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腓立比书生命读经 · 第39篇

藉著接受神的话，有分于那灵全备的供应，

To Participate in the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit and Enjoy the Riches of Christ
并享受基督的丰富（一）
by Receiving the Word of God (1
1读经：腓立比书1:19-21;2:12-16，歌罗西书3:16，以弗所书5:18-19;6:17-18。照著新约里所启示神的经纶，基督徒生活的目标是活基督。我年轻的时候受教导，圣经的中心思想与基督有关。现在我领悟圣经的中心思想不但是基督，也是活基督。
1Scripture Reading: Phil. 1:19-21; 2:12-16; Col. 3:16; Eph. 5:18-19; 6:17-18 According to God’secon o my revealed in the New Testament, the goal of the Christian life is to live Christ. When I was young, I was taught that the central thought of the Bible is related to Christ. Now I realize that the central thought of the Bible is not only Christ, but also to live Christ
2基督住在我们里面并活在我们里面只说基督是圣经的中心思想，相当客观。在我们的经历中，基督对我们应当非常主观。譬如，主耶稣说，『你们要住在我里面，我也住在你们里面。』（约十五4。）这句话很简单，但意义很深奥。我们怎能住在另一个人里面，并且那人也住在我们里面？对人而言，人不可能彼此内住。但人的生命住在神的生命里，神的生命也住在人的生命里，这是可能的。这就是说，神能住在我们里面，我们也能住在神里面。有些人也许希奇，我们这些渺小的人怎能住在神里面，而伟大、全能的神又怎能住在我们里面。最近，有些人想要告诉我们，因为神的伟大是无限的，而人是这么微小，所以祂不可能住在我们里面。他们问，这样微小的容器怎能盛装这样广大的内容。他们的话指明，他们不相信主耶稣在约翰十五章所说的。他们指控我们是异端，并且声称：我们一面将神降低到我们的尺度，一面教导人进化成为神，相信人实际上能成为神自己。于是我们问他们，主说，『你们要住在我里面，我也住在你们里面，』这话是甚么意思，他们就回答，这不过是指亲密的关系或交通。他们的答覆表明，照著人天然的头脑，是不可能相信我们能实际的住在基督里面，并且基督也住在我们里面。然而，我们必须相信主的话：『你们要住在我里面，我也住在你们里面，』并对这话说『阿们』。
2CHRIST ABIDING IN US AND LIVING IN US Simply to say that Christ is the central thought of the Bible is rather objective. In our experience, Christ should be very subjective to us. For instance, the Lord Jesus says, “ Abide in Me and I in you” (John 15:4). This expression is simple, but the meaning is profound. How can we abide in another person and have that person abide in us? With human beings it is impossible for people to abide in one another. But it is possible for the human life to abide in the divine life, and the divine life to abide in the human life. This means that God can abide in us, and we can abide in God. Some may wonder how we, little human beings, can abide in God, and how the great, almighty God can abide in us. Recently, some tried to tell us that because God is unlimited in His greatness and man is so small, it is impossible for Him to abide in us. They asked how such a small container could hold such a vast content. Their word indicates that they do not believe what was spoken by the Lord Jesus in John 15. They charge us with heresy and claim that, on the one hand, we reduce God to our scale and that, on the other hand, we teach evolution into God and believe that human beings can actually become God Himself. When we asked them the meaning of the Lord’sword, “ Abide in Me and I in you,” they answered that this refers merely to intimate relationship or fellowship. Their reply shows that, according to the natural human mentality, it is impossible to believe that we can actually abide in Christ and have Him abide in us. Nevertheless, we must believe the Lord’sword, “Abide in Me and I in you,” and say “amen” to it
3在加拉太二章二十节保罗说，『我已经与基督同钉十字架；现在活著的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活著。』说基督活在我们里面，比说祂住在我们里面更强。我访问别的地方时，也许住在一位弟兄家里。然而，我不能说我在那里生活。我不过暂时住在那里，我仍有某些限制。但我回到家里，就能在那里生活。在某地生活，是有完全的自由。你是住在家里，还是在那里生活？当然你会回答，你在那里生活。但你不会说，你在汽车旅馆里生活。说基督活在我们里面，意思是祂有完全的自由说话、行动并举止。祂渴望作甚么，就能在我们里面作甚么，因祂救赎了我们，并使我们成为祂的居所。
3In Galatians 2:20 Paul says, “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.” To say that Christ lives in us i seven stronger than to say that He abides in us. When I visit another locality, I may abide in a brother’s home. However, I cannot say that I live there. I only abide there temporarily with certain limitations. But when I return to my home, I can live there. To live in a certain place is to have full liberty. Do you abide in your home or do you live there? Of course you would answer that you live at home. But you would not say that you live in a motel. To say that Christ lives in us means that He has the full liberty to speak, act, and be have. He is able to do in us whatever He desires, for He has redeemed us and made us His dwelling place.
