麥克謙一年通讀

Jesus Appears at the Sea of Tiberias

¹After these things Jesus manifested himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and he manifested [himself] on this wise.

²There was together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the [sons] of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.

³Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also come with thee. They went forth, and entered into the boat; and that night they took nothing.

⁴But when day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach: yet the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.

⁵Jesus therefore saith unto them,Children, have ye aught to eat?They answered him, No.

⁶And he said unto them,Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.

⁷That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his coat about him (for he was naked), and cast himself into the sea.

⁸But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net [full] of fishes.

⁹So when they got out upon the land, they see a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

¹⁰Jesus saith unto them,Bring of the fish which ye have now taken.

¹¹Simon Peter therefore went up, and drew the net to land, full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, the net was not rent.

¹²Jesus saith unto them,Come [and] break your fast.And none of the disciples durst inquire of him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

¹³Jesus cometh, and taketh the bread, and giveth them, and the fish likewise.

¹⁴This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.

Jesus Restores Peter

¹⁵So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter,Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me more than these?He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him,Feed my lambs.

¹⁶He saith to him again a second time,Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me?He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him,Tend my sheep.

¹⁷He saith unto him the third time,Lovest thou me?And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him,Feed my sheep.

¹⁸Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

¹⁹Now this he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him,Follow me.

²⁰Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; who also leaned back on his breast at the supper, and said, Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee?

²¹Peter therefore seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?

²²Jesus saith unto him,If I will that he tarry till I come, what [is that] to thee? Follow thou me.

²³This saying therefore went forth among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, that he should not die; but,If I will that he tarry till I come, what [is that] to thee?

²⁴This is the disciple that beareth witness of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his witness is true.

²⁵And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that should be written.

The Power of Words and the Wisdom of Friendship

¹He that separateth himself seeketh [his own] desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.

²A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

³When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy [cometh] reproach.

⁴The words of a man's mouth are [as] deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is [as] a flowing brook.

⁵To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

⁶A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

⁷A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

⁸The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

⁹He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

¹⁰The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

¹¹The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.

¹²Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor [goeth] humility.

¹³He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.

¹⁴The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

¹⁵The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

¹⁶A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

¹⁷He that pleadeth his cause first [seemeth] just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

¹⁸The lot causeth contentions to cease, And parteth between the mighty.

¹⁹A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city; And [such] contentions are like the bars of a castle.

²⁰A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.

²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

²²Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

²³The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.

²⁴He that maketh many friends [doeth it] to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Greeting

¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

²To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ [that are] at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Colossians

³We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

⁴having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,

⁵because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

⁶which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

⁷even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

⁸who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

Prayer for Wisdom to Walk Worthily

⁹For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

¹⁰to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

¹¹strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

¹²giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

¹³who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

¹⁴in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:

The Supremacy of Christ

¹⁵who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

¹⁶for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

¹⁷and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

¹⁸And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

¹⁹For it was the good pleasure [of the Father] that in him should all the fulness dwell;

²⁰and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, [I say], whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

Reconciled Through the Cross

²¹And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,

²²yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:

²³if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

Paul's Labor and Ministry for the Church

²⁴Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;

²⁵whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

²⁶[even] the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,

²⁷to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

²⁸whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

²⁹whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.