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Romanos 4
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O exemplo de Abraão

4 O que devemos então dizer a respeito de Abraão, o pai do nosso povo? O que ele descobriu a respeito da fé? 2 Se Abraão foi declarado justo pelas obras que fez, então tem com o que se gloriar; mas não diante de Deus. 3 As Escrituras dizem: “Abraão teve fé em Deus e, por causa da sua fé, Deus o aceitou como justo”(A).

4 O salário de quem trabalha não é considerado como um favor, mas como um direito. 5 O pecador não pode fazer qualquer obra que o torne justo. Mas se ele tem fé naquele que declara justo o pecador, pela sua fé, Deus o aceita como justo. 6 Assim, Davi também falou da felicidade da pessoa a quem Deus aceita como justa, sem olhar para suas obras, quando disse:

7 “Feliz é a pessoa que foi perdoada pelo mal que fez,
    e teve seus pecados apagados.
8 Quando o Senhor a aceita como se não tivesse pecado,
    então ela é realmente feliz”.(B)

9 É esta felicidade só para quem é circuncidado? Ou é também para os que não são circuncidados? Nós já dissemos que Deus aceitou a fé que Abraão tinha e que, por ela, Abraão foi aceito como justo. 10 Como aconteceu isto? Quando foi que Deus aceitou Abraão: antes ou depois da sua circuncisão? Deus o aceitou antes da circuncisão. 11 Mais tarde Abraão foi circuncidado para mostrar que Deus o tinha aceito. A sua circuncisão era a prova de que Deus o tinha considerado justo pela fé. Assim Abraão é o pai de todos os que têm fé embora não sejam circuncidados e, dessa forma, Deus também aceita como justos a todos eles. 12 Abraão também é o pai dos que são circuncidados, mas não é a circuncisão deles que o faz ser seu pai. Ele só é pai deles se confiarem em Deus da mesma forma que o nosso pai Abraão confiou em Deus antes de ser circuncidado.

As promessas de Deus são recebidas pela fé

13 Não foi por obedecer à lei que Abraão e seus descendentes receberam a promessa de que eles iriam herdar o mundo. Mas sim porque Deus, por causa da fé que Abraão tinha, o declarou justo. 14 Pois, se fosse possível receber a promessa de Deus por obediência à lei, não seria preciso a fé. E a promessa perderia todo o seu valor, 15 porque a lei provoca a ira de Deus quando as pessoas a ela não obedecem. Mas onde não há lei, não há nada para se desobedecer.

16 Assim, a promessa de Deus é dada pela fé, como oferta gratuita. Se essa promessa é gratuita, ela vale para todos os descendentes de Abraão. Não é somente para os que vivem sob a lei de Moisés, mas também para os que têm uma fé como a de Abraão. Ele é o pai de todos nós. 17 Como dizem as Escrituras: “Eu constituí você pai de muitas nações”(C). Ele é o nosso pai perante Deus. Abraão teve fé em Deus, o Deus que dá vida aos mortos e que faz existir o que não existe.

18 Não havia esperança alguma de Abraão vir a ter filhos, mas ele teve fé em Deus e continuou a esperar. Por isso veio a ser o pai de muitas nações. Conforme Deus lhe tinha dito: “Você vai ter muitos descendentes”(D). 19 Abraão, com quase cem anos, era velho demais para poder ter filhos. Além disso, Abraão sabia que Sara era estéril e não podia ter filhos. Apesar de tudo isso, sua fé não diminuiu. 20 Ele nunca duvidou de que Deus pudesse cumprir a sua promessa, nunca perdeu a fé. Pelo contrário, a sua fé ficou mais forte e ele deu louvores a Deus. 21 Abraão tinha a certeza de que Deus tem o poder de fazer aquilo que promete. 22 Assim, “Deus o aceitou como justo”(E). 23 Estas palavras (“Deus o aceitou como justo”), não foram somente escritas para o benefício de Abraão, 24 mas também foram escritas para nós. Deus também nos aceita porque cremos naquele que ressuscitou da morte a Jesus Cristo, nosso Senhor. 25 Jesus foi entregue para ser morto por causa dos nossos pecados e foi ressuscitado para que Deus pudesse nos declarar justos.

