【双语灵修】出于爱A WORK OF LOVE
哥林多前书 13
1 我若能说万人的方言,并天使的话语,却没有爱,我就成了鸣的锣、响的钹一般。 2 我若有先知讲道之能,也明白各样的奥秘、各样的知识,而且有全备的信叫我能够移山,却没有爱,我就算不得什么。 3 我若将所有的赒济穷人,又舍己身叫人焚烧,却没有爱,仍然于我无益。 4 爱是恒久忍耐,又有恩慈,爱是不嫉妒,爱是不自夸,不张狂, 5 不做害羞的事,不求自己的益处,不轻易发怒,不计算人的恶, 6 不喜欢不义,只喜欢真理; 7 凡事包容,凡事相信,凡事盼望,凡事忍耐。 8 爱是永不止息。先知讲道之能终必归于无有,说方言之能终必停止,知识也终必归于无有。 9 我们现在所知道的有限,先知所讲的也有限; 10 等那完全的来到,这有限的必归于无有了。 11 我做孩子的时候,话语像孩子,心思像孩子,意念像孩子;既成了人,就把孩子的事丢弃了。 12 我们如今仿佛对着镜子观看,模糊不清,到那时就要面对面了。我如今所知道的有限,到那时就全知道,如同主知道我一样。 13 如今常存的有信、有望、有爱这三样,其中最大的是爱。
2026-07-20
出于爱
“爱是恒久忍耐,又有恩慈;爱是不嫉妒;爱是不自夸,不张狂。” - 哥林多前书13:4
在过去的年日,因为有那么多关于养蜜蜂的写作,很容易令人被细节分了心而看不到“大局”。论到养蜜蜂,主要是关于怎样维护蜂巢这个有生命的超个体。那位在1852年发明活框蜂箱的Langstroth牧师,建议我们可以从聆听蜂巢发出的嗡嗡声音得着灵感。如果上网搜索一下,你便会发现不少养蜂的人,将蜂巢的嗡嗡声比作一首交响乐曲。
是什么使蜂巢成为蜜蜂的和谐家园呢?我们可能认为蜜蜂能生存和蓬勃成长,是由于它们的优美品格,事实上,它们只不过是跟从神创造它们时,赋于它们的奇妙本能而已。
从保罗写给哥林多人的信中,我们可以看到跟随基督的人的群体生活。可惜他们的生活并不是常常相爱和睦的。事实上,教会往往都是不符理想的。群体的生活若要变得健康,是需要一种特别的动力的。若要按《哥林多前书》13章所记载的美德去生活,我们必须愿意无私地彼此相爱。
《哥林多前书》13章的记载,反映出神那种无私的爱,而跟随基督的人便是按着这位神的形像去重新被造的。在基督里,我们可以成为一个群体的一份子,在这个群体里“肢体彼此相顾”(《哥林多前书》12:25)。基督的身体是一个群体,在他里面的每一个肢体,都是以爱心在主和独一的救主里面,互相建立和互相关怀的。
祷告
主啊,感谢你,你是通往信、望和爱之路。求你帮助我们在你里面成长,使你身体里面的每一个肢体都能各按各职。阿们。

1 Corinthians 13
MONDAY, JULY 20
A WORK OF LOVE
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. —1 Corinthians 13:4
Over the years, so much has been written about beekeeping that it can be easy to be distracted by details and lose sight of the “big picture.” With bees, it’s primarily about maintaining the hive, a living superorganism. Rev. L. L. Langstroth, who invented the movable frame hive (1852), recommended listening to the “hum” of the hive for inspiration. A quick internet search shows that lots of beekeepers compare the hum of the hive to a symphony.
What makes the hive a harmonious home for bees? We might like to think that bees survive and thrive by way of virtues, but they just follow the wonderful instincts God provided when he created them.
In Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, we can see that the community life of Christ-followers is, sadly, not always loving and harmonious. In fact, sometimes the church is far from that ideal. A whole other dynamic is necessary for a community to become wholesome. Living by the virtues we find in 1 Corinthians 13 requires that we selflessly love one another.
The inspired text of 1 Corinthians 13 reflects the self-giving love of God, in whose image Christ-followers are being recreated. In Christ, we can be part of a body in which all “have equal concern for each other” (12:25). The one body of Christ is the community in which each member lovingly works to build up and care for one another in the Lord, the one and only Savior.
Lord, thank you for being the way to faith, hope, and love. Grow us to become mature in you as each part of your body does its work. Amen.

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