Romans 2:15 这是显出律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们是非之心同作见证，并且他们的思念互相较量，或以为是，或以为非。）

2:15 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 这是显出律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们是非之心同作见证，并且他们的思念互相较量，或以为是，或以为非。）
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们显明律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们的良心一同作证—他们的内心挣扎，有时自责，有时为自己辩护。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们显明律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们的良心一同作证—他们的内心挣扎，有时自责，有时为自己辩护。
当代译本 - 这表明律法的要求刻在他们心里，他们的良心也可以做见证，并且他们的思想有时指控他们，有时为他们辩护。
圣经新译本 - 这就表明律法的作用是刻在他们的心里，有他们的良心一同作证，他们的思想互相较量，或作控告、或作辩护。
中文标准译本 - 这就显出律法的要求刻在他们的心里，他们的良心也一同作证，而且自己的心思之间，互相控告或辩解。
现代标点和合本 - 这是显出律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们是非之心同作见证，并且他们的思念互相较量，或以为是，或以为非。）
和合本（拼音版） - 这是显出律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们是非之心同作见证，并且他们的思念互相较量，或以为是，或以为非。）
New International Version - They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)
New International Reader's Version - They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts. The way their minds judge them proves this fact. Sometimes their thoughts find them guilty. At other times their thoughts find them not guilty.
English Standard Version - They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them
New Living Translation - They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right.
Christian Standard Bible - They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts either accuse or even excuse them
New American Standard Bible - in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,
New King James Version - who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them)
Amplified Bible - They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts; and their conscience [their sense of right and wrong, their moral choices] bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or perhaps defending them
American Standard Version - in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them);
King James Version - Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
New English Translation - They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,
World English Bible - in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)
新標點和合本 - 這是顯出律法的功用刻在他們心裏，他們是非之心同作見證，並且他們的思念互相較量，或以為是，或以為非。）
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們顯明律法的功用刻在他們心裏，他們的良心一同作證－他們的內心掙扎，有時自責，有時為自己辯護。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們顯明律法的功用刻在他們心裏，他們的良心一同作證—他們的內心掙扎，有時自責，有時為自己辯護。
當代譯本 - 這表明律法的要求刻在他們心裡，他們的良心也可以作見證，並且他們的思想有時指控他們，有時為他們辯護。
聖經新譯本 - 這就表明律法的作用是刻在他們的心裡，有他們的良心一同作證，他們的思想互相較量，或作控告、或作辯護。
呂振中譯本 - 這種人就證顯律法之功用是寫在他們自己心裏；他們的良知一同作證，他們的思想互相控告為有罪，或者自己辯護為無罪、
中文標準譯本 - 這就顯出律法的要求刻在他們的心裡，他們的良心也一同作證，而且自己的心思之間，互相控告或辯解。
現代標點和合本 - 這是顯出律法的功用刻在他們心裡，他們是非之心同作見證，並且他們的思念互相較量，或以為是，或以為非。）
文理和合譯本 - 乃律銘於其心、彰之以行、良心亦與同證、其相議也、或訟或恕、
文理委辦譯本 - 法銘於心、以行彰之、內自為證、而其思慮、時寓褒貶、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 即以行事彰明律法、銘於其心、是非之心、亦為之證、其意念互相褒貶、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 若是者顯然有法銘於其心、且有良心為之證明、必能辨別是非、而自為黜陟於審判之日。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Estos muestran que llevan escrito en el corazón lo que la ley exige, como lo atestigua su conciencia, pues sus propios pensamientos algunas veces los acusan y otras veces los excusan.
현대인의 성경 - 그들의 행동은 율법이 요구하는 일이 그들의 마음에 기록되어 있다는 것을 보여 주며 그들의 양심도 이것이 사실임을 증거하고 있습니다. 왜냐하면 그들의 생각이 서로 고발하며 변명하기 때문입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Они показывают тем самым, что требования Закона записаны у них в сердце , и об этом свидетельствуют их совесть и мысли, то оправдывающие их, то обвиняющие.)
