1 Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
2 He was well spoken of by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium.
3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
4 As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.
5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily.
1 Cor 9:19-23
19 For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.
22 To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Philippians 2:6-8
6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
1 : 1 起初, 神創造天地。
1 : 2 地是空虛混沌,深淵上面一片黑暗; 神的靈 運行在水面上。
1 : 3 神說:「要有光」,就有了光。
1 : 4 神看光是好的,於是 神就把光和暗分開。
1 : 5 神稱光為「晝」,稱暗為「夜」。有晚上,有早晨,這是第一日。
1 : 6 神說:「眾水之間要有穹蒼,把水和水分開。」
1 : 7 神就造了穹蒼,把穹蒼以下的水和穹蒼以上的水分開。事就這樣成了。
1 : 8 神稱穹蒼為「天」。有晚上,有早晨,這是第二日。
1 : 9 神說:「天下面的水要聚集在一處,使乾地露出來。」事就這樣成了。
1 : 10 神稱乾地為「地」,稱聚集在一起的水為「海」。 神看為好的。
1 : 11 神說:「地要長出植物,就是含種子的五穀菜蔬,和會結果子、果子裏有種子的樹,在地上各從其類。」事就這樣成了。
1 : 12 於是地長出了植物:含種子的五穀菜蔬,各從其類;會結果子、果子裏有種子的樹,各從其類。 神看為好的。
1 : 13 有晚上,有早晨,這是第三日。
1 : 14 神說:「天上要有光體來分晝夜,讓它們作記號,定季節、日子、年份,
1 : 15 它們要在天空發光,照在地上。」事就這樣成了。
1 : 16 於是 神造了兩個大光體,大的管晝,小的管夜,又造了星辰。
1 : 17 神把這些光體擺列在天空,照在地上,
1 : 18 管理晝夜,分別光暗。 神看為好的。
1 : 19 有晚上,有早晨,這是第四日。
1 : 20 神說:「水要滋生眾多有生命之物;要有鳥飛在地面以上,天空之中。」
1 : 21 神就創造了大魚和在水裏滋生的各樣活動的生物,各從其類,以及各樣有翅膀的鳥,各從其類。 神看為好的。
1 : 22 神就賜福給這一切,說:「要繁殖增多,充滿在海的水裏;飛鳥也要在地上增多。」
1 : 23 有晚上,有早晨,這是第五日。
1 : 24 神說:「地要生出有生命之物,各從其類,就是牲畜、爬行動物、地上的走獸,各從其類。」事就這樣成了。
1 : 25 於是 神造了地上的走獸,各從其類;牲畜,各從其類;和地上一切的爬行動物,各從其類。 神看為好的。
1 : 26 神說:「我們要照着我們的形像,按着我們的樣式造人,使他們管理海裏的魚、天空的鳥、地上的牲畜和全地,以及地上爬的一切爬行動物。」
1 : 27 神就照着他的形像創造人,照着 神的形像創造他們;他創造了他們,有男有女。
1 : 28 神賜福給他們, 神對他們說:「要生養眾多,遍滿這地,治理它;要管理海裏的魚、天空的鳥和地上各樣活動的生物。」
1 : 29 神說:「看哪,我把全地一切含種子的五穀菜蔬和一切會結果子、果子裏有種子的樹,都賜給你們;這些都可作食物。
1 : 30 至於地上一切的走獸、天空一切的飛鳥,並一切在地上爬行的,有生命的動物,我把綠色植物賜給牠們作食物。」事就這樣成了。
1 : 31 神看一切所造的,看哪,都非常好。有晚上,有早晨,這是第六日。