Matthew 20:28 正如人子来，不是要受人的服侍，乃是要服侍人，并且要舍命，作多人的赎价。”

20:28 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 正如人子来，不是要受人的服侍，乃是要服侍人，并且要舍命，作多人的赎价。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 正如人子来，不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，并且要舍命，作多人的赎价。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 正如人子来，不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，并且要舍命，作多人的赎价。”
当代译本 - 正如人子不是来受人服侍，而是来服侍人，并且牺牲性命，作许多人的赎价。”
圣经新译本 - 正如人子来，不是要受人的服事，而是要服事人，并且要舍命，作许多人的赎价。”
中文标准译本 - 就像人子来不是为了受人的服事，而是为了服事人，并且献上自己的生命，替许多人做救赎的代价。”
现代标点和合本 - 正如人子来不是要受人的服侍，乃是要服侍人，并且要舍命做多人的赎价。”
和合本（拼音版） - 正如人子来，不是要受人的服侍，乃是要服侍人，并且要舍命，作多人的赎价。”
New International Version - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
New International Reader's Version - Be like the Son of Man. He did not come to be served. Instead, he came to serve others. He came to give his life as the price for setting many people free.”
English Standard Version - even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
New Living Translation - For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Christian Standard Bible - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
New American Standard Bible - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
New King James Version - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Amplified Bible - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [paying the price to set them free from the penalty of sin].”
American Standard Version - even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
King James Version - Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
New English Translation - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
World English Bible - even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
新標點和合本 - 正如人子來，不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，並且要捨命，作多人的贖價。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 正如人子來，不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，並且要捨命，作多人的贖價。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 正如人子來，不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，並且要捨命，作多人的贖價。」
當代譯本 - 正如人子不是來受人服侍，而是來服侍人，並且犧牲性命，作許多人的贖價。」
聖經新譯本 - 正如人子來，不是要受人的服事，而是要服事人，並且要捨命，作許多人的贖價。”
呂振中譯本 - 正如人子來，並不是要受服事，乃是要服事人，並且將性命獻出，替許多人做贖價。』
中文標準譯本 - 就像人子來不是為了受人的服事，而是為了服事人，並且獻上自己的生命，替許多人做救贖的代價。」
現代標點和合本 - 正如人子來不是要受人的服侍，乃是要服侍人，並且要捨命做多人的贖價。」
文理和合譯本 - 猶人子至、非以役人、乃役於人、且舍生為眾贖也、○
文理委辦譯本 - 猶人子至、非以役人、乃役於人、且舍生為眾贖也、○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 即如人子來、非以役人、乃役於人、且舍其生以贖眾也、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 正如人子之來、非以役人、乃為人役、且捨其生以為眾人之贖焉。』
Nueva Versión Internacional - así como el Hijo del hombre no vino para que le sirvan, sino para servir y para dar su vida en rescate por muchos.
현대인의 성경 - 나는 섬김을 받으러 온 것이 아니라 섬기러 왔으며 많은 사람의 죄값을 치르기 위해 내 생명마저 주려고 왔다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Ведь и Сын Человеческий пришел не для того, чтобы Ему служили, но чтобы служить другим и отдать Свою жизнь как выкуп за многих. ( Мк. 10:46-52 ; Лк. 18:35-43 )
Восточный перевод - Ведь и Ниспосланный как Человек пришёл не для того, чтобы Ему служили, но чтобы служить другим и отдать Свою жизнь как выкуп за многих.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Ведь и Ниспосланный как Человек пришёл не для того, чтобы Ему служили, но чтобы служить другим и отдать Свою жизнь как выкуп за многих.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Ведь и Ниспосланный как Человек пришёл не для того, чтобы Ему служили, но чтобы служить другим и отдать Свою жизнь как выкуп за многих.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car, de même, le Fils de l’homme n’est pas venu pour se faire servir, mais pour servir et donner sa vie en rançon pour beaucoup.
リビングバイブル - メシヤのわたしでさえ、人々に仕えられるためではなく、みなに仕えるためにこの世に来たのです。そればかりか、多くの人の罪の代償として自分のいのちを与えるために来たのです。だからあなたがたも、わたしを見ならいなさい。」
Nestle Aland 28 - ὥσπερ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθεν διακονηθῆναι ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὥσπερ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθεν διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.