Восточный перевод - Они показывают тем самым, что требования Закона записаны у них в сердце , и об этом свидетельствуют их совесть и мысли, то оправдывающие их, то обвиняющие.)
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Они показывают тем самым, что требования Закона записаны у них в сердце , и об этом свидетельствуют их совесть и мысли, то оправдывающие их, то обвиняющие.)
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Они показывают тем самым, что требования Закона записаны у них в сердце , и об этом свидетельствуют их совесть и мысли, то оправдывающие их, то обвиняющие.)
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ils démontrent par leur comportement que les œuvres demandées par la Loi sont inscrites dans leur cœur. Leur conscience en témoigne également, ainsi que les raisonnements par lesquels ils s’accusent ou s’excusent les uns les autres .
Nestle Aland 28 - οἵτινες ἐνδείκνυνται τὸ ἔργον τοῦ νόμου γραπτὸν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, συμμαρτυρούσης αὐτῶν τῆς συνειδήσεως καὶ μεταξὺ ἀλλήλων τῶν λογισμῶν κατηγορούντων ἢ καὶ ἀπολογουμένων,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οἵτινες ἐνδείκνυνται τὸ ἔργον τοῦ νόμου, γραπτὸν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, συνμαρτυρούσης αὐτῶν τῆς συνειδήσεως, καὶ μεταξὺ ἀλλήλων, τῶν λογισμῶν κατηγορούντων ἢ καὶ ἀπολογουμένων,
Nova Versão Internacional - pois mostram que as exigências da Lei estão gravadas em seu coração. Disso dão testemunho também a sua consciência e os pensamentos deles, ora acusando-os, ora defendendo-os.)
Hoffnung für alle - Durch ihr Handeln beweisen sie, dass die Forderungen des Gesetzes in ihre Herzen geschrieben sind. Das wird ihnen durch ihr Gewissen und auch durch ihre Gedanken bestätigt, die sie entweder anklagen oder freisprechen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Việc này chứng tỏ các nguyên tắc luật pháp đã được ghi vào lòng họ, lương tâm cũng làm chứng khi lên tiếng buộc tội hay biện hộ.
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交叉引用

Genesis 42:21 - Then they started talking among themselves. “Now we’re paying for what we did to our brother—we saw how terrified he was when he was begging us for mercy. We wouldn’t listen to him and now we’re the ones in trouble.”
Genesis 42:22 - Reuben broke in. “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t hurt the boy’? But no, you wouldn’t listen. And now we’re paying for his murder.”
Acts 24:16 - “Believe me, I do my level best to keep a clear conscience before God and my neighbors in everything I do. I’ve been out of the country for a number of years and now I’m back. While I was away, I took up a collection for the poor and brought that with me, along with offerings for the Temple. It was while making those offerings that they found me quietly at my prayers in the Temple. There was no crowd, there was no disturbance. It was some Jews from around Ephesus who started all this trouble. And you’ll notice they’re not here today. They’re cowards, too cowardly to accuse me in front of you.
1 Kings 2:44 - Then the king told Shimei, “Deep in your heart you know all the evil that you did to my father David; God will now avenge that evil on you. But King Solomon will be blessed and the rule of David will be a sure thing under God forever.”
Genesis 3:8 - When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from God.
Genesis 3:9 - God called to the Man: “Where are you?”
Genesis 3:10 - He said, “I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked. And I hid.”
Genesis 3:11 - God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from that tree I told you not to eat from?”
Acts 23:1 - Paul surveyed the members of the council with a steady gaze, and then said his piece: “Friends, I’ve lived with a clear conscience before God all my life, up to this very moment.” That set the Chief Priest Ananias off. He ordered his aides to slap Paul in the face. Paul shot back, “God will slap you down! What a fake you are! You sit there and judge me by the Law and then break the Law by ordering me slapped around!”
John 8:9 - Hearing that, they walked away, one after another, beginning with the oldest. The woman was left alone. Jesus stood up and spoke to her. “Woman, where are they? Does no one condemn you?”
