加拉太书第二章第17-21节,保罗说我们既然是在耶稣基督里称义,就不再是罪人了,因为我们已经与耶稣基督同钉十字架,向着律法我们已经死了,这样叫我们可以向神活着。现在活着的不再是那个从前的我们,而是新造的人,是基督在我们里面活着。并且,我们如今在肉身活着,是因信神的儿子耶稣而活,他爱我们,为了我们的罪而死在十字架上,这是神的恩典。因此,保罗说我们不能废掉神的恩典,义如果是通过律法得来的,基督就是白死了。可见,保罗在这里归根结底是在强调因信称义的真理。
加2:17 我们向律法死了、叫我可以向 神活着。若求在基督里称义、却仍旧是罪人、难道基督是叫人犯罪的么.断乎不是。
But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!
加2:18 我素来所拆毁的、若重新建造、这就证明自己是犯罪的人。
For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.
加2:19 我因律法、就向律法死了、叫我可以向 神活着。
For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God.
加2:20 我已经与基督同钉十字架.现在活着的、不再是我、乃是基督在我里面活着.并且我如今在肉身活着、是因信 神的儿子而活、他是爱我、为我舍己。
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
加2:21 我不废掉 神的恩.义若是借着律法得的、基督就是徒然死了。
I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"