What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not o
vercome it. "John 1-4,5"
Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate
is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it. "Matthew 7-13,14"
这是耶稣“登山宝训”中最短的一段，但却是整个新教精神的核心。对于清教徒而言，人生就意味着无尽艰险，就意味着走窄门。
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3、“爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；爱是不嫉妒，爱是不自夸，不张狂，不作害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒，不计算人的恶，不喜欢不义，只喜欢真理；凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐；爱是永不止息。”（《新约·哥林多前书》第13章）
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious pr boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or re
sentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never end
s.
基督教是“爱的宗教”，这就是使徒保罗对爱的诠释。从古到今不知有多少人因这段话而皈依基督教，可见“爱是无可比的”。
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4、“死啊，你得胜的权势在哪里？死啊，你的毒钩在哪里？死的毒钩就是罪，罪的权势就是律法。感谢上帝，使我们借着我们的主耶稣基督得胜。”（《新约·哥林多前书》第15章）
Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and. The power of sin is the law. But thanks be to Go
d, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades
; but the word of our God will stand forever.
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my fles
h I shall see God.
Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and
the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? No, in al
l these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a chasing after wind. For in much wisdom i
s much vexation, and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow.
Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he wil
l reign forever and ever.
