彼前04
彼得前書第4章
上帝恩賜的好管家
1基督既在肉身受苦，你們也當將這樣的心志作為兵器，因為在肉身受過苦的，就已經與罪斷絕了。
Diego Velázquez – Christ Crucified(c.1632)Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
2你們存這樣的心，從今以後就可以不從人的情慾，只從 神的旨意在世度餘下的光陰。
3因為往日隨從外邦人的心意行邪淫、惡慾、醉酒、荒宴、群飲，並可惡拜偶像的事，時候已經夠了。
José Malhoa – The Drunks(1907)José Malhoa Museum(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Georg Emanuel Opiz – Der Völler(1804)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
4他們在這些事上，見你們不與他們同奔那放蕩無度的路，就以為怪，毀謗你們。
5他們必在那將要審判活人死人的主面前交帳。
Lucas Cranach the Elder – The Last Judgment(c.1525~30)Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, United States of America(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
6為此，就是死人也曾有福音傳給他們，要叫他們的肉體按著人受審判，他們的靈性卻靠 神活著。
Andrea di Bonaiuto – Descent of Christ to Limbo(1365~8)Santa Maria Novella, Florence(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
7萬物的結局近了。所以，你們要謹慎自守，警醒禱告。
8最要緊的是彼此切實相愛，因為愛能遮掩許多的罪。
9你們要互相款待，不發怨言。
約翰·弗雷德里克·劉易斯，高地款待 John Frederick Lewis – Highland Hospitality(1832)Yale Center for British Art, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Charles de Groux – Hospitality(1850~70)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Rodolfo Lanciani – The Symbolic Supper. Early Christian catacomb of Saints Marcellinus and Peter. Paleochristian art.(before 1892)Pagan and Christian Rome(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Aringhi, Paolo – Roma subterranea nouissima : in qua post Antonium Bosium(before 1676)(Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license., Wikimedia Commons)
Whitney, William Dwight; Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli) – Agape, or Love.feast.(1897)page 132 of The Century dictionary and cyclopedia(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Painting of a feast. Early Christian catacomb of San Callisto (Saint Calixte Catacomb). Paleochristian art.(3rd century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Painting of a feast / Early Christian catacombs (Catacombe di Priscilla) / Paleochristian art.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Fresco of a Christian Agape feast showing the fractio panis, the breaking of the bread during the meal of Holy Communion. Greek chapel, Catacombe di Priscilla, Rome. 2nd – 4th century.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Painting of a feast / Early Christian catacombs / Paleochristian art. Tomb of Vibia – Catacumbes of Domitila – Rome. Paradise Sacred (Banquet Justos Anunciacio?)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
10各人要照所得的恩賜彼此服事，作 神百般恩賜的好管家。
11若有講道的，要按著 神的聖言講；若有服事人的，要按著 神所賜的力量服事，叫 神在凡事上因耶穌基督得榮耀。原來榮耀、權能都是他的，直到永永遠遠。阿們！
Martin Luther Preaching, from the Altarpiece of the Church of Torslunde, 1561(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Anonymous (probably a workshop from Ulm) – Weingartener Heilig-Blut-Tafel von 1489. Tafel 5: In Mantua bekehrt Longinus viele Menschen zum christlichen Glauben(1489)Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Sermon. 作者不詳 – 講道。奧地利齊爾教區教堂穹頂中的壁畫(1874)。Frescoe in the Vault of the Parrish Church in Zirl, Austria.(1874)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Germany license. Attribution: Flying Pharmacist, Wikimedia Commons)
Image of a ceiling panel painting (panel 21) in the Gallus Chapel in St. Gallen, depicting St. Gallus’s last sermon, with the church tower in Arbon depicted where St. Gallus’s right hand is located. Other depictions of the tower are found on other panels in the chapel as well.(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license., Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Blick in ein Kirchenschiff während einer sonntäglichen Predigt. Öl auf Leinwahnd(mid-19th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Eduardo Dalbono – Kircheninterieur mit Kanzel und einem predigenden Priester. Öl auf Holz.(1863)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Adolph von Menzel – Kanzelpredigt in der Pfarrkirche zu Innsbruck(1881)collection Hugo Fischer, Bühl(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Emanuel de Witte – Interior of the Oude Kerk at Delft during a Sermon(1651)The Wallace Collection, London(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Emanuel de Witte: The Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam(1658~9)National Gallery, London(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
William Hogarth – The Sleeping Congregation(1728~9)Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky – Sunday Reading in Rural Schools.(1895)The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Christen Dalsgaard – Mormons Visiting a Country Carpenter(1856)Statens Museum for Kunst (Den Kongelige Malerisamling), Copenhagen, Denmark(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
為作基督徒受苦
12親愛的弟兄啊，有火煉的試驗臨到你們，不要以為奇怪（似乎是遭遇非常的事），
13倒要歡喜；因為你們是與基督一同受苦，使你們在他榮耀顯現的時候，也可以歡喜快樂。
Pyotr Yevgenyevich Myasoyedov – The Burning of Protopope Avvakum.(1897)The State Museum of the History of Religion, Moscow, Russia(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Foxe, John – KERBY SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE IN REPLY TO DR RUGHAM 404(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
14你們若為基督的名受辱罵，便是有福的；因為 神榮耀的靈常住在你們身上。
Foxe, John – SEVERUS IS SCOURGED FOR REFUSING TO WORSHIP VENUS. 142(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
15你們中間卻不可有人因為殺人、偷竊、作惡、好管閒事而受苦。
16若為作基督徒受苦，卻不要羞恥，倒要因這名歸榮耀給 神。
17因為時候到了，審判要從 神的家起首。若是先從我們起首，那不信從 神福音的人將有何等的結局呢？
18若是義人僅僅得救，那不虔敬和犯罪的人將有何地可站呢？
19所以，那照 神旨意受苦的人要一心為善，將自己靈魂交與那信實的造化之主。
Fra Angelico – The Last Judgement (Winged Altar)(1435~1450)Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)