The writer says,"When this letter has been read among you, have it read,also,in the church of the Laodiceans, and see that you read,also,the letter from Laodicea."

写信人说“你们看完此书信后，也让老底嘉教会的信徒阅读，你们也要看老底嘉教会送来的书信“

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Bishops at this time,especially of major cities, would sometimes send around what we call a paschal letter, an Easter letter. In which they'd give instructions or different kinds of things to their churches.

当时的主教，特别是主要城市的主教，会发出所谓的复活节书信，信里写着给其他教会的指示,或者其他事情。

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Whenever your church would get a copy of one of these letters from Paul,you would have scribes,often slaves, because slaves were especially trained to be scribes.

当一个教会得到保罗书信的一份副本时,你就要让抄写员，他们通常是奴隶，因为奴隶被专门训练成为抄写员。

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Pretty quickly,though,different churches, probably Paul's churches,initially, started sending around copies of Paul's letters.

很快，不同的教会，最先可能是保罗的教会，开始分发保罗书信的副本。

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