But the way to do what God requires must begin by having faith in him. Scripture says,“ Do not say in your heart,‘ Who will go up into heaven?’ ”( Deuteronomy 30:12) That means to go up into heaven and bring Christ down.

惟有出于信心的义如此说：“你不要心里说：谁要升到天上去呢？（就是要领下基督来；）

但出于信的义却如此说：“你不要心里说：谁要升到天上去呢？（就是说，把基督领下来。）

但出于信的义却如此说：“你不要心里说：谁要升到天上去呢？（就是说，把基督领下来。）

但是论到以信心为基础的义，圣经上说：“不要心里说，‘谁要升到天上去呢？’意思是谁要把基督领下来，

但那出于信心的义却这样说：“你心里不要说：‘谁要升到天上去呢？’（就是要把基督领下来，）

而有关本于信的义，却这样吩咐：“你心里不用说：谁要升到天上去？”——这意思是要把基督带下来；

惟有出於信心的義如此說：「你不要心裏說：誰要升到天上去呢？（就是要領下基督來；）

但出於信的義卻如此說：「你不要心裏說：誰要升到天上去呢？（就是說，把基督領下來。）

但出於信的義卻如此說：「你不要心裏說：誰要升到天上去呢？（就是說，把基督領下來。）

但是論到以信心為基礎的義，聖經上說：「不要心裡說，『誰要升到天上去呢？』意思是誰要把基督領下來，

但那出於信心的義卻這樣說：“你心裡不要說：‘誰要升到天上去呢？’（就是要把基督領下來，）

但那本着信的義卻是這樣說的：『你不要心裏說：「誰要升上天去，（這就是說，誰要把基督領下來）呢？」

而有關本於信的義，卻這樣吩咐：「你心裡不用說：誰要升到天上去？」——這意思是要把基督帶下來；

但由信之義則曰、爾勿意謂誰升於天、即言攜基督而下也、

在言以信稱義者、曰、勿意謂誰能昇天堂耶、蓋言由天而降基督、

惟由信之義如斯云、勿心內曰、孰能升天、言使基督降下、

而因信成義之道則云：『毋私心妄想、誰能登天、以降基督於人間？

But the righteousness that is by faith says:“ Do not say in your heart,‘ Who will ascend into heaven?’”( that is, to bring Christ down)

But the righteousness based on faith says,“ Do not say in your heart,‘ Who will ascend into heaven?’”( that is, to bring Christ down)

But faith’s way of getting right with God says,“ Don’t say in your heart,‘ Who will go up to heaven?’( to bring Christ down to earth).

But the righteousness that comes from faith speaks like this: Do not say in your heart,“ Who will go up to heaven?” that is, to bring Christ down

But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows:“ Do not say in your heart,‘ Who will go up into heaven?’( that is, to bring Christ down),

But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way,“ Do not say in your heart,‘ Who will ascend into heaven?’”( that is, to bring Christ down from above)

But the righteousness which is of faith saith thus, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven?( that is, to bring Christ down:)

But the righteousness that comes from faith speaks like this: Do not say in your heart,“ Who will go up to heaven?” that is, to bring Christ down

But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven?( that is, to bring Christ down[ from above]:)

But the righteousness that is by faith says:“ Do not say in your heart,‘ Who will ascend into heaven?’”( that is, to bring Christ down)

But the righteousness which is of faith says this,“ Don’t say in your heart,‘ Who will ascend into heaven?’( that is, to bring Christ down);

What I’m commanding you today is not too hard for you. It isn’t beyond your reach.It isn’t up in heaven. So you don’t have to ask,“ Who will go up into heaven to get it? Who will announce it to us so we can obey it?”And it isn’t beyond the ocean. So you don’t have to ask,“ Who will go across the ocean to get it? Who will announce it to us so we can obey it?”No, the message isn’t far away at all. In fact, it’s really near you. It’s in your mouth and in your heart so that you can obey it.

That is why Scripture says,“ When he went up to his place on high, he took many prisoners. He gave gifts to his people.”( Psalm 68:18)What does“ he went up” mean? It can only mean that he also came down to the lower, earthly places.The one who came down is the same one who went up. He went up higher than all the heavens. He did it in order to fill all creation.

I have spoken to you about earthly things, and you do not believe. So how will you believe if I speak about heavenly things?No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven. He is the Son of Man.

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a coat? Who has set in place all the boundaries of the earth? What is his name? What is his son’s name? Surely you know!

But here is the bread that comes down from heaven. A person can eat it and not die.I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Everyone who eats some of this bread will live forever. This bread is my body. I will give it for the life of the world.”

Noah had faith. So he built an ark to save his family. He built it because of his great respect for God. God had warned him about things that could not yet be seen. Because of his faith Noah showed the world that it was guilty. Because of his faith he was considered right with God.

I want to be joined to him. Being right with God does not come from my obeying the law. It comes because I believe in Christ. It comes from God because of faith.

I have not come down from heaven to do what I want to do. I have come to do what the one who sent me wants me to do.

The bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven. He gives life to the world.”

God gave Christ as a sacrifice to pay for sins through the spilling of his blood. So God forgives the sins of those who have faith. God did all this to prove that he does what is right. He is a God of mercy. So he did not punish for their sins the people who lived before Jesus lived.

The Son is the shining brightness of God’s glory. He is the exact likeness of God’s being. He uses his powerful word to hold all things together. He provided the way for people to be made pure from sin. Then he sat down at the right hand of the King, the Majesty in heaven.

Abraham and his family received a promise. God promised that Abraham would receive the world. It would not come to him because he obeyed the law. It would come because of his faith, which made him right with God.

This is the bread that came down from heaven. Long ago your people ate manna and died. But whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

We are made right with God by putting our faith in Jesus Christ. This happens to all who believe. It is no different for the Jews than for the Gentiles.

What should we say then? Gentiles did not look for a way to be right with God. But they found it by having faith.The people of Israel tried to obey the law to make themselves right with God. But they didn’t reach their goal of being right with God.