加拉太书 5
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
基督徒的自由
5 基督释放了我们,是要我们得自由。所以,要站稳了,不要再被奴仆的轭辖制。
2 听着!我保罗郑重地告诉你们,如果你们接受割礼,基督对你们就毫无益处。 3 我再次警告所有接受割礼的人,他们必须遵守全部的律法。 4 你们若想靠遵行律法而被称为义人,就与基督隔绝了,并且离开了上帝的恩典。 5 但我们要靠着圣灵,凭信心热切等候所盼望的义。 6 我们既然已经在基督耶稣里,受不受割礼根本无关紧要,借着爱表现出来的信心才至关重要。
7 你们本来在信心的路上一直跑得很好。现在是谁拦阻了你们,叫你们不再信从真理呢? 8 当然不是呼召你们的上帝! 9 “一点面酵能使整团面发起来。” 10 我在主里深信你们不会有二心,但无论谁搅扰你们,都必受审判。
11 弟兄姊妹,如果我仍旧主张行割礼,怎么还会受迫害呢?如果是那样,十字架冒犯人的地方就被消除了。 12 我恨不得那些搅扰你们的人把自己阉了[a]!
13 弟兄姊妹,你们蒙召得了自由,但不要以自由为借口来放纵情欲,要本着爱心互相服侍, 14 因为全部的律法可以总结成一句话:“要爱邻如己”。 15 你们要谨慎,如果你们相咬相吞,恐怕会同归于尽。
顺从圣灵而行
16 因此,我劝你们行事为人要顺从圣灵的引导,这样就不会放纵罪恶本性的私欲。 17 因为人罪恶本性的私欲与圣灵作对,圣灵也与罪恶本性的私欲作对,两者势不两立,使你们不能做自己想做的事。 18 但你们如果顺从圣灵的引导,就不再受律法的约束。 19 顺从罪恶本性而行的事显而易见,如淫乱、污秽、邪荡、 20 拜偶像、行邪术、仇恨、争吵、忌恨、恼怒、纷争、冲突、分裂[b]、 21 嫉妒、凶杀、醉酒和荒宴无度等。我从前警告过你们,现在再一次警告你们:行这些事的人必不能承受上帝的国。
22 但圣灵所结的果子是仁爱、喜乐、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、 23 温柔、节制。没有律法会禁止这些事。 24 那些属基督的人已经把罪恶的本性和本性里的邪情私欲都钉在十字架上了。 25 如果我们是靠圣灵生活,就当凡事顺从圣灵的引导。 26 我们不要自高自大,彼此惹气,互相嫉妒。
加拉太書 5
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
基督徒的自由
5 基督釋放了我們,是要我們得自由。所以,要站穩了,不要再被奴僕的軛轄制。
2 聽著!我保羅鄭重地告訴你們,如果你們接受割禮,基督對你們就毫無益處。 3 我再次警告所有接受割禮的人,他們必須遵守全部的律法。 4 你們若想靠遵行律法而被稱為義人,就與基督隔絕了,並且離開了上帝的恩典。 5 但我們要靠著聖靈,憑信心熱切等候所盼望的義。 6 我們既然已經在基督耶穌裡,受不受割禮根本無關緊要,藉著愛表現出來的信心才至關重要。
7 你們本來在信心的路上一直跑得很好。現在是誰攔阻了你們,叫你們不再信從真理呢? 8 當然不是呼召你們的上帝! 9 「一點麵酵能使整團麵發起來。」 10 我在主裡深信你們不會有二心,但無論誰攪擾你們,都必受審判。
11 弟兄姊妹,如果我仍舊主張行割禮,怎麼還會受迫害呢?如果是那樣,十字架冒犯人的地方就被消除了。 12 我恨不得那些攪擾你們的人把自己閹了[a]!
