我們因信耶穌基督而稱義 - 加拉太書讀經隨筆 第2章

加拉太書第二章第11-18節，保羅回憶說那次在安提阿，他批評了彼得（耶穌的十二個門徒之首）。原因是在安提阿，彼得本來與外邦人每次都一起吃飯，但是當那些受過割禮的人從雅各那裏到來後，彼得就害怕，不再與外邦人一起吃飯了（因為外邦人是沒有受過割禮的人）。當保羅看到彼得所做的不符合福音的真理時，就當著所有人的麵批評了彼得。這所有的人裏麵就包括從雅各那裏來的受過割禮的人。從保羅的話語裏看，這些話是更多的說給那些受過割禮的人聽的。保羅說我們雖為猶太人，但現在由於福音的緣故，行事為人不再遵循猶太人的老傳統（這些老傳統無非是要人行律法稱義）。因此，我們不應該強迫外邦人隨從猶太人的老傳統行事；並且，我們知道人稱義不是因為遵行律法，而是因為相信耶穌基督，因為凡有血氣的，沒有一人因行律法能夠稱義。可見，保羅寫這段回憶的目的是再次向加拉太的弟兄們強調因信稱義的道理。

 

加2:11 後來磯法到了安提阿、因他有可責之處、我就當麵抵擋他。

But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.

加2:12 從雅各那裏來的人、未到以先、他和外邦人一同吃飯．及至他們來到、他因怕奉割禮的人、就退去與外邦人隔開了。

For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

加2:13 其餘的猶太人、也都隨著他裝假．甚至連巴拿巴也隨夥裝假。

And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy; so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

加2:14 但我一看見他們行的不正、與福音的真理不合、就在眾人麵前對磯法說、你既是猶太人、若隨外邦人行事、不隨猶太人行事、怎麽還勉強外邦人隨猶太人呢。

But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?

加2:15 我們這生來的猶太人、不是外邦的罪人、

"We, being Jews by nature, and not Gentile sinners,

加2:16 既知道人稱義、不是因行律法、乃是因信耶穌基督、連我們也信了基督耶穌、使我們因信基督稱義、不因行律法稱義．因為凡有血氣的、沒有一人因行律法稱義。

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.