21神的儿子乃是神的化身,神自己是藏在祂儿子里面,所以神的生命,也是在祂儿子里面〔五11~12〕。这个在神儿子里面的生命,就是永生。……话成了肉体的主耶稣就是神的儿子,所以神的生命—永生—是在祂里面,我们接受祂,得着祂,就得着在祂里面的永生。神是把祂的生命,就是永远的生命,当作一个礼物,在主耶稣里白白地赐给我们〔罗六23〕,不需要我们出任何的代价,只要我们接受,就能得着。……永远的生命—神的生命—既是神给我们的一个礼物,就是神赐给我们的,不是神赏给我们的〔约壹五11〕。 21The Son of God is God incarnated, God Himself embodied in His Son; therefore, the life of God is also in His Son [5:11-12]. This life, which is in God’s Son, is the eternal life. The incarnated Lord Jesus is the Son of God, so God’s life, the eternal life, is in Him [John 1:4]. When we receive Him and obtain Him, we also obtain the eternal life in Him. God considers His life, the eternal life, to be a gift freely given to us in the Lord Jesus [Rom. 6:23]. We do not need to pay for it; as long as we receive it, we obtain it. Since the eternal life, the life of God, was given to us by God, it is God’s gift, not God’s reward, to us [1 John 5:11].