2:3 但與我同去的提多，雖是希臘人，也沒有勉強他受割禮；
2:4 因為有偷著引進來的假弟兄，私下窺探我們在基督耶穌裡的自由，要叫我們作奴僕。
2:5 我們就是一刻的工夫也沒有容讓順服他們，為要叫福音的真理仍存在你們中間。
And they supported me and did not even
demand that my companion Titus be circumcised, though he was a Gentile.Even
that question came up only because of some so-called believers there—false
ones, really—who were secretly brought in. They sneaked in to spy on us and
take away the freedom we have in Christ Jesus. They wanted to enslave us and
force us to follow their Jewish regulations. But we refused to give in to them
for a single moment. We wanted to preserve the truth of the gospel message for
you.
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保羅對於靠耶穌稱義的福音是十分堅持的，所以他一直防範因律法成義的假福音，希望這樣的假福音不要滲入教會之中。怪不得馬丁路德會高舉「在上帝恩典中，因著信靠耶穌，被上帝稱為義，而得拯救」的真理。
今日教會是否在「改革中」，就是有沒有回歸保羅這樣的教導。保羅是一直保持「改革中」的精神，使教會真正得自由與釋放。
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