3:26 所以,你們因信基督耶穌都是上帝的兒子。
3:27 你們受洗歸入基督的都是披戴基督了。
3:28 並不分猶太人、希臘人,自主的、為奴的,或男或女,因為你們在基督耶穌裡都成為一了。
3:29 你們既屬乎基督,就是亞伯拉罕的後裔,是照著應許承受產業的了。
All of you are God’s children because of
your faith in Christ Jesus. And when you were baptized, it was as though you
had put on Christ in the same way you put on new clothes. Faith in Christ Jesus
is what makes each of you equal with each other, whether you are a Jew or a
Greek, a slave or a free person, a man or a woman. So if you belong to Christ,
you are now part of Abraham’s family, and you will be given what God has
promised.
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這裡告訴我們,我們藉由信耶穌,受洗之後就披戴了基督,就像穿上新的衣服一樣。並且,信了耶穌以後,大家都是平等的,都成了亞伯拉罕的子孫,領受了上帝在基督裡所預備的上帝國。
說到基督徒是披戴基督,表示我們必須彼此接納。因為我們都還在往完全像基督的路上成長,我們都尚未完全,要彼此互相鼓勵,總有一天我們會像基督一樣,帶著上帝榮美形像。