the letter of the law

「字句叫人死*」是『無名的裘德』的書前引言，有譯注。


*歌 林 多 後 書 2 Corinthians 3:6 [hb5]
他叫我們能承當這新約的執事．不是憑著字句、乃是憑著精意．因為那字句是叫人死、精意是叫人活。〔精意或作聖靈〕
[kjv] Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
[bbe] Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.

格林多後書:Chapter 3

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並且是他使我們能夠做新約的僕役：這約並不是在於文字，而是在於神，因為文字叫人死，神卻叫人活。
⁶Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the letter, but in the spirit. For the letter killeth, but the spirit quickeneth.

Definition

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the letter of the law FORMAL
the exact words of the law and not its more important general meaning