其以聖神始、而以形跡終乎？豈爾之冥頑不靈、一至於此乎？

你们既靠圣灵入门，如今还靠肉身成全吗？你们是这样的无知吗？

你们既然以圣灵开始，如今竟要以肉身终结吗？你们是这样的无知吗？

你们既然以圣灵开始，如今竟要以肉身终结吗？你们是这样的无知吗？

你们既然靠圣灵开始了基督徒的生活，现在却想靠肉体达到纯全吗？你们就这么无知吗？

你们是这样的无知吗？你们既然靠着圣灵开始，现在还要靠着肉体成全吗？

你们是这样的无知吗？你们以圣灵开始，现在却要以肉体完成吗？

你們既靠聖靈入門，如今還靠肉身成全嗎？你們是這樣的無知嗎？

你們既然以聖靈開始，如今竟要以肉身終結嗎？你們是這樣的無知嗎？

你們既然以聖靈開始，如今竟要以肉身終結嗎？你們是這樣的無知嗎？

你們既然靠聖靈開始了基督徒的生活，現在卻想靠肉體達到純全嗎？你們就這麼無知嗎？

你們是這樣的無知嗎？你們既然靠著聖靈開始，現在還要靠著肉體成全嗎？

你們這麼無知啊？你們既以靈開始，如今倒以肉終結麼？

你們是這樣的無知嗎？你們以聖靈開始，現在卻要以肉體完成嗎？

爾若是之愚乎、始之以聖神、今成之以形軀乎、

何爾竟如此之無知耶、始則受聖神、今乃以儀文終乎、

爾始以聖神、今欲終以儀文、爾竟如此無知乎、

Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?

Are you so foolish? You began by the Holy Spirit. Are you now trying to finish God’s work in you by your own strength?

Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?

How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?

Are you so foolish? After beginning by the Spirit, are you now finishing by the flesh?

Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?

Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh?

Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now going to be made complete by the flesh?

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

Are you so foolish? Although you began with the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by human effort?

Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?

爾既欲求義於律法之中、則與基督絕緣、而自置於恩寵之外矣。蓋吾人惟恃聖神而起信心、始有成義之望耳。在基督道中、受割與否、無關宏旨、亦惟興於仁而立於信而已矣。曩者爾等兢兢業業、力行聖道、載欣載奔；今乃半途而廢、果受誰氏之阻礙乎？此種影響、決非召爾者之原意。

前幕乃現世之象徵也。凡現世所獻之禮品祭祀、皆不能使敬禮者之良心、臻於清明純粹之境界。蓋此等飲食盥滌之規、僅屬外表儀式、舊時所設、而有待乎革新者也。

人之欲以形體之事眩世、而強爾受割禮者、其惟一動機、乃欲避免為基督十字架而被擯於世耳。蓋若輩雖受割禮、自身亦何嘗遵守禮法。其所以欲爾同受割禮者、惟欲借爾之形體、為彼炫耀之資耳。吾則異於是、吾所誇者、惟在吾主耶穌基督之十字聖架而已。因此、世之與我已互釘於十字聖架之上、而恝然相遺矣。

總之、爾如今不復為奴僕、而為兒女矣。既為兒女、則亦為天主之哲嗣也。然曩日爾未識天主、猶為偽神所奴；今爾已識天主、抑且為天主所識矣、何又返於支離瑣碎之蒙學、抱殘守缺、而甘為之奴乎？爾今又拘泥歲時日月矣。

其權源不在規定自然嗣續之律法、而在乎永生之德能、不已彰彰明乎有經為證：『爾為司祭、永世靡替；與麥基德、同一班次。』是則舊制由於荏弱無能、而遭廢棄、蓋律法固未曾躋一事於完成也；而一新興美滿之希望、已見曙光、吾人之得進而趨近天主者、於是乎賴。

聖所之前幕曰外殿、中有燈臺几案、及供奉之餅。