林后四6~7 ……神……照在我们心里，为着光照人，使人认识那显在耶稣基督面上之神的荣耀。但我们有这宝贝在瓦器里，要显明这超越的能力，是属于神，不是出于我们。

　　　　三18 但我们众人既然以没有帕子遮蔽的脸，好像镜子观看并返照主的荣光，就渐渐变化成为与祂同样的形像……。

　　保罗告诉我们，我们是瓦器，而主耶稣在我们里面是宝贝〔林后四7〕。但这节的钥匙是前一节：“为着光照人，使人认识那显在耶稣基督面上之神的荣耀。”（6）这节的“面”，在希腊文里和二章十节的“面”同字，是指眼睛周围部分的标示。……我们永不会觉得有宝贝在我们里面，直到我们看到耶稣的面。当我们享受祂的同在，我们就觉得祂在我们里面是何等的宝贝（李文集一九七三至一九七四年第一册，八一六页）。

　　2 Cor. 4:6-7 …God…is the One who shined in our hearts to illuminate the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not out of us.

　　3:18 But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image…

　　Paul tells us that we are the vessels, and the Lord Jesus within us is the treasure [2 Cor. 4:7]. But the key to this verse is the verse preceding it: “To illuminate the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (v. 6). In Greek, the word for face is the same word used for person in 2 Corinthians 2:10, which means the index around the eyes…We will never sense that we have a treasure within until we see the face of Jesus. When we are enjoying His presence, we sense that He is such a precious treasure within us. (CWWL, 1973-1974, vol. 1, “The Indwelling Christ in the Canon of the New Testament,” p. 597)

　　我们都能说我们是瓦器，耶稣是里面的宝贝。但我们可能只是这样说，而里面没有任何实际的感觉。只有当我们活在祂面前，注视祂的标示，我们才会感觉到祂对我们是这样的宝贝。在整个宇宙中，没有一件事像观看耶稣的面那样宝贵。这是一件个人经历和享受的事。我们越活在祂面前，我们就越觉得主耶稣的宝贵。这就是对祂内住的享受。这位耶稣就住在我们里面。这是活的实际，不只是一个说法而已。

　　假如我们都学习弃绝我们的旧人位，借着观看耶稣的面的标示，享受祂的同在，而接受祂作我们的人位，我们就会有一种甜美的感觉，觉得内住耶稣的宝贵。这会使我们发光照耀，这一种照耀就是祂荣耀的返照。我能保证，如果你有这种经历，其他人就会看出你是多么发光照耀。你不只是快乐，并且是发光照耀。有光从你里面照耀出来，那就是耶稣的返照。这是保罗对于内住基督的经历（李文集一九七三至一九七四年第一册，八一六至八一七页）。

　　根据林后三章十八节，我们就像镜子，观看并返照主的荣光。观看是我们自己看主，返照是叫别人经过我们看主。我们就像镜子，观看并返照主的荣光。……十八节的荣光是指复活并升天之主的荣光；祂是神又是人，经过成为肉体、地上为人生活和钉十字架，进入复活，成就完全的救赎，并成为赐生命的灵，住在我们里面，使祂和祂所完成、所得着以及所达到的一切，都成为我们的实际，使我们与祂是一，并且变化成为与祂同样的形像，从荣耀到荣耀。

　　我们以没有帕子遮蔽的脸，观看并返照主的荣光，祂就用祂的所是及所作的元素，灌注我们。因此，我们就借着祂生命的大能，凭祂生命的素质，渐渐新陈代谢地变化，而有祂生命的形状；并且主要的借着我们心思的更新（罗十二2），渐渐变化形像，成为祂的形像。

　　我们这些器皿需要有没有帕子遮蔽的脸。这就是说，我们需要向神圣的生命连同其能力、素质和形像敞开。我们这样向主敞开，祂这赐生命的灵就会进到我们全人里面，将祂生命的素质灌输到我们里面，借祂生命大能在我们里面运行，把我们塑造成祂的形像。这就是生命的构成，使我们成为新约的执事（哥林多后书生命读经，七九至八一页）。

　　参读：哥林多后书生命读经，第八、十篇；李文集一九七三至一九七四年第一册，新约圣经中内住的基督，第十章。

　　We all can say that we are the earthen vessel, and Jesus is the treasure within. But we can say this without any sense of the reality within us. It is only when we are living in His presence, looking at the index of His being, that we will sense that He is such a treasure to us. In the whole universe there is nothing so precious as to behold the face of Jesus. This is something of personal experience and enjoyment. The more we live in His presence, the more sense we will have of the preciousness of Jesus. This is just the enjoyment of His indwelling. This very Jesus indwells us. This is a living reality, not merely a saying. If we would all learn to forsake our old person, taking Him as our person by looking at the index of His face while enjoying His presence, we would have a sweet sense of the preciousness of the indwelling Jesus. This would make us so shining, a shining that is the reflecting of His glory. I can assure you that if you ever have this kind of experience, others will see how shining you are. It is not that you are merely happy, but you are shining. Something from within shines out, and that is the reflection of Jesus. This was Paul’s experience of the indwelling Christ. (CWWL, 1973-1974, vol. 1, “The Indwelling Christ in the Canon of the New Testament,” pp. 597-598)

　　According to 2 Corinthians 3:18, we behold and reflect like a mirror the glory of the Lord. To behold the glory of the Lord is to see the Lord ourselves; to reflect the glory of the Lord is to enable others to see Him through us. We are like mirrors beholding and reflecting the glory of the Lord. The glory in verse 18 is the glory of the Lord, the resurrected and ascended One, who as both God and man passed through incarnation, human living on the earth, and crucifixion, entered into resurrection, accomplished full redemption, and became a life-giving Spