哥林多後書5:11-15

5:11 我們既知道主是可畏的，所以勸人。但我們在上帝面前是顯明的，盼望在你們的良心裡也是顯明的。
5:12 我們不是向你們再舉薦自己，乃是叫你們因我們有可誇之處，好對那憑外貌不憑內心誇口的人，有言可答。
5:13 我們若果顛狂，是為上帝；若果謹守，是為你們。
5:14 原來基督的愛激勵我們；因我們想，一人既替眾人死，眾人就都死了；
5:15 並且他替眾人死，是叫那些活著的人不再為自己活，乃為替他們死而復活的主活。

¹¹ Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. ¹² We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. ¹³ If we are “out of our mind,” as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. ¹⁴ For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. ¹⁵ And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

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    保羅說到基督為我們死所帶來的功效，就是：「原來基督的愛激勵我們；因我們想，一人既替眾人死，眾人就都死了；並且他替眾人死，是叫那些活著的人不再為自己活，乃為替他們死而復活的主活。」

     的確，基督帶來了我們生命的意義，要不是祂為我們的罪惡而死，我們就必定做罪惡的奴僕，最後的下場就是滅亡！然而上帝透過基督的死，把我們從滅亡中拯救出來，並且享受上帝所預備的永生，這是與上帝同在且永恆的福樂！

    也因為這樣，我們重新得回生命的意義，就是要榮耀上帝，就是要為我們捨命並勝過死亡的基督而活！因為祂愛我們到一個地步，為我們捨己！面對到這樣的愛，我們也當「自我否定」為基督而活！