彼得前书生命读经 · 第13篇

三一神完全的救恩及其结果（八）

The Full Salvation of the Triune God and its Issues (8

1读经：彼得前书一章二十至二十一节。

1Scripture Reading: 1 Pet. 1:20-21

神的先见

THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD

2在彼前一章二十节彼得说到基督：『基督在创世以前，就豫先被神知道，却在诸时期的末后，才为你们显现出来。』基督是神在创世以前，按著祂的先见为祂的选民所豫定并豫备作救赎羔羊的。（约一29。）这事的成就不是偶然的，乃是照著神永远的定旨和计画。因此，在神永远的眼光里，从创立世界以来，就是从人（世界的一部分）堕落起，基督就被杀了。（启十三8。）在彼前一章二节，彼得说到父神的先见；在二十节他又说，基督在创世以前，就豫先被神知道是救赎的羔羊。在新约里，先见、豫知、和豫先被知道这类辞的字根是『知道』；然后在这字根加上字首。这字首原文的意思是『在…之前』或『豫先』。在新约原文里，豫知、先见、和豫先被知道这类辞所含示的，比我们从英文译本所领会的更多。这些辞的原文字根包含珍赏、称许和占有的意思。我们若称许某样东西，就会珍赏牠。然后我们会想要占有牠，拥有牠。有时候，在英文里所说的『我不知道』（Idon't），意思是『我没有那个东西』，或『我不要那个东西』。不但如此，在圣经里，『知道』这辞也用来指夫妻之间的关系。例如，马太一章1:25二十五节论到约瑟和马利亚之间的关系说，约瑟『没有和她同房，等她生了儿子』。『同房』原文就是『知道』，这当然不单指约瑟认识马利亚，乃是指他接受并拥有她作妻子。

2In 1:20 Peter speaks of Christ: “Who was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in the last times for your sake.” Christ was foreordained, prepared, by God to be His redeeming Lamb (John 1:29) for His elect according to His foreknowledge before the foundation of the world. This was done according to God’s eternal purpose and plan; it did not happen accidentally. Hence, in the eternal view of God, from the foundation of the world, that is, since the fall of man as apart of the world, Christ was slain (Rev. 13:8). In 1:2 Peter speaks of the foreknowledge of God the Father, and in verse 20 he says that Christ was foreknown before the foundation of the world as the redeeming Lamb. In the New Testament the root of such words as foreknowledge, foreknow, and foreknown is know. To this root a prefix is attached. The Greek prefix pro means before or beforehand. In New Testament Greek, words such as foreknow, foreknowledge, and foreknown imply more than what we would understand from the English translations. The Greek root for these words includes the meaning of appreciation, approval, and possession. If we approve something, we shall appreciate it. Then we shall want to take possession of it and own it. Sometimes “I do not know” means “I do not own that” know or “I do not want that.” Furthermore, in the Bible the word “know” is also used for the relationship between husband and wife. For example, concerning the relationship between Joseph and Mary, Matthew says that Joseph “did not know her until she brought forth a Son.” This, of course, does not simply refer to Joseph’s knowledge of Mary. It refers to his taking her and owning her as his wife.

3彼前一章二节所说神的先见，含示在已过的永远里，神称许我们，并珍赏我们；又含示在已过的永远里，神就接管我们，占有我们，拥有我们。我们甚至可以说，就如约瑟娶了马利亚，神在已过的永远里也娶了我们。（在神没有时间的因素。）这一切都包括在先见这辞的含意里。

3The foreknowledge of God spoken of in 1:2 implies that in eternity past God approved us and appreciated us. It also implies that in eternity past He took us over, possessed us, owned us. We may even say that, as Joseph married Mary, God in His foreknowledge married us in eternity past. (There is no time element with God.) All of this is included in the connotation of the word foreknowledge.

