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神学问答62. 那些说到基督的工作是为全世界的经文,要怎么看呢?  

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62. 那些说到基督的工作是为全世界的经文,要怎么看呢?

What about the passages that speak of Christ's work being for the whole world?

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提倡所谓(常被人误解的)“无限的救赎”的人,会很快指出许多提到基督的死是为“全世界”(all the world)或类似语词的经文。事实上,圣经很清楚,基督为了拯救“万人”(all)而死,是在许多的不同背景下说的:基督要拯救“所有”相信的“世人”(约3:16);基督的死是为了拯救来自“各族、各方、各民、各国”的人(启5:9);是为了拯救“所有”社会阶层的人,富人或穷人、为奴的或自主的、君王或农夫、男人或女人、犹太人或希利尼人(加3:28;提前2:1-6)。因此,在许多不同的地方,祂的死被说成是为了“万人”或“世人”。例如,约翰福音1:29;提多书2:11-14(在这个背景中,“众人”所划定的界限是特定的一群人,即热心为善的人);希伯来书2:9-10(注意上下文,基督要领许多儿子进入荣耀,是“人人”的限定词);彼后3:9(注意此愿望,在上下文中很清楚地限定在“你们”,保罗是写给信徒的);约壹2:2(挽回祭的意思是“平息忿怒”;要不是耶稣为所有的人平息了神的忿怒,因而地狱(是上帝的震怒存在的地方)就不存在了,要不就是“普天下的人”这句话有另一层意思,不是指“所有曾经活过的人”,参见约翰福音11:51-52,有清楚的语言上的平行,为约翰强调基督的死不是只为犹太种族的人,而是为全世界所有的民族,提供了很强的证据。

Proponents of what is (misleadingly) called “unlimited atonement” are quick to point out the many passages that speak of Christ's death as being for “all the world,” and other similar phrases. The bible is, in fact, clear that Christ's death was intended to save “all” in a variety of contexts: it was intended to save “all” who believe (John 3:16); it was intended to save people from “all” kindreds, tribes, tongues, and nations (Rev. 5:9); it was intended to save persons from “all” classes, rich or poor, slave or free, king or peasant, man or woman, Jew or Greek (Gal. 3:28; 1 Tim. 2:1-6). Thus, his death is spoken of in a variety of places as being intended for “all,” or “the world”. For example, John 1:29; Tit 2:11-14 [in the context of “all men” is the delimiting concept of a peculiar people, zealous of good works]; Heb 2:9-10 [notice that the many sons whom Christ brings to glory gives a contextual delimiter to the term “every”]; 2Pe 3:9 [note that this desire is explicitly limited to “us” (Peter was writing to fellow-believers) in the context]; 1Jo 2:2 [propitiation means “appeasement of wrath”; either Jesus appeases God's wrath against all, and therefore hell (which is the place where God's wrath resides) is non-existent; or the “whole world” means something different than “every individual who ever lived”. See John 11:51-52 for a clear verbal parallel that gives strong support of the Johannine emphasis on Christ's death being, not just for ethnic Jews, but for people across the whole world].

 

总之,是的,圣经经常说到基督的死是为全世界;这是因为有一个撼动思维范式的事实,就是当基督来救赎一群百姓时,祂所要救赎的人来自天下所有的国家,与绝大多数犹太人所期望的是不同的。

In sum, yes, the bible often speaks of Christ's death as being for the whole world; and that is because of the paradigm-shattering reality that, when Christ came to redeem a people, he intended to redeem that people from every nation under heaven, quite out of keeping with the expectations of the majority of the Jewish people.

 

最后提一点,用另一种方式来看“世人”(world)、“万人”(all)在整本新约中的用法,对我们会很有启发。“万人”经常是指一小群人中所有的人,甚或只是一小群人当中的许多代表(太10:22;林前6:12;15:22;太2:3;约4:29;徒10:29;17:21;21:28;26:4);或表明所有的“阶层“或“万国”,而不是每一个个人(太5:11;徒2:17;10:12)。“世人”通常是用来指“许多人”,或一小群人中所有的人(路2:1-2;约6:33;12:19;徒19:27;罗1:8)。

As a final note, it is instructive to look at other ways in which the terms “world,” “all,” etc., are used throughout the New Testament. The word “all” is often used to indicate all of a set, or even many representatives of a set (Mat 10:22; 1Co 6:12; 15:22; Mat 2:3; Joh 4:29; Act 10:39; 17:21; 21:28; 26:4); or, to indicate all “classes” or “nations,” not all individuals (Mat 5:11; Act 2:17; 10:12). The word “world” is often used in the sense of “many,” or “all of a set” (Luk 2:1-2; Joh 6:33; 12:19; Act 19:27; Rom 1:8).

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