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亚伯拉罕之例

4 那么，关于我们的祖先亚伯拉罕，我们该说什么呢？关于信仰，他发现了什么呢？ 2 假如亚伯拉罕凭他的行为得到上帝的认可，那么，他就有理由骄傲了，但是他却不能在上帝面前骄傲。 3 《经》上是怎么说的呢？“亚伯拉罕相信了上帝，因为他相信了，上帝像接受一位行为正直的人一样接受了他。”

4 给工作的人付工资，不是出于恩典给他的，而是出于义务。 5 如果一个人没有做任何工作，但他却信任让人改邪归正的上帝， 那么上帝就会接受他的信仰，并得到上帝的认可。 6 同样，大卫也说过同样的话，他说到如果一个人，上帝不计较他的行为而得到他的认可的人，他是有福的。他说：

7 “不法行为被宽恕的人，是有福的，
罪被遮盖的人，是有福的，
8 主不把他的罪过记在账上的人，是有福的。”

9 那么，这种祝福只施给那些受过割礼的人吗？或者也会施给那些未受过割礼的人吗？（是的，它也会降临在未受割礼的人的身上的）我们说过，亚伯拉罕因为他的信仰得到了上帝的认可。 10 这是在什么情况下发生的呢？是在他受割礼之前，还是在他受割礼之后呢？是在之前，而不是在之后。 11 他后来接受了割礼，他的割礼只是一个标记，表明在他受割礼之前，已由于信仰得到了上帝的认可。所以，亚伯拉罕是所有相信、但没有受割礼的人的祖先。这些人，得到了上帝的认可。 12 亚伯拉罕也是那些受到割礼的人之父，割礼并没有使他成为他们的父亲，而是靠信仰生活，亚伯拉罕才成为他们之父，亚伯拉罕受割礼之前已有了这信仰。

凭信仰得到上帝的许诺

13 亚伯拉罕和他的后代得到许诺，他们将会得到整个世界。亚伯拉罕得到这许诺，不是由于他服从了律法，而是因为通过他的信仰得到了上帝的认可。 14 如果通过守法就能得到上帝的许诺，那么信仰就毫无价值了，上帝对亚伯拉罕的许诺也就一钱不值了， 15 因为律法只能导致上帝对那些违法人的愤怒。如果没有律法，也就不会出现违背的事情了。

16 所以，由于信仰，人们得到上帝的许诺，因此这许诺是无偿的馈赠)。既然这许诺是无偿的，那么所有的亚伯拉罕的子民都能得到它。这许诺不仅仅是给予那些生活在摩西律法之下的人们，也是给予那些像亚伯拉罕那样靠信仰生活的人。亚伯拉罕是我们所有人的祖先， 17 正如《经》上所说∶“我使你成为众多民族的祖先。” [a]在上帝眼里，亚伯拉罕是我们的祖先，他信仰的上帝，既让死人复活、从无创造了万物的上帝。

18 亚伯拉罕没有指望有孩子，但他仍然相信上帝，继续心怀希望，为此他成为众多民族的祖先。正如上帝对他所说的那样∶“你的后代将多如天上的繁星。” [b] 19 亚伯拉罕将近一百岁了，他的肉体也行将就木，撒拉也不能再生育了，但是，亚伯拉罕的信仰却丝毫没有削弱， 20 他对于上帝会履行许诺毫不怀疑，他从未停止过相信上帝。他对上帝的信仰反而更加坚定，并把荣耀归于上帝。 21 他完全相信上帝能够实现他的诺言， 22 所以，这是为什么∶“他被接受，因为他仿佛做了正义的事。” [c] 23 这些话“他被接受，”不仅仅是针对亚伯拉罕所说的。 24 这些话也是针对我们而说的，因为我们相信，所以上帝也会接受我们。我们信仰使耶稣—我们的主，从死里复活的上帝。 25 为我们的罪恶，耶稣被交给了死亡，然后又让他从死里复活，为的是让我们得到上帝的认可。

Footnotes

  1. 羅 馬 書 4:17 引自《创世记》17:5
  2. 羅 馬 書 4:18 引自《创世记》17:5
  3. 羅 馬 書 4:22 引自《创世记》17:6
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Romans 4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Chapter 4[a]

Abraham Justified by Faith. 1 What then can we say that Abraham found, our ancestor according to the flesh?(A) 2 [b]Indeed, if Abraham was justified on the basis of his works, he has reason to boast; but this was not so in the sight of God. 3 (B)For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[c] 4 A worker’s wage is credited not as a gift, but as something due.(C) 5 But when one does not work, yet believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness. 6 So also David declares the blessedness of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

7 “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven(D)
    and whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not record.”

