【哥林多后书 2:4】我先前心里难过痛苦，多多地流泪，写信给你们，不是叫你们忧愁，乃是叫你们知道我格外地疼爱你们。【2 Cor2:4 】For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.

哥林多教会是神借保罗亲手建立的，保罗对他们情深义重，如同对待自己的亲儿女。The church in Corinth was established by God through the hands of Paul. He loved them deeply, as a father loves his own children. 他为他们的属灵状况非常揪心，常常痛哭祷告，只为他们能回转向神。Burdened for their spiritual condition, he often wept and prayed with great sorrow, longing that they would turn their hearts back to God.

保罗是神所印证的使徒，带着神所赐的属灵权柄。他责备人时会叫人扎心、忧愁，但他心中满有基督的爱，Paul was an apostle confirmed by God, bearing spiritual authority granted from above. When he rebuked, it brought sorrow and conviction to the heart—but his heart was filled with the love of Christ.  深知神赐权柄是为了挽回，不是定罪。当我们因责备而悔改，神就要用祂的灵来安慰更新我们。He knew well that such authority was given not to condemn, but to restore. And when we repent in response to correction, God, by His Spirit, brings comfort and renewal to our souls.

耶稣也曾严厉责备法利赛人假冒为善，但祂不是恨法利赛人，而是恨罪、怜悯法利赛人，也为法利赛人舍命。Jesus also rebuked the Pharisees with severity for their hypocrisy. Yet He did not hate the Pharisees—He hated sin and had compassion on them. He even laid down His life for them. 保罗也曾是法利赛人，他领受了：耶稣爱我，为我舍己，保罗以基督的心为心…Paul himself had once been a Pharisee. But he came to understand this: “Jesus loved me and gave Himself for me.” And so Paul lived with the heart of Christ, making Christ’s love his own.

主啊，感谢你，借着保罗让我明白基督的爱：恨罪，指出罪毫不体贴肉体，不留情面不徇私情，Lord, I thank You—for through Paul, You have made known to me the love of Christ: a love that hates sin, that exposes sin without catering to the flesh, without partiality or compromise. 被罪人误解、打骂，藐视、抵挡、厌弃，还要怜悯罪人、为罪人祈求，为罪人上十字架，流血舍命，直至罪人明白过来、悔改…A love that is misunderstood, mocked, beaten, despised, resisted, and yet continues to show mercy… A love that prays for sinners, that goes to the cross for sinners, that bleeds and dies until the sinner comes to understand and repent. 何等的爱憎分明，何等的包容忍耐…要将我们跟罪、跟旧人分开，跟神和好、合一…What a love—so fierce in righteousness, yet so patient and longsuffering! A love that seeks to separate us from sin and from the old man, and to reconcile us to God in unity and peace. 求主赦免我，被责备的时候，常常灰心沮丧，听信恶者的谎言，转向自己肉体的感受，信责备我的人不爱我、定我的罪，Forgive me, Lord. In the face of rebuke, I have often grown discouraged and downcast. I have believed the lies of the enemy, turned inward to my own fleshly feelings, and thought that those who rebuke me do not love me, but judge me. 放纵自己里面被拒绝伤害的营垒，让黑暗抵挡了神的光，不愿就光，无数次的忧愁沉沦、愤怒、恨人杀人，进到黑暗里…I have given in to the strongholds of rejection and pain. I have let darkness resist Your light. I have refused to come to the light, and again and again have fallen into sorrow, anger, hatred, even murder in my heart—dwelling in the shadows. 感谢耶稣没有放弃我，以永远不变、恒久忍耐的慈爱等候我，终于让我明白、信：But thank You, Jesus, that You never gave up on me. With unfailing love and enduring patience, You waited for me. And at last, You have caused me to understand and believe: 责备我的人是从神而来，是格外的疼爱我，以至我在被责备时，可以迅速转向神的真理，领受这爱，喜欢责备和训诲，That the one who rebukes me is sent by You, and that such correction is a mark of Your deep love. Now I can turn quickly to Your truth when corrected, receive Your love, and rejoice in rebuke and instruction. 天天就光，靠神的恩典走上被神对付肉体的十字架道路…Day by day, may I walk in the light, and by Your grace, take up my cross—the path where You deal with my flesh—until I am wholly Yours. 主啊，愿你如烈火一般，圣洁公义的大爱燃烧我们的心，Lord, may You come like a consuming fire—burn within our hearts with the holy and righteous love of Christ. 让我们在基督里的悔改被圣灵亲自印证，没有定罪、忧愁和沉沦，乃是喜乐平安，充满得胜的荣耀，Let our repentance in Christ be sealed by the Holy Spirit, not with condemnation, sorrow, or despair, but with joy and peace, filled with the glory of victory. 感恩的心天天增长，见证这道路，让更多的人一同经历主恩。May a heart of thanksgiving grow in us day by day,

that we may bear witness to this Way,

and lead many to taste and see that the Lord is good.（陈弟兄 Raymond Chan）