罗马书 3
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
犹太人独特的地方
3 这样说来，犹太人独特的地方在哪里呢？割礼又有甚么益处呢？ 2 从各方面来说，的确很多。最重要的，是 神的圣言已经托付了他们。 3 即使有人不信，又有甚么关系呢？难道他们的不信会使 神的信实无效吗？ 4 绝不可能！ 神总是诚实的，人却是虚谎的，正如经上所记：
“你在话语上，显为公义；
你被论断时，必然得胜。”
5 我且照着人的见解来说，我们的不义若彰显 神的义，我们可以说甚么呢？难道降怒的 神是不义的吗？ 6 绝对不是！如果是这样， 神怎能审判世界呢？ 7 但是 神的诚实，如果因我的虚谎而更加显出他的荣耀来，为甚么我还要像罪人一样受审判呢？ 8 为甚么不说：“我们去作恶以成善吧！”（有人毁谤我们，说我们讲过这话。）这种人被定罪是理所当然的。
世上一个义人也没有
9 那又怎么样呢？我们比他们强吗？绝不是的。因为我们已经控诉过，无论是犹太人或是希腊人，都在罪恶之下， 10 正如经上所说：
“没有义人，连一个也没有，
11 没有明白的，没有寻求 神的；
12 人人都偏离了正道，一同变成污秽；
没有行善的，连一个也没有。
13 他们的喉咙是敞开的坟墓，
他们用舌头弄诡诈，
他们嘴里有虺蛇的毒，
14 满口是咒骂和恶毒；
15 为了杀人流血，他们的脚步飞快，
16 在经过的路上留下毁灭和悲惨。
17 和睦之道，他们不晓得，
18 他们的眼中也不怕 神。”
19 然而我们晓得，凡律法所说的，都是对在律法之下的人说的，好让每一个人都没有话可讲，使全世界的人都伏在 神的审判之下。 20 没有一个人可以靠行律法，在 神面前得称为义，因为借着律法，人对于罪才有充分的认识。
因信基督白白称义
21 现在，有律法和先知的话可以证明： 神的义在律法之外已经显明出来， 22 就是 神的义，因着信耶稣基督，毫无区别地临到所有信的人。 23 因为人人都犯了罪，亏缺了 神的荣耀， 24 但他们却因着 神的恩典，借着在基督耶稣里的救赎，就白白地称义。 25 神设立了耶稣为赎罪祭（“赎罪祭”直译作“赎罪或使 神息怒之法”），是凭着他的血，借着人的信，为的是要显明 神的义；因为 神用忍耐的心宽容了人从前所犯的罪， 26 好在现今显明他的义，使人知道他自己为义，又称信耶稣的人为义。
27 这样，有甚么可夸的呢？没有可夸的了。凭甚么准则说没有的呢？凭行为吗？不是的，而是以信心为准则说的。 28 因为我们认定，人称义是由于信，并不是靠行律法。 29 难道 神只是犹太人的 神吗？不也是外族人的 神吗？是的，他也是外族人的 神。 30 神既然只有一位，他就以信为准则称受割礼的为义，也要以信为准则称没有受割礼的为义。 31 这样说来，我们以信废掉了律法吗？绝对不是，倒是巩固了律法。
Romans 3
Names of God Bible
Everyone Is a Sinner
3 Is there any advantage, then, in being a Jew? Or is there any value in being circumcised? 2 There are all kinds of advantages. First of all, God entrusted them with his word.
3 What if some of them were unfaithful? Can their unfaithfulness cancel God’s faithfulness? 4 That would be unthinkable! God is honest, and everyone else is a liar, as Scripture says,
“So you hand down justice when you speak,
and you win your case in court.”
5 But if what we do wrong shows that God is fair, what should we say? Is God unfair when he vents his anger on us? (I’m arguing the way humans would.) 6 That’s unthinkable! Otherwise, how would God be able to judge the world? 7 If my lie increases the glory that God receives by showing that God is truthful, why am I still judged as a sinner? 8 Or can we say, “Let’s do evil so that good will come from it”? Some slander us and claim that this is what we say. They are condemned, and that’s what they deserve.
9 What, then, is the situation? Do we have any advantage? Not at all. We have already accused everyone (both Jews and Greeks) of being under the power of sin, 10 as Scripture says,
“Not one person has God’s approval.
11 No one understands.
No one searches for God.
12 Everyone has turned away.
Together they have become rotten to the core.
No one does anything good,
not even one person.
13 Their throats are open graves.
Their tongues practice deception.
Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.
14 Their mouths are full of curses and bitter resentment.
15 They run quickly to murder people.
16 There is ruin and suffering wherever they go.
17 They have not learned to live in peace.
18 They are not terrified of God.”
19 We know that whatever the Scriptures say applies to everyone under their influence, and no one can say a thing. The whole world is brought under the judgment of God. 20 Not one person can have God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures. These laws show what sin is.
God Gives Us His Approval as a Gift
21 Now, the way to receive God’s approval has been made plain in a way other than the laws in the Scriptures. Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets tell us this. 22 Everyone who believes has God’s approval through faith in Yeshua Christ.
There is no difference between people. 23 Because all people have sinned, they have fallen short of God’s glory. 24 They receive God’s approval freely by an act of his kindness[a] through the price Christ Yeshua paid to set us free from sin. 25 God showed that Christ is the throne of mercy where God’s approval is given through faith in Christ’s blood. In his patience God waited to deal with sins committed in the past. 26 He waited so that he could display his approval at the present time. This shows that he is a God of justice, a God who approves of people who believe in Yeshua.
27 So, do we have anything to brag about? Bragging has been eliminated. On what basis was it eliminated? On the basis of our own efforts? No, indeed! Rather, it is eliminated on the basis of faith. 28 We conclude that a person has God’s approval by faith, not by his own efforts.
29 Is God only the God of the Jews? Isn’t he also the God of people who are not Jewish? Certainly, he is, 30 since it is the same God who approves circumcised people by faith and uncircumcised people through this same faith.
31 Are we abolishing the laws in the Scriptures by this faith? That’s unthinkable! Rather, we are supporting these laws.
Footnotes
- Romans 3:24 Or “grace.”
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