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隨從聖靈而活

因此,如今那些在基督耶穌裡的人不被定罪, 因為賜人生命之聖靈的律已經在基督耶穌裡使我獲得自由,脫離了罪與死的律。 律法因為人性軟弱而無法成就的事,上帝親自成就了。祂差遣自己的兒子成為和罪人一樣有血有肉的人,作了贖罪祭,廢掉了罪的權勢, 使律法公義的要求實現在我們這些不隨從罪惡本性,只隨從聖靈而活的人身上。

隨從罪惡本性的人顧念罪惡本性的事,但隨從聖靈的人顧念聖靈的事。 顧念罪惡本性的人結局是死亡,但顧念聖靈的人卻有生命和平安。 因為顧念罪惡本性的人與上帝為敵,不服從上帝的律法,也無力服從。 所以受罪惡本性控制的人無法令上帝喜悅。

但如果上帝的靈住在你們裡面,你們就不再受制於罪惡的本性,而是受聖靈管理。人若沒有基督的靈,就不屬於基督。 10 如果基督在你們裡面,你們的身體雖然因罪惡而死亡,靈魂卻因上帝所賜的義而活著。 11 如果使耶穌復活之上帝的靈住在你們裡面,叫基督耶穌從死裡復活的上帝,必藉著住在你們裡面的聖靈,使你們終有一死的身體活過來。

12 弟兄姊妹,這樣看來,我們不必隨從罪惡本性活著。 13 你們若隨從罪惡本性活著,必定死亡;但若靠著聖靈除去身體的惡行,就必活著。

14 因為凡有上帝的聖靈引導的人都是上帝的兒女。 15 你們接受的聖靈不是使你們做奴隸,仍舊害怕,而是使你們做兒子,可以稱上帝為「阿爸,父親」。 16 聖靈親自與我們的心一同見證我們是上帝的兒女。 17 既然我們是兒女,就是繼承人,是上帝的後嗣,並且與基督同作後嗣。所以,如果現在我們和基督一同受苦,將來也必和祂一同得榮耀。

將來的榮耀

18 我認為現在所受的痛苦與將來要顯給我們的榮耀相比,簡直微不足道。 19 受造之物正熱切等候上帝眾子的顯現, 20 因為受造之物處在虛空之下並非出於情願,而是出於上帝的旨意。 21 不過,受造之物仍然盼望脫離衰亡之律的奴役,享受上帝兒女榮耀的自由。 22 我們知道一切受造之物至今都在呻吟,如同經歷分娩之痛。 23 不但如此,就是我們這些首先得到聖靈的人也在心裡歎息,熱切等候得到兒子的名分[a],就是我們的身體得到救贖。 24 我們得救的人有這個盼望。不過,看得見的盼望根本不算盼望,因為誰會盼望已經看見的呢? 25 但我們若盼望那尚未看見的,就會忍耐等候。

26 況且,我們軟弱的時候,有聖靈幫助我們。我們本來不知道怎樣禱告,但聖靈親自用說不出來的歎息替我們祈禱。 27 洞悉人心的上帝知道聖靈的意思,因為聖靈是照著上帝的旨意替聖徒祈禱。

28 我們知道,上帝使萬事互相效力[b],使那些愛上帝,就是上帝按自己的旨意呼召的人得益處。 29 因為上帝預先知道誰是屬祂的人,並預定這些人要被塑造成祂兒子的形像,使祂的兒子在許多弟兄中成為長子。 30 祂所預定的人,祂也呼召他們;祂所呼召的人,祂也稱他們為義人;祂稱為義人的,祂也使他們得榮耀。

上帝的愛

31 對於這些事,我們還可以說什麼呢?上帝若幫助我們,誰能與我們對抗? 32 上帝既然連自己的兒子也不顧惜,讓祂為我們犧牲,豈不也把萬物和祂一同白白地賜給我們嗎? 33 誰能指控上帝揀選的人呢?上帝已經稱他們為義人了。 34 誰能定他們有罪呢?基督耶穌已經替他們死了,而且祂還從死裡復活了,如今在上帝的右邊替我們祈禱。 35 誰能使我們與基督的愛分離呢?難道是患難嗎?困苦嗎?迫害嗎?饑餓嗎?赤身露體嗎?危險嗎?刀劍嗎? 36 正如聖經上說:「為了你,我們終日出生入死,被視為待宰的羊。」

