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W1 2011-06-20 (徒15
經文: 使徒行傳 15:1 有幾個人從猶太下來，教訓弟兄們說：你們若不按摩西的規條受割禮，不能得救。
默想: 這幾個從猶太下來的基督徒，代表著歷世歷代教會一直都存在的保守傳統主義。他們把主耶穌基督的救恩，與猶太教傳統中最寶貴的摩西律法中的割禮，綁在一起。割禮是耶和華與亞伯拉罕立約盟誓的重要標記。這個在猶太教傳統中極為神聖的身體標記，與耶穌基督所帶來的救恩之間，是否有必然的關係呢？根據這些來自猶太基督徒的看法，外邦人要得到耶穌基督的救恩，必需先接受割禮，成為猶太教徒，然後才可以享受救恩。多少時候，我們也將自己認為很寶貴的教會傳統，加入成為蒙恩得救的必要條件。我還記得在恆春基督教醫院服侍時，有一位藥物濫用的青年到醫院來戒藥。當他把藥戒斷了之後，抽煙的習慣還沒有改掉。他表示願意受洗成為基督徒，在同工之間，就引起不小的爭議，是否要等到他也把抽煙的習慣改掉之後，再接受讓他受洗。但願我們在認罪悔改，相信主耶穌成為救主與生命的主宰之外，不要再加上任何其他個人的偏好，成為別人得救的額外條件。
題目: 從耶路撒冷會議中，教會如何面對處理爭議？你有何看法？有何我們學習的地方？
15:1 有幾個人從猶太下來，教訓弟兄們說：你們若不按摩西的規條受割禮，不能得救。
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
15:2 保羅、巴拿巴與他們大大的紛爭辯論；眾門徒就定規，叫保羅、巴拿巴和本會中幾個人，為所辯論的，上耶路撒冷去見使徒和長老。
And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
15:3 於是教會送他們起行。他們經過腓尼基、撒馬利亞，隨處傳說外邦人歸主的事，叫眾弟兄都甚歡喜。
So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoeni'cia and Sama'ria, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles, and they gave great joy to all the brethren.
15:4 到了耶路撒冷，教會和使徒並長老都接待他們，他們就述說 神同他們所行的一切事。
When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
15:5 惟有幾個信徒、是法利賽教門的人，起來說：必須給外邦人行割禮，吩咐他們遵守摩西的律法。
But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up, and said, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses."
15:6 使徒和長老聚會商議這事；
The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.
15:7 辯論已經多了，彼得就起來，說：諸位弟兄，你們知道 神早已在你們中間揀選了我，叫外邦人從我口中得聽福音之道，而且相信。
And after there had been much debate, Peter rose and said to them, "Brethren, you know that in the early days God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
15:8 知道人心的 神也為他們作了見證，賜聖靈給他們，正如給我們一樣；
And God who knows the heart bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us;
15:9 又藉著信潔淨了他們的心，並不分他們我們。
and he made no distinction between us and them, but cleansed their hearts by faith.
15:10 現在為甚麼試探 神，要把我們祖宗和我們所不能負的軛放在門徒的頸項上呢？
Now therefore why do you make trial of God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
15:11 我們得救乃是因主耶穌的恩，和他們一樣，這是我們所信的。
But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will."
15:12 眾人都默默無聲，聽巴拿巴和保羅述說 神藉他們在外邦人中所行的神蹟奇事。
And all the assembly kept silence; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
15:13 他們住了聲，雅各就說：諸位弟兄，請聽我的話。
After they finished speaking, James replied, "Brethren, listen to me.
15:14 方才西門述說 神當初怎樣眷顧外邦人，從他們中間選取百姓歸於自己的名下；
Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15:15 眾先知的話也與這意思相合。
And with this the words of the prophets agree, as it is written,
15:16 正如經上所寫的：此後，我要回來，重新修造大衛倒塌的帳幕，把那破壞的重新修造建立起來，
`After this I will return, and I will rebuild the dwelling of David, which has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will set it up,
15:17 叫餘剩的人，就是凡稱為我名下的外邦人，都尋求主。
that the rest of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name,
15:18 這話是從創世以來，顯明這事的主說的。
says the Lord, who has made these things known from of old.'
15:19 所以據我的意見，不可難為那歸服 神的外邦人；
Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,
15:20 只要寫信，吩咐他們禁戒偶像的污穢和姦淫，並勒死的牲畜和血。
but should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols and from unchastity and from what is strangled and from blood.
