(帖后2:13)“主所爱的弟兄们哪,我们本该常为你们感谢神;因为他从起初拣选了你们,叫你们因信真道,又被圣灵感动,成为圣洁,能以得救。”
【niv】But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
我很喜欢这句经文:1,神拣选了我们;2,信真道;3,被圣灵感动(悔改、认识神);4, 成为圣洁(神在新旧约都很重视圣洁);5,能以得救;
英译本又特别强调这样的救恩是通过“圣灵的洁净工作”(sanctifying work of the Spirit )和“我们的信真道”(belief in the truth)。
我赞同我们当有追求圣洁的心志和祈求!