8林后三章十七节说,『而且主就是那灵;主的灵在那里,那里就有自由。』一面,保罗说主就是那灵;另一面他题到主的灵。根据上下2文,林后三章十七节的主必是指主基督。(2:12,14-15,17;3:3-4,14,16;。)这是圣经中一句很强的话,著重的告诉我们,基督就是那灵。『主的灵』用在林后三章十七节和行传八章三十九节。根据使徒行传整卷书,主的灵是指耶稣基督。林2后三章十七节也是一样,主的灵是指作为那灵的主。因此,保罗在同一节说,主就是那灵。保罗在林后三章十八节接著说,『但我们众人既然以没有帕子遮蔽的脸,好像镜子观看并返照主的荣光,就渐渐变化成为与祂同样的形像,从荣耀到荣耀,乃是从主灵变化成的。』主灵可视为复合的名称,就如父神、主基督等。『主灵』这辞再次证明,主基督就是那灵,那灵就是主基督。因著主是那灵,那灵是主,所以祂称为主灵;这就是那是灵的基督。
8In 2 Corinthians 3:17 Paul says, “And the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” On the one hand, Paul says that the Lord is the Spirit; on the other hand, he speaks of the Spirit of the Lord. According to the context, the Lord in Corinthians 3:17 refers to Christ the Lord (2 Cor. 2:12, 14-15, 17; 3:3-4, 14, 16; 4:5). This, then, is a strong 4:5 word in the Bible telling us that Christ is the Spirit. The expression “the Spirit of the Lord” is used both in 2 Corinthians 3:17 and in Acts 8:39. According to the entire context of the book of Acts, the Spirit of the Lord refers to Jesus Christ. The same is true in Corinthians 3:17, where the Spirit of the Lord refers to the Lord as the Spirit. Therefore, in the same verse Paul says that the Lord is the Spirit. In 2 Corinthians 3:18 Paul goes on to say, “And we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.” The Lord Spirit may be considered a compound title like the Father God and the Lord Christ. The expression “the Lord Spirit” again proves that the Lord Christ is the Spirit, and the Spirit is the Lord Christ. Because the Lord is the Spirit, and the Spirit is the Lord, He is called the Lord Spirit. This is the pneumatic Christ.