基督安家在我们里面，
CHRIST MAKING HIS HOME IN US
并成形在我们里面
AND BEING FORMED IN US
4照著以弗所三章，保罗祷告父，藉著那灵，使我们得以加强到里面的人里，使基督安家在我们心里。首先基督住在我们里面，然后祂活在我们里面，接著定居在我们里面，安家在我们里面的全人里。一面，基督也许活在我们的灵里。但另一面，我们也许没有给祂多少地位，活在我们的心思、意志或情感里。我们从经历知道，有时候我们把基督限制在我们的灵里。当祂想要从我们的灵扩展到我们的情感里，我们也许不让祂这样作。例如，一位弟兄也许早晨向主祷告，享受祂，并且宣告：『阿利路亚，主耶稣活在我的灵里！』但过不久他受试诱去作某事。即使活在他灵里的主不同意，这位照著情感而活的弟兄，仍坚持作那件事。他与主争论，想要说服祂留在他的灵里，并给他自由照著情感而活。他甚至应许第二天会给主自由扩展到他的情感里。但第二天到了，他却不遵守诺言。因此，主得不著自由定居在这位弟兄的情感里。
4According to Ephesians 3, Paul prayed that the Father would strengthen us through the Spirit in our inner man that Christ may make His home in our hearts. First Christ abides in us, then He lives in us, and then He settles down in us, making His home in our whole inner being. On the one hand, Christ may live in our spirit. But on the other hand, we may not give Him much room to live in our mind, will, or emotion. From experience we know that sometimes we restrict Christ to our spirit. When He tries to spread from our spirit into our emotion, we may not allow Him to do so. For example, in the morning a brother may pray to the Lord, enjoy Him, and declare, “Hallelujah, the Lord Jesus is living in my spirit!” But, later that day he is tempted to do a certain thing. Even though the Lord who lives in his spirit does not agree, the brother, living according to his emotion, insists on doing that thing. He reasons with the Lord, trying to persuade Him to stay in his spirit and give him the freedom to live according to his emotion. He even promises that the next day he will give the Lord the freedom to spread into his emotion. But when the next day comes, he does not keep his promise. Thus, the Lord is not given the liberty to settle down in this brother’se motion
5因为我们不容易给主机会安家在我们心里，保罗就需要祷告父，藉著那灵，使我们得以加强到我们里面的人里，使基督安家在我们心里。照著圣经，心是由心思、意志、情感、和良心组成。心围绕灵，且比灵大。我们接受主耶稣时，祂就进到我们的灵里，现今祂活在这里。起初，我们甚至没有给主自由活在我们的灵里。我们只让祂住在那里。然而，渐渐的，我们给祂机会活在我们的灵里。但我们仍不愿意让祂完全进到我们里面的人里。这是为甚么我们需要得加强到我们里面的人，我们重生的灵里。然后基督就能安家在我们心里。祂不但要住在我们里面，并活在我们里面，也要扩展到我们里面之人的每一部分，并定居在那里。
5Because we do not easily give the Lord the opportunity to make His home in our hearts, it was necessary for Paul to pray that the Father would strengthen us in our inner man through the Spirit that Christ may make His home in our hearts. According to the Bible, the heart is composed of the mind, will, emotion, and conscience. The heart surrounds the spirit and is larger than the spirit. When we received the Lord Jesus, He came into our spirit, and now He lives here. At first, we might not even have given the Lord the freedom to live in our spirit. We simply allowed Him to abide there. Gradually, however, we gave Him opportunity to live in our spirit. But still we were not willing to give Him full access to our inner being. This is why we need our inner man, our regenerated spirit, to be strengthened. Then Christ will be able to make His home in our hearts. He will not only abide in us and live in us, but spread into every part of our inner being and settle down there.
