230、不过，必须知道，天使凭自己没有任何能力，他们的能力全都来自主。而且，只有当他们承认这一点时，他们才拥有大能。他们当中那些以为凭自己而拥有大能的天使，会立刻变得软弱无力，甚至抵挡不了一个恶灵。因此，天使从不将任何功德归于自己，拒绝对他们行为的一切赞誉，而是把一切的颂赞和荣耀都归给主。
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230. 不过, 必须知道的是, 天使凭自己没有任何能力, 他们的能力皆来自主. 此外, 他们只有在承认这一点的情况下才拥有大能. 他们当中凡以为凭自己拥有能力的天使都会立刻变得软弱无力, 甚至连一个恶灵也抵抗不了. 因此, 天使从不将任何功德归于自己, 并且厌恶因自己所行的任何事而得来的一切赞美和荣耀, 而是把这一切赞美和荣耀都归于主.
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230. 但要知道, 天人憑自己並無能力, 他們的能力全來自主。而且他們只有認識這一點, 才能成為大能者。任何天人, 一旦認為他的能力屬於自己, 便立刻變得軟弱無力, 甚至連一個惡靈也難以抵抗。是故天人從不將任何功勞歸於自己, 而將讚美和榮耀全歸於主。
230. It does need to be known, though, that angels have absolutely no power on their own, but that all the power they have comes from the Lord. Further, they are powers to the extent that they recognize this fact. Any of them who believe that their power comes from themselves immediately become so weak that they cannot resist even a single evil spirit. This is why angels take absolutely no credit to themselves and turn down any praise or admiration for anything they have done, but attribute it all to the Lord.
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230. It must be known, however, that the angels have no power whatever of themselves, but that all their power is from the Lord; and that they are powers only so far as they acknowledge this. Whoever among them believes that he has power of himself instantly becomes so weak as not to be able to resist even a single evil spirit. For this reason angels ascribe no merit whatever to themselves, and are averse to all praise and glory on account of any thing they do, ascribing it to the Lord.
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230. But it must be understood that the angels have no power whatever from themselves, but that all their power is from the Lord; and that they are powers only so far as they acknowledge this. Whoever of them believes that he has power from himself instantly becomes so weak as not to be able to resist even a single evil spirit. For this reason angels ascribe no merit whatever to themselves, and are averse to all praise and glory on account of any thing they do, ascribing all the praise and glory to the Lord.
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230. Sed sciendum est, quod angelis prorsus nulla potentia sit ex se, sed quod illis omnis potentia sit a Domino et quod tantum potentiae sint, quantum id agnoscunt: qui illorum credit, quod potentia ei sit ex se, fit illico tam invalidus, ut ne quidem resistere possit uni spiritui malo quae causa est, quod angeli prorsus nihil meriti sibi tribuant, et quod aversentur omnem laudem et gloriam propter aliquod factum, et quod addicent illam Domino.