Nova Versão Internacional - como o Filho do homem, que não veio para ser servido, mas para servir e dar a sua vida em resgate por muitos”. ( Mc 10.46-52 ; Lc 18.35-43 )
Hoffnung für alle - Denn auch der Menschensohn ist nicht gekommen, um sich bedienen zu lassen. Er kam, um zu dienen und sein Leben als Lösegeld hinzugeben, damit viele Menschen aus der Gewalt des Bösen befreit werden.« ( Markus 10,46‒52 ; Lukas 18,35‒43 )
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các con nên bắt chước Con Người, vì Ta đến trần gian không phải để cho người phục vụ, nhưng để phục vụ người, và hy sinh tính mạng cứu chuộc nhiều người.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เหมือนกับที่บุตรมนุษย์ไม่ได้มาเพื่อรับการปรนนิบัติ แต่มาเพื่อปรนนิบัติและประทานชีวิตของพระองค์เป็นค่าไถ่เพื่อคนเป็นอันมาก” ( มก.10:46-52 ; ลก.18:35-43 )
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แม้แต่บุตรมนุษย์ก็ไม่ได้มาเพื่อให้ผู้ใดรับใช้ แต่มาเพื่อจะรับใช้ และเพื่อมอบชีวิตของท่านให้เป็นค่าไถ่แก่คนจำนวนมาก”

交叉引用

Matthew 8:20 - Jesus was curt: “Are you ready to rough it? We’re not staying in the best inns, you know.”
Romans 3:25 - God sacrificed Jesus on the altar of the world to clear that world of sin. Having faith in him sets us in the clear. God decided on this course of action in full view of the public—to set the world in the clear with himself through the sacrifice of Jesus, finally taking care of the sins he had so patiently endured. This is not only clear, but it’s now—this is current history! God sets things right. He also makes it possible for us to live in his rightness.
1 John 2:2 - Here’s how we can be sure that we know God in the right way: Keep his commandments.
Daniel 9:24 - “‘Seventy sevens are set for your people and for your holy city to throttle rebellion, stop sin, wipe out crime, set things right forever, confirm what the prophet saw, and anoint The Holy of Holies.
Daniel 9:25 - “‘Here is what you must understand: From the time the word goes out to rebuild Jerusalem until the coming of the Anointed Leader, there will be seven sevens. The rebuilding will take sixty-two sevens, including building streets and digging a moat. Those will be rough times. After the sixty-two sevens, the Anointed Leader will be killed—the end of him. The city and Sanctuary will be laid in ruins by the army of the newly arriving leader. The end will come in a rush, like a flood. War will rage right up to the end, desolation the order of the day.
Hebrews 2:10 - It makes good sense that the God who got everything started and keeps everything going now completes the work by making the Salvation Pioneer perfect through suffering as he leads all these people to glory. Since the One who saves and those who are saved have a common origin, Jesus doesn’t hesitate to treat them as family, saying, I’ll tell my good friends, my brothers and sisters, all I know about you; I’ll join them in worship and praise to you. Again, he puts himself in the same family circle when he says, Even I live by placing my trust in God. And yet again, I’m here with the children God gave me.
Isaiah 53:10 - Still, it’s what God had in mind all along, to crush him with pain. The plan was that he give himself as an offering for sin so that he’d see life come from it—life, life, and more life. And God’s plan will deeply prosper through him.
Isaiah 53:11 - Out of that terrible travail of soul, he’ll see that it’s worth it and be glad he did it. Through what he experienced, my righteous one, my servant, will make many “righteous ones,” as he himself carries the burden of their sins. Therefore I’ll reward him extravagantly— the best of everything, the highest honors— Because he looked death in the face and didn’t flinch, because he embraced the company of the lowest. He took on his own shoulders the sin of the many, he took up the cause of all the black sheep.
Ephesians 1:7 - Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.
Psalms 49:7 - Really! There’s no such thing as self-rescue, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. The cost of rescue is beyond our means, and even then it doesn’t guarantee Life forever, or insurance against the Black Hole.