6经年累月下来，我经历主很多，但我没有信心说，基督完全定居在我里面的人里。可能我给了祂完全的自由占有我的心思或情感，但我也许仍为自己保留一部分的意志。我们必须看见，基督在我们的经历中对我们应当非常主观，这是很重要的。祂住在我们里面，祂活在我们里面，并且祂渴望安家、定居在我们里面的全人里。在加拉太四章十九节保罗说，『我的孩子们，我为你们再受生产之苦，直等到基督成形在你们里面。』基督成形在我们里面，意思是祂住在我们里面，活在我们里面，定居在我们里面，
6Although I have experienced the Lord a great deal throughout the years, I do not have the confidence to say that Christ is fully settled in my inner being. Perhaps I have given Him the full freedom to occupy my mind or emotion, but I still may reserve a part of my will for myself. It is important for us to see that Christ should be subjective to us in our experience. He abides in us, He lives in us, and He desires to make His home, to settle Himself, throughout our inner being. In Galatians 4:19 Paul says, “My children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you.” For Christ to be formed in us means that He abides in us, lives in us, settles down in us, and then saturates every part of our being
7然后浸透我们这人的每一部分。
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由基督所构成
CONSTITUTED OF CHRIST
8我们都是基督徒，但里面所有基督的度量并不相同。有些人给了基督较多的地位；有些人给了祂较少的地位让祂在他们里面长大。毫无疑问，保罗里面基督的度量是丰满的。这就是说，基督完全成形在他里面。在腓立比一章二十一节，保罗甚至能宣告：『在我，活著就是基督。』基督已作到保罗里面，实际上已成为他的构成成分。所以，保罗是完全被基督构成的人。这是他能说，在他，活著就是基督的原因。
8As Christians, we differ in the measure of Christ we have within us. Some have given more ground to Christ; others have given Him less room to grow in them. No doubt Paul’s measure of Christ was full. This means that Christ had been fully formed in him. In Philippians 1:21 Paul could even declare, “To me to live is Christ.” Christ had been wrought into Paul and had actually become his constituent. Therefore, Paul was a man completely constituted of Christ. This was the reason he could say that to him to live was Christ
9营养学家常告诉我们，我们吃甚么，就是甚么。我们所吃的食物，至终成为我们的构成。这食物就作到我们的组织，甚至我们的细胞里。人若大量吃某种食物，至终就会由那种食物所构成。保罗写腓立比书的时候，他相信基督将近三十年了。那些年间，基督多而又多的作到保罗里面的人里。保罗不断的吃基督，有分于祂。至终，他由基督所构成了，他成了基督人。他这由基督所构成的人能见证：『在我，活著就是基督。』
9Dietitians often tell us that we are what we eat. The food we eat eventually becomes our constitution. It is wrought into our fibers and even our cells. If a person eats a great deal of a certain food, he will eventually become constituted of that food. By the time Paul wrote the book of Philippians, he had been a believer in Christ for nearly thirty years. Throughout those years, Christ had been more and more wrought into Paul’s inner being. Paul was continually eating Christ, partaking of Him. Eventually, having been constituted of Christ, he became a Christ-man. As one who was constituted of Christ, he could testify, “To me to live is Christ.”
