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Dicit beatissimus Paulus, quod per patientiam et consolationem Scripturarum firmam spem habere debeamus (Rom. xv, 4); cum omnes Christiani, tum specialius illi quibus datur in hoc mundo, aut pro Deo persecutionem pati, aut pro veritatis amore tribulari, aut pro vitæ hujus peregrinatione cum. pungi.
The most blessed Paul says that through the patience and consolation of the Scriptures we ought to have a firm hope (Rom. XV, 4); this is true of all Christians, but more especially of those to whom it is given in this world either to suffer persecution for God, or to be afflicted for love of the truth, or to be pierced with compunction on account of the pilgrimage of this life.
至為蒙福的保羅說，我們該藉聖經所生的忍耐和安慰，得著堅固的盼望（羅馬書十五章4節）；這對眾基督徒都是真的，但尤其對那些在今世蒙賜、或為神受逼迫、或為愛真理受患難、或為今生的客旅生涯而痛悔憂傷的人更是如此。