Here is what he has given you to do for Christ. You must not only believe in him. You must also suffer for him.

因为你们蒙恩，不但得以信服基督，并要为他受苦。

因为你们蒙恩，不但得以信服基督，而且要为他受苦。

因为你们蒙恩，不但得以信服基督，而且要为他受苦。

因为上帝为了基督的缘故，赐恩使你们不但信基督，而且为祂受苦，

因为神为了基督的缘故赐恩给你们，使你们不单是信基督，也是要为他受苦；

原来你们为基督所蒙的恩是：不仅要信基督，而且还要为他受苦，

因為你們蒙恩，不但得以信服基督，並要為他受苦。

因為你們蒙恩，不但得以信服基督，而且要為他受苦。

因為你們蒙恩，不但得以信服基督，而且要為他受苦。

因為上帝為了基督的緣故，賜恩使你們不但信基督，而且為祂受苦，

因為神為了基督的緣故賜恩給你們，使你們不單是信基督，也是要為他受苦；

因為已經恩賜你們、為了基督的緣故、不但得以信靠他，而且得以替他受苦，

原來你們為基督所蒙的恩是：不僅要信基督，而且還要為他受苦，

蓋因基督賜爾、不第信之、亦為之受苦、

爾曹宗基督、不第信之、且為之受苦、皆由上帝所賜、

蓋天主為基督賜爾不但信基督、亦為之受苦、

蓋爾所受之特寵、不惟在信仰基督、亦在為彼受難忍苦耳。

For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,

For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,

For you have been given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ but also the privilege of suffering for him.

For it has been granted to you on Christ’s behalf not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,

For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf,

For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:

For it has been given to you on Christ’s behalf not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,

For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,

Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

Instead, be joyful that you are taking part in Christ’s sufferings. Then you will have even more joy when Christ returns in glory.

The apostles were full of joy as they left the Sanhedrin. They considered it an honor to suffer shame for the name of Jesus.

My brothers and sisters, you will face all kinds of trouble. When you do, think of it as pure joy.

And that’s not all. We are full of joy even when we suffer. We know that our suffering gives us the strength to go on.

There they helped the believers gain strength. They told them to remain faithful to what they had been taught.“ We must go through many hard times to enter God’s kingdom,” they said.

“ Blessed are you when people make fun of you and hurt you because of me. You are also blessed when they tell all kinds of evil lies about you because of me.Be joyful and glad. Your reward in heaven is great. In the same way, people hurt the prophets who lived long ago.

God’s grace has saved you because of your faith in Christ. Your salvation doesn’t come from anything you do. It is God’s gift.

Some people did accept him and did believe in his name. He gave them the right to become children of God.To be a child of God has nothing to do with human parents. Children of God are not born because of human choice or because a husband wants them to be born. They are born because of what God does.

“ No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me brings them. Then I will raise them up on the last day.It is written in the Prophets,‘ God will teach all of them.’( Isaiah 54:13) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.

When you were baptized, you were buried together with Christ. And you were raised to life together with him when you were baptized. You were raised to life by believing in God’s work. God himself raised Jesus from the dead.

When they arrived at Antioch, they gathered the church together. They reported all that God had done through them. They told how he had opened a way for the Gentiles to believe.

Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin. Moses’ law could not make you right in God’s eyes.

Jesus replied,“ Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah! No mere human showed this to you. My Father in heaven showed it to you.

Every good and perfect gift is from God. This kind of gift comes down from the Father who created the heavenly lights. These lights create shadows that move. But the Father does not change like these shadows.God chose to give us new birth through the message of truth. He wanted us to be the first harvest of his new creation.