被神豫定

FOREORDAINED BY GOD

4基督豫先被神知道，意思是祂被神豫定。豫知就是豫定，豫先命定。魏斯特（KennethS.Wuest）在他的扩大本新约圣经里用了『豫定』的字眼。照著这译本，二十节说，『基督在创世以前，就豫先被神豫定』，二节说信徒是『被拣选的人，这拣选是藉著父神的豫定所决定的』。所以，神的先见不仅意指祂在已过的永远里就知道我们，也意指祂命定了我们。我们都是父神在已过的永远里所命定的。我们不需要别的命定。

4For Christ to be foreknown means that He was foreordained by God. To foreknow is to foreordain, to ordain beforehand. In his expanded translation of the New Testament, Kenneth S. Wuest uses the words “foreordained” and “foreordination.” According to this translation, verse 20 says, “Christ...was foreordained before the foundation of the universe was laid,” and verse 2 says that the believers are “chosen-out ones, this choice having been determined by the foreordination of God the Father.” God’s foreknowledge, therefore, means not only that He knew us in eternity past; it also means that He ordained us. We all were ordained by God the Father in eternity past. We do not need any other kind of ordination

5你知道你甚么时候被神命定么？你在创世以前就被祂命定。阿利路亚，神的先见包括豫先称许、豫先珍赏、豫先承认、豫先迎娶、和豫先命定！基督在创世以前，就豫先被神知道。这就是说，在已过的永远里，神就称许基督，并珍赏祂。然后神也命定基督作祂的受膏者。神已命定基督作那受托付，在时间里完成神所计画的一切，以成就祂永远定旨的一位。神豫定基督的同时，祂也豫定了所有的信徒。有些人听见他们在已过的永远里就与基督同被豫定，也许相当疑惑，并且说，『这只是李弟兄的传讲。正如推销员推销货品，这位传道人也想要向我推销他的观念。』倘若这是你的态度，我就鼓励你等到我们在永世里新耶路撒冷的时候。我有把握，当我们众人到达那里，你就会赞美神，并且说，『阿利路亚！现在我看见我真是在创世以前就被父神所豫定了！』

5Do you know when you were ordained by God? You were ordained by Him before the foundation of the world. Hallelujah, God’s foreknowledge includes foreapproval, foreappreciation, foreacknowledgement, foremarrying, and foreordination! Christ was foreknown before the foundation of the world. This means that in eternity past God approved Christ and appreciated Him. Then God also ordained Christ to be His anointed One. God has ordained Christ to be the One commissioned to fulfill in time all that had been planned by God for the accomplishment of His eternal purpose. At the same time God foreordained Christ, He also foreordained all the believers. When some hear that they were foreordained with Christ in eternity past, they may be rather doubtful and say, “This is just the preaching of Brother Lee. Just as a salesman sells his goods, so this preacher is trying to sell me his concept.” If this is your attitude, I encourage you to wait until we are in the New Jerusalem in eternity. I have the assurance that when we all arrive there, you will praise God and say, “Hallelujah! Now I see that I truly was foreordained by God the Father before the foundation of the world

6我们可以说，在已过的永远里，神就举行命定大典。在那命定大典中，祂首先命定祂的儿子为基督。然后祂命定我们所有在基督里的信徒为基督徒。在创世以前永远的命定大典中，基督被命定的时候，我们众人就被命定了。祂被命定为基督的时候，我们就被命定为基督人。祂被命定为神的受膏者，我们就被命定为小受膏者。何等奇妙，基督和我们在已过的永远里同时被命定！基督豫先被父神知道，我们也豫先被祂知道。

6We may say that in eternity past God held a ceremony of ordination. In that ordination ceremony He first ordained His Son to be the Christ. Then He ordained all of us, the believers in Christ, to be Christians. In an eternal ordination ceremony before the foundation of the world, we all were ordained when Christ was ordained. When He was ordained to be the Christ, we were ordained to be Christ-men. He was ordained to be the Anointed of God, and we were ordained to be the little anointed ones. How marvelous that Christ and we were ordained at the same time in eternity past! Christ was foreknown by God the Father, and we also were foreknown by Him.

