西二12~14 在受浸中与祂一同埋葬，也在受浸中，借着那叫祂从死人中复活之神所运行的信心，与祂一同复活。……神赦免了你们一切的过犯，叫你们一同与基督活过来；涂抹了规条上所写，攻击我们……的字据，并且把它撤去，钉在十字架上。

　　我们在歌罗西二章十一至十五节能看见更多〔土壤〕的元素。……土壤还包含基督的割礼〔11〕，表明割除和杀死。因此，这土壤里也有杀死的元素。十二节说，我们在受浸中与基督一同埋葬，指明土壤也包含埋葬的元素。在基督这土壤里有一个实质，使我们被埋葬。我们埋葬以后，又复活。在十二节，保罗说到那叫基督从死人中复活的神。这说法指明在基督这土壤里，有一个叫我们复活的元素。按照十三节来看，我们也活过来了。在土壤里有一个元素赐我们生命，点活我们。在林前十五章四十五节，保罗说到赐生命的灵。在歌罗西二章十三节，他用同样的希腊字说到赐人生命叫人活过来，但是用过去式。基督作为土壤，已叫我们活过来，祂已赐给我们生命（歌罗西书生命读经，五七五页）。

　　Col. 2:12-14 Buried together with Him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who raised Him from the dead. And you...He made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our offenses; wiping out the handwriting in ordinances, which was against us;...and He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.

　　In Colossians 2:11 through 15 we find more elements [of the soil]....The soil also includes the circumcision of Christ [v. 11], which denotes cutting and killing. In the soil there is, therefore, a killing element. Verse 12, which says that we were buried together with Christ in baptism, indicates that the soil also contains the element of burial. In Christ as the soil there is a substance which causes us to be buried. After burial, we are raised up. In verse 12 Paul speaks of God who raised Christ from among the dead. This expression indicates that in Christ as the soil there is an element which causes us to be raised up. According to verse 13, we also are made alive. There is an element in the soil which gives us life, enlivens us. In 1 Corinthians 15:45 Paul speaks of the life-giving Spirit. In Colossians 2:13 he uses the same Greek term for life-giving, only in the past tense. As the soil, Christ has made us alive; He has given us life. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 462-463)

　　在歌罗西二章十四至十五节，……我们看见，在基督这土壤里更多的元素。涂抹了在规条上所写的字据，是在土壤里的一种元素；将一切执政的和掌权的脱下，把他们公然示众，仗着十字架在凯旋中向他们夸胜，也是如此。基督是土壤，包含了这一切奇妙的元素。赞美主，祂是这样丰富的土壤！我们在这土壤里已经生根；一天过一天，我们的根需要更加深入到基督这独一的土壤里。

　　然而，十一至十五节指明，在消极方面有肉体、规条以及执政掌权者。我们男女老幼、有文化的、没有文化的，都受这三类反面事物的搅扰。我们都有肉体，都有某种规条，也都服从空中邪恶的掌权者。罪、世界、过犯的根源都在这些反面的事物里。赞美主，在基督这土壤里有割礼的元素，将肉体治死！在基督这土壤里有杀死的能力。这杀死的元素可以比作盐，加在土壤里，就能将腐败消杀。我们在其中所生根的美地，其上的土壤乃是割礼的“盐”。这种元素不能使任何作物生长，但对于杀菌却很有果效。它割除肉体，并杀死肉体。

　　杀死以后，就需要埋葬。在作土壤的基督里面有一种元素，使我们被埋葬。不仅如此，还有另一种元素使我们复活。因此，在基督这土壤里的元素，首先埋葬我们，然后叫我们复活……并得着生命。

　　根据十四节，在规条上所写，攻击我们、反对我们的字据，已经被涂抹，已经被钉在十字架上。在这土壤里，也有涂抹规条的元素。

　　我们在日常行事为人的方式上，都有某种的规条。这些规条也许不是成文的，却是刻在我们的头脑里。也许你从来不觉得，但规条却拦阻你在生命里长大。你要长得合式，这些规条就必须涂抹掉，钉在十字架上。……今天我们不需要规条，我们只需要从土壤里吸收丰富，使我们长大，并且被建造（歌罗西书生命读经，五七五至五七六、五七九至五八○页）。

　　参读：歌罗西书生命读经，第五十二至五十三篇。

　　In Colossians 2:14 and 15...we have more elements that are found in Christ as the soil. The wiping out of the handwriting in ordinances is an element in the soil. The same is true of the stripping off of the rulers and the authorities, the making of a display of them openly, and the triumphing over them in the cross. As the soil, Christ includes all these marvelous elements. Praise Him that He is such a rich soil! We have been rooted in this soil. Day by day, our roots need to sink deeper into Christ as the unique soil.

　　On the negative side, however, as 2:11-15 indicates, we have the flesh, the ordinances, and the rulers and authorities. Young and old, male and female, cultured and uncultured—we all are troubled by these three categories of negative things. We all have the flesh, we all have some type of ordinances, and we all are subject to the evil authorities in the atmosphere. Sin, worldliness, and offenses have their source in these negative things. Praise the Lord that in Christ as the soil we have the element of circumcision which puts the flesh to death! In Christ as the soil there is killing power. This killing element can be compared to salt, which when added to soil can kill corruption. In the soil of the good land in which we are rooted is the “salt” of circumcision. This element does not cause anything to grow, but it is effective in killing germs. It cuts the flesh and kills it. After the killing, we have burial. In Christ as the soil there is an element which causes us to be buried. Furthermore, there is another element which raises us up. Thus, first the elements in Christ as the soil bury us; then they raise us up...and make us living.

　　According to 2:14, the handwriting in ordinances, which was against us and contrary to us, has been wiped out. It has been nailed to the cross. In the soil there is also the element of the wiping out of the ordinances.

　　We all have certain kinds of ordinances concerning the way we conduct our daily life. These ordinances may not be in writing, but they are inscribed in our mentality. Perhaps you have never realized this, but ordinances hinder your growth in life. In order for you to grow properly, they need to be wiped out, nailed to the cross....Today we do not need ordinances. We simply need to assimilate the riches from the soil that we may grow and be built up. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 463, 465-466)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Colossians, msgs. 52-53