Galatians 3:13 - Christ redeemed us from that self-defeating, cursed life by absorbing it completely into himself. Do you remember the Scripture that says, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”? That is what happened when Jesus was nailed to the cross: He became a curse, and at the same time dissolved the curse. And now, because of that, the air is cleared and we can see that Abraham’s blessing is present and available for non-Jews, too. We are all able to receive God’s life, his Spirit, in and with us by believing—just the way Abraham received it. * * *
Romans 5:15 - Yet the rescuing gift is not exactly parallel to the death-dealing sin. If one man’s sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God’s gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do! There’s no comparison between that death-dealing sin and this generous, life-giving gift. The verdict on that one sin was the death sentence; the verdict on the many sins that followed was this wonderful life sentence. If death got the upper hand through one man’s wrongdoing, can you imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes, absolute life, in those who grasp with both hands this wildly extravagant life-gift, this grand setting-everything-right, that the one man Jesus Christ provides?
Romans 5:18 - Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life! One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right.
John 13:7 - Jesus answered, “You don’t understand now what I’m doing, but it will be clear enough to you later.”
John 13:8 - Peter persisted, “You’re not going to wash my feet—ever!” Jesus said, “If I don’t wash you, you can’t be part of what I’m doing.”
John 13:9 - “Master!” said Peter. “Not only my feet, then. Wash my hands! Wash my head!”
John 13:10 - Jesus said, “If you’ve had a bath in the morning, you only need your feet washed now and you’re clean from head to toe. My concern, you understand, is holiness, not hygiene. So now you’re clean. But not every one of you.” (He knew who was betraying him. That’s why he said, “Not every one of you.”) After he had finished washing their feet, he took his robe, put it back on, and went back to his place at the table.
John 13:12 - Then he said, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You address me as ‘Teacher’ and ‘Master,’ and rightly so. That is what I am. So if I, the Master and Teacher, washed your feet, you must now wash each other’s feet. I’ve laid down a pattern for you. What I’ve done, you do. I’m only pointing out the obvious. A servant is not ranked above his master; an employee doesn’t give orders to the employer. If you understand what I’m telling you, act like it—and live a blessed life.
Philippians 2:5 - Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion.
1 Peter 1:18 - Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.
Luke 22:27 - “Who would you rather be: the one who eats the dinner or the one who serves the dinner? You’d rather eat and be served, right? But I’ve taken my place among you as the one who serves. And you’ve stuck with me through thick and thin. Now I confer on you the royal authority my Father conferred on me so you can eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and be strengthened as you take up responsibilities among the congregations of God’s people.

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 正如人子来，不是要受人的服侍，乃是要服侍人，并且要舍命，作多人的赎价。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 正如人子来，不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，并且要舍命，作多人的赎价。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 正如人子来，不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，并且要舍命，作多人的赎价。”
当代译本 - 正如人子不是来受人服侍，而是来服侍人，并且牺牲性命，作许多人的赎价。”
圣经新译本 - 正如人子来，不是要受人的服事，而是要服事人，并且要舍命，作许多人的赎价。”
中文标准译本 - 就像人子来不是为了受人的服事，而是为了服事人，并且献上自己的生命，替许多人做救赎的代价。”
现代标点和合本 - 正如人子来不是要受人的服侍，乃是要服侍人，并且要舍命做多人的赎价。”
和合本（拼音版） - 正如人子来，不是要受人的服侍，乃是要服侍人，并且要舍命，作多人的赎价。”
New International Version - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
New International Reader's Version - Be like the Son of Man. He did not come to be served. Instead, he came to serve others. He came to give his life as the price for setting many people free.”
English Standard Version - even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
New Living Translation - For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Christian Standard Bible - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
New American Standard Bible - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
New King James Version - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Amplified Bible - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [paying the price to set them free from the penalty of sin].”
American Standard Version - even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
King James Version - Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
New English Translation - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
World English Bible - even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
新標點和合本 - 正如人子來，不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，並且要捨命，作多人的贖價。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 正如人子來，不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，並且要捨命，作多人的贖價。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 正如人子來，不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，並且要捨命，作多人的贖價。」
當代譯本 - 正如人子不是來受人服侍，而是來服侍人，並且犧牲性命，作許多人的贖價。」
聖經新譯本 - 正如人子來，不是要受人的服事，而是要服事人，並且要捨命，作許多人的贖價。”
呂振中譯本 - 正如人子來，並不是要受服事，乃是要服事人，並且將性命獻出，替許多人做贖價。』
中文標準譯本 - 就像人子來不是為了受人的服事，而是為了服事人，並且獻上自己的生命，替許多人做救贖的代價。」
現代標點和合本 - 正如人子來不是要受人的服侍，乃是要服侍人，並且要捨命做多人的贖價。」
文理和合譯本 - 猶人子至、非以役人、乃役於人、且舍生為眾贖也、○
文理委辦譯本 - 猶人子至、非以役人、乃役於人、且舍生為眾贖也、○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 即如人子來、非以役人、乃役於人、且舍其生以贖眾也、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 正如人子之來、非以役人、乃為人役、且捨其生以為眾人之贖焉。』
Nueva Versión Internacional - así como el Hijo del hombre no vino para que le sirvan, sino para servir y para dar su vida en rescate por muchos.