10我们今天该是保罗见证的继续。我们在这里活基督，让基督作到我们里面，直到我们的心思、情感、和意志被祂构成。
10We today should be the continuation of Paul’s testimony. We are here to live Christ, to have Christ wrought into us until our mind, emotion, and will are constituted of Him
新陈代谢的改变
A METABOLIC CHANGE
11在罗马十二章二节，保罗嘱咐我们不要模倣这世代，反要藉著心思的更新而变化。模倣这世代，就是照著世代的样式，照著世界的潮流，在外面被塑成形。变化是在里面、生机的得更新。有些人曾毁谤我们，控告我们弯曲人的心思。我们完全否认这不实的控告。我们因著主的恩典，寻求供应神圣、属灵、能变化人心思的东西。弯曲心思是外面影响人心思的结果，但更新心思包含生命中内在、生机、新陈代谢的变化。我们留在主的恢复里越久，我们的心思就越有新陈代谢的变化。我们的思想自动就会更新并改变。这事的发生，是因为新的元素加到我们这人里面，排除并顶替旧的元素。这就是变化。一天过一天，一次聚会又一次聚会，神圣、属灵、圣别、并属天的东西灌注到我们里面。这元素就是基督连同祂追测不尽的丰富。基督的丰富注入我们里面，就成为我们里面新的元素，排除老旧，产生里面、内在、新陈代谢的改变。
11In Romans 12:2 Paul charges us not to be conformed to this age, but to be transformed by the renewing of the mind. To be conformed to this age is to be fashioned outwardly according to the style of the age, according to the trend of the world. To be transformed is to be inwardly and organically renewed. Some have defamed us, accusing us of bending people’s minds. We utterly repudiate this false accusation. By the Lord’s grace we seek to minister something divine and spiritual which can transform a person’s mind. Mind bending is the result of an outward influence on a person’s mind, but mind renewing involves inward, organic, metabolic transformation in life. The longer we stay in the Lord’s recovery, the more our mind is transformed metabolically. Automatically our thinking is renewed and changed. This happens because a new element is added into our being to discharge the old element and to replace it. This is transformation. Day by day and meeting by meeting, something divine, spiritual, holy, and heavenly is being transfused into us. This element is Christ with His unsearchable riches. As the riches of Christ are infused into us, they become the new element within us which discharges the oldness and causes an intrinsic, inward, metabolic change
12我们越变化，基督就越得著地位，定居在我们里面。事实上，变化的过程就是被基督占有并得著的过程。我们的心思变化，意思是基督占有这心思，并以祂自己浸透这心思。同样，我们的情感和意志被基督浸透，祂就成为这些内里部分的构成成分。这样，基督对我们就成为主观的。
12The more we are transformed, the more Christ is given room to settle down in us. In fact, the process of transformation is the process of being occupied and possessed by Christ. For our mind to be transformed means that Christ has taken possession of it and saturated it with Himself. Likewise, when our emotion and will are saturated with Christ, He becomes the very constituent of these inward parts. In this way Christ becomes subjective to us
可经历的基督
THE EXPERIENTIAL CHRIST
13历世纪以来，主观的基督一直为信徒所忽略。许多忠心的基督徒把爱归给客观的基督。他们相信祂，尊敬祂，高举祂，并以祂为敬拜的对象。然而，在许多时候，他们看祂是远在天上的一位。虽然他们爱祂，但他们也许没有经历祂住在他们里面。他们也许为基督殷勤作工，却不领悟基督不但在天上，也住在他们里面。有些人甚至接受了错误的教训，以为基督不住在信徒里面，而仅仅由圣灵在他们里面作代表。他们以为圣灵是基督差来的代理者，代表祂，在他们里面作工，在他们里面运行，并感动他们。然而，照著神的话，内住的灵不是基督的代理者；祂实际上就是基督自己。照著基督徒的经历，住在我们里面的基督，与住在我们里面的灵是同一位。这内住的灵就是实际的基督，主观、可经历的基督。我们对此若有正确的领悟，就不会想要将那灵与基督分开。神格的三者乃是一。父在子里，子实化为灵。当灵临到我们，并来住在我们里面时，神格的三者就都来住在我们里面。何等奇妙，基督在我们里面！我们的基督是主观、可经历的。
13For centuries, the subjective Christ has been ignored by the believers. Many devoted Christians have directed their love to the objective Christ. They believe in Him, respect Him, exalt Him, and take Him as the object of their worship. However, in many cases, they regard Him as One who is far away in heaven. Although they may love Him, they may not experience Him abiding in them. They may work diligently for Christ, but not realize that Christ is not only in heaven, but also dwelling within them. Some have even received the wrong teaching that Christ does not dwell in the believers, but is me rely represented in them by the Holy Spirit. They think of the Holy Spirit as an agent sent by Christ to represent Him, to work in them, to move in them, and to inspire them. However, according to the Word of God, the indwelling Spirit is not an agent of Christ; He is actually Christ Himself. According to Christian experience, the Christ who dwells in us is identical to the Spirit who indwells us. The indwelling Spirit is the practical Christ, the subjective and experiential Christ. If we have a proper realization of this, we shall not try to separate the Spirit from Christ. The Three of the Godhead are one. The Father is in the Son, and the Son is realized as the Spirit. When the Spirit reaches us and comes to live in us, all Three of the Godhead come to dwell in us. How wonderful that Christ is in us! Our Christ is subjective and experiential.