13 弟兄姊妹,你們蒙召得了自由,但不要以自由為藉口來放縱情慾,要本著愛心互相服侍, 14 因為全部的律法可以總結成一句話:「要愛鄰如己」。 15 你們要謹慎,如果你們相咬相吞,恐怕會同歸於盡。
順從聖靈而行
16 因此,我勸你們行事為人要順從聖靈的引導,這樣就不會放縱罪惡本性的私慾。 17 因為人罪惡本性的私慾與聖靈作對,聖靈也與罪惡本性的私慾作對,兩者勢不兩立,使你們不能做自己想做的事。 18 但你們如果順從聖靈的引導,就不再受律法的約束。 19 順從罪惡本性而行的事顯而易見,如淫亂、污穢、邪蕩、 20 拜偶像、行邪術、仇恨、爭吵、忌恨、惱怒、紛爭、衝突、分裂[b]、 21 嫉妒、兇殺、醉酒和荒宴無度等。我從前警告過你們,現在再一次警告你們:行這些事的人必不能承受上帝的國。
22 但聖靈所結的果子是仁愛、喜樂、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信實、 23 溫柔、節制。沒有律法會禁止這些事。 24 那些屬基督的人已經把罪惡的本性和本性裡的邪情私慾都釘在十字架上了。 25 如果我們是靠聖靈生活,就當凡事順從聖靈的引導。 26 我們不要自高自大、彼此惹氣、互相嫉妒。
加拉太书 5
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
5 基督释放了我们,为了要使我们得自由。所以你们要站立得稳,不要再被奴役的轭控制。
基督徒的自由
2 我保罗现在告诉你们,如果你们受割礼,基督对你们就毫无益处了。 3 我再对所有受割礼的人郑重声明:他有责任遵行全部的律法。 4 你们这些靠律法称义的人,是和基督隔绝,从恩典中坠落了。 5 我们靠着圣灵,凭着信,热切等候所盼望的义。 6 因为在基督耶稣里,受割礼或不受割礼,都没有用处,唯有那借着爱表达出来的信,才有用处。
7 你们向来跑得好,谁拦阻了你们,使你们不顺从真理呢? 8 这种劝诱不是出于那召你们的。 9 一点面酵能使全团面发起来。 10 我在主里深信你们不会存别的意念;但那搅扰你们的,无论是谁,必定要受刑罚。 11 弟兄们,如果我仍旧传割礼,我为甚么还受迫害呢?若是这样,十字架绊倒人的地方就没有了。 12 我恨不得那些扰乱你们的人把自己阉割了!
13 弟兄们,你们蒙召得了自由;只是不可把这自由当作放纵情欲的机会,总要凭着爱心互相服事。 14 因为全部的律法,都在“爱人如己”这一句话里面成全了。 15 你们要谨慎,如果相咬相吞,恐怕彼此都要毁灭了。
肉体与圣灵为敌
16 我是说,你们应当顺着圣灵行事,这样就一定不会去满足肉体的私欲了。 17 因为肉体的私欲和圣灵敌对,圣灵也和肉体敌对;这两样互相敌对,使你们不能作自己愿意作的。 18 但你们若被圣灵引导,就不在律法以下了。 19 肉体所行的都是显而易见的,就如淫乱、污秽、邪荡、 20 拜偶像、行邪术、仇恨、争竞、忌恨、忿怒、自私、分党、结派、 21 嫉妒、醉酒、荒宴,和类似的事。我从前早就告诉过你们,现在又事先告诉你们:行这些事的人,必定不能承受 神的国。
圣灵的果子
22 但圣灵的果子是仁爱、喜乐、平安、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、 23 温柔、节制;这样的事,是没有律法禁止的。 24 属基督耶稣的人,是已经把肉体和邪情私欲都钉在十字架上了。 25 如果我们靠圣灵活着,就应该顺着圣灵行事。 26 我们不可贪图虚荣,彼此触怒,互相嫉妒。
Galatians 5
EasyEnglish Bible
We should live as free people
5 Christ has made us free so that we can be really free! So be strong and do not turn back. Do not let yourselves become slaves to the Jewish rules again.
2 Listen carefully! I, Paul, tell you this. If you agree that someone should circumcise you, then Christ will be worth nothing to you. 3 I will say it very clearly. Every man who lets someone circumcise him must then obey all the Jewish rules. 4 I say this to you people who try to obey the rules of God's Law. If you think that God will accept you as right because you do that, you have turned away from Christ. You no longer agree to accept God's kind gift. 5 But if we trust what Christ has done for us, God's Spirit helps us to wait. We are sure that God will accept us as right with him. 6 We belong to Christ Jesus. So it does not matter whether anyone has circumcised us or not. The only thing that matters is that we believe in Christ. As a result we will love others in the way that we live.
