Live so as to silence your critics.

活出来封缄对你的批评。

Whenever God exalts a righteous person, there will be those who are jealous and who criticize. Sometimes, as in Daniel’s case, the jealousy turns to bitter opposition. But Daniel’s accusers had a problem: try as they may, they could find no ground of accusation against him. He was blameless and above reproach in his character and political dealings. Their only option was to somehow indict him for being totally committed to God. What a wonderful testimony to his faithfulness!

每当神高举一个义人，就会有人嫉妒，有人批评。就象但以理的例子，嫉妒有时变成了苦毒的敌对。然而控告但以理的人遇到了一个难题：他们尽其所能，却找不到告他的把柄。但以理无可指摘，并且他的人格和其政务处理无疵可寻。他们唯一的选项就是想法指控他全心全意忠于神。这是一个多么美妙的见证，见证了但以理的忠心！

When an individual has served in office as long as Daniel had and his enemies can bring no charges of wrongdoing against him, he or she must be a person of great integrity and personal purity. That was the strength of Daniel’s character, and God wants you to have that kind of character as well.

当一个人象但以理和他的政敌一样服务公职多年，却毫无可指控的过错，他或她必定是一个极其正直且人格纯洁的人。这正是但以理品格的力量，神想要你也拥有此种品格。

There will always be those who want to discredit you. Even if they aren’t jealous of your position, they’ll resent your Christian faith and will scrutinize your attitudes and actions in an attempt to tarnish your reputation. How will your character hold up under that kind of scrutiny?

生活中总会有人想要让你丢脸。即便他们不嫉妒你的地位，他们会仇视你的基督信仰，并会详细察看你的态度和行为，企图玷污你的名声。你的品格在此种仔细察看下如何才能站立得住呢？

The apostle Peter wrote, “Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may on account of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation” (1 Peter 2:12). That means you must live the kind of life that silences your critics and refutes their accusations. When you do, some of them might even come to Christ.

使徒彼得写道：“你们在外帮人中应当品行端正，叫那些毁谤你们是作恶的，因看见你们的好行为，便在鉴察的日子归荣耀给神”（彼得前书2：12）。这意味着你必须活出此种生命，好封缄对你的批评，并反驳他们的控告。当你做到了，他们当中一些人甚至会归向基督。

Ask the Lord to guard your testimony and to minister saving grace to anyone who might seek to discredit you.

求主护卫你的见证，并向任何试图抵毁你的人传讲救赎的恩典。

Read Philippians 1:12-18. What was the apostle Paul’s perspective on those who were envious of him? Do you share his perspective?

阅读腓立比书1：12-18.使徒保罗对那些妒忌他的人是怎么看的？你和他观点一致吗？