9 Does this blessedness[d] apply only to the circumcised, or to the uncircumcised as well? Now we assert that “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”(E) 10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was he circumcised or not? He was not circumcised, but uncircumcised. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal on the righteousness received through faith while he was uncircumcised. Thus he was to be the father of all the uncircumcised who believe, so that to them [also] righteousness might be credited,(F) 12 as well as the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but also follow the path of faith that our father Abraham walked while still uncircumcised.

Inheritance Through Faith. 13 It was not through the law that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants that he would inherit the world, but through the righteousness that comes from faith.(G) 14 For if those who adhere to the law are the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.(H) 15 For the law produces wrath;(I) but where there is no law, neither is there violation.[e] 16 For this reason, it depends on faith, so that it may be a gift, and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not to those who only adhere to the law but to those who follow the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us,(J) 17 as it is written, “I have made you father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not exist.(K) 18 He believed, hoping against hope,(L) that he would become “the father of many nations,” according to what was said, “Thus shall your descendants be.” 19 (M)He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body as [already] dead (for he was almost a hundred years old) and the dead womb of Sarah. 20 He did not doubt God’s promise in unbelief;[f] rather, he was empowered by faith and gave glory to God 21 and was fully convinced that what he had promised he was also able to do.(N) 22 That is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”(O) 23 But it was not for him alone that it was written that “it was credited to him”; 24 it was also for us, to whom it will be credited, who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,(P) 25 who was handed over for our transgressions and was raised for our justification.(Q)

Footnotes

  1. 4:1–25 This is an expanded treatment of the significance of Abraham’s faith, which Paul discusses in Gal 3:6–18; see notes there.
  2. 4:2–5 Rom 4:2 corresponds to Rom 4:4, and Rom 4:3–5. The Greek term here rendered credited means “made an entry.” The context determines whether it is credit or debit. Rom 4:8 speaks of “recording sin” as a debit. Paul’s repeated use of accountants’ terminology in this and other passages can be traced both to the Old Testament texts he quotes and to his business activity as a tentmaker. The commercial term in Gn 15:6, “credited it to him,” reminds Paul in Rom 4:7–8 of Ps 32:2, in which the same term is used and applied to forgiveness of sins. Thus Paul is able to argue that Abraham’s faith involved receipt of forgiveness of sins and that all believers benefit as he did through faith.
  3. 4:3 Jas 2:24 appears to conflict with Paul’s statement. However, James combats the error of extremists who used the doctrine of justification through faith as a screen for moral self-determination. Paul discusses the subject of holiness in greater detail than does James and beginning with Rom 6 shows how justification through faith introduces one to the gift of a new life in Christ through the power of the holy Spirit.
  4. 4:9 Blessedness: evidence of divine favor.
  5. 4:15 Law has the negative function of bringing the deep-seated rebellion against God to the surface in specific sins; see note on Rom 1:18–32.
  6. 4:20 He did not doubt God’s promise in unbelief: any doubts Abraham might have had were resolved in commitment to God’s promise. Hb 11:8–12 emphasizes the faith of Abraham and Sarah.
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Romans 4
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Abraham Justified by Faith

4 What then shall we say(A) that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh,(B) discovered in this matter? 2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.(C) 3 What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a](D)

4 Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift(E) but as an obligation. 5 However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.(F) 6 David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

7 “Blessed are those
    whose transgressions are forgiven,
    whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the one
    whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”[b](G)

9 Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised?(H) We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.(I) 10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! 11 And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.(J) So then, he is the father(K) of all who believe(L) but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. 12 And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

13 It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise(M) that he would be heir of the world,(N) but through the righteousness that comes by faith.(O) 14 For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless,(P) 15 because the law brings wrath.(Q) And where there is no law there is no transgression.(R)

16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace(S) and may be guaranteed(T) to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.(U) 17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[c](V) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life(W) to the dead and calls(X) into being things that were not.(Y)

18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations,(Z) just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”[d](AA) 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead(AB)—since he was about a hundred years old(AC)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.(AD) 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened(AE) in his faith and gave glory to God,(AF) 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.(AG) 22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”(AH) 23 The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, 24 but also for us,(AI) to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him(AJ) who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.(AK) 25 He was delivered over to death for our sins(AL) and was raised to life for our justification.(AM)

Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:3 Gen. 15:6; also in verse 22
  2. Romans 4:8 Psalm 32:1,2
  3. Romans 4:17 Gen. 17:5
  4. Romans 4:18 Gen. 15:5
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