英语学习:新约《哥林多后书》第十二章 - 保罗得到的异象和启示、关怀哥林多人

基础级的词汇学习(NIV英文版):

词汇学习

  • 名词: vision(异象), revelation(启示), paradise(天堂), thorn(刺),insult(侮辱)

  • 动词: commend(称许), defend(辩白), indulge(放纵)

  • 形容词:crafty(狡猾/诡诈), grieved(悲伤)

重点句子的学习:林后12:14-15

14 Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. 如今我打算第三次到你们那里去,也必不累着你们,因我所求的是你们,不是你们的财物。儿女不该为父母积财,父母该为儿女积财。

15 So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less?我也甘心乐意为你们的灵魂费财费力。难道我越发爱你们,就越发少得你们的爱吗?

基础较好的词汇学习(NIV英文版):

词汇学习:

  • 名词: persecution(迫害), possessions(拥有/财物),trickery(诡计),rage(愤怒), gossip(说闲话), arrogance(狂傲/傲慢) , disorder(混乱),debauchery(放荡)

  • 动词:refrain(避免/克制), warrant(保证/授权), torment(折磨), persevere(坚持), expend(花费/支出),exploit(剥削)

  • 形容词:inexpressible(不可言传的),conceited(自负/自高), discord(不合)

  • 副词:surpassingly(超越地)

重点句子的学习:林后12:9-10

9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 他对我说,我的恩典够你用的。因为我的能力,是在人的软弱上显得完全。所以我更喜欢夸自己的软弱,好叫基督的能力覆庇我。

10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.我为基督的缘故,就以软弱,凌辱,急难,逼迫,困苦,为可喜乐的。因我什么时候软弱,什么时候就刚强了。

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