15:21 因為從古以來，摩西的書在各城有人傳講，每逢安息日，在會堂裡誦讀。
For from early generations Moses has had in every city those who preach him, for he is read every sabbath in the synagogues."
15:22 那時，使徒和長老並全教會定意從他們中間揀選人，差他們和保羅、巴拿巴同往安提阿去；所揀選的就是稱呼巴撒巴的猶大和西拉。這兩個人在弟兄中是作首領的。
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsab'bas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,
15:23 於是寫信交付他們，內中說：使徒和作長老的弟兄們問安提阿、敘利亞、基利家外邦眾弟兄的安。
with the following letter: "The brethren, both the apostles and the elders, to the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cili'cia, greeting.
15:24 我們聽說，有幾個人從我們這裡出去，用言語攪擾你們，惑亂你們的心。（有古卷在此有：你們必須受割禮，守摩西的律法。）其實我們並沒有吩咐他們。
Since we have heard that some persons from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions,
15:25 所以，我們同心定意，揀選幾個人，差他們同我們所親愛的巴拿巴和保羅往你們那裡去。
it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
15:26 這二人是為我主耶穌基督的名不顧性命的。
men who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15:27 我們就差了猶大和西拉，他們也要親口訴說這些事。
We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth.
15:28 因為聖靈和我們定意不將別的重擔放在你們身上；惟有幾件事是不可少的，
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:
15:29 就是禁戒祭偶像的物和血，並勒死的牲畜和姦淫。這幾件你們若能自己禁戒不犯就好了。願你們平安！
that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell."
15:30 他們既奉了差遣，就下安提阿去，聚集眾人，交付書信。
So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.
15:31 眾人念了，因為信上安慰的話就歡喜了。
And when they read it, they rejoiced at the exhortation.
15:32 猶大和西拉也是先知，就用許多話勸勉弟兄，堅固他們。
And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words and strengthened them.
15:33 住了些日子，弟兄們打發他們平平安安的回到差遣他們的人那裡去。（有古卷在此有：
And after they had spent some time, they were sent off in peace by the brethren to those who had sent them.
15:35 但保羅和巴拿巴仍住在安提阿，和許多別人一同教訓人，傳主的道。
But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
15:36 過了些日子，保羅對巴拿巴說：我們可以回到從前宣傳主道的各城，看望弟兄們景況如何。
And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Come, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are."
15:37 巴拿巴有意要帶稱呼馬可的約翰同去；
And Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark.
15:38 但保羅因為馬可從前在旁非利亞離開他們，不和他們同去做工，就以為不可帶他去。
But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphyl'ia, and had not gone with them to the work.
15:39 於是二人起了爭論，甚至彼此分開。巴拿巴帶著馬可，坐船往塞浦路斯去；
And there arose a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,
15:40 保羅揀選了西拉，也出去，蒙弟兄們把他交於主的恩中。
but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.
15:41 他就走遍敘利亞、基利家，堅固眾教會。
And he went through Syria and Cili'cia, strengthening the churches.
But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
15:2 保羅、巴拿巴與他們大大的紛爭辯論；眾門徒就定規，叫保羅、巴拿巴和本會中幾個人，為所辯論的，上耶路撒冷去見使徒和長老。
And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
15:3 於是教會送他們起行。他們經過腓尼基、撒馬利亞，隨處傳說外邦人歸主的事，叫眾弟兄都甚歡喜。
So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoeni'cia and Sama'ria, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles, and they gave great joy to all the brethren.
15:4 到了耶路撒冷，教會和使徒並長老都接待他們，他們就述說 神同他們所行的一切事。
When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
15:5 惟有幾個信徒、是法利賽教門的人，起來說：必須給外邦人行割禮，吩咐他們遵守摩西的律法。
But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up, and said, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses."
15:6 使徒和長老聚會商議這事；
The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.
15:7 辯論已經多了，彼得就起來，說：諸位弟兄，你們知道 神早已在你們中間揀選了我，叫外邦人從我口中得聽福音之道，而且相信。
And after there had been much debate, Peter rose and said to them, "Brethren, you know that in the early days God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
15:8 知道人心的 神也為他們作了見證，賜聖靈給他們，正如給我們一樣；
And God who knows the heart bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us;
15:9 又藉著信潔淨了他們的心，並不分他們我們。
and he made no distinction between us and them, but cleansed their hearts by faith.