Romans 9:1 - At the same time, you need to know that I carry with me at all times a huge sorrow. It’s an enormous pain deep within me, and I’m never free of it. I’m not exaggerating—Christ and the Holy Spirit are my witnesses. It’s the Israelites . . . If there were any way I could be cursed by the Messiah so they could be blessed by him, I’d do it in a minute. They’re my family. I grew up with them. They had everything going for them—family, glory, covenants, revelation, worship, promises, to say nothing of being the race that produced the Messiah, the Christ, who is God over everything, always. Oh, yes!
2 Corinthians 1:12 - Now that the worst is over, we’re pleased we can report that we’ve come out of this with conscience and faith intact, and can face the world—and even more importantly, face you with our heads held high. But it wasn’t by any fancy footwork on our part. It was God who kept us focused on him, uncompromised. Don’t try to read between the lines or look for hidden meanings in this letter. We’re writing plain, unembellished truth, hoping that you’ll now see the whole picture as well as you’ve seen some of the details. We want you to be as proud of us as we are of you when we stand together before our Master Jesus.
2 Corinthians 5:11 - That keeps us vigilant, you can be sure. It’s no light thing to know that we’ll all one day stand in that place of Judgment. That’s why we work urgently with everyone we meet to get them ready to face God. God alone knows how well we do this, but I hope you realize how much and deeply we care. We’re not saying this to make ourselves look good to you. We just thought it would make you feel good, proud even, that we’re on your side and not just nice to your face as so many people are. If I acted crazy, I did it for God; if I acted overly serious, I did it for you. Christ’s love has moved me to such extremes. His love has the first and last word in everything we do.
Romans 1:18 - But God’s angry displeasure erupts as acts of human mistrust and wrongdoing and lying accumulate, as people try to put a shroud over truth. But the basic reality of God is plain enough. Open your eyes and there it is! By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can’t see: eternal power, for instance, and the mystery of his divine being. So nobody has a good excuse. What happened was this: People knew God perfectly well, but when they didn’t treat him like God, refusing to worship him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives. They pretended to know it all, but were illiterate regarding life. They traded the glory of God who holds the whole world in his hands for cheap figurines you can buy at any roadside stand.

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 这是显出律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们是非之心同作见证，并且他们的思念互相较量，或以为是，或以为非。）
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们显明律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们的良心一同作证—他们的内心挣扎，有时自责，有时为自己辩护。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们显明律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们的良心一同作证—他们的内心挣扎，有时自责，有时为自己辩护。
当代译本 - 这表明律法的要求刻在他们心里，他们的良心也可以做见证，并且他们的思想有时指控他们，有时为他们辩护。
圣经新译本 - 这就表明律法的作用是刻在他们的心里，有他们的良心一同作证，他们的思想互相较量，或作控告、或作辩护。
中文标准译本 - 这就显出律法的要求刻在他们的心里，他们的良心也一同作证，而且自己的心思之间，互相控告或辩解。
现代标点和合本 - 这是显出律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们是非之心同作见证，并且他们的思念互相较量，或以为是，或以为非。）
和合本（拼音版） - 这是显出律法的功用刻在他们心里，他们是非之心同作见证，并且他们的思念互相较量，或以为是，或以为非。）
New International Version - They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)
New International Reader's Version - They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts. The way their minds judge them proves this fact. Sometimes their thoughts find them guilty. At other times their thoughts find them not guilty.
English Standard Version - They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them
New Living Translation - They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right.