14我们若要活基督，就必须领悟祂是客观的，也是主观的。就著基督是全能的神，万有的主，升到诸天之上、登宝座、并得著荣耀为冠冕的一位，祂乃是客观的。对此我们不该有任何疑惑。但基督也是主观的。祂住在我们里面，祂活在我们里面，祂要定居在我们里面，并且祂也作工，要以祂自己浸透我们全人。
14If we would live Christ, we must realize that He is subjective as well as objective. As the mighty God, the Lord of all, the One who has ascended to the heavens, and who has been enthroned and crowned with glory, Christ is objective. Of this we should not have any doubt. But Christ is also subjective. He dwells in us, He lives in us, He is seeking to settle Himself in us, and He is also working to saturate our entire being with Himself
显大的基督
CHRIST MAGNIFIED
15现在我们来看腓立比一章十九至二十一节。在十九节保罗说，他的景况藉著众圣徒的祈求，和耶稣基督之灵全备的供应，终必叫他得救。照著二十节，我们看见保罗所期待经历的救恩，就是他不至于羞愧，只要凡事放胆，叫基督在他身上显大。因此，保罗的环境终必叫他得救，意思是这环境终必叫基督在他身上显大。因此，这里的救恩，实际上就是基督在他身上显大。二十一节的『在我，活著就是基督』，这话是解释显大基督的意思。显大基督就是活祂。消极一面，保罗期望他不至于羞愧；积极一面，他期望基督在他身上显大。
15Let us now consider Philippians 1:19-21. In verse 19 Paul says that his circumstances will turn out for his salvation through the petition of the saints and the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. According to verse 20, we see that the salvation Paul expected to experience was that instead of being put to shame, in everything Christ would be magnified in him with all boldness. Thus, for Paul’s environment to turn out to be for his salvation means that it would turn out for the magnification of Christ in him. Hence, salvation here is actually Christ magnified in him. The words, “To me to live is Christ” in verse 21 are an explanation of what it means to magnify Christ. To magnify Christ is to live Him. On the negative side, Paul expected that he would not be put to shame; on the positive side, he expected Christ to be magnified in him
16照著这些经节的上下文，这里的得救不是得救脱离火湖，乃是得救脱离羞愧。保罗在狱中，若忧伤、沮丧，那就是羞愧。假定提摩太来探望保罗，发觉他为艰难的处境哀哭。那对保罗是何等羞愧！但假定保罗在主里喜乐，并向主歌颂，那么即使他在罗马是囚犯，基督却真要在他身体上显大。这就是这里所说的得救。
16According to the context of these verses, salvation here is not salvation from hell. Instead, it is salvation from being put to shame. If Paul had been sorrowful and downcast when he was in prison, that would have been a shame. Suppose Timothy came to visit Paul and found him weeping over his difficult situation. What a shame that would have been to Paul! But suppose Paul rejoiced in the Lord and sang praises to Him. Then Christ truly would have been magnified in his body, even though he was a prisoner in Rome. This is the salvation spoken of here
17假定一位弟兄在非常忧伤的处境里，有人来探望他。那位弟兄若在哀哭，并为著他的忧伤而抱怨，那就是羞愧。这位弟兄需要在他的处境里经历神的救恩。然后若有人探望他，那位受苦的弟兄就能对他说，『赞美主！主的恩典彀用。我在三层天上。阿利路亚！』这会是何等荣耀的见证！我们会看见弟兄的受苦叫他得救。保罗专切的期待是他不至于羞愧，反而显大基督。在一切景况中显大基督，是何等浩大的救恩！禁卒和守卫能看见保罗在主里喜乐。基督在他身上显大。这样显大基督就是活祂。
17Suppose a brother is in a very sorrowful situation, and someone comes to visit him. If that brother is weeping and complaining about his sorrows, that will be a shame. This brother needs to experience God’ss alvation in his situation. Then should someone visit him, that suffering brother will be able to say to him, “Praise the Lord! The Lord’s grace is sufficient. I am in the third heaven. Hallelujah!” What a glorious testimony this would be! We would see that a brother’s suffering has turned out to be for his salvation. Paul’s earnest expectation was that instead of being put to shame, he would magnify Christ. What a tremendous salvation it is to magnify Christ in all circumstances! The jailers and the guards could see Paul rejoicing in the Lord. In him Christ was magnified. To magnify Christ in such a way is to live Him
藉著内住的灵和运行的神得救
SAVED THROUGH THE INDWELLING SPIRIT AND THE OPERATING GOD
18在二章十二节保罗嘱咐我们要恐惧战兢，作成我们自己的救恩。在一章十九至二十节，保罗说到一些事终必叫他得救；但在二章十二节他告诉我们，要作成我们的救恩。在十三节他继续解释：『因为乃是神为著祂的美意，在你们里面运行，使你们立志并行事。』在一章里，救恩是藉著耶稣基督之灵全备的供应而来。但在这里，救恩是来自在我们里面运行的神。现在我们必须看见，运行的神实际上就是耶稣基督的灵。那位为著祂的美意，在我们里面运行，使我们立志并行事的，就是带著祂全备供应的耶稣基督内住的灵。
18In 2:1 2 Paul charges us to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. In 1:19-20 Paul speaks of something turning out for salvation, but in 2:12 he tells us to work out our salvation. In verse 13 he goes on to explain, “For it is God who operates in you both the willing and the working for His good pleasure.” In chapter one salvation comes by the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. But here salvation comes from the operating God within us. Now we must see that the operating God is actually the Spirit of Jesus Christ. The One who operates in us both the willing and the working for His good pleasure is the indwelling Spirit of Jesus Christ with His bountiful supply.
