我们顾念眼所不能见的 — 哥林多后书读经随笔 第4章

哥林多后书第四章第8—18节，保罗说我们虽然从四面八方受压迫，但是还没有被压坏；虽然困惑，但是还没有绝望；虽然被追杀，但是还没有被抛弃；虽然被打倒，但是还没有被摧毁。保罗说我们总是为基督的缘故处于濒死的境地，其实这样耶稣的生就可能在我们的肉身上显明出来。保罗说我们知道，那叫主耶稣复活的父，也必叫我们与耶稣一同复活。正因为我们有这样的知识，保罗说我们虽然外表在变老，但是内心每天却都在更新。我们当今所遭受的苦楚看似沉重无比，保罗说但却是至暂至轻的，是为要成就我们将来那超多而又永恒的荣耀。保罗说我们不是顾念眼睛所能看见的东西，乃是顾念眼睛所不能看见的，因为所见的是暂时的，所不见的是永恒的，圣洁的和荣耀的。

 林后4:8 我们四面受敌、却不被困住．心里作难、却不至失望．
We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
 林后4:9 遭逼迫、却不被丢弃．打倒了、却不至死亡．
pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
 林后4:10 身上常带着耶稣的死、使耶稣的生、也显明在我们身上。
always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
 林后4:11 因为我们这活着的人、是常为耶稣被交于死地、使耶稣的生、在我们这必死的身上显明出来。
For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
 林后4:14 自己知道、那叫主耶稣复活的、也必叫我们与耶稣一同复活、并且叫我们与你们一同站在他面前。
knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
 林后4:15 凡事都是为你们、好叫恩惠因人多越发加增、感谢格外显多、以致荣耀归与 神。
For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
 林后4:16 所以我们不丧胆．外体虽然毁坏、内心却一天新似一天。
Therefore we don't faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
 林后4:17 我们这至暂至轻的苦楚、要为我们成就极重无比永远的荣耀。
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
 林后4:18 原来我们不是顾念所见的、乃是顾念所不见的．因为所见的是暂时的、所不见的是永远的。
while we don't look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.