ヘブル人への手紙 9:17
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Context
This verse from ヘブル人への手紙 Chapter 9 connects to 3 cross-references. コリントへの愛情と喜び。テトスの報告による慰め。「この世の悲しみは死をもたらすが、神の悲しみは悔い改め」。
他の翻訳
For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.
for a covenant over dead victims <FI>is<Fi> stedfast, since it is no force at all when the covenant-victim liveth,
For a testament has effect after death; for what power has it while the man who made it is living?
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