19我们应当谨慎，甚至恐惧战兢，以免得罪那在我们里面运行的神。这是保罗在二章十四节说『凡所行的，都不要发怨言，起争论』的原因。怨言多半发自姊妹，争论多半起于弟兄。我们若发怨言或起争论，就得罪内住并运行的神。我们发怨言或起争论时，也许里面深处就有感觉，我们得罪了运行的神，叫内住的灵忧愁。不但如此，我们也许有感觉，内住的灵在告诉我们，不要发怨言或起争论，乃要作成我们自己的救恩。我们已经接受了包罗万有的救恩，就是基督自己，但现今我们必须作成这救恩。神，就是带著全备供应的那灵，正在我们里面运行。让我们恐惧战兢，尊敬祂并与祂合作，好作成我们的救恩。我们若这样作，就会得救脱离怨言和争论。这是照著神内里的运行，所作成实际并即时的救恩。
19We should be careful, and even be fearful and trembling, lest we offend the God who is operating within us. This is the reason Paul says in 2:14, “Do all things without murmurings and reasonings.” Murmurings are found mainly with the sisters, and reasonings, mainly with the brothers. If we murmur or reason, we offend the indwelling and operating God. When we murmur or reason, we may have the sense deep within that we are offending the operating God, grieving the indwelling Spirit. Furthermore, we may have the sense that the indwelling Spirit is telling us not to reason or murmur, but to work out our own salvation. We have received an all-inclusive salvation, which is Christ Himself, but now we must work out this salvation. The very God who is the Spirit with the bountiful supply is operating in us. With fear and trembling, let us respect Him and cooperate with Him to work out our salvation. If we do this, we shall be saved from murmurings and reasonings. This is a practical and instant salvation worked out according to the inward operation of God.
好像发光之体照耀，
SHINING AS LUMINARIES
将生命的话表明出来
AND HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE
20在十五至十六节保罗继续说，『使你们无可指摘、纯洁无杂，在弯曲悖谬的世代中，作神无瑕疵的儿女；你们在其中好像发光之体显在世界里，将生命的话表明出来。』好像发光之体照耀，就是显大基督。这指明二章的救恩等于一章的救恩。运行的神等于带著全备供应的那灵。好像发光之体照耀，等于显大基督。
20In verses 15 and 16 Paul continues, “That you may become blameless and guileless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding forth the word of life.” To shine as luminaries is to magnify Christ. This indicates that the salvation in chapter two equals the salvation in chapter one. The operating God equals the Spirit with the bountiful supply, and shining as luminaries is equal to magnifying Christ
21照著十六节，好像发光之体照耀的路，就是将生命的话表明出来。要充分领会『表明』这辞的意思，相当困难。这辞的意思是向人陈明某件事，向他们供献某件事，甚至向他们应用某件事。将生命的话表明出来，就是向别人供献这样的话，向他们陈明这话，甚至向他们应用这话。这是向别人供应基督，向他们供献基督。你向你的家人、亲戚、同事、朋友、或同学供献甚么？你向他们陈明甚么？你应当回答说，你向他们供献基督，向他们陈明基督，并在他们的处境里向他们应用基督。这就是将生命的话表明出来。生命的话实际上就是基督活的彰显。好像发光之体照耀，就是显大基督；将生命的话表明出来，就是活基督。
21According to verse 16, the way we shine as luminaries is to hold forth the word of life. It is rather difficult to understand adequately the meaning of the phrase holding forth. It means “to present something to people, to offer them something, and even to apply something to them.” To hold forth the word of life is to offer such a word to others, to present it to them, and even to apply it to them. This is to minister Christ to others, to offer Christ to them. What do you offer to your family, relatives, neighbors, colleagues, friends, or classmates? What do you present to them? Your answer should be that you offer Christ to them, present Christ to them, and apply Christ to them in their situation. This is to hold forth the word of life. The word of life is actually the living expression of Christ. To shine as luminaries is to magnify Christ, and to hold forth the word of life is to live Christ
