Where is that joyful and grateful spirit you felt then? I am sure you would have taken out your own eyes and given them to me if it had been possible.

你们当日所夸的福气在哪里呢？那时你们若能行，就是把自己的眼睛剜出来给我，也都情愿。这是我可以给你们作见证的。

你们当日的好意哪里去了呢？那时若办得到，你们就是把自己的眼睛挖出来给我，也都情愿。这是我可以给你们作证的。

你们当日的好意哪里去了呢？那时若办得到，你们就是把自己的眼睛挖出来给我，也都情愿。这是我可以给你们作证的。

我可以为你们作证，如果可能的话，你们那时就是把眼睛剜出来给我，也心甘情愿。你们当初的喜乐哪里去了？

现在，你们的欢乐在哪里呢？我可以为你们作证，那时如果可能，你们甚至愿意把你们的眼睛剜出来给我哩！

你们当时的福份到哪里去了呢？我可以给你们做见证：那时如果有可能，你们连自己的眼睛都会挖出来给我！

你們當日所誇的福氣在哪裏呢？那時你們若能行，就是把自己的眼睛剜出來給我，也都情願。這是我可以給你們作見證的。

你們當日的好意哪裏去了呢？那時若辦得到，你們就是把自己的眼睛挖出來給我，也都情願。這是我可以給你們作證的。

你們當日的好意哪裏去了呢？那時若辦得到，你們就是把自己的眼睛挖出來給我，也都情願。這是我可以給你們作證的。

我可以為你們作證，如果可能的話，你們那時就是把眼睛剜出來給我，也心甘情願。你們當初的喜樂哪裡去了？

現在，你們的歡樂在哪裡呢？我可以為你們作證，那時如果可能，你們甚至願意把你們的眼睛剜出來給我哩！

那麼、你們當日所自許為有福的在哪裏呢？我可以給你們作證，假使可能，你們早已把自己的眼睛挖出來給我了！

你們當時的福份到哪裡去了呢？我可以給你們做見證：那時如果有可能，你們連自己的眼睛都會挖出來給我！

爾當時之禧慶安在、我為爾證、若能為之、即抉目予我、亦所願也、

當時、爾福禧何如耶、我證爾、若得抉目與我、爾必抉之矣、

爾當時之福安在、我證爾、當時爾若能為、即抉目予我、亦必為之、

嗟夫、爾向之所為興高采烈者、而今安在哉？依爾當日之情緒、即自剜其目以畀吾、亦所不惜、此則予能為爾作證者也。

Where, then, is your blessing of me now? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

So why aren’t you treating me the same way now? Suppose you could have torn out your own eyes and given them to me. Then you would have done it. I am a witness to this.

What then has become of your blessedness? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have gouged out your eyes and given them to me.

Where, then, is your blessing? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

Where then is that sense of blessing you had? For I testify about you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

What then was the blessing you enjoyed? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me.

Where then is that gratulation of yourselves? for I bear you witness, that, if possible, ye would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

What happened to this sense of being blessed you had? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if[ it had been] possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.

Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!

What was the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other.

Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else.

We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God’s Good News but our own lives, too.

Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.

For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford, but far more. And they did it of their own free will.

I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal.

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

I can assure you that he prays hard for you and also for the believers in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

David also spoke of this when he described the happiness of those who are declared righteous without working for it:“ Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight.Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of sin.”Now, is this blessing only for the Jews, or is it also for uncircumcised Gentiles? Well, we have been saying that Abraham was counted as righteous by God because of his faith.

Oh, my dear children! I feel as if I’m going through labor pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives.

Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.

for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed— cut off from Christ!— if that would save them.

The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But since they don’t have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they fall away when they face temptation.