Galater 5 | 聖經當代譯本修訂版 English Standard Version

Galater 5 | 聖經當代譯本修訂版

基督徒的自由

1 基督釋放了我們,是要我們得自由。所以,要站穩了,不要再被奴僕的軛轄制。 2 聽著!我保羅鄭重地告訴你們,如果你們接受割禮,基督對你們就毫無益處。 3 我再次警告所有接受割禮的人,他們必須遵守全部的律法。 4 你們若想靠遵行律法而被稱為義人,就與基督隔絕了,並且離開了上帝的恩典。 5 但我們要靠著聖靈,憑信心熱切等候所盼望的義。 6 我們既然已經在基督耶穌裡,受不受割禮根本無關緊要,藉著愛表現出來的信心才至關重要。 7 你們本來在信心的路上一直跑得很好。現在是誰攔阻了你們,叫你們不再信從真理呢? 8 當然不是呼召你們的上帝! 9 「一點麵酵能使整團麵發起來。」 10 我在主裡深信你們不會有二心,但無論誰攪擾你們,都必受審判。 11 弟兄姊妹,如果我仍舊主張行割禮,怎麼還會受迫害呢?如果是那樣,十字架冒犯人的地方就被消除了。 12 我恨不得那些攪擾你們的人把自己閹了*! 13 弟兄姊妹,你們蒙召得了自由,但不要以自由為藉口來放縱情慾,要本著愛心互相服侍, 14 因為全部的律法可以總結成一句話:「要愛鄰如己」。 15 你們要謹慎,如果你們相咬相吞,恐怕會同歸於盡。

順從聖靈而行

16 因此,我勸你們行事為人要順從聖靈的引導,這樣就不會放縱罪惡本性的私慾。 17 因為人罪惡本性的私慾與聖靈作對,聖靈也與罪惡本性的私慾作對,兩者勢不兩立,使你們不能做自己想做的事。 18 但你們如果順從聖靈的引導,就不再受律法的約束。 19 順從罪惡本性而行的事顯而易見,如淫亂、污穢、邪蕩、 20 拜偶像、行邪術、仇恨、爭吵、忌恨、惱怒、紛爭、衝突、分裂*、 21 嫉妒、兇殺、醉酒和荒宴無度等。我從前警告過你們,現在再一次警告你們:行這些事的人必不能承受上帝的國。 22 但聖靈所結的果子是仁愛、喜樂、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信實、 23 溫柔、節制。沒有律法會禁止這些事。 24 那些屬基督的人已經把罪惡的本性和本性裡的邪情私慾都釘在十字架上了。 25 如果我們是靠聖靈生活,就當凡事順從聖靈的引導。 26 我們不要自高自大、彼此惹氣、互相嫉妒。

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English Standard Version

Christ Has Set Us Free

1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. 2 Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. 3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. 4 You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified* by the law; you have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. 7 You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you. 9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. 11 But if I, brothers,* still preach* circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. 12 I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves! 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

Keep in Step with the Spirit

16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy,* drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do* such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.