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Romans 4
New English Translation

The Illustration of Justification

4 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh,[a] has discovered regarding this matter?[b] 2 For if Abraham was declared righteous[c] by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God. 3 For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited[d] to him as righteousness.”[e] 4 Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.[f] 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous,[g] his faith is credited as righteousness.

6 So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

7 “Blessed[h] are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the one[i] against whom the Lord will never count[j] sin.”[k]

9 Is this blessedness[l] then for[m] the circumcision[n] or also for[o] the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”[p] 10 How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised! 11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised,[q] so that he would become[r] the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised,[s] that they too could have righteousness credited to them. 12 And he is also the father of the circumcised,[t] who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.[u]

13 For the promise[v] to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14 For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.[w] 15 For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression[x] either. 16 For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace,[y] with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants—not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham,[z] who is the father of us all 17 (as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”).[aa] He is our father[ab] in the presence of God whom he believed—the God who[ac] makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.[ad] 18 Against hope Abraham[ae] believed[af] in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations[ag] according to the pronouncement,[ah] “so will your descendants be.”[ai] 19 Without being weak in faith, he considered[aj] his own body as dead[ak] (because he was about 100 years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He[al] did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God. 21 He was[am] fully convinced that what God[an] promised he was also able to do. 22 So indeed it was credited to Abraham[ao] as righteousness.

23 But the statement it was credited to him[ap] was not written only for Abraham’s[aq] sake, 24 but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. 25 He[ar] was given over[as] because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of[at] our justification.[au]

Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:1 tn Or “according to natural descent” (BDAG 916 s.v. σάρξ 4).
  2. Romans 4:1 tn Grk “has found?”
  3. Romans 4:2 tn Or “was justified.”
  4. Romans 4:3 tn The term λογίζομαι (logizomai) occurs 11 times in this chapter (vv. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24). In secular usage it could (a) refer to deliberations of some sort, or (b) in commercial dealings (as virtually a technical term) to “reckoning” or “charging up a debt.” See H. W. Heidland, TDNT 4:284, 290-92.
  5. Romans 4:3 sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
  6. Romans 4:4 tn Grk “not according to grace but according to obligation.”
  7. Romans 4:5 tn Or “who justifies the ungodly.”
  8. Romans 4:7 tn Or “Happy.”
  9. Romans 4:8 tn The word for “man” or “individual” here is ἀνήρ (anēr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” However, as BDAG 79 s.v. 2 says, here it is “equivalent to τὶς someone, a person.”
  10. Romans 4:8 tn The verb translated “count” here is λογίζομαι (logizomai). It occurs eight times in Rom 4:1-12, including here, each time with the sense of “place on someone’s account.” By itself the word is neutral, but in particular contexts it can take on a positive or negative connotation. The other occurrences of the verb have been translated using a form of the English verb “credit” because they refer to a positive event: the application of righteousness to the individual believer. The use here in v. 8 is negative: the application of sin. A form of the verb “credit” was not used here because of the positive connotations associated with that English word, but it is important to recognize that the same concept is used here as in the other occurrences.
  11. Romans 4:8 sn A quotation from Ps 32:1-2.
  12. Romans 4:9 tn Or “happiness.”
  13. Romans 4:9 tn Grk “upon.”
  14. Romans 4:9 sn See the note on “circumcision” in 2:25.
  15. Romans 4:9 tn Grk “upon.”
  16. Romans 4:9 sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
  17. Romans 4:11 tn Grk “of the faith, the one [existing] in uncircumcision.”
  18. Romans 4:11 tn Grk “that he might be,” giving the purpose of v. 11a.
  19. Romans 4:11 tn Grk “through uncircumcision.”
  20. Romans 4:12 tn Grk “the father of circumcision.”
  21. Romans 4:12 tn Grk “the ‘in-uncircumcision faith’ of our father Abraham.”
  22. Romans 4:13 sn Although a singular noun, the promise is collective and does not refer only to Gen 12:7, but as D. Moo (Romans 1-8 [WEC], 279) points out, refers to multiple aspects of the promise to Abraham: multiplied descendants (Gen 12:2), possession of the land (Gen 13:15-17), and his becoming the vehicle of blessing to all people (Gen 12:3).
  23. Romans 4:14 tn Grk “rendered inoperative.”
  24. Romans 4:15 tn Or “violation.”
  25. Romans 4:16 tn Grk “that it might be according to grace.”
  26. Romans 4:16 tn Grk “those who are of the faith of Abraham.”
  27. Romans 4:17 tn Verses 16-17 comprise one sentence in Greek, but this has been divided into two sentences due to English requirements.sn A quotation from Gen 17:5. The quotation forms a parenthesis in Paul’s argument.
  28. Romans 4:17 tn The words “He is our father” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to show that they resume Paul’s argument from 16b. (It is also possible to supply “Abraham had faith” here [so REB], taking the relative clause [“who is the father of us all”] as part of the parenthesis, and making the connection back to “the faith of Abraham,” but such an option is not as likely [C. E. B. Cranfield, Romans [ICC], 1:243].)
  29. Romans 4:17 tn “The God” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.
  30. Romans 4:17 tn Or “calls into existence the things that do not exist.” The translation of ὡς ὄντα (hōs onta) allows for two different interpretations. If it has the force of result, then creatio ex nihilo (“creation out of nothing,” a technical theological phrase) is in view and the variant rendering is to be accepted (so C. E. B. Cranfield, Romans [ICC], 1:244). A problem with this view is the scarcity of ὡς plus participle to indicate result (though for the telic idea with ὡς plus participle, cf. Rom 15:15; 1 Thess 2:4). If it has a comparative force, then the translation given in the text is to be accepted: “this interpretation fits the immediate context better than a reference to God’s creative power, for it explains the assurance with which God can speak of the ‘many nations’ that will be descended from Abraham” (D. Moo, Romans [NICNT], 282; so also W. Sanday and A. C. Headlam, Romans [ICC], 113). Further, this view is in line with a Pauline idiom, viz., verb followed by ὡς plus participle (of the same verb or, in certain contexts, its antonym) to compare present reality with what is not a present reality (cf. 1 Cor 4:7; 5:3; 7:29, 30 (three times), 31; Col 2:20 [similarly, 2 Cor 6:9, 10]).
  31. Romans 4:18 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  32. Romans 4:18 tn Grk “who against hope believed,” referring to Abraham. The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  33. Romans 4:18 sn A quotation from Gen 17:5.
  34. Romans 4:18 tn Grk “according to that which had been spoken.”
  35. Romans 4:18 sn A quotation from Gen 15:5.
  36. Romans 4:19 tc Most mss (D F G Ψ 33 1881 M it) read “he did not consider” by including the negative particle (οὐ, ou), but others (א A B C 6 81 365 1506 1739 co) lack οὐ. The reading which includes the negative particle probably represents a scribal attempt to exalt the faith of Abraham by making it appear that his faith was so strong that he did not even consider the physical facts. But “here Paul does not wish to imply that faith means closing one’s eyes to reality, but that Abraham was so strong in faith as to be undaunted by every consideration” (TCGNT 451). Both on external and internal grounds, the reading without the negative particle is preferred.
  37. Romans 4:19 tc ‡ Most witnesses (א A C D Ψ 33 M bo) have ἤδη (ēdē, “already”) at this point in v. 19. But B F G 630 1739 1881 lat sa lack it. Since it appears to heighten the style of the narrative and since there is no easy accounting for an accidental omission, it is best to regard the shorter text as autographic. NA28 includes the word in brackets, indicating doubt as to its authenticity.
  38. Romans 4:20 tn Grk “And he.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, δέ (de) has not been translated here.
  39. Romans 4:21 tn Grk “and being.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  40. Romans 4:21 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  41. Romans 4:22 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  42. Romans 4:23 tn A quotation from Gen 15:6.
  43. Romans 4:23 tn Grk “his”; the referent (Abraham) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  44. Romans 4:25 tn Grk “who,” referring to Jesus. The relative pronoun was converted to a personal pronoun and, because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
  45. Romans 4:25 tn Or “handed over.” sn The verb translated given over (παραδίδωμι, paradidōmi) is also used in Rom 1:24, 26, 28 to describe God giving people over to sin. But it is also used frequently in the gospels to describe Jesus being handed over (or delivered up, betrayed) by sinful men for crucifixion (cf., e.g., Matt 26:21; 27:4; Mark 9:31; 10:33; 15:15; Luke 20:20; 22:24; 24:7). It is probable that Paul has both ideas in mind: Jesus was handed over by sinners, but even this betrayal was directed by the Father for our sake (because of our transgressions).
  46. Romans 4:25 tn Grk “because of.” However, in light of the unsatisfactory sense that a causal nuance would here suggest, it has been argued that the second διά (dia) is prospective rather than retrospective (D. Moo, Romans [NICNT], 288-89). The difficulty of this interpretation is the structural balance that both διά phrases provide (“given over because of our transgressions…raised because of our justification”). However the poetic structure of this verse strengthens the likelihood that the clauses each have a different force.
  47. Romans 4:25 sn Many scholars regard Rom 4:25 to be poetic or hymnic. These terms are used broadly to refer to the genre of writing, not to the content. There are two broad criteria for determining if a passage is poetic or hymnic: “(a) stylistic: a certain rhythmical lilt when the passages are read aloud, the presence of parallelismus membrorum (i.e., an arrangement into couplets), the semblance of some metre, and the presence of rhetorical devices such as alliteration, chiasmus, and antithesis; and (b) linguistic: an unusual vocabulary, particularly the presence of theological terms, which is different from the surrounding context” (P. T. O’Brien, Philippians [NIGTC], 188-89). Classifying a passage as hymnic or poetic is important because understanding this genre can provide keys to interpretation. However, not all scholars agree that the above criteria are present in this passage.
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亞伯拉罕的榜樣

