“以斯拉啊,要照着你 神赐你的智慧,将所有明白你 神律法的人立为士师、审判官,治理河西的百姓,使他们教训一切不明白 神律法的人。 (以斯拉记 7:25 和合本)
And you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom of your God, which you possess, appoint magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people of Trans-Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach any who do not know them. (Ezra 7:25 NIV)
而且他们若不是长久不信,仍要被接上,因为 神能够把他们从新接上。 (罗马书 11:23 和合本)
And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. (Romans 11:23 NIV)
世人凭自己的智慧,既不认识 神, 神就乐意用人所当作愚拙的道理拯救那些信的人;这就是 神的智慧了。 (哥林多前书 1:21 和合本)
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. (1 Corinthians 1:21 NIV)