福音中的"合一":《罗马书》主题再探索

Unity in the Gospels:A Reexploration of the Theme of the Epistle to the Romans

关于《罗马书》的主题,从保罗的写作逻辑和罗马教会的具体处境来看,"犹太人与外邦人的关系"可能比"因信称义"更具有优先性.该书的重点除了"因信称义",至少还有"合一",二者共同组成了福音的基本要素,这使得福音具有"双核"性质.福音不只重视拯救的途径——"因信称义",亦重视拯救的对象——犹太人与外邦人均能得救.

From the perspective of Paul’s writing logic and the specific situation of the Roman Church,“the relationship between Jews and Gentiles”may have a higher priority than“justification by faith”as the main themes of the Epistle to the Romans.In addition to“justification by faith,”“unity”is another crucial focus of Romans.These two together constitute the basic elements of the gospel and give it its dual nature.“Gospel”connotes not only the way of salvation-“justification by faith,”but also the objects of salvation,that is,both Jews and Gentiles can be saved.