罗马书3:1-8 Romans 3:1-8
这样说来，犹太人有甚么长处？ 割礼有甚么益处呢？ 凡事大有好处：第一是神的圣言交托他们。即便有不信的，这有何妨呢？ 难道他们的不信就废掉神的信吗？ 断乎不能！ 不如说，神是真实的，人都是虚谎的。如经上所记：你責备人的時候，显为公义；被人议论的時候，可以得胜。我且照著人的常话说，我们的不义若显出神的义来，我们可以怎么说呢？ 神降怒，是他不义么？ 断乎不是！ 若是这样， 神怎能审判世界呢？ 若神的真实，因我的虚谎越发显出他的荣耀，为甚么我还受审判，好像罪人呢？ 为甚么不说，我们可以作恶以成善呢？ 这是毁谤我们的人说我们有这话。这等人定罪是該当的。
Then what’s the advantage of being a Jew? Is there any value in the ceremony of circumcision? Yes, there are great benefits! First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the whole revelation of God. True, some of them were unfaithful; but just because they were unfaithful, does that mean God will be unfaithful? Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say about him, “You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win your case in court.” “But,” some might say, “our sinfulness serves a good purpose, for it helps people see how righteous God is. Isn’t it unfair, then, for him to punish us?” (This is merely a human point of view.) Of course not! If God were not entirely fair, how would he be qualified to judge the world? “But,” someone might still argue, “how can God condemn me as a sinner if my dishonesty highlights his truthfulness and brings him more glory?” And some people even slander us by claiming that we say, “The more we sin, the better it is!” Those who say such things deserve to be condemned.
若我们想以我们的不诚实证实耶和华的信实，我们的思想与神学是有误了。我们的不义不能证实耶和华的义；我们的虚谎不能证实神的真实。我们不能说：“我们更作恶，更是为善。”圣经清楚的说，这等人定罪是該当的。It is wrong theology to think that we prove God’s faithfulness by our unfaithfulness, God’s truthfulness by our lie, God’s righteousness by our sin. We can never say, “The more we sin, the better it is!” The Bible clearly says that those who say such things deserve to be condemned.
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