以弗所书 2
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
出死入生
2 你們因著自己的過犯和罪惡，原是死的。 2 那時你們在過犯和罪惡中行事為人，隨著時代的潮流，也服從空中掌權的首領，就是現今在悖逆的人身上運行的靈。 3 我們從前也都和他們在一起，放縱肉體的私慾，隨著肉體和心意所喜好的去行；我們與別人一樣，生來都是可怒的兒女。 4 然而 神滿有憐憫，因著他愛我們的大愛， 5 就在我們因過犯死了的時候，使我們與基督一同活過來，（你們得救是靠著恩典，） 6 又使我們在基督耶穌裡，與他一同復活，一同坐在天上， 7 為的是要在將來的世代中，顯明他在基督耶穌裡賜給我們的恩典，是多麼的豐盛。 8 你們得救是靠著恩典，藉著信心。這不是出於自己，而是 神所賜的； 9 這也不是出於行為，免得有人自誇。 10 我們原是 神所作成的，是在基督耶穌裡創造的，為的是要我們行各樣的善事，就是 神預先所安排的。
在基督裡合而為一
11 你們應當記得，你們從前按肉體來說是外族人；那些所謂在肉體上受過人手所行的割禮的人，稱你們為未受割禮的。 12 那時，你們是在基督以外，與以色列國無分，在帶有應許的約上是外人，在世上沒有盼望，沒有 神。 13 你們從前遠離的人，現今在基督耶穌裡，靠著他的血已經可以親近了。 14 基督就是我們的和平：他使雙方合而為一，拆毀了隔在中間的牆，就是以自己的身體除掉雙方的仇恨， 15 並且廢掉了律法的規條，使兩者在他裡面成為一個新人，這樣就締造了和平。 16 基督既然藉著十字架消滅了仇恨，就藉著十字架使雙方與 神和好，成為一體， 17 並且他來把和平的福音傳給你們在遠處的人，也給在近處的人。 18 我們雙方都藉著他，在同一位聖靈裡，可以進到父面前。 19 這樣看來，你們不再是外人和客旅，而是與聖徒一同作國民，是 神家裡的人了， 20 並且建造在使徒和先知的根基上，基督耶穌自己就是奠基石， 21 整座建築都靠著他連接配合，漸漸增長成為在主裡面的聖所。 22 你們在他裡面也一同被建造，成為 神藉著聖靈居住的所在。
Ephesians 2
Contemporary English Version
From Death to Life
2 (A) In the past you were dead because you sinned and fought against God. 2 You followed the ways of this world and obeyed the devil. He rules the world, and his spirit has power over everyone who doesn't obey God. 3 Once we were also ruled by the selfish desires of our bodies and minds. We had made God angry, and we were going to be punished like everyone else.
4-5 But God was merciful! We were dead because of our sins, but God loved us so much he made us alive with Christ, and God's gift of undeserved grace is what saves you. 6 God raised us from death to life with Christ Jesus, and he has given us a place beside Christ in heaven. 7 God did this so in the future world he could show how truly good and kind he is to us because of what Christ Jesus has done. 8 You were saved by faith in God, who treats us much better than we deserve.[a] This is God's gift to you, and not anything you have done on your own. 9 It isn't something you have earned, so there is nothing you can brag about. 10 God planned for us to do good things and to live as he has always wanted us to live. This is why he sent Christ to make us what we are.
United by Christ
11 Don't forget that you are Gentiles. In fact, you used to be called “uncircumcised” by those who take pride in being circumcised. 12 At that time you did not know about Christ. You were foreigners to the people of Israel, and you had no part in the promises God had made to them. You were living in this world without hope and without God, 13 and you were far from God. But Christ offered his life's blood as a sacrifice and brought you near God.
14 Christ has made peace between Jews and Gentiles, and he has united us by breaking down the wall of hatred that separated us. Christ gave his own body 15 (B) to destroy the Law of Moses with all its rules and commands. He even brought Jews and Gentiles together as though we were only one person, when he united us in peace. 16 (C) On the cross Christ did away with our hatred for each other. He also made peace[b] between us and God by uniting Jews and Gentiles in one body. 17 (D) Christ came and preached peace to you Gentiles, who were far from God, and peace to us Jews, who were near God. 18 And because of Christ, all of us can come to the Father by the same Spirit.
19 You Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens with everyone else who belongs to the family of God. 20 You are like a building with the apostles and prophets as the foundation and with Christ as the most important stone. 21 Christ is the one who holds the building together and makes it grow into a holy temple for the Lord. 22 And you are part of that building Christ has built as a place for God's own Spirit to live.
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