7你信基督豫先被神知道的时候，你就豫先被神知道，基督被神命定的时候，你就被神命定么？你若看见这点并且相信，就该毫不迟疑的宣告这事。可能你勉强说，在创世以前，基督被命定的时候，你就被命定。你说到这样的事，也许觉得不自然；你也许以为，你若这样说，别人会认为你疯了。哦，我们都需要看见彼前一章关于神的先见和豫定的启示！我们和基督在已过的永远里，就豫先被父神知道且豫定，这乃是奇妙的属灵事实！二十节说基督被豫先知道、被豫定，二节指明我们信徒是照著神的先见，照著神的豫定而蒙拣选。所以，二十节与二节相符。基督被豫定的时候，我们就豫先被知道并蒙拣选。这是可能的，因为在神没有时间的因素。为著神的先见赞美祂

7Do you believe that you were foreknown by God when Christ was foreknown, and ordained by Him when Christ was ordained? If you see this and believe it, you should not hesitate to declare it. Perhaps you are reluctant to say that you were ordained before the foundation of the world when Christ was ordained. You may feel uneasy about speaking such a thing; you may think that others would consider you beside yourself if you said this. Oh, we all need to see the revelation in 1 Peter 1 concerning God’s foreknowledge and foreordination! It is a marvelous spiritual fact that we and Christ were foreknown and foreordained by God the Father in eternity past! Verse 20 says that Christ was foreknown, foreordained, and verse 2 indicates that we the believers were chosen according to the foreknowledge, the foreordination, of God. Therefore, verse 20 matches verse 2. When Christ was ordained, we were foreknown and chosen. This is possible because there is no time element with God. PRAISING GOD FOR HIS FOREKNOWLEDGE

8在已过的永远里，在基督和所有信徒被命定那天，神就能看见亚当亿万的后裔。实在说来，亚当所有的后裔都在祂面前。于是神能拣选、称许、且命定一些人，在我们看来似乎是没有原因的。神能说，『我喜欢这人，所以我拣选他，称许他，且命定他。』神看全世界各国的人，然后祂从美国，从中国，并从英国、法国、德国、和许多别的国家拣选一些人。祂拣选不同肤色─黑、白、黄、棕、红─的人。关于这点我们要说甚么？事实上我们无话可说，只能说，『阿利路亚！为著主的先见赞美祂！』让我们为著父神的拣选、称许和命定赞美祂。

8In eternity past, on the day of the ordination of Christ and all the believers, God could see all the millions of Adam’s descendants. In a very real sense, all of Adam’s descendants were there before Him. Then God could choose, approve, and ordain certain ones, for no reason that is apparent to us. God could say, “I like this one. Therefore, I choose him, approve him, and ordain him.” God looked at people from countries all over the world. Then He selected some from the United States, from China, and from England, France, Germany, and many other nations. He chose people of different colors— black, white, yellow, brown, and red. What do we have to say concerning this? Actually we should have nothing to say except, “Hallelujah! Praise the Lord for His foreknowledge!” Let us praise God the Father for His selection, approval, and ordination

9基督以神的先见和豫定为基础，到地上来作我们的救赎主，并成就神的定旨。不但如此，那灵临到我们，在我们身上作工，并带我们悔改，相信基督。就一面说，那灵能这样说到我们：『哦，这里有一个在已过的永远里被神命定的人。现在是他蒙召并得救的时候了。』因为我们被神豫定，那灵就临到我们，并作一切必须的事，使我们相信基督。

9With God’s foreknowledge and foreordination as the basis, Christ came to earth to be our Redeemer and to accomplish God’s purpose. Furthermore, the Spirit came to us, worked on us, and brought us to repentance and faith in Christ. In a sense, the Spirit could say regarding us, “Oh, here is one who was ordained by God in eternity past. Now is the time for him to be called and saved.” Because we were foreordained by God, the Spirit came to us and did whatever was necessary to cause us to believe in Christ.