4 那麼，從我們的先祖亞伯拉罕身上，我們學到什麼呢？ 2 如果亞伯拉罕是因為有好行為而被稱為義人，他就可以誇口了，但他在上帝面前沒有可誇的。 3 聖經上不是說「亞伯拉罕信上帝，就被算為義人」嗎？ 4 人工作得來的工錢不算是恩典，是應得的。 5 但對於只信赦免罪人的上帝、不靠功勞的人，他的信就被算為義。

6 大衛也說不靠行為而被上帝算為義的人是有福的，他說： 7 「過犯得到赦免、罪惡被遮蓋的人有福了。 8 不被主定罪的人有福了。」

9 那麼，這種福分只給受割禮的人嗎？還是也給沒有受割禮的人呢？因為我們說，亞伯拉罕信上帝，就被算為義人。 10 他究竟是怎麼被算為義人的呢？是他受割禮以前呢？還是以後呢？不是以後，而是以前。 11 他後來受割禮只不過是一個記號，表明他在受割禮前已經因信而被稱為義人了。他因此成為一切未受割禮的信徒之父，使這些人也可以被算為義人。 12 他也做了受割禮之人的父。這些人不只是受了割禮，還跟隨我們先祖亞伯拉罕的腳步，效法他在未受割禮時的信心。

13 上帝應許將世界賜給亞伯拉罕和他的後裔，不是因為亞伯拉罕遵行了律法，而是因為他因信而成了義人。 14 如果只有遵行律法的人才可以承受應許，信心就沒有價值，上帝的應許也就落了空。 15 因為有律法，就有刑罰；哪裡沒有律法，哪裡就沒有違法的事。 16 所以，上帝的應許是藉著人的信心賜下的，好叫這一切都是出於上帝的恩典，確保應許歸給所有亞伯拉罕的子孫，不單是守律法的人，也包括一切效法亞伯拉罕信心的人。 17 亞伯拉罕在上帝面前是我們所有人的父，正如聖經上說：「我已經立你為萬族之父。」他所信的上帝是能夠使死人復活、使無變有的上帝。

18 他在毫無指望的情況下仍然滿懷盼望地相信上帝的應許，因而成為「萬族之父」，正如上帝的應許：「你的後裔必這麼多」。 19 那時他將近百歲，知道自己身體如同已死，撒拉也過了生育的歲數，但他的信心仍然沒有動搖。 20 他沒有因不信而懷疑上帝的應許，反倒信心更加堅定，將榮耀歸給上帝。 21 他完全相信上帝必能實現祂的應許。 22 因此，他被算為義人。 23 「他被算為義人」這句話不單單是為他寫的， 24 也是為將來要被算為義人的我們寫的，就是相信上帝使主耶穌從死裡復活的人。 25 耶穌受害而死是為了我們的過犯，祂復活是為了使我們成為義人。

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