¹要常常留心作善工

¹Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

²不可毁谤人，要与人无争，谦恭有礼，向众人表现充分温柔的心。

²of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome -- gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

³我们从前也是无知、不顺服、受了迷惑、被各种私欲和逸乐所奴役，生活在恶毒和嫉妒之中，是可憎可恶的，并且互相仇视。

³for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;

⁴然而，到了　神我们的救主显明他的恩慈和怜爱的时候，

⁴and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Saviour did appear

⁵他就救了我们，并不是由于我们所行的义，而是照着他的怜悯，借着重生的洗和圣灵的更新。

⁵(not by works that [are] in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,

⁶圣灵就是　神借着我们的救主耶稣基督丰丰富富浇灌在我们身上的，

⁶which He poured upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour,

⁷使我们既然因着他的恩典得称为义，就可以凭着永生的盼望成为后嗣。

⁷that having been declared righteous by His grace, heirs we may become according to the hope of life age-during.

⁸这话是可信的，我愿你确实地强调这些事，使信　神的人常常留心作善工；这些都是美事，并且是对人有益的。

⁸Stedfast [is] the word; and concerning these things I counsel thee to affirm fully, that they may be thoughtful, to be leading in good works -- who have believed God; these are the good and profitable things to men,

⁹你要远避愚昧的辩论、家谱、纷争和律法上的争执，因为这都是虚妄无益的。

⁹and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from -- for they are unprofitable and vain.

¹⁰分门结党的人，警戒一两次之后，就要和他绝交。

¹⁰A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting,

¹¹你知道这种人已经背道，常常犯罪，定了自己的罪。

¹¹having known that he hath been subverted who [is] such, and doth sin, being self-condemned.

¹²嘱咐和问安我派亚提马或推基古到你那里去的时候，你要赶快到尼哥波立来见我，因为我已决定在那里过冬。

¹²When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis, for there to winter I have determined.

¹³你要尽力资助西纳律师和亚波罗的旅程，使他们不致缺乏。

¹³Zenas the lawyer and Apollos bring diligently on their way, that nothing to them may be lacking,

¹⁴我们自己的人也应当学习作善工，供应日常的需要，免得不结果子。

¹⁴and let them learn -- ours also -- to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

¹⁵同我在一起的人都向你问安。请你问候那些因信而爱我们的人。愿恩惠与你们众人同在。

¹⁵Salute thee do all those with me; salute those loving us in faith; the grace [is] with you all!