10赞美主，基督被命定的时候，我们也被命定了！为著神的先见，阿利路亚！神在已过的永远里命定了基督和许多基督徒，基督人。为著神豫定基督和所有基督徒，阿利路亚！

10Praise the Lord that when Christ was ordained, we were ordained too! Hallelujah for God’s foreknowledge! God in eternity past ordained Christ and a multitude of Christians, of Christ-men. Hallelujah for God’s foreordination of Christ and of all the Christians

基督在诸时期的末后

CHRIST MANIFESTED IN THE LAST TIMES

为我们显现出来

FOR OUR SAKE

11在二十节彼得也说，基督『在诸时期的末后，才为你们显现出来』。这含示基督不需要为神显现出来，祂乃是为我们显现出来。成为肉体、钉十字架、复活、以及基督之灵的构成，在神看来永远存在。但为我们的缘故，基督必须藉著成为肉体显现出来，并经过人性生活、钉十字架、复活和升天，使基督的灵能在时代上被构成。

11In verse 20 Peter also says that Christ “was manifested in the last times for your sake.” This implies that it was not necessary for Christ to be manifested for the sake of God. Rather, it was for our sake that He was manifested. The incarnation, the crucifixion, the resurrection, and the constitution of the Spirit of Christ exist eternally in the sight of God. But for our sake it was necessary for Christ to be manifested through incarnation and to pass through human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension so that the Spirit of Christ could be constituted dispensationally

12基督在创世以前被命定，却『在诸时期的末后』才为我们显现出来，并经过人性生活、钉十字架、复活和升天。事实上，在神永远的眼光里，这一切已经发生了。在已过的永远里，基督已经被命定为基督，我们也已经被命定为基督徒。然而，这豫定仍需要在时间里完成。所以，我们出生，过人性生活，并犯了许多的罪和过犯。有一天，我们听见福音的传讲，悔改、相信、呼求主，并感谢祂为我们所作的一切。然而，主能说，『这一切已经发生了，但如今为著你们的缘故正施行出来。』这是对神救恩真实、正确的领会。神在已过的永远里作了一切。惟一所需要的事，是基督在诸时期的末后为我们显现出来。在二十一节彼得接著说，『你们藉著祂，信入那叫祂从死人中复活，又给祂荣耀的神，叫你们的信和盼望都在于神。』这里彼得说，我们藉著基督信入神。我们信入基督，就已经被带进与祂生机的联结里。（加三26～。）然后藉著祂，我们信入神，与祂成为一，有分于祂一切的丰富。

12Christ was ordained before the foundation of the world, but “in the last times” and for our sake He was manifested and passed through human living, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension. Actually, in the eternal sight of God, all this had happened already. Christ had already been ordained to be Christ, and we had already been ordained to be Christians in eternity past. However, it was still necessary for this foreordination to be carried out in time. Therefore, we were born, lived our human life, and committed many sins and offenses. One day we heard the preaching of the gospel, repented, believed, called on the Lord, and thanked Him for all He had done for us. However, the Lord could say, “All this has taken place already. But now, for your sake, this is being carried out.” This is the genuine and proper understanding of God’s salvation. God did everything in eternity past. The only thing needed was in the last times for Christ to be manifested for our sake. In verse 21 Peter goes on to say, “Who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from among the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.” Here Peter says that through Christ we believe in God. Our believing into Christ has brought us into an organic union with Him (Gal. 3:26-27). Then through Him we believe in God to be one with 27 Him, participating in all His riches.

13犹太人直接相信神，但我们基督徒是藉著基督信入神。这就是说，我们藉著一位中间人信入神；这中间人就是耶稣基督。

13The Jews believe in God directly, but we Christians believe in God through Christ. This means that we believe in God through an intermediary. This intermediary is Jesus Christ

