3:19 我们晓得律法上的话,都是对律法以下之人说的,好塞住各人的口,叫普世的人都伏在 神审判之下。
3:20 所以凡有血气的,没有一个因行律法能在 神面前称义,因为律法本是叫人知罪。
3:21 但如今, 神的义在律法以外已经显明出来,有律法和先知为证:
3:22 就是 神的义,因信耶稣基督加给一切相信的人,并没有分别。
3:23 因为世人都犯了罪,亏缺了 神的荣耀;
3:24 如今却蒙 神的恩典,因基督耶稣的救赎,就白白地称义。
3:25 神设立耶稣作挽回祭,是凭着耶稣的血,藉着人的信,要显明 神的义。因为他用忍耐的心,宽容人先时所犯的罪,
3:26 好在今时显明他的义,使人知道他自己为义,也称信耶稣的人为义。
19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.
21But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
22This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference,
23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
25God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished--
26he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.