37 然而,靠著愛我們的主,我們在這一切事上已經得勝有餘了。 38 因為我深信無論是死、是生,是天使、是鬼魔,是現在的事、是將來的事, 39 是高天之上的、是大地深處的或是其他受造之物,都不能使我們與上帝在主基督耶穌裡賜下的愛分離。

Footnotes

  1. 8·23 兒子的名分」指被收養為義子,可以享受和親生兒子一樣的權利。
  2. 8·28 上帝使萬事互相效力」或譯「萬事都互相效力」。

Viviendo en el Espíritu

Por tanto, no hay ninguna condenación para los que están unidos a Cristo Jesús, los que no andan conforme a la carne, sino conforme al Espíritu, porque la ley del Espíritu de vida en Cristo Jesús me ha librado de la ley del pecado y de la muerte. Porque Dios ha hecho lo que para la ley era imposible hacer, debido a que era débil por su naturaleza pecaminosa: por causa del pecado envió a su Hijo en una condición semejante a la del hombre pecador, y de esa manera condenó al pecado en la carne, para que la justicia de la ley se cumpliera en nosotros, que no seguimos los pasos de nuestra carne, sino los del Espíritu. Porque los que siguen los pasos de la carne fijan su atención en lo que es de la carne, pero los que son del Espíritu, la fijan en lo que es del Espíritu. Porque el ocuparse de la carne es muerte, pero el ocuparse del Espíritu es vida y paz. Las intenciones de la carne llevan a la enemistad contra Dios; porque no se sujetan a la ley de Dios, ni tampoco pueden; además, los que viven según la carne no pueden agradar a Dios.

Pero ustedes no viven según las intenciones de la carne, sino según el Espíritu, si es que el Espíritu de Dios habita en ustedes. Y si alguno no tiene el Espíritu de Cristo, no es de él. 10 Pero si Cristo está en ustedes, el cuerpo está en verdad muerto a causa del pecado, pero el espíritu vive a causa de la justicia. 11 Y si el Espíritu de aquel que levantó de los muertos a Jesús vive en ustedes, el que levantó de los muertos a Cristo Jesús también dará vida a sus cuerpos mortales por medio de su Espíritu que vive en ustedes.

12 Así que, hermanos, tenemos una deuda pendiente, pero no es la de vivir en conformidad con la carne, 13 porque si ustedes viven en conformidad con la carne, morirán; pero si dan muerte a las obras de la carne por medio del Espíritu, entonces vivirán. 14 Porque los hijos de Dios son todos aquellos que son guiados por el Espíritu de Dios. 15 Pues ustedes no han recibido un espíritu que los esclavice nuevamente al miedo, sino que han recibido el espíritu de adopción, por el cual clamamos: ¡Abba, Padre! 16 El Espíritu mismo da testimonio a nuestro espíritu, de que somos hijos de Dios. 17 Y si somos hijos, somos también herederos;(A) herederos de Dios y coherederos con Cristo, si es que padecemos juntamente con él, para que juntamente con él seamos glorificados.

18 Pues no tengo dudas de que las aflicciones del tiempo presente en nada se comparan con la gloria venidera que habrá de revelarse en nosotros. 19 Porque la creación aguarda con gran impaciencia la manifestación de los hijos de Dios. 20 Porque la creación fue sujetada a vanidad, no por su propia voluntad, sino porque así lo dispuso Dios, pero todavía tiene esperanza, 21 pues también la creación misma será liberada de la esclavitud de corrupción, para así alcanzar la libertad gloriosa de los hijos de Dios. 22 Porque sabemos que toda la creación hasta ahora gime a una, y sufre como si tuviera dolores de parto. 23 Y no sólo ella, sino también nosotros, que tenemos las primicias del Espíritu, gemimos dentro de nosotros mismos mientras esperamos la adopción, la redención de nuestro cuerpo. 24 Porque con esa esperanza fuimos salvados. Pero la esperanza que se ve, ya no es esperanza, porque ¿quién espera lo que ya está viendo? 25 Pero si lo que esperamos es algo que todavía no vemos, tenemos que esperarlo con paciencia.

