But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.

及至时候满足，神就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法以下，

等到时候成熟，上帝就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法之下，

等到时候成熟，神就差遣他的儿子，为女子所生，且生在律法之下，

然而，时候一到，上帝就差遣自己的儿子借着一位女子降生，并受律法的约束，

但到了时机成熟，神就差遣他的儿子，由女人所生，而且生在律法之下，

但是等到时候一满足，神就派遣他的儿子，由女人所生，生在律法之下，

及至時候滿足，神就差遣他的兒子，為女子所生，且生在律法以下，

等到時候成熟，上帝就差遣他的兒子，為女子所生，且生在律法之下，

等到時候成熟，神就差遣他的兒子，為女子所生，且生在律法之下，

然而，時候一到，上帝就差遣自己的兒子藉著一位女子降生，並受律法的約束，

但到了時機成熟，神就差遣他的兒子，由女人所生，而且生在律法之下，

趕期滿的時候一來到，上帝就差遣出他的兒子、由婦人而生，生於律法之下，

但是等到時候一滿足，神就派遣他的兒子，由女人所生，生在律法之下，

屆期、上帝遣其子、由女而生、在於律下、

屆期、上帝遣子、由女而生、服於法下、

期日既滿、天主遣其子由女而生、服於律法下、

時既成熟、天主乃遣其聖子、使之出於婦人之腹、而生於律法之下、

But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

But then the chosen time came. God sent his Son. A woman gave birth to him. He was born under the authority of the law.

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,

When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

When the time came to completion, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

“ The time promised by God has come at last!” he announced.“ The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!”

All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel( which means‘ God is with us’).

So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ— everything in heaven and on earth.

The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line,

“ For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

“ Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means‘ God is with us.’”

She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them.

How long will you wander, my wayward daughter? For the Lord will cause something new to happen— Israel will embrace her God.”

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!

The angel replied,“ The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.

That is why, when Christ came into the world, he said to God,“ You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings. But you have given me a body to offer.You were not pleased with burnt offerings or other offerings for sin.Then I said,‘ Look, I have come to do your will, O God— as is written about me in the Scriptures.’”

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.The people of Israel will be abandoned to their enemies until the woman in labor gives birth. Then at last his fellow countrymen will return from exile to their own land.

“ A period of seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler— the Anointed One— comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times.“ After this period of sixty two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end.

After a period of glory, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies sent me against the nations who plundered you. For he said,“ Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.I will raise my fist to crush them, and their own slaves will plunder them.” Then you will know that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has sent me.The Lord says,“ Shout and rejoice, O beautiful Jerusalem, for I am coming to live among you.Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies sent me to you.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.

Tell him,‘ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Here is the man called the Branch. He will branch out from where he is and build the Temple of the Lord.

Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form,he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

Come closer, and listen to this. From the beginning I have told you plainly what would happen.” And now the Sovereign Lord and his Spirit have sent me with this message.

And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Because God’s children are human beings— made of flesh and blood— the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death.

why do you call it blasphemy when I say,‘ I am the Son of God’? After all, the Father set me apart and sent me into the world.

The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.

But Jesus said,“ It should be done, for we must carry out all that God requires.” So John agreed to baptize him.

He replied,“ The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know.

He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.

Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.

“ Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.

For that old system deals only with food and drink and various cleansing ceremonies— physical regulations that were in effect only until a better system could be established.

Eight days later, when the baby was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel even before he was conceived.Then it was time for their purification offering, as required by the law of Moses after the birth of a child; so his parents took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.The law of the Lord says,“ If a woman’s first child is a boy, he must be dedicated to the Lord.”So they offered the sacrifice required in the law of the Lord—“ either a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon himand had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.That day the Spirit led him to the Temple. So when Mary and Joseph came to present the baby Jesus to the Lord as the law required,

but the angel reassured them.“ Don’t be afraid!” he said.“ I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.The Savior— yes, the Messiah, the Lord— has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!

You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith: Christ was revealed in a human body and vindicated by the Spirit. He was seen by angels and announced to the nations. He was believed in throughout the world and taken to heaven in glory.

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are their ancestors, and Christ himself was an Israelite as far as his human nature is concerned. And he is God, the one who rules over everything and is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.

“ Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Jesus told them,“ If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me.

For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will.