7 Like good runners, you were doing very well! You should not have let anyone turn you away from God's true message. 8 It is not God who has caused you to change what you believe. No! God is the one who has chosen you to serve him. 9 People say this: ‘Only a small amount of yeast in the flour will cause a loaf of bread to grow big.’[a] 10 But I feel sure about you, because we belong to the Lord. I know that you will agree with what I say about this. But as for the man who is confusing you, God will punish him. It does not matter who he is, God will punish him.
11 My Christian friends, do you think that I still teach that someone must circumcise believers? If I really taught that, then I would not still receive trouble from people. What I teach about Christ's death on the cross would not cause anyone to become angry. 12 Those people who are causing trouble and want to circumcise you should cut their own bodies! Yes, that is what they should do!
Live by God's Spirit
13 My Christian friends, God has chosen you to serve him as free people. But you are still weak and human. So you are not free to do anything that you might want to do. Instead, you must serve one another, because you love each other. 14 One rule brings together all the rules in God's Law. That one rule says: ‘Love other people as much as you love yourself.’[b] 15 So you must not live like wild animals. Wild animals fight and they eat each other. If you live like that, be very careful! You may destroy one another completely.
16 So this is what I say: Let God's Spirit show you how to live in a good way. Then you will not do the wrong things that you may want to do, as people who are weak and human. 17 The things that you want to do as a weak person are opposite to the things that God's Spirit wants. The things that God's Spirit wants are the opposite of what we want as weak people. Our own thoughts fight against what God's Spirit wants us to do. As a result, you are not free to do the things that you really want to do. 18 But if God's Spirit leads you, then the rules of God's Law have no authority over you.
19 Everyone knows the kinds of bad things that weak people want to do. They have sex with people that they are not married to. They do things that are bad and disgusting. 20 They worship idols. They do magic to hurt people. They become enemies and they fight one another. They are jealous of other people. They become very angry. They want to please themselves and to be important. They cause trouble. They make people belong to different groups. 21 They want things that belong to other people. They are drunks. They have wild parties. And they like to do many other bad things like those. So I warn you again, as I have already warned you before. People who continue to do any of those bad things will not receive good things from God. God has prepared those good things for the people who belong to his kingdom.
22 But God's Spirit causes us to live in a different way. We love other people. We are happy and we have peace in our minds. We are patient, kind and good. People can trust us to do what is right. 23 We respect other people and we rule ourselves properly. God's Spirit helps us to live in that way. There is no law that says these things are wrong.
24 We belong to Christ. As a result, we no longer obey our wrong human thoughts. We stop doing the bad things that our thoughts want us to do. It is like we have killed those thoughts on the cross. 25 Now it is God's Spirit that gives us life. So we must let God's Spirit lead us in how we live. 26 We must not become proud. We must not be jealous of each other, so that we cause trouble to one another.
Footnotes
- 5:9 In the Bible, yeast is often a picture of something bad that causes more bad things to happen.
- 5:14 See Leviticus 19:18.
Galatians 5
New International Version
Freedom in Christ
5 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.(A) Stand firm,(B) then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.(C)
2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised,(D) Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.(E) 4 You who are trying to be justified by the law(F) have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.(G) 5 For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.(H) 6 For in Christ Jesus(I) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.(J) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.(K)
7 You were running a good race.(L) Who cut in on you(M) to keep you from obeying the truth? 8 That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.(N) 9 “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”(O) 10 I am confident(P) in the Lord that you will take no other view.(Q) The one who is throwing you into confusion,(R) whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty. 11 Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?(S) In that case the offense(T) of the cross has been abolished. 12 As for those agitators,(U) I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
Life by the Spirit
13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.(V) But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a];(W) rather, serve one another(X) humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b](Y) 15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
16 So I say, walk by the Spirit,(Z) and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.(AA) 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.(AB) They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[c] you want.(AC) 18 But if you are led by the Spirit,(AD) you are not under the law.(AE)
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality,(AF) impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.(AG) I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.(AH)
22 But the fruit(AI) of the Spirit is love,(AJ) joy, peace,(AK) forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.(AL) Against such things there is no law.(AM) 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh(AN) with its passions and desires.(AO) 25 Since we live by the Spirit,(AP) let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited,(AQ) provoking and envying each other.
Footnotes
- Galatians 5:13 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.
- Galatians 5:14 Lev. 19:18
- Galatians 5:17 Or you do not do what
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