26 De igual manera, el Espíritu nos ayuda en nuestra debilidad, pues no sabemos qué nos conviene pedir, pero el Espíritu mismo intercede por nosotros con gemidos indecibles. 27 Pero el que examina los corazones sabe cuál es la intención del Espíritu, porque intercede por los santos conforme a la voluntad de Dios.

Más que vencedores

28 Ahora bien, sabemos que Dios dispone todas las cosas para el bien de los que lo aman, es decir, de los que él ha llamado de acuerdo a su propósito. 29 Porque a los que antes conoció, también los predestinó para que sean hechos conforme a la imagen de su Hijo, para que él sea el primogénito entre muchos hermanos. 30 Y a los que predestinó, también los llamó; y a los que llamó, también los justificó; y a los que justificó, también los glorificó.

31 ¿Qué más podemos decir? Que si Dios está a nuestro favor, nadie podrá estar en contra de nosotros. 32 El que no escatimó ni a su propio Hijo, sino que lo entregó por todos nosotros, ¿cómo no nos dará también con él todas las cosas? 33 ¿Quién acusará a los escogidos de Dios? Dios es el que justifica. 34 ¿Quién es el que condenará? Cristo es el que murió; más aun, el que también resucitó, el que además está a la derecha de Dios e intercede por nosotros. 35 ¿Qué podrá separarnos del amor de Cristo? ¿Tribulación, angustia, persecución, hambre, desnudez, peligro, espada? 36 Como está escrito:

«Por causa de ti siempre nos llevan a la muerte,
Somos contados como ovejas de matadero.»(B)

37 Sin embargo, en todo esto somos más que vencedores por medio de aquel que nos amó. 38 Por lo cual estoy seguro de que ni la muerte, ni la vida, ni los ángeles, ni los principados, ni las potestades, ni lo presente, ni lo por venir, 39 ni lo alto, ni lo profundo, ni ninguna otra cosa creada nos podrá separar del amor que Dios nos ha mostrado en Cristo Jesús nuestro Señor.

Life Through the Spirit

Therefore, there is now no condemnation(A) for those who are in Christ Jesus,(B) because through Christ Jesus(C) the law of the Spirit who gives life(D) has set you[a] free(E) from the law of sin(F) and death. For what the law was powerless(G) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[b](H) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(I) to be a sin offering.[c](J) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement(K) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(L)

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;(M) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.(N) The mind governed by the flesh is death,(O) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life(P) and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(Q) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those who are in the realm of the flesh(R) cannot please God.

You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh(S) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.(T) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,(U) they do not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you,(V) then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life[d] because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead(W) is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies(X) because of[e] his Spirit who lives in you.

12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.(Y) 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die;(Z) but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,(AA) you will live.(AB)

14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God(AC) are the children of God.(AD) 15 The Spirit(AE) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;(AF) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[f] And by him we cry, “Abba,[g] Father.”(AG) 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit(AH) that we are God’s children.(AI) 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs(AJ)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings(AK) in order that we may also share in his glory.(AL)

Present Suffering and Future Glory

18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.(AM) 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God(AN) to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,(AO) in hope 21 that[h] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay(AP) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.(AQ)

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(AR) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,(AS) groan(AT) inwardly as we wait eagerly(AU) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.(AV) 24 For in this hope we were saved.(AW) But hope that is seen is no hope at all.(AX) Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.(AY)

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit(AZ) himself intercedes for us(BA) through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts(BB) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes(BC) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good(BD) of those who love him, who[i] have been called(BE) according to his purpose.(BF) 29 For those God foreknew(BG) he also predestined(BH) to be conformed to the image of his Son,(BI) that he might be the firstborn(BJ) among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined,(BK) he also called;(BL) those he called, he also justified;(BM) those he justified, he also glorified.(BN)

More Than Conquerors

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things?(BO) If God is for us,(BP) who can be against us?(BQ) 32 He who did not spare his own Son,(BR) but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge(BS) against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns?(BT) No one. Christ Jesus who died(BU)—more than that, who was raised to life(BV)—is at the right hand of God(BW) and is also interceding for us.(BX) 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?(BY) Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?(BZ) 36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[j](CA)

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors(CB) through him who loved us.(CC) 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[k] neither the present nor the future,(CD) nor any powers,(CE) 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God(CF) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.(CG)

Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
  2. Romans 8:3 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 4-13.
  3. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin
  4. Romans 8:10 Or you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive
  5. Romans 8:11 Some manuscripts bodies through
  6. Romans 8:15 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.
  7. Romans 8:15 Aramaic for father
  8. Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For
  9. Romans 8:28 Or that all things work together for good to those who love God, who; or that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good—with those who
  10. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22
  11. Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Life in the Spirit

There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit, which brings us life in union with Christ Jesus, has set me[a] free from the law of sin and death. What the Law could not do, because human nature was weak, God did. He condemned sin in human nature by sending his own Son, who came with a nature like our sinful nature, to do away with sin. God did this so that the righteous demands of the Law might be fully satisfied in us who live according to the Spirit, and not according to human nature. Those who live as their human nature tells them to, have their minds controlled by what human nature wants. Those who live as the Spirit tells them to, have their minds controlled by what the Spirit wants. To be controlled by human nature results in death; to be controlled by the Spirit results in life and peace. And so people become enemies of God when they are controlled by their human nature; for they do not obey God's law, and in fact they cannot obey it. Those who obey their human nature cannot please God.

But you do not live as your human nature tells you to; instead, you live as the Spirit tells you to—if, in fact, God's Spirit lives in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ lives in you, the Spirit is life for you[b] because you have been put right with God, even though your bodies are going to die because of sin. 11 (A)If the Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from death, lives in you, then he who raised Christ from death will also give life to your mortal bodies by the presence of his Spirit in you.

12 So then, my friends, we have an obligation, but it is not to live as our human nature wants us to. 13 For if you live according to your human nature, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death your sinful actions, you will live. 14 Those who are led by God's Spirit are God's children. 15 (B)For the Spirit that God has given you does not make you slaves and cause you to be afraid; instead, the Spirit makes you God's children, and by the Spirit's power we cry out to God, “Father! my Father!” 16 God's Spirit joins himself to our spirits to declare that we are God's children. 17 Since we are his children, we will possess the blessings he keeps for his people, and we will also possess with Christ what God has kept for him; for if we share Christ's suffering, we will also share his glory.

The Future Glory

18 (C)I consider that what we suffer at this present time cannot be compared at all with the glory that is going to be revealed to us. 19 All of creation waits with eager longing for God to reveal his children. 20 (D)For creation was condemned to lose its purpose, not of its own will, but because God willed it to be so. Yet there was the hope 21 that creation itself would one day be set free from its slavery to decay and would share the glorious freedom of the children of God. 22 For we know that up to the present time all of creation groans with pain, like the pain of childbirth. 23 (E)But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God to make us his children and[c] set our whole being free. 24 For it was by hope that we were saved; but if we see what we hope for, then it is not really hope. For who of us hopes for something we see? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

26 In the same way the Spirit also comes to help us, weak as we are. For we do not know how we ought to pray; the Spirit himself pleads with God for us in groans that words cannot express. 27 And God, who sees into our hearts, knows what the thought of the Spirit is; because the Spirit pleads with God on behalf of his people and in accordance with his will.

28 We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him,[d] those whom he has called according to his purpose. 29 Those whom God had already chosen he also set apart to become like his Son, so that the Son would be the first among many believers. 30 And so those whom God set apart, he called; and those he called, he put right with himself, and he shared his glory with them.

God's Love in Christ Jesus

31 In view of all this, what can we say? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 Certainly not God, who did not even keep back his own Son, but offered him for us all! He gave us his Son—will he not also freely give us all things? 33 Who will accuse God's chosen people? God himself declares them not guilty! 34 Who, then, will condemn them? Not Christ Jesus, who died, or rather, who was raised to life and is at the right side of God, pleading with him for us! 35 Who, then, can separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble do it, or hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty or danger or death? 36 (F)As the scripture says,

“For your sake we are in danger of death at all times;
    we are treated like sheep that are going to be slaughtered.”

37 No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! 38 For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future, 39 neither the world above nor the world below—there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:2 me; some manuscripts have you; others have us.
  2. Romans 8:10 the Spirit is life for you; or your spirit is alive.
  3. Romans 8:23 Some manuscripts do not have make us his children and.
  4. Romans 8:28 in all things God works for good with those who love him; some manuscripts have all things work for good for those who love God.