15:10 現在為甚麼試探 神，要把我們祖宗和我們所不能負的軛放在門徒的頸項上呢？
Now therefore why do you make trial of God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
15:11 我們得救乃是因主耶穌的恩，和他們一樣，這是我們所信的。
But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will."
15:12 眾人都默默無聲，聽巴拿巴和保羅述說 神藉他們在外邦人中所行的神蹟奇事。
And all the assembly kept silence; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
15:13 他們住了聲，雅各就說：諸位弟兄，請聽我的話。
After they finished speaking, James replied, "Brethren, listen to me.
15:14 方才西門述說 神當初怎樣眷顧外邦人，從他們中間選取百姓歸於自己的名下；
Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15:15 眾先知的話也與這意思相合。
And with this the words of the prophets agree, as it is written,
15:16 正如經上所寫的：此後，我要回來，重新修造大衛倒塌的帳幕，把那破壞的重新修造建立起來，
`After this I will return, and I will rebuild the dwelling of David, which has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will set it up,
15:17 叫餘剩的人，就是凡稱為我名下的外邦人，都尋求主。
that the rest of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name,
15:18 這話是從創世以來，顯明這事的主說的。
says the Lord, who has made these things known from of old.'
15:19 所以據我的意見，不可難為那歸服 神的外邦人；
Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,
15:20 只要寫信，吩咐他們禁戒偶像的污穢和姦淫，並勒死的牲畜和血。
but should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols and from unchastity and from what is strangled and from blood.
15:21 因為從古以來，摩西的書在各城有人傳講，每逢安息日，在會堂裡誦讀。
For from early generations Moses has had in every city those who preach him, for he is read every sabbath in the synagogues."
15:22 那時，使徒和長老並全教會定意從他們中間揀選人，差他們和保羅、巴拿巴同往安提阿去；所揀選的就是稱呼巴撒巴的猶大和西拉。這兩個人在弟兄中是作首領的。
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsab'bas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,
15:23 於是寫信交付他們，內中說：使徒和作長老的弟兄們問安提阿、敘利亞、基利家外邦眾弟兄的安。
with the following letter: "The brethren, both the apostles and the elders, to the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cili'cia, greeting.
15:24 我們聽說，有幾個人從我們這裡出去，用言語攪擾你們，惑亂你們的心。（有古卷在此有：你們必須受割禮，守摩西的律法。）其實我們並沒有吩咐他們。
Since we have heard that some persons from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions,
15:25 所以，我們同心定意，揀選幾個人，差他們同我們所親愛的巴拿巴和保羅往你們那裡去。
it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
15:26 這二人是為我主耶穌基督的名不顧性命的。
men who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15:27 我們就差了猶大和西拉，他們也要親口訴說這些事。
We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth.
15:28 因為聖靈和我們定意不將別的重擔放在你們身上；惟有幾件事是不可少的，
For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:
15:29 就是禁戒祭偶像的物和血，並勒死的牲畜和姦淫。這幾件你們若能自己禁戒不犯就好了。願你們平安！
that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell."
15:30 他們既奉了差遣，就下安提阿去，聚集眾人，交付書信。
So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.
15:31 眾人念了，因為信上安慰的話就歡喜了。
And when they read it, they rejoiced at the exhortation.
15:32 猶大和西拉也是先知，就用許多話勸勉弟兄，堅固他們。
And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words and strengthened them.
15:33 住了些日子，弟兄們打發他們平平安安的回到差遣他們的人那裡去。（有古卷在此有：
And after they had spent some time, they were sent off in peace by the brethren to those who had sent them.
15:35 但保羅和巴拿巴仍住在安提阿，和許多別人一同教訓人，傳主的道。
But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
15:36 過了些日子，保羅對巴拿巴說：我們可以回到從前宣傳主道的各城，看望弟兄們景況如何。
And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Come, let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are."
15:37 巴拿巴有意要帶稱呼馬可的約翰同去；
And Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark.
15:38 但保羅因為馬可從前在旁非利亞離開他們，不和他們同去做工，就以為不可帶他去。
But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphyl'ia, and had not gone with them to the work.
15:39 於是二人起了爭論，甚至彼此分開。巴拿巴帶著馬可，坐船往塞浦路斯去；
And there arose a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,
15:40 保羅揀選了西拉，也出去，蒙弟兄們把他交於主的恩中。
but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.
15:41 他就走遍敘利亞、基利家，堅固眾教會。
And he went through Syria and Cili'cia, strengthening the churches.
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