罗马书 4
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
亚伯拉罕因信称义
4 那么,我们说我们肉体上的先祖亚伯拉罕得到了什么呢? 2 事实上,如果亚伯拉罕本于行为被称为义,他就有可夸耀的;然而在神面前他并没有可夸耀的。 3 经上到底是怎么说的呢?
“亚伯拉罕信神,
这就被算为他的义。”[a]
4 做工的人得工钱,不算是恩典,而是应得的; 5 但是,一个人虽没有做工,却信靠那称不敬虔之人为义的神,这人的信就被算为义。
大卫的话
6 正如大卫也论到神所算为义之人的福份,这义与行为无关;他说:
亚伯拉罕在受割礼前被称为义
9 既然如此,这福份到底是只赐给那些受割礼的人,还是也赐给那些没有受割礼的人呢?我们说:“亚伯拉罕因着信,就被算为义了。”[d] 10 那么,是怎么被算为义的呢?到底是在他受割礼之后,还是在他没有受割礼的时候呢?不是在受割礼之后,而是在没有受割礼的时候。 11 并且他领受了割礼的标记,做为他没有受割礼时因信称义的印证,使他成为所有不凭着割礼而信之人的父,也使他们被算为义; 12 而且他也成为受割礼之人的父,不仅为那些受了割礼的人,还为那些顺着我们的先祖亚伯拉罕信心之脚踪行走的人;亚伯拉罕的信心在他没有受割礼的时候就已经有了。
因信承受应许
13 原来,赐给亚伯拉罕和他后裔继承世界的应许,不是藉着律法,而是藉着因信而得的义。 14 这是因为,如果本于律法的才是继承人,信就落了空,应许也就无效了。 15 事实上,律法带来了震怒,所以哪里没有律法,哪里也就没有过犯。
16 为此,这应许是本于信,好使这应许照着恩典,能确保给所有的后裔——不仅是给属律法的,也是给属亚伯拉罕信心的。亚伯拉罕在神面前是我们每个人的父, 17 正如经上所记:“我已经指派你为众多民族的父。”[e]亚伯拉罕所信的那一位,就是叫死人得生命、使无变为有的神。 18 亚伯拉罕在没有盼望的时候,仍然怀着盼望去相信,因而成为众多民族的父,[f]正如先前所说:“你的后裔将要如此众多[g]。”[h] 19 他快到一百岁的时候,想到自己的身体如同[i]已经死了,又想到撒拉也已经不能生育,但是他的信仰却没有软弱。 20 他也没有因着不信去怀疑神的应许,反而因着信得以刚强,把荣耀归给神, 21 并且确信不疑:神所应许的,神也能成就。 22 因此,这就被算为他的义了。[j] 23 不但如此,“被算为他的义”这句话不仅是为亚伯拉罕写的, 24 也是为我们写的;我们信靠使我们的主耶稣从死人中复活的那一位,就将被算为义。 25 主耶稣被交出去,是为了我们的过犯;复活,是为了我们称义。
Romans 4
New American Standard Bible
Abraham’s Justification by Faith
4 What then shall we say that Abraham, [a]our forefather (A)according to the flesh, has found? 2 For if Abraham was justified [b]by works, he has something to boast about; but (B)not [c]before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “(C)Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who (D)works, the wages are not credited as a favor, but as what is due. 5 But to the one who does not work, but (E)believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
7 “(F)Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven,
And whose sins have been covered.
8 (G)Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not (H)take into account.”
9 Is this blessing then on [d](I)the circumcised, or on [e]the uncircumcised also? For (J)we say, “(K)Faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” 10 How then was it credited? While he was [f]circumcised, or [g]uncircumcised? Not while [h]circumcised, but while [i]uncircumcised; 11 and he (L)received the sign of circumcision, (M)a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [j]he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be (N)the father of (O)all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them, 12 and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which [k]he had while uncircumcised.
13 For (P)the promise to Abraham or to his [l]descendants (Q)that he would be heir of the world was not [m]through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For (R)if those who are [n]of the Law are heirs, then faith is made void and the promise is nullified; 15 for (S)the Law brings about wrath, but (T)where there is no law, there also is no violation.
16 For this reason it is [o]by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with (U)grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to (V)all the [p]descendants, not only to [q]those who are of the Law, but also to [r](W)those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is (X)the father of us all, 17 (as it is written: “I have made you (Y)a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, that is, God, (Z)who gives life to the dead and (AA)calls into being (AB)things that do not exist. 18 In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become (AC)a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “(AD)So shall your [s]descendants be.” 19 Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now (AE)as good as dead since (AF)he was about a hundred years old, and (AG)the deadness of Sarah’s womb; 20 yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, (AH)giving glory to God, 21 and (AI)being fully assured that (AJ)what God had promised, He was able also to perform. 22 Therefore (AK)it was also credited to him as righteousness. 23 Now (AL)not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, 24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, to us (AM)who believe in Him who (AN)raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 He who was (AO)delivered over because of our wrongdoings, and was (AP)raised because of our justification.
Footnotes
- Romans 4:1 Or our forefather, has found according to the flesh
- Romans 4:2 Lit out of
- Romans 4:2 Lit toward
- Romans 4:9 Lit circumcision
- Romans 4:9 Lit uncircumcision
- Romans 4:10 Lit in circumcision
- Romans 4:10 Lit in uncircumcision
- Romans 4:10 Lit in circumcision
- Romans 4:10 Lit in uncircumcision
- Romans 4:11 Lit was in uncircumcision
- Romans 4:12 Lit was in uncircumcision
- Romans 4:13 Lit seed
- Romans 4:13 Or through law
- Romans 4:14 Or of law
- Romans 4:16 Or out of
- Romans 4:16 Lit seed
- Romans 4:16 Lit that which is
- Romans 4:16 Lit that which is
- Romans 4:18 Lit seed
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