현대인의 성경 - 나는 섬김을 받으러 온 것이 아니라 섬기러 왔으며 많은 사람의 죄값을 치르기 위해 내 생명마저 주려고 왔다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Ведь и Сын Человеческий пришел не для того, чтобы Ему служили, но чтобы служить другим и отдать Свою жизнь как выкуп за многих. ( Мк. 10:46-52 ; Лк. 18:35-43 )
Восточный перевод - Ведь и Ниспосланный как Человек пришёл не для того, чтобы Ему служили, но чтобы служить другим и отдать Свою жизнь как выкуп за многих.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Ведь и Ниспосланный как Человек пришёл не для того, чтобы Ему служили, но чтобы служить другим и отдать Свою жизнь как выкуп за многих.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Ведь и Ниспосланный как Человек пришёл не для того, чтобы Ему служили, но чтобы служить другим и отдать Свою жизнь как выкуп за многих.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car, de même, le Fils de l’homme n’est pas venu pour se faire servir, mais pour servir et donner sa vie en rançon pour beaucoup.
リビングバイブル - メシヤのわたしでさえ、人々に仕えられるためではなく、みなに仕えるためにこの世に来たのです。そればかりか、多くの人の罪の代償として自分のいのちを与えるために来たのです。だからあなたがたも、わたしを見ならいなさい。」
Nestle Aland 28 - ὥσπερ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθεν διακονηθῆναι ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὥσπερ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθεν διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.
Nova Versão Internacional - como o Filho do homem, que não veio para ser servido, mas para servir e dar a sua vida em resgate por muitos”. ( Mc 10.46-52 ; Lc 18.35-43 )
Hoffnung für alle - Denn auch der Menschensohn ist nicht gekommen, um sich bedienen zu lassen. Er kam, um zu dienen und sein Leben als Lösegeld hinzugeben, damit viele Menschen aus der Gewalt des Bösen befreit werden.« ( Markus 10,46‒52 ; Lukas 18,35‒43 )
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các con nên bắt chước Con Người, vì Ta đến trần gian không phải để cho người phục vụ, nhưng để phục vụ người, và hy sinh tính mạng cứu chuộc nhiều người.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เหมือนกับที่บุตรมนุษย์ไม่ได้มาเพื่อรับการปรนนิบัติ แต่มาเพื่อปรนนิบัติและประทานชีวิตของพระองค์เป็นค่าไถ่เพื่อคนเป็นอันมาก” ( มก.10:46-52 ; ลก.18:35-43 )
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แม้แต่บุตรมนุษย์ก็ไม่ได้มาเพื่อให้ผู้ใดรับใช้ แต่มาเพื่อจะรับใช้ และเพื่อมอบชีวิตของท่านให้เป็นค่าไถ่แก่คนจำนวนมาก”

Matthew 8:20 - Jesus was curt: “Are you ready to rough it? We’re not staying in the best inns, you know.”
Romans 3:25 - God sacrificed Jesus on the altar of the world to clear that world of sin. Having faith in him sets us in the clear. God decided on this course of action in full view of the public—to set the world in the clear with himself through the sacrifice of Jesus, finally taking care of the sins he had so patiently endured. This is not only clear, but it’s now—this is current history! God sets things right. He also makes it possible for us to live in his rightness.
1 John 2:2 - Here’s how we can be sure that we know God in the right way: Keep his commandments.
Daniel 9:24 - “‘Seventy sevens are set for your people and for your holy city to throttle rebellion, stop sin, wipe out crime, set things right forever, confirm what the prophet saw, and anoint The Holy of Holies.
