3:15 所以我們中間,凡是完全人總要存這樣的心;若在甚麼事上存別樣的心,上帝也必以此指示你們。
3:16 然而,我們到了甚麼地步,就當照著甚麼地步行。
3:17 弟兄們,你們要一同效法我,也當留意看那些照我們榜樣行的人。
3:18 因為有許多人行事是基督十字架的仇敵。我屢次告訴你們,現在又流淚地告訴你們:
3:19 他們的結局就是沉淪;他們的神就是自己的肚腹。他們以自己的羞辱為榮耀,專以地上的事為念。
3:20 我們卻是天上的國民,並且等候救主,就是主耶穌基督從天上降臨。
3:21 他要按著那能叫萬有歸服自己的大能,將我們這卑賤的身體改變形狀,和他自己榮耀的身體相似。
15 All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
17 Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. 18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
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基督徒雖然生活在這個世界,但是所盼望的卻是主耶穌在來之後的榮耀上帝國的實現。也正如保羅在這裡所說:「我們卻是天上的國民,並且等候救主,就是主耶穌基督從天上降臨。他要按著那能叫萬有歸服自己的大能,將我們這卑賤的身體改變形狀,和他自己榮耀的身體相似。」
也因為這樣基督徒相信主耶穌再來的時候,我們必定有肉身復活,不只是屍體復活,而是上帝會賜給我們一個像基督一樣的榮耀的身體。那是我們因基督的緣故而得榮耀的時刻,是何等美好的時刻!
因此,基督徒所享受的救恩是完整的,是從上帝的揀選、呼召、一直到最後得榮耀!這中間當然包括稱義、和好和被接納為兒女!我們真是有福,上帝所應許的必定一步步成就,不會落空的!
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