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II Corinthians 哥林多後書5:16-21

¹⁶ So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now!

16 所以，我們從今以後，不憑著外貌（原文是肉體；本節同）認人了。雖然憑著外貌認過基督，如今卻不再這樣認他了。

¹⁷ This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

17 若有人在基督裏，他就是新造的人，舊事已過，都變成新的了。

¹⁸ And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 

18一切都是出於神；他藉著基督使我們與他和好，又將勸人與他和好的職分賜給我們。

¹⁹ For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 

19這就是神在基督裏，叫世人與自己和好，不將他們的過犯歸到他們身上，並且將這和好的道理託付了我們。

²⁰ So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”

20所以，我們作基督的使者，就好像神藉我們勸你們一般。我們替基督求你們與神和好。

²¹ For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

21神使那無罪（無罪：原文是不知罪）的，替我們成為罪，好叫我們在他裏面成為神的義。

Meditate 默想：

1. What kind of God do you see from this passage? What are His attributes? 從這段經文中，你看出我們的神是怎樣的神？祂有什麼特質？
2. As you receive this passage, what is God saying to us? 你領受這段經文，神在向我們說什麼？
3. How do you apply this passage in your life? 你如何應用這段經文在你的生活中？