deep and strong. Since his conversion Timothy had shared Paul’s labors and sufferings, and the friendship between the two had grown stronger, deeper, and more sacred, until all that a son could be to a loved and honored father, Timothy was to the aged, toil-worn apostle. It is little wonder that in his loneliness and solitude Paul longed to see him.{ML 209.3}[3]
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提摩太从小亚细亚到达罗马,在最顺利的条件之下,也需要几个月的工夫,保罗知道自己将不久人世,深怕提摩太来不及赶来见他。他有重要的劝告和教训,要传给这个负有那么重大责任的青年;他一方面催促提摩太赶紧到他这里来,一方面将他或许不能面述的遗嘱写出来。保罗对于这个在福音里所生的儿子和他所看管的教会心中充满亲切的关怀,所以设法把提摩太必须忠于他所受神圣委托的重要性印刻在他心中。……保罗在信的最后,把亲爱的提摩太交托与牧长基督的保护。在祂手下作牧人的虽然仆倒,祂必依然看顾祂的羊群和仆人。(AA.498,499,508){ML 209.4}[4]
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Under the most favorable circumstances several months must pass before Timothy could reach Rome from Asia Minor. Paul knew that his life was uncertain, and he feared that Timothy might arrive too late to see him. He had important counsel and instruction for the young man, to whom so great responsibility had been entrusted; and while urging him to come without delay, he dictated the dying testimony that he might not be spared to utter. His soul filled with loving solicitude for his son in the gospel and for the church under his care, Paul sought to impress Timothy with the importance of fidelity to his sacred trust.... Paul closed his letter by commending his beloved Timothy to the guardianship of the Chief Shepherd, who, though the undershepherds might be stricken down, would still care for His flock.67{ML 209.4}[4]
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