2:11 你們在他裡面也受了不是人手所行的割禮,乃是基督使你們脫去肉體情慾的割禮。
2:12 你們既受洗與他一同埋葬,也就在此與他一同復活,都因信那叫他從死裡復活上帝的功用。
11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[b] was put off when you were circumcised by[c] Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
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現代中文譯本將這段經文翻譯為:「你們已經在基督的生命裡受了割禮;這割禮不是人為的,而是他使你們擺脫肉身罪性的割禮。因為,你們受洗禮的時候,是跟基督一同埋葬;同時,也藉著信那使他復活的上帝的作為,而跟他一同復活。」
從這段經文使我們清楚基督徒生命的變化是上帝的作為,因為上帝使我們與基督同死與同復活,也讓我們受了「擺脫肉身罪性的割禮」!這一切都是上帝做工在我們身上,完全是上帝的恩典!
這也是基督信仰奇妙之處,一切的更新與改變受上帝在基督裡的作為,不是透過修行或操練來的!因為上帝本身就是行奇事的上帝,祂除了讓我們有義的地位,更讓我們感受到義的作為!
也因為上帝的作為,讓我們一路感受到上帝的恩典,更對於將來充滿盼望,滿心相信上帝的應許必定成就!
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