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彼得前書第1章

問候

1耶穌基督的使徒彼得寫信給那分散在本都、加拉太、加帕多家、亞細亞、庇推尼寄居的，
2就是照父　神的先見被揀選，藉著聖靈得成聖潔，以致順服耶穌基督，又蒙他血所灑的人。願恩惠、平安多多地加給你們。

Paolo Emilio Besenzi – Saint Peter(17th century)Uffizi Gallery(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

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  Bartolomé Esteban Murillo – Saint Peter in prayer(3rd quarter of 17th century)National Museum in Warsaw(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Anonymous – Saint Peter(mid of 17th century)Museum of the Warsaw Archdiocese, Warsaw, Poland(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  El Greco – Apostle Saint Peter(1610~4)El Greco Museum, Toledo, Spain(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  El Greco – Saint Peter(1605~10)Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Patrimonio Nacional, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Community of Madrid, (Spain)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Rembrandt – Apostle Simon(1661)Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Georges de La Tour – Saint Peter Repentant(1645)Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States of America(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Jusepe de Ribera – The penitent Saint Peter(before 1652)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Guercino – Saint Peter penitent(before 1648)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Carlo Crivelli – Saint Pete(1471)Detroit Institute of Arts, USA(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Peter Paul Rubens – The Apostle Peter(1592~1640)Statens Museum for Kunst (Den Kongelige Malerisamling), Copenhagen, Denmark(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Lomonosov – Saint Peter(18th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Apostle Peter. Greek (Byzantine Roman) icon from the 13 the century. Wood. Tempera. The Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Washington D.C., USA(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Saint Peter, St. Paul the Apostle Orthodox Church, Dayton, Ohio.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Cosimo Tura – Saint Peter(c.1474)Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Bernardo Zenale – Saint Peter the Apostle(1510~2)Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Grão Vasco – Saint Peter(1506)Museu Grão Vasco de Viseu(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

活的盼望

3願頌讚歸與我們主耶穌基督的父　神！他曾照自己的大憐憫，藉耶穌基督從死裡復活，重生了我們，叫我們有活潑的盼望，

B. Plockhorst – Lord, with me abide!(1896)University of California Libraries(no known copyright restrictions exist, Wikimedia Commons)

4可以得著不能朽壞、不能玷污、不能衰殘、為你們存留在天上的基業。
5你們這因信蒙　神能力保守的人，必能得著所預備、到末世要顯現的救恩。
6因此，你們是大有喜樂；但如今，在百般的試煉中暫時憂愁，

Simon Bening – The Denial of Saint Peter(1525-30)(Public Domain, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA)

7叫你們的信心既被試驗，就比那被火試驗仍然能壞的金子更顯寶貴，可以在耶穌基督顯現的時候得著稱讚、榮耀、尊貴。

Justus van Bentum – The Explosion in the Alchemist’s Laboratory(1680~1727)Science History Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

James Tissot – Christ Appears on the Shore of Lake Tiberias (Apparition du Christ sur les bords du lac de Tibériade)(1886~96)(Public Domain, Brooklyn Museum)

8你們雖然沒有見過他，卻是愛他；如今雖不得看見，卻因信他就有說不出來、滿有榮光的大喜樂；
9並且得著你們信心的果效，就是靈魂的救恩。

Lucas Cranach the Elder – The dying man beneath the Trinity above the bereaved family pray for his soul’s salvation(c.1518)Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

10論到這救恩，那預先說你們要得恩典的眾先知早已詳細地尋求考察，
11就是考察在他們心裡基督的靈，預先證明基督受苦難，後來得榮耀，是指著甚麼時候，並怎樣的時候。
12他們得了啟示，知道他們所傳講（原文是服事）的一切事，不是為自己，乃是為你們。那靠著從天上差來的聖靈傳福音給你們的人，現在將這些事報給你們；天使也願意詳細察看這些事。

應當過聖潔的生活

13所以要約束你們的心（原文是束上你們心中的腰），謹慎自守，專心盼望耶穌基督顯現的時候所帶來給你們的恩。
14你們既作順命的兒女，就不要效法從前蒙昧無知的時候那放縱私慾的樣子。
15那召你們的既是聖潔，你們在一切所行的事上也要聖潔。

Meister der Heiligen Sippe der Ältere – Legend of the Holy Ermite Anthony(c.1410~40)Alte Pinakothek, Maxvorstadt, Germany(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

16因為經上記著說：「你們要聖潔，因為我是聖潔的。」
17你們既稱那不偏待人、按各人行為審判人的主為父，就當存敬畏的心度你們在世寄居的日子，
18知道你們得贖，脫去你們祖宗所傳流虛妄的行為，不是憑著能壞的金銀等物，

Meiffren Conte – Still Life with Silver and Gold Plate, Shells, and a Sword(4th quarter of 17th century)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

19乃是憑著基督的寶血，如同無瑕疵、無玷污的羔羊之血。

Josefa de Óbidos – The Sacrificial Lamb(1670~84)Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, United States of America(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

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  Parish church in Althofen – Altar – Holy lamb(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Parish church Saint Paternianus – Ceiling painting – Agnus Dei(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Parish church: Cellingpainting: Agnus Dei(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Chapell of Xaveriberg in the community Lesachtal(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

20基督在創世以前是預先被　神知道的，卻在這末世才為你們顯現。
21你們也因著他，信那叫他從死裡復活、又給他榮耀的　神，叫你們的信心和盼望都在於　神。
22你們既因順從真理，潔淨了自己的心，以致愛弟兄沒有虛假，就當從心裡（從心裡：有古卷是從清潔的心）彼此切實相愛。
23你們蒙了重生，不是由於能壞的種子，乃是由於不能壞的種子，是藉著　神活潑常存的道。
24因為凡有血氣的，盡都如草；他的美榮都像草上的花。草必枯乾，花必凋謝；

Vincent van Gogh – Three Sunflowers in a Vase(1888)Private collection, United States of America(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

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  Vincent van Gogh – Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers(1888)Neue Pinakothek, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Vincent van Gogh – Sunflowers(before 1890)Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Vincent van Gogh – Irises(1889)Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Vincent van Gogh – Sunflowers, Paris series(1887)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

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  Vincent van Gogh – Two cut sunflowers(1887)Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Vincent van Gogh – Two cutted sunflowers(1887)Kunstmuseum Bern(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

  

  Vincent van Gogh – Four Withered Sunflowers(1887)Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)

25惟有主的道是永存的。所傳給你們的福音就是這道。