15:1 弟兄們,我如今把先前所傳給你們的福音告訴你們知道;這福音你們也領受了,又靠著站立得住,
15:2 並且你們若不是徒然相信,能以持守我所傳給你們的,就必因這福音得救。
15:3 我當日所領受又傳給你們的:第一,就是基督照聖經所說,為我們的罪死了,
15:4 而且埋葬了;又照聖經所說,第三天復活了,
15:5 並且顯給磯法看,然後顯給十二使徒看;
15:6 後來一時顯給五百多弟兄看,其中一大半到如今還在,卻也有已經睡了的。
15:7 以後顯給雅各看,再顯給眾使徒看,
15:8 末了也顯給我看;我如同未到產期而生的人一般。
15:9 我原是使徒中最小的,不配稱為使徒,因為我從前逼迫上帝的教會。
15:10 然而,我今日成了何等人,是蒙上帝的恩才成的,並且他所賜我的恩不是徒然的。我比眾使徒格外勞苦;這原不是我,乃是上帝的恩與我同在。
15:11 不拘是我,是眾使徒,我們如此傳,你們也如此信了。
15:2 並且你們若不是徒然相信,能以持守我所傳給你們的,就必因這福音得救。
15:3 我當日所領受又傳給你們的:第一,就是基督照聖經所說,為我們的罪死了,
15:4 而且埋葬了;又照聖經所說,第三天復活了,
15:5 並且顯給磯法看,然後顯給十二使徒看;
15:6 後來一時顯給五百多弟兄看,其中一大半到如今還在,卻也有已經睡了的。
15:7 以後顯給雅各看,再顯給眾使徒看,
15:8 末了也顯給我看;我如同未到產期而生的人一般。
15:9 我原是使徒中最小的,不配稱為使徒,因為我從前逼迫上帝的教會。
15:10 然而,我今日成了何等人,是蒙上帝的恩才成的,並且他所賜我的恩不是徒然的。我比眾使徒格外勞苦;這原不是我,乃是上帝的恩與我同在。
15:11 不拘是我,是眾使徒,我們如此傳,你們也如此信了。
Now, brothers and sisters,
I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on
which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved,
if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed
in vain.
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to
the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the
third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas,[b] and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to
more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of
whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James,
then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one
abnormally born.9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
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保羅在此清楚的告訴我們福音的內容:「第一,就是基督照聖經所說,為我們的罪死了,而且埋葬了;又照聖經所說,第三天復活了,並且顯給磯法看,然後顯給十二使徒看;後來一時顯給五百多弟兄看,其中一大半到如今還在,卻也有已經睡了的。」(3-6節)
保羅這樣的宣告,是要受信的人在一次確認自己所信的是真實的!而讀這封書信的信徒,是理所當然得受信者,你是否也是如此信呢?正如保羅再次的提醒:「不拘是我,是眾使徒,我們如此傳,你們也如此信了。」(11節)
然而保羅更是以個人的經歷來見證上帝的奇妙,因為他是因為看見復活的基督,從迫害教會的人改變成建立教會的人。他將自己的轉變見證出來:「我原是使徒中最小的,不配稱為使徒,因為我從前逼迫上帝的教會。然而,我今日成了何等人,是蒙上帝的恩才成的,並且他所賜我的恩不是徒然的。我比眾使徒格外勞苦;這原不是我,乃是上帝的恩與我同在。」(9-10節)
願你也如保羅一般,遇見復活的基督,使福音進入你的生命,也使你活在福音之中!