基督从死人中复活

CHRIST RAISED FROM AMONG THE DEAD AND GIVEN GLORY

并得著荣耀

14在彼前一章二十一节彼得说，神叫基督从死人中复活，又给祂荣耀。这就是以荣耀来荣耀基督。（11。）这是父答应祂在约翰十七章一节的祷告。这荣耀实际上包括许多种的荣耀：复活的荣耀、升天的荣耀、主再来的荣耀、祂在要来的国里作王管理列国的荣耀。撒但把耶稣置于死，神却叫祂复活，又给祂荣耀。彼得的著作不容易领会。譬如，英文彼前一章二十一节的第一个『who』指我们，第二个『who』指神。甚至在短短的一节里，彼得也能加入或插进好些事。所以，在二十至二十一节有好些转弯。

14In verse 21 Peter says that God raised Christ from among the dead and gave Him glory. This was to glorify Christ with glory (v. 11). It was the Father’s answer to His prayer in John 17:1. This glory actually includes many kinds of glories: the glory of resurrection, the glory of ascension, the glory of the Lord’s coming back, the glory of His reign over the nations in the coming kingdom. Satan put Jesus to death, but God raised Him up and gave Him glory. Peter’s writings are not easy to follow. For instance, in verse 21 the first “who” refers to us, and the second “who” refers to God. Even in a short verse Peter is able to wedge in or insert a number of things. Therefore, in verses 20 and 21 there are a number of turns

信和盼望都在于神

FAITH AND HOPE IN GOD

15这些转弯之中，末了一个是『叫你们的信和盼望都在于神』。这指明基督受死，以及神叫祂从死人中复活，又给祂荣耀，乃是为著一个目的。目的由『叫』字所指明。基督受死，神叫祂从死人中复活，又给祂荣耀，目的是叫我们的信和盼望都在于神。这不是仅仅道理或地位的事；反之，这是生机的事。神叫基督复活，又给祂荣耀。这就是我们所相信的基督。我们所相信的，乃是神叫祂复活，又给祂荣耀的一位。我们的相信产生生机的联结。我们现今生机的联于这一位，就是有神永远生命的一位。祂也有复活的生命和神的荣耀。因著我们相信这一位，我们就与祂有了生机的联结。

15The last of these turns is “so that your faith and hope might be in God.” This indicates that Christ died and God raised Him up from among the dead and gave Him glory for a purpose. Purpose is indicated by the words “so that.” Christ died and God raised Him from among the dead and gave Him glory so that, for the purpose that, our faith and hope may be in God. This is not a matter merely of doctrine or position; on the contrary, it is an organic matter. God raised up Christ and gave Him glory. This is the very Christ in whom we believe. We believe in the One whom God resurrected and to whom God gave glory. Our believing brings about an organic union. We are now organically united to this One, the One who possesses God’s eternal life. He also has resurrection life and the glory of God. Because we believe in this One, we have an organic union with Him

16不但如此，藉著这与基督生机的联结，我们的信和盼望都在于神。我们有这盼望，就有前途。我们的信和盼望都在于神，这信和盼望乃是藉著与基督生机的联结而有的。所以，我们是在基督里生机的与神联结。因此，我们的信和盼望都在于这位神。这全然是生命的事。

16Furthermore, through this organic union with Christ, our faith and hope are in God. With this hope we have a future. Both the faith and the hope we have in God are by means of the organic union with Christ. Therefore, we have been organically united in Christ with God. Thus, our faith and our hope are in this God. This is altogether a matter of life

17二十一节说，『叫你们的信和盼望都在于神，』而不是说，『叫你们的信和盼望可以在于神。』这里是说事实，而不是用假设语气指明一种可能。神叫基督从死人中复活，又给祂荣耀，叫我们的信和盼望都在于神。现今藉著基督，我们联于神，在生命、性情、和荣耀上生机的与祂联结。因著我们这样与神是一，我们的信和盼望就都在于神。

17It may be better to render verse 21 “so that your faith and hope are in God,” instead of saying “might be in God.” What we have here is a fact, not a possibility indicated by the subjunctive mood. God raised up Christ from among the dead and gave Him glory in order that we may have faith and hope in God. Now through Christ we are joined to God, united to Him organically in life, nature, and glory. Because we are one with God in this way, our faith and our hope are in Him