1·He actually doesn't think Gentiles need to pay that much attention to it, but he believes it's perfectly fine for Jews.
他其实并不认为外邦人需要对此,花这么多精力,他认为这对于犹太人来说是完全可以接受的。
2·In other words, again Paul's quoting Jewish scripture to enforce his belief that at the end of time Gentiles would become people of God and this was common in Jewish apocalyptic idea.
换言之,保罗再一次引用犹太经文加强他的信仰,到末日时,外邦人将成为上帝的子民,这在犹太天启观念中很普遍。
3·Student: Does Matthew believe Gentiles should be circumcised?
马太认为外邦人应该行割礼吗?
4·I think Paul was concerned that the Jerusalem churches wouldn't take his money, and that would be catastrophic for his vision of having a united church, that included both Jews and Gentiles.
我认为保罗担心,耶路撒冷教会不肯要他的钱,那将严重打击,他的统一教会的理想,包括犹太人和外邦人。
5·And I think by "Greeks" he just means Gentiles, not just Greeks ethnically but anybody who wasn't a Jew is what he mainly means here.
我认为他所说的希腊就是指外邦人,不仅仅是希腊一个民族,而是所有非犹太民族。