Read: Romans 13:8–11

We show our love for God when we love one another.

爱人如己，就是爱上帝的表现。

For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:14

因为全律法都包在“爱人如己”这一句话之内了。-加拉太书5章14节

An anthropologist was winding up several months of research in a small village, the story is told. While waiting for a ride to the airport for his return flight home, he decided to pass the time by making up a game for some children. His idea was to create a race for a basket of fruit and candy that he placed near a tree. But when he gave the signal to run, no one made a dash for the finish line. Instead the children joined hands and ran together to the tree.

有故事说到一位人类学家到一个小村庄，进行几个月的研究工作，在结束研究时，发生这段小插曲。那时，他正在等车子载他去机场搭飞机回国，为了打发时间，他就和孩子们玩个游戏。他将一篮水果和糖果摆在树下，告诉孩子们，谁最先跑到树下，谁就能得到整篮的礼物。奇怪的是，当他一声令下，大喊：“开始！”却没有任何一个孩子抢先冲去，孩子们反而全都手牵着手，一起朝树下奔去。

When asked why they chose to run as a group rather than each racing for the prize, a little girl spoke up and said: “How could one of us be happy when all of the others are sad?” Because these children cared about each other, they wanted all to share the basket of fruit and candy.

当这位人类学家问孩子们为何要一起跑，怎么不自己冲去拿奖品。其中一个女孩大声地回答说：“我们怎么可以一个人独享礼物，而让其他人难过呢？”这群孩子们愿意彼此相顾，一同分享篮子里的水果和糖果。

After years of studying the law of Moses, the apostle Paul found that all of God’s laws could be summed up in one: “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Gal. 5:14; see also Rom. 13:9). In Christ, Paul saw not only the reason to encourage, comfort, and care for one another but also the spiritual enablement to do it.

使徒保罗研读摩西律法多年，他发现上帝所有的诫命可以归纳为一句话：“爱人如己”(加拉太书5章14节；罗马书13章9节) 。保罗明白在基督里我们应该彼此激励、安慰和体恤，而且基督也会赐给我们如此行的能力。

Because He cares for us, we care for each other.

因为上帝爱我们，我们也能爱别人。

Father, thank You for the love You shower on us day by day. Teach us, in turn, to care for others. Open our eyes to see their need and respond as You want us to.

天父，感谢祢，将祢的爱天天浇灌在我们身上。求祢教导我们，让我们也能去爱别人。让我们看见别人的需要，并依照祢的心意，采取行动，做出回应。

Romans 13:8-11New International Version (NIV)

Love Fulfills the Law

8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,”[a] and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b] 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

The Day Is Near

11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber,because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

整理：于姊妹