Daniel 9:25 - “‘Here is what you must understand: From the time the word goes out to rebuild Jerusalem until the coming of the Anointed Leader, there will be seven sevens. The rebuilding will take sixty-two sevens, including building streets and digging a moat. Those will be rough times. After the sixty-two sevens, the Anointed Leader will be killed—the end of him. The city and Sanctuary will be laid in ruins by the army of the newly arriving leader. The end will come in a rush, like a flood. War will rage right up to the end, desolation the order of the day.
Hebrews 2:10 - It makes good sense that the God who got everything started and keeps everything going now completes the work by making the Salvation Pioneer perfect through suffering as he leads all these people to glory. Since the One who saves and those who are saved have a common origin, Jesus doesn’t hesitate to treat them as family, saying, I’ll tell my good friends, my brothers and sisters, all I know about you; I’ll join them in worship and praise to you. Again, he puts himself in the same family circle when he says, Even I live by placing my trust in God. And yet again, I’m here with the children God gave me.
Isaiah 53:10 - Still, it’s what God had in mind all along, to crush him with pain. The plan was that he give himself as an offering for sin so that he’d see life come from it—life, life, and more life. And God’s plan will deeply prosper through him.
Isaiah 53:11 - Out of that terrible travail of soul, he’ll see that it’s worth it and be glad he did it. Through what he experienced, my righteous one, my servant, will make many “righteous ones,” as he himself carries the burden of their sins. Therefore I’ll reward him extravagantly— the best of everything, the highest honors— Because he looked death in the face and didn’t flinch, because he embraced the company of the lowest. He took on his own shoulders the sin of the many, he took up the cause of all the black sheep.
Ephesians 1:7 - Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.
Psalms 49:7 - Really! There’s no such thing as self-rescue, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. The cost of rescue is beyond our means, and even then it doesn’t guarantee Life forever, or insurance against the Black Hole.
Galatians 3:13 - Christ redeemed us from that self-defeating, cursed life by absorbing it completely into himself. Do you remember the Scripture that says, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”? That is what happened when Jesus was nailed to the cross: He became a curse, and at the same time dissolved the curse. And now, because of that, the air is cleared and we can see that Abraham’s blessing is present and available for non-Jews, too. We are all able to receive God’s life, his Spirit, in and with us by believing—just the way Abraham received it. * * *
Romans 5:15 - Yet the rescuing gift is not exactly parallel to the death-dealing sin. If one man’s sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God’s gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do! There’s no comparison between that death-dealing sin and this generous, life-giving gift. The verdict on that one sin was the death sentence; the verdict on the many sins that followed was this wonderful life sentence. If death got the upper hand through one man’s wrongdoing, can you imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes, absolute life, in those who grasp with both hands this wildly extravagant life-gift, this grand setting-everything-right, that the one man Jesus Christ provides?
Romans 5:18 - Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life! One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right.
John 13:7 - Jesus answered, “You don’t understand now what I’m doing, but it will be clear enough to you later.”
John 13:8 - Peter persisted, “You’re not going to wash my feet—ever!” Jesus said, “If I don’t wash you, you can’t be part of what I’m doing.”
John 13:9 - “Master!” said Peter. “Not only my feet, then. Wash my hands! Wash my head!”
John 13:10 - Jesus said, “If you’ve had a bath in the morning, you only need your feet washed now and you’re clean from head to toe. My concern, you understand, is holiness, not hygiene. So now you’re clean. But not every one of you.” (He knew who was betraying him. That’s why he said, “Not every one of you.”) After he had finished washing their feet, he took his robe, put it back on, and went back to his place at the table.
John 13:12 - Then he said, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You address me as ‘Teacher’ and ‘Master,’ and rightly so. That is what I am. So if I, the Master and Teacher, washed your feet, you must now wash each other’s feet. I’ve laid down a pattern for you. What I’ve done, you do. I’m only pointing out the obvious. A servant is not ranked above his master; an employee doesn’t give orders to the employer. If you understand what I’m telling you, act like it—and live a blessed life.
Philippians 2:5 - Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion.
1 Peter 1:18 - Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.
Luke 22:27 - “Who would you rather be: the one who eats the dinner or the one who serves the dinner? You’d rather eat and be served, right? But I’ve taken my place among you as the one who serves. And you’ve stuck with me through thick and thin. Now I confer on you the royal authority my Father conferred on me so you can eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and be strengthened as you take up responsibilities among the congregations of God’s people.