【读圣经学英语】娶新妇的，就是新郎

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约翰福音-John 3 章24~29节

3:24 那时约翰还没有下在监里。
For John had not yet been thrown into prison.
3:25 约翰的门徒，和一个犹太人辩论洁净的礼。
There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification.
3:26 他们来到约翰那里，对他说，拉比，从前同你在约但河外，你所见证的那位，看哪，祂正在施浸，众人都往祂那里去了。
And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, He who was with you across the Jordan, of whom you have testified, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him.
3:27 约翰回答说，若不是从天上赐的，人就不能得到什么。
John answered and said, A man cannot receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.
3:28 我曾说，我不是基督，不过是奉差遣在祂前面来的，你们自己可以给我作见证。
You yourselves testify of me that I said, I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before Him.
3:29 娶新妇的，就是新郎；新郎的朋友站着听祂，因着新郎的声音就欢喜快乐；所以我这喜乐满足了。
He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This joy of mine therefore is made full.

亮光

二十九节的新妇，这新妇乃是所有重生之人活的组成。这就是说，本章所讲的重生，不仅将神的生命带进信徒里面，并除灭他们肉体中撒但的性情，更使他们为着基督的扩增，成为团体的新妇。除灭信徒里面的蛇性，并使他们成为基督的新妇，这两点在约翰所写的启示录中，有完满的发展。启示录主要的就是启示古蛇撒但如何完全被除去，（启二十2，10，）以及基督的新妇，新耶路撒冷，如何完全产生出来。（启二一2，10～27。）

虽然大多数的基督徒都熟悉约翰三章的重生，但很少人看见每一个重生的人都该是基督扩增的一部分，这扩增就是祂的新妇。重生是为着基督的扩增，是为着产生新妇。重生是为叫你成为基督新妇的一部分。约翰三章是讲重生，为着基督的扩增。许多基督徒只看见重生本身，并未看见重生的目的。重生是单为叫你有永远的生命吗？不是！不只这么多。重生乃是为着把我们建造到新妇里，这新妇就是基督的扩增。

我们都是基督的一部分。我们是基督的各部分，组合起来就是基督的新妇，祂的扩增。救恩与重生都是为着这目的，为着这个作基督扩增的新妇。

 
Enlightenment:

Verse 29, and the bride there is a living composition of all the regenerated people. This means that in this chapter on regeneration, regeneration is not only to bring the divine life into the believers and annul the satanic nature in their flesh, but also to make them the corporate bride for Christ’s increase. The last two points, to annul the serpentine nature in the believers and to make them the bride of Christ, are both fully developed in John’s writing of Revelation. The book of Revelation mainly reveals how Satan as the old serpent will be fully eliminated (Rev. 20:2, 10), and how the bride of Christ as the New Jerusalem will be fully produced (Rev. 21:2, 10-27).

Although most Christians are familiar with regeneration in John 3, very few see that each regenerated person should be a part of the increase of Christ, which is His bride. Regeneration is for the increase of Christ. It is for the producing of the bride. Regeneration is for you to be a part of the bride of Christ. John 3 is a chapter of regeneration for the increase of Christ. Many Christians only see regeneration itself. They do not see the purpose of regeneration. Is regeneration just for you to have eternal life? No! It is for something more. Regeneration is for us to be built into the bride, which is the increase of Christ.

We all are parts of Christ. As parts of Christ composed together, we are the bride of Christ, His increase. Both salvation and regeneration are for this purpose, for the bride as the increase of Christ.