Christian Standard Bible - They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts either accuse or even excuse them
New American Standard Bible - in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,
New King James Version - who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them)
Amplified Bible - They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts; and their conscience [their sense of right and wrong, their moral choices] bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or perhaps defending them
American Standard Version - in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them);
King James Version - Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
New English Translation - They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,
World English Bible - in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)
新標點和合本 - 這是顯出律法的功用刻在他們心裏，他們是非之心同作見證，並且他們的思念互相較量，或以為是，或以為非。）
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們顯明律法的功用刻在他們心裏，他們的良心一同作證－他們的內心掙扎，有時自責，有時為自己辯護。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們顯明律法的功用刻在他們心裏，他們的良心一同作證—他們的內心掙扎，有時自責，有時為自己辯護。
當代譯本 - 這表明律法的要求刻在他們心裡，他們的良心也可以作見證，並且他們的思想有時指控他們，有時為他們辯護。
聖經新譯本 - 這就表明律法的作用是刻在他們的心裡，有他們的良心一同作證，他們的思想互相較量，或作控告、或作辯護。
呂振中譯本 - 這種人就證顯律法之功用是寫在他們自己心裏；他們的良知一同作證，他們的思想互相控告為有罪，或者自己辯護為無罪、
中文標準譯本 - 這就顯出律法的要求刻在他們的心裡，他們的良心也一同作證，而且自己的心思之間，互相控告或辯解。
現代標點和合本 - 這是顯出律法的功用刻在他們心裡，他們是非之心同作見證，並且他們的思念互相較量，或以為是，或以為非。）
文理和合譯本 - 乃律銘於其心、彰之以行、良心亦與同證、其相議也、或訟或恕、
文理委辦譯本 - 法銘於心、以行彰之、內自為證、而其思慮、時寓褒貶、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 即以行事彰明律法、銘於其心、是非之心、亦為之證、其意念互相褒貶、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 若是者顯然有法銘於其心、且有良心為之證明、必能辨別是非、而自為黜陟於審判之日。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Estos muestran que llevan escrito en el corazón lo que la ley exige, como lo atestigua su conciencia, pues sus propios pensamientos algunas veces los acusan y otras veces los excusan.
현대인의 성경 - 그들의 행동은 율법이 요구하는 일이 그들의 마음에 기록되어 있다는 것을 보여 주며 그들의 양심도 이것이 사실임을 증거하고 있습니다. 왜냐하면 그들의 생각이 서로 고발하며 변명하기 때문입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Они показывают тем самым, что требования Закона записаны у них в сердце , и об этом свидетельствуют их совесть и мысли, то оправдывающие их, то обвиняющие.)
Восточный перевод - Они показывают тем самым, что требования Закона записаны у них в сердце , и об этом свидетельствуют их совесть и мысли, то оправдывающие их, то обвиняющие.)
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Они показывают тем самым, что требования Закона записаны у них в сердце , и об этом свидетельствуют их совесть и мысли, то оправдывающие их, то обвиняющие.)
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Они показывают тем самым, что требования Закона записаны у них в сердце , и об этом свидетельствуют их совесть и мысли, то оправдывающие их, то обвиняющие.)
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ils démontrent par leur comportement que les œuvres demandées par la Loi sont inscrites dans leur cœur. Leur conscience en témoigne également, ainsi que les raisonnements par lesquels ils s’accusent ou s’excusent les uns les autres .
Nestle Aland 28 - οἵτινες ἐνδείκνυνται τὸ ἔργον τοῦ νόμου γραπτὸν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, συμμαρτυρούσης αὐτῶν τῆς συνειδήσεως καὶ μεταξὺ ἀλλήλων τῶν λογισμῶν κατηγορούντων ἢ καὶ ἀπολογουμένων,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οἵτινες ἐνδείκνυνται τὸ ἔργον τοῦ νόμου, γραπτὸν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, συνμαρτυρούσης αὐτῶν τῆς συνειδήσεως, καὶ μεταξὺ ἀλλήλων, τῶν λογισμῶν κατηγορούντων ἢ καὶ ἀπολογουμένων,
Nova Versão Internacional - pois mostram que as exigências da Lei estão gravadas em seu coração. Disso dão testemunho também a sua consciência e os pensamentos deles, ora acusando-os, ora defendendo-os.)
Hoffnung für alle - Durch ihr Handeln beweisen sie, dass die Forderungen des Gesetzes in ihre Herzen geschrieben sind. Das wird ihnen durch ihr Gewissen und auch durch ihre Gedanken bestätigt, die sie entweder anklagen oder freisprechen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Việc này chứng tỏ các nguyên tắc luật pháp đã được ghi vào lòng họ, lương tâm cũng làm chứng khi lên tiếng buộc tội hay biện hộ.
