腓一19~21　因为我知道，这事借着你们的祈求，和耶稣基督之灵全备的供应，终必叫我得救。这是照着我所专切期待并盼望的，就是没有一事会叫我羞愧，只要凡事放胆，无论是生，是死，总叫基督在我身体上，现今也照常显大，因为在我，活着就是基督，死了就有益处。

　　腓立比一章十九至二十一节上半说到救恩，耶稣基督之灵全备的供应，显大基督，以及活基督。二章十二节下半、十三节上半和十六节上半说到作成我们自己的救恩，神在我们里面运行，以及将生命的话表明出来。腓立比书这两段里有两条线：第一条线是救恩、那灵与基督；第二条线是救恩、神与话。

　　在我们里面加力的神是供应的灵。……在一章十九节保罗说，他的景况借着那灵全备的供应，终必叫他得救。神若不在我们里面运行，我们就不可能经历来自那灵的供应。神在我们里面运行，好带给我们那灵全备的供应。这不是仅仅道理；这是属灵经历的事实（腓立比书生命读经，三六○、三六四页）。

　　Phil. 1:19-21 For I know that for me this will turn out to salvation through your petition and the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I will be put to shame, but with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

　　In Philippians 1:19-21a we have salvation, the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the magnifying of Christ, and the living of Christ. In 2:12, 13a, and 16a we have the matters of working out our own salvation, of God operating in us, and of holding forth the word of life. In these two portions of Philippians we have two lines: the first line is salvation, the Spirit, and Christ; the second line is salvation, God, and the word.

　　The very God who operates in us is the supplying Spirit…. In 1:19 Paul says that his circumstances will turn out to his salvation through the bountiful supply of the Spirit. If God does not operate in us, it will not be possible for us to experience the supply from the Spirit. God operates in us in order to bring to us the bountiful supply of the Spirit. This is not mere doctrine; it is a fact of spiritual experience. (Life-study of Philippians, pp. 303, 306)

　　好像发光之体照耀，就是显大基督。这指明腓立比二章的救恩等于一章的救恩。运行的神等于带着全备供应的那灵。好像发光之体照耀，等于显大基督。

　　照着十六节，好像发光之体照耀的路，就是将生命的话表明出来。……将生命的话表明出来，就是向别人供献这样的话，向他们陈明这话，甚至向他们应用这话。这是向别人供应基督，向他们供献基督。你向你的家人、亲戚、同事、朋友或同学供献什么？……你向他们供献基督，向他们陈明基督，并在他们的处境里向他们应用基督。这就是将生命的话表明出来。生命的话实际上就是基督活的彰显。好像发光之体照耀，就是显大基督；将生命的话表明出来，就是活基督。

　　为要显大基督并活基督，我们需要那灵全备的供应。……这全备的供应是储藏在话里。照着圣经，那灵与话是一。在约翰六章六十三节主耶稣说，“我对你们所说的话，就是灵，就是生命。”这指明话就是灵。以弗所六章十七节指明，那灵就是话。提后三章十六节说，圣经都是神的呼出。圣经的每一个字都是神的气。我们曾指出这气就是纽玛，那灵。……那灵是神的气，话也是神的气。不但如此，神的气就是祂的纽玛，那灵。一面，神的话是灵；另一面，神的灵是话。

　　在以弗所六章十七至十八节保罗告诉我们，要借着各样的祷告和祈求，接受那灵的剑，那灵就是神的话。这里保罗说到话与灵两方面。不但如此，他告诉我们，要借着各样的祷告，时时在灵里祷告，来接受神的话。我们可借着各样的祷告：听得见的祷告和静默的祷告，长的祷告和短的祷告，快的祷告和慢的祷告，私下的祷告和公开的祷告，来接受神的话。

　　借着祷告接受神的话，就是祷读神的话。每当我们来到神的话跟前，我们不该仅仅运用我们的眼睛看，或用我们的心思领会，也该运用我们的灵。……我们的读经该与祷告调和。这就是祷读。

　　我们这样祷读主的话，话对我们就成为神活的气，就是那灵。结果，我们就得着滋润、滋养、复苏和光照。圣经……〔就〕在我们的经历中成为滋养的灵（腓立比书生命读经，四一八、三六五、三六八至三六九页）。

　　参读：腓立比书生命读经，第三十五、三十九篇。

　　To shine as luminaries [Phil. 2:15] is to magnify Christ. This indicates that the salvation in chapter 2 equals the salvation in chapter 1. The operating God equals the Spirit with the bountiful supply, and shining as luminaries is equal to magnifying Christ.

　　According to 2:16, the way we shine as luminaries is to hold forth the word of life….To hold forth the word of life is to offer such a word to others, to present it to them, and even to apply it to them. This is to minister Christ to others, to offer Christ to them. What do you offer to your family, relatives, neighbors, colleagues, friends, or classmates?…You offer Christ to them, present Christ to them, and apply Christ to them in their situation. This is to hold forth the word of life. The word of life is actually the living expression of Christ. To shine as luminaries is to magnify Christ, and to hold forth the word of life is to live Christ.

　　In order to magnify Christ and to live Christ, we need the bountiful supply of the Spirit….This bountiful supply is stored in the Word. According to the Bible, the Spirit and the Word are one. In John 6:63 the Lord Jesus says, “The words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.” This indicates that the Word is the Spirit. Ephesians 6:17-18 indicates that the Spirit is the Word. Second Timothy 3:16 says that all Scripture is God-breathed. Every word of the Bible is the breath of God. We have pointed out that this breath is the pneuma, the Spirit….The Spirit is the breath of God, and the Word also is God's breath. Furthermore, God's breath is His pneuma, the Spirit. On the one hand, the Word of God is the Spirit; on the other hand, the Spirit of God is the Word.

　　In Ephesians 6:17 and 18 Paul tells us to receive the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition. Here Paul covers the aspects both of the Word and of the Spirit. Furthermore, he tells us to receive the Word of God by means of all prayer, praying at every time in spirit. We may receive the Word of God by means of all kinds of prayer: audible prayer and silent prayer, long prayer and short prayer, quick prayer and slow prayer, private prayer and public prayer.

　　To take the Word of God by means of prayer is to pray-read the Word. Whenever we come to the Word of God, we should not merely exercise our eyes to read or our mind to understand, but also exercise our spirit…. Our reading of the Bible should be mingled with prayer. This is pray-reading… When we pray-read the Word,…the Word becomes to us the living breath of God, the Spirit. As a result, we are watered, nourished, refreshed, and enlightened….The Bible becomes in our experience the nourishing Spirit. (Life-study of Philippians, pp. 350-351, 307, 309-310)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Philippians, msgs. 35, 39