翻轉就在意念之間的轉換與公義的行為—-羅馬書1:17［因為神的義, 正在福音上顯明出來. 這義是本來于信, 以至于信. 如經上所記：義人必因信得生.] 所謂經上所記是指舊約哈巴谷書2:4［迦勒人自高自大, 心不正直, 惟義人因信得生.］這是哈巴谷書最有名的經文. 很明顯迦勒底人的行為是自高自大. 但怎麼知道迦勒底人”心不正直” 是從他們的言行舉止判斷出來的嗎？ 保羅只摘用”惟義人因信稱義” 保羅是否不論行為, 只論信？ 福音的焦點應放在行為, 還是信心呢？我們應如何界定信心與行為？信心是因, 行為是果, 兩者應相輔相成. 福音除關乎信念之外, 也應包含公義的行為. 否則哈巴谷書不會特別指出”迦勒底人自高自大, 心不正直.” 才導出”惟義人因信得生”的結論. 解釋經文我們不能斷章取義. 保羅稱”本于信, 以于于信”似乎將信統領一切, 而將公義的行為排除在外. 殊不知哈巴谷所謂”得生”希臘原文是指”活出某種行為方式.” 我們得生難道不需要公義的行為嗎？有因必有果, 我們固然不能倒果為因, 但也不能只論因, 不論果. 一隻翅膀的鳥能飛嗎？
The reversal is the conversion between thoughts and righteous actions – Romans 1:17 [For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel. This righteousness comes from faith to faith. As it is written: The righteous shall live by faith.] The so-called scripture refers to Habakkuk 2:4 in the Old Testament [The Calebs exalted themselves and their hearts were not upright, but the righteous shall live by faith.] This is the most famous book of Habakkuk. Scripture. It is obvious that the behavior of the Chaldeans was arrogance. But how do you know that the Chaldeans are “not upright in heart”? Is it judged from their words and deeds? Paul only uses the phrase “the righteous are justified by faith.” Does Paul not care about works but only about faith? Should the focus of the gospel be on works or on faith? How should we define faith and behavior? Faith is the cause and behavior is the effect, and the two should complement each other. In addition to faith, the gospel should also include righteous behavior. Otherwise, Habakkuk would not specifically point out that “the Chaldeans were arrogant and their hearts were not upright.” The conclusion of “but the righteous shall live by faith”. When interpreting the scriptures, we cannot take them out of context. Paul’s statement “by faith, to faith” seems to rule faith in everything and exclude righteous behavior. Little does he know that what Habakkuk said The original Greek word for “to live” means “to live out a certain way of behavior.” Don’t we need righteous behavior to survive? If there is a cause, there must be an effect. Of course we cannot regard the effect as the cause, but we cannot only talk about the cause and ignore the effect. Can a bird with one wing fly?