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V ers. 3. — Quid prodest Deo, si justus fueris? aut quid ei confers, si immaculata fuerit vita tua? 2. Justitia nostra Deus non indiget. — In omni quippe quod bene agimus, nosmetipsos, non autem Deum juvamus. Unde et per Psalmistam dicitur: Dixi Domino: Deus meus es tu, quoniam bonorum meorum non indiges ( Psal. xv, 2). Ipse enim vere nobis Dominus, quia et utique Deus est, qui bono non indiget servientis, sed bonitatem confert quam reci- pit, b ut oblata bonitas non ipsi, sed prius accipien- tibus et post reddentibus prosit. Nam etsi in judicium Dominus veniens dicit: Quandiu fecistis c uni de his fratribus meis minimis, mihi fecistis ( Matth.
(Verse 3) — What does it profit God if you are righteous? Or what do you confer on Him if your life is spotless? 2. God does not need our righteousness. — For in everything that we do well, we help ourselves, not God. Whence also it is said through the Psalmist: I said to the Lord: You are my God, for You have no need of my goods (Psalm 15:2). For He is truly Lord to us, because He is also assuredly God, who has no need of the good of a servant, but confers the goodness which He receives, so that the goodness offered profits not Himself, but those who first receive and afterward render it back. For although the Lord, coming to judgment, says: As long as you did it to one of these least of my brethren, you did it to me (Matthew...
（第三節）——你若為義，於神何益？你若行為完全，你給了祂什麼？二、神並不需要我們的義。——因為在我們一切善行中，我們是幫助了自己，而非幫助神。故此藉詩人也說：我對耶和華說：你是我的主，我的好處不在你以外（詩十六2）。因為祂真是我們的主，因祂實在是神，並不需要僕人的善，反倒賜下祂所領受的良善，好使所獻的良善不是有益於祂自己，而是有益於那先領受、後歸還的人。因為主雖然在來審判時說：你們既做在我這弟兄中一個最小的身上，就是做在我身上了（馬太福音……
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xxv, 40), mira hoc pietate loquitur ex suorum compassione membrorum. Et ipse nos per hoc quod caput no- strum est adjuvat, qui per nostra bona opera in suis membris adjuvatur. Adhuc adjungit Elipbaz, quod nullus ignorat, dicens:
25:40), He speaks this with wondrous tenderness out of compassion for His members. And He Himself helps us through the fact that He is our Head, He who through our good works is helped in His members. Eliphaz further adds what no one is ignorant of, saying:
二十五40），祂是出於對祂肢體的憐憫，以奇妙的溫柔說這話。而祂自己藉著祂是我們的頭來幫助我們，祂又藉我們的善行在祂的肢體裡被幫助。以利法又補充了無人不知的話，說：