罗马书 3:21-28 Romans 3:21-28
但如今，神的义在律法以外已经显明出来，有律法和先知为证：就是神的义，因信耶稣基督加给一切相信的人，并没有分别。因为世人都犯了罪，亏缺了神的荣耀；如今却蒙神的恩典，因基督耶稣的救赎，就白白的称义。神设立耶稣作挽回祭，是凭著耶稣的血，藉著人的信，要显明神的义；因为他用忍耐的心宽容人先時所犯的罪，好在今時显明他的义，使人知道他自己为义，也称信耶稣的人为义。既是这样，那里能夸口呢？ 没有可夸的了。用何法没有的呢？ 是用立功之法吗？ 不是，乃用信主之法。所以我们看定了：人称义是因著信，不在乎遵行律法。
But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in Jesus. Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith. So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.
如果我们想以旧的方法，就是守律法来被称义，那是行不通。因为耶和华赐律法的目的不是让我们去遵行而是要显明我们的无能。神给我们一个新的方法使我们能称义，就是“信靠主耶稣基督。”无论是以前或现在，无论是外邦人或犹太，信靠耶稣必得称义，因为耶稣来的目的是要作我们的赎罪祭，使我们与神和好。所以，我们不需要用立功之法来称义，只要相信耶稣基督；他是我们的义。 The old way of trying to be right with God by keep the law did not work. This is because the giving of the law is to reveal our inability and helplessness. The new way of getting right with God is by “placing our faith in Jesus Christ.” This works all the time, because the reason why Jesus came was to atone for our sins, and to make us right with God. Thus, we do not earn our righteousness but receive it through believing in Jesus Christ, who is our righteousness.
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