活基督的解释
A DEFINITION OF LIVING CHRIST
22一章十九至二十一节和二章十二至十六节是指同样的事。在一章里保罗说，他的景况终必叫他得救。然后他不要羞愧，反要显大基督。这就是活基督。在二章里保罗嘱咐我们，要照著神在我们里面的运行作成我们的救恩。然后我们就会不发怨言，不起争论，反要像发光之体照耀，将生命的话表明出来。因此，腓立比二章十二至十六节是一章十九至二十一节的解释。一章十九节有耶稣基督之灵全备的供应。这灵就是那在我们里面运行的神。不但如此，显大基督乃是好像发光之体照耀，没有发怨言或起争论；而活基督就是将生命的话表明出来。
22Both 1:19-21 and 2:12-16 refer to the same thing. In chapter one Paul says that his circumstances will turn out to his salvation. Then instead of being put to shame, he will magnify Christ. This is to live Christ. In chapter two Paul charges us to work out our salvation according to God’so per at i on within us. Then instead of murmuring and reasoning, we shall shine as luminaries, holding forth the word of life. Philippians 2:12-16 is thus a definition of 1:19-21. In 1:19 we have the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. This Spirit is the very God who operates in us. Furthermore, to magnify Christ is to shine as luminaries without murmuring or reasoning, and to live Christ is to hold forth the word of life.
被生命的话浸透
SATURATED WITH THE WORD OF LIFE
23这把我们带到一件极重要的事：我们要活基督，首先必须接受生命的话，并由这话所构成。我们从出生的时候起，就逐渐由文化所构成。文化由我们的家人和社会注入我们里面。至终，注入我们里面的文化成为我们的构成。我们自动照著构成到我们里面的文化而活，我们也活所注入我们里面的。孩子照著他们父母所注入他们里面的而活。我们既得救了，就应当不再活文化。例如，来自中国的信徒应当不再活中国的文化、哲学或伦理。反之，他应当活基督。但我们怎能活基督？我们若要活基督，就需要将主的话接受到我们这人里面，并让这话浸透我们。浸透我们的话会逐渐顶替注入我们里面的文化。我们越被话注入，就越得著变化。自然而然，我们的思想、爱、渴慕和谈话，就会成为基督。这样，我们就不会活文化，乃活基督。活基督惟一的路，就是被祂生命的话浸透。注入我们里面生命的话会洗去文化的元素，并成为我们里面之人新的构成成分。然后我们就会活基督。
23This brings us to a crucial matter: to live Christ we must first receive the word of life and be constituted of it. From the time we were born, we were gradually constituted of culture. Culture was infused into us by our family and our society. Eventually, the culture infused into us became our constitution. Automatically we lived according to the culture which had been constituted into us. We also live what has been infused into us. Children live according to what has been infused into them by their parents. Now that we have been saved, we should no longer live culture. For example, a believer from China should no longer live Chinese culture, philosophy, or ethics. Instead, he should live Christ. But how can we live Christ? If we would live Christ, we need to receive the Word into our being and allow it to saturate us. The Word which is saturating us will gradually replace the culture which has been infused into us. The more we are infused with the Word, the more we shall be transformed. Spontaneously our thought, love, aspiration, and conversation will become Christ. Then instead of living culture, we shall live Christ. The only way to live Christ is to be saturated with His word of life. The word of life infused into us will wash away the elements of culture and become the new constituent in our inner being. Then we shall live Christ