既是出于恩典,就不在乎行为。不然,恩典就不是恩典了。And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
如经上所记,神给他们昏迷的心,眼睛不能看见,耳朵不能听见,直到今日。(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
我且说,他们失脚是要他们跌倒吗。断乎不是。反倒因他们的过失,救恩便临到外邦人,要激动他们发愤。I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
若他们的过失,为天下的富足,他们的缺乏,为外邦人的富足。何况他们的丰满呢。Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?