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Genesis 42:21 - Then they started talking among themselves. “Now we’re paying for what we did to our brother—we saw how terrified he was when he was begging us for mercy. We wouldn’t listen to him and now we’re the ones in trouble.”
Genesis 42:22 - Reuben broke in. “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t hurt the boy’? But no, you wouldn’t listen. And now we’re paying for his murder.”
Acts 24:16 - “Believe me, I do my level best to keep a clear conscience before God and my neighbors in everything I do. I’ve been out of the country for a number of years and now I’m back. While I was away, I took up a collection for the poor and brought that with me, along with offerings for the Temple. It was while making those offerings that they found me quietly at my prayers in the Temple. There was no crowd, there was no disturbance. It was some Jews from around Ephesus who started all this trouble. And you’ll notice they’re not here today. They’re cowards, too cowardly to accuse me in front of you.
1 Kings 2:44 - Then the king told Shimei, “Deep in your heart you know all the evil that you did to my father David; God will now avenge that evil on you. But King Solomon will be blessed and the rule of David will be a sure thing under God forever.”
Genesis 3:8 - When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from God.
Genesis 3:9 - God called to the Man: “Where are you?”
Genesis 3:10 - He said, “I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked. And I hid.”
Genesis 3:11 - God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from that tree I told you not to eat from?”
Acts 23:1 - Paul surveyed the members of the council with a steady gaze, and then said his piece: “Friends, I’ve lived with a clear conscience before God all my life, up to this very moment.” That set the Chief Priest Ananias off. He ordered his aides to slap Paul in the face. Paul shot back, “God will slap you down! What a fake you are! You sit there and judge me by the Law and then break the Law by ordering me slapped around!”
John 8:9 - Hearing that, they walked away, one after another, beginning with the oldest. The woman was left alone. Jesus stood up and spoke to her. “Woman, where are they? Does no one condemn you?”
Romans 9:1 - At the same time, you need to know that I carry with me at all times a huge sorrow. It’s an enormous pain deep within me, and I’m never free of it. I’m not exaggerating—Christ and the Holy Spirit are my witnesses. It’s the Israelites . . . If there were any way I could be cursed by the Messiah so they could be blessed by him, I’d do it in a minute. They’re my family. I grew up with them. They had everything going for them—family, glory, covenants, revelation, worship, promises, to say nothing of being the race that produced the Messiah, the Christ, who is God over everything, always. Oh, yes!
2 Corinthians 1:12 - Now that the worst is over, we’re pleased we can report that we’ve come out of this with conscience and faith intact, and can face the world—and even more importantly, face you with our heads held high. But it wasn’t by any fancy footwork on our part. It was God who kept us focused on him, uncompromised. Don’t try to read between the lines or look for hidden meanings in this letter. We’re writing plain, unembellished truth, hoping that you’ll now see the whole picture as well as you’ve seen some of the details. We want you to be as proud of us as we are of you when we stand together before our Master Jesus.
2 Corinthians 5:11 - That keeps us vigilant, you can be sure. It’s no light thing to know that we’ll all one day stand in that place of Judgment. That’s why we work urgently with everyone we meet to get them ready to face God. God alone knows how well we do this, but I hope you realize how much and deeply we care. We’re not saying this to make ourselves look good to you. We just thought it would make you feel good, proud even, that we’re on your side and not just nice to your face as so many people are. If I acted crazy, I did it for God; if I acted overly serious, I did it for you. Christ’s love has moved me to such extremes. His love has the first and last word in everything we do.
Romans 1:18 - But God’s angry displeasure erupts as acts of human mistrust and wrongdoing and lying accumulate, as people try to put a shroud over truth. But the basic reality of God is plain enough. Open your eyes and there it is! By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can’t see: eternal power, for instance, and the mystery of his divine being. So nobody has a good excuse. What happened was this: People knew God perfectly well, but when they didn’t treat him like God, refusing to worship him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives. They pretended to know it all, but were illiterate regarding life. They traded the glory of God who holds the whole world in his hands for cheap figurines you can buy at any roadside stand.