1那麼，從我們的先祖亞伯拉罕身上，我們學到什麼呢？2如果亞伯拉罕是因為有好行為而被稱為義人，他就可以誇口了，但他在上帝面前沒有可誇的。3聖經上不是說「亞伯拉罕信上帝，就被算為義人」嗎？4人工作得來的工錢不算是恩典，是應得的。5但對於只信赦免罪人的上帝、不靠功勞的人，他的信就被算為義。6大衛也說不靠行為而被上帝算為義的人是有福的，他說：7「過犯得到赦免、罪惡被遮蓋的人有福了。8不被主定罪的人有福了。」9那麼，這種福分只給受割禮的人嗎？還是也給沒有受割禮的人呢？因為我們說，亞伯拉罕信上帝，就被算為義人。10他究竟是怎麼被算為義人的呢？是他受割禮以前呢？還是以後呢？不是以後，而是以前。11他後來受割禮只不過是一個記號，表明他在受割禮前已經因信而被稱為義人了。他因此成為一切未受割禮的信徒之父，使這些人也可以被算為義人。12他也做了受割禮之人的父。這些人不只是受了割禮，還跟隨我們先祖亞伯拉罕的腳步，效法他在未受割禮時的信心。13上帝應許將世界賜給亞伯拉罕和他的後裔，不是因為亞伯拉罕遵行了律法，而是因為他因信而成了義人。14如果只有遵行律法的人才可以承受應許，信心就沒有價值，上帝的應許也就落了空。15因為有律法，就有刑罰；哪裡沒有律法，哪裡就沒有違法的事。16所以，上帝的應許是藉著人的信心賜下的，好叫這一切都是出於上帝的恩典，確保應許歸給所有亞伯拉罕的子孫，不單是守律法的人，也包括一切效法亞伯拉罕信心的人。17亞伯拉罕在上帝面前是我們所有人的父，正如聖經上說：「我已經立你為萬族之父。」他所信的上帝是能夠使死人復活、使無變有的上帝。18他在毫無指望的情況下仍然滿懷盼望地相信上帝的應許，因而成為「萬族之父」，正如上帝的應許：「你的後裔必這麼多」。19那時他將近百歲，知道自己身體如同已死，撒拉也過了生育的歲數，但他的信心仍然沒有動搖。20他沒有因不信而懷疑上帝的應許，反倒信心更加堅定，將榮耀歸給上帝。21他完全相信上帝必能實現祂的應許。22因此，他被算為義人。23「他被算為義人」這句話不單單是為他寫的，24也是為將來要被算為義人的我們寫的，就是相信上帝使主耶穌從死裡復活的人。25耶穌受害而死是為了我們的過犯，祂復活是為了使我們成為義人。
English Standard Version
Abraham Justified by Faith
1What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh?2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”4Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.5And to the one who does not work but believes in* him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,6just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:7“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;8blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”9Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.10How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised.11He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,12and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
The Promise Realized Through Faith
13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.14For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.15For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.16That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,17as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.18In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”19He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness* of Sarah’s womb.20No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,21fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.22That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.”23But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone,24but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,25who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
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