约六63 赐人生命的乃是灵…；我对你们所说的话，就是灵，就是生命。

　　　三6 …从那灵生的，就是灵。

　　John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life…the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

　　 3:6 ….and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

　　主耶稣在约翰六章六十三节告诉我们说，“我对你们所说的话，就是灵。”所以圣经的话不只是话语，不只是字句，并且也是灵。…主的话是灵，所以读祂的话也必须用灵。换句话说，属灵的东西必须用灵才能摸着。

　　In John 6:63 the Lord Jesus said, “The words which I have spoken to you are spirit.” The words of the Bible are not only letters but spirit……Since the Lord's words are spirit, we have to read them in spirit. In other words, we can only touch spiritual things with the spirit.

　　圣经这一本书，不只是话语，不只是文字，不只是用纸所印的书；圣经这一本书，以它基本的性质来说，乃是灵。所以一切要读这本书的人，非用灵来摸它不可，非用灵来读它不可。我们这里所说的灵，乃是指重生之人的灵，我们姑且简称之为“重生的灵”。…也许你是从基督教家庭里出来的，当你回想你没有重生之先，圣经也曾读了许多，但是你一点意思也不懂得。…所以，人在什么时候才能明白圣经呢？从他接受主的那一天起，他就会明白圣经了。…虽然一下子不能懂得许多，但总是喜欢读它，天天读，年年读，…人这样读圣经，就会明白神的话。缘故在哪里？缘故是人得着了重生，缘故是“从那灵生的，就是灵”（三6）。…“我…的话，就是灵”，“从那灵生的，就是灵”。圣经的话是灵，人重生时所得的生命也是灵；是灵的人，去读是灵的话，圣经在他身上才开始发亮，才开始有用处。

　　The Bible is not only a book with words or letters printed on pages of paper. The very nature of the Bible is spirit. For this reason, everyone who reads this book must approach it with his spirit; it must be read with the spirit. The spirit that we are referring to is the spirit of every regenerated person. We call this spirit the “regenerated spirit.” ……Perhaps we were born into a Christian family. Before we were regenerated, we probably had read the Bible already, but we did not understand it…... When can a man begin to understand the Bible? On the day he receives the Lord, he can begin to understand the Bible..….Although he may not understand everything in it, he will begin to love it. He will read it daily and yearly…… When he reads God's word this way, he will begin to understand it. He can understand it because he is now regenerated. “That which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:6)……. “The words which I have spoken…are spirit,” and “That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” The words in the Bible are spirit. The life which a man receives at the time of regeneration is spirit, and it takes a man with a spirit to read the words of spirit. Only then will the Bible shine within him, and only then will it become useful to him.

　　不管一个人多聪明，多会读书，如果他没有重生，这一本书在他身上是莫名其妙的。一个重生的人，即使文化很低，但是他读圣经的能力还比一个没有重生的大学教授好，因为一个有重生的灵，一个没有重生的灵。圣经不是靠聪明、靠研究、靠天分高就能懂得；因为神的话是灵，必须有重生之灵的人才能懂。圣经的根是属灵的，圣经的本质是属灵的，所以，人若没有重生的灵，就不领会这本书，这本书在他身上就成了一本封闭的书。

　　No matter how clever and well educated a man is, as long as he is not regenerated, this book is a mystery to him. A regenerated person may not be that cultivated, but he is more qualified to read the Bible than an unregenerated college professor. The former has a regenerated spirit, while the latter does not have such a spirit. The Bible is not understood by talent, research, or intelligence. Since God's word is spirit, only a man with a regenerated spirit can understand it. The root, the very nature, of the Bible is spiritual. If a man does not have a regenerated spirit, he cannot understand this book; it will be a closed book to him.

　　神是灵，我们今天有灵，所以我们认识神。也许有不信的人和我们辩论，我们口才不如他，聪明不如他，讲不出许多大道理；但是我们知道我们认识神，因为我们已经重生，我们已经有了重生的灵，我们能用这个灵去摸着神。…人要读圣经，也必须有重生的灵才能读，就像人必须有重生的灵才能摸着神一样。比方：一个人装了电灯要接电，他手里…不管有多少布，不管有多少竹竿，也不管有多少木头，总没有法子把电引来。另外一个人，布、竹竿、木头，一样都没有，只有一点铜丝，他却能使电灯亮，因为铜丝能把电引来。照样，人必须有重生的灵，才能摸着神；必须有重生的灵，才能摸着神的话（读经之路，五至八页）。

　　God is Spirit. We know God today because we have a spirit. When some unbelievers argue with us, we may not match them in eloquence or wisdom, and we may not be able to tell them profound teachings, but we have the confidence that we know God because we are regenerated. We have a regenerated spirit, and we can touch God with this spirit…… In order to study the Bible, a man must have a regenerated spirit, in the same way that he must have a regenerated spirit to touch God. Suppose a man has installed an electric lamp in his house. He wants to connect the lamp to the power source, but the only materials he has ……No matter how much cloth, bamboo, and wood he has, he cannot tap into the electricity. Another man may not have any cloth, bamboo, or wood, but he has a little piece of wire. With that little wire he can light up the lamp because the wire transmits electricity. In the same way, a man must have a regenerated spirit before he can touch God. He must have a regenerated spirit before he can touch God's word. (How to Study the Bible)