加二20 我已经与基督同钉十字架；现在活着的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着；并且我如今在肉身里所活的生命，是我在神儿子的信里，与祂联结所活的，祂是爱我，为我舍了自己。

　　在新约里，信徒也称为基督徒〔徒十一26，二六28〕。……在行传十一章二十六节，“基督徒”是羞辱的名称。在安提阿的门徒给人加上这样羞辱的绰号，指明他们必定为主作了刚强的见证，使他们在不信的人眼中显得不同且特别（新约总论第五册，九九页）。

　　Gal. 2:20 I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

　　In the New Testament the believers are also designated as Christians [Acts 11:26; 26:28]…In 11:26 Christian is a term of reproach. That the disciples in Antioch were given such a nickname as a term of reproach indicates that they must have borne a strong testimony for the Lord, a testimony that made them distinct and peculiar in the eyes of the unbelievers. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1146-1147)

　　“基督徒”这名称也用在彼前四章十六节，这节指明他们是基督的依附者，受祂所受的辱骂。这节的上下文与有分于基督的苦难有关〔14上〕。……在基督的名里，实际上就是在基督的人位里，在基督自己里，因为名指人位。信徒既已信入基督（约三15），浸入祂的名里（徒十九5），就是浸入祂自己（加三27），他们就是在基督里（林前一30），并且与祂是一（六17）。当他们在祂的名里受辱骂，他们就与祂同受辱骂，有分于祂的苦难。彼得说到在基督的名里受辱骂以后，在彼前四章十六节继续说，信徒“若因是基督徒受苦，却不要羞耻，倒要因着这名荣耀神”。

　　在彼得和保罗的时代，基督徒是羞辱的名称，但今天这名称该有正面的意义，指明他们是属基督的人，与基督是一；他们不仅属于祂，更因与祂生机的联结，有祂的生命和性情，并且在日常生活中凭祂而活，甚至活祂。我们若因是这样的人而受苦，就不该觉得羞耻，倒要凭圣别佳美的品行放胆承认，以显大基督，在这名里荣耀（彰显）神。当我们相信基督，我们与祂之间就发生了生机的联结。借着相信基督，我们信入祂，借此与祂成为一灵（林前六17）。这就是我们所说生机的联结一辞的意义。……我们与基督生机的联结，也包含我们浸入基督（加三27）。神在祂经纶里的心意，是要将我们放在基督里面，并要基督进入我们里面，活在我们里面。所以，浸入基督，就是进入与三一神之具体化身的生机联结里。这能变化我们全人。……如今我们基督徒，就是属基督并与祂是一的人，需要在日常生活中凭祂而活，甚至活祂。……我们若凭基督而活，仍然是在作一件事。活基督乃是说，基督是我们的生命（西三4）。我们活，祂就活。祂活，我们就活。

　　圣经里的中心思想是：基督必须是我们的生命，我们必须活祂作我们的生活。作基督徒的目标是活基督。不仅如此，神在祂的经纶里为我们所定的定命，乃是我们活基督。神的经纶是要将祂自己分赐到我们里面，将自己作到我们里面，使我们接受基督作我们的生命和生命的供应以活祂。神的愿望是要我们活基督。……基督要作我们的生命、我们日常的行事为人和我们的一切。

　　在加拉太二章二十节保罗宣告：“基督在我里面活着。”保罗不仅能说基督在他里面活着，也能说在他，活着就是基督〔腓一21〕。一面，基督活在保罗里面；另一面，保罗活基督。在里面，基督是保罗的生命；在外面，基督是保罗的生活。保罗与基督因此同有一个生命，同过一个生活。基督的生命就是保罗的生命，保罗的生活就是基督的生活。基督与保罗，两个活着如同一个。……我们与基督之间所发生的生机联结，使我们与祂如此亲近、亲密，甚至与祂成为一灵〔林前六17〕（新约总论第五册，一○○至一○四页）。

　　参读：生命的认识，第十四篇；腓立比书生命读经，第二十九篇。

　　The designation Christian is used again in 1 Peter 4:16, where it denotes those who are adherents of Christ, bearing His reproach. The context of this verse concerns sharing the sufferings of Christ [v. 14a]…”In the name of Christ” is actually in the person of Christ, in Christ Himself, because the name denotes the person. The believers, having believed into Christ (John 3:15) and having been baptized into His name (Acts 19:5), that is, into Himself (Gal. 3:27), are in Christ (1 Cor. 1:30) and one with Him (6:17). When they are reproached in His name, they are reproached with Him, sharing His sufferings. After speaking of being reproached in the name of Christ, Peter goes on to say in 1 Peter 4:16 that if a believer suffers “as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name.”

　　Whereas in the time of Peter and Paul Christian was a term of reproach, today it should bear a positive significance, that is, a man of Christ, one who is one with Christ, not only belonging to Him but having His life and nature in an organic union with Him, and who is living by Him, even living Him, in his daily life. If we suffer for being such a person, we should not feel ashamed, but be bold to magnify Christ in our confession by our holy and excellent manner of life to glorify, express, God in this name.

　　When we believed in Christ, an organic union took place between us and Him. By believing in Christ, we believed into Him and thereby became one spirit with Him (1 Cor. 6:17). This is what we mean by the expression organic union. Our organic union with Christ also involves our being baptized into Christ (Gal. 3:27). God’s intention in His economy is to put us into Him and to come into us and live in us. Therefore, to be baptized into Christ is to enter into an organic union with the embodiment of the Triune God, which is able to transform our whole being. Now as Christians, those who are of Christ and are one with Him, we need to live by Him, and even live Him, in our daily life…If we are living by Christ, we are still doing the living. To live Christ means that Christ is our life (Col. 3:4). When we live, He lives. When He lives, we live.

　　The central thought in the Bible is that Christ must be our life and that we must live Him as our living. The goal of being a Christian is to live Christ. Furthermore, the destiny God has ordained for us in His economy is that we live Christ. God’s economy is to dispense Himself into us and to work Himself into us that we may take Christ as our life and life supply in order to live Him. God’s desire is that we live Christ…Christ is to be our life, our daily walk, our everything.

　　In Galatians 2:20 Paul declared, “Christ…lives in me.” Paul could say not only that Christ lived in him, but also that to him to live was Christ [Phil. 1:21]. On the one hand, Christ lived in Paul; on the other hand, Paul lived Christ. Inwardly Christ was Paul’s life, and outwardly Christ was Paul’s living. Paul and Christ thus had one life and one living. Christ’s life was Paul’s life, and Paul’s living was Christ’s living. The two, Christ and Paul, lived as one…The organic union that has taken place between us and Christ causes us to be so close and intimate with Him that we are even one spirit with Him [1 Cor. 6:17]. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1147-1150)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, “The Knowledge of Life,” ch. 14; Life-study of Philippians, msg. 29