15:5 願那位賜忍耐和鼓勵的上帝幫助你們有同樣的見解,學習基督耶穌的榜樣, 15:6 好使大家在一起,同聲頌讚我們的主耶穌基督的父上帝。 15:7 所以,為了榮耀上帝,你們要彼此接納,如同基督接納你們一樣。 15:8 我告訴你們,基督為著要顯明上帝的信實,作了猶太人的僕人,為要使上帝對族長們的許諾得以實現, 15:9 同時使外邦人也能夠頌讚上帝的慈愛。正像聖經所說:因此,我要在外邦人中頌揚你;我要歌頌你的名。 15:10 聖經又說:外邦人哪!要跟上帝的子民一同歡樂。 15:11 再說:所有的外邦人哪!要頌讚主;萬民哪!你們要頌讚他。
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God's truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: 'Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing the praises of your name.' Again, it says, 'Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.' And again, 'Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples extol him.'
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耶穌基督是猶太人的僕人,也是外邦人的救主。保羅在此鼓勵我們:『學習基督耶穌的榜樣,好使大家在一起,同聲頌讚我們的主耶穌基督的父上帝。』
也因為耶穌基督的愛,化解了彼此的互斥感,正如在此所言:『為了榮耀上帝,你們要彼此接納,如同基督接納你們一樣。』
耶穌基督是將所有屬於上帝的人,都納入上帝的國,不管是猶太人或是外邦人,因為上帝一切的應許,在基督裡都是「是」!
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