James 1:25
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
注釈
Study Note
James' contrasting image — the man who looks into the 'perfect law of liberty' and abides in it versus the forgetful hearer — redeems the concept of 'law' from the Pauline critique of law-as-burden by recharacterizing it as a 'law of liberty' (nomon eleutherias). The phrase 'law of liberty' has Stoic resonances — the Stoics described the wise person's internal moral law as liberating — but James grounds the concept in the Torah as interpreted through Jesus' teaching (the 'royal law' of 2:8). The beatitude 'blessed in his doing' (makarios en tē poiēsei autou) echoes the Sermon on the Mount's beatitude structure, making the letter a commentary on the same tradition. The verse contributes to ongoing theological reflection on the relationship between law, freedom, and grace in Christian ethics.
他の翻訳
But he that looketh into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
and he who did look into the perfect law--that of liberty, and did continue there, this one--not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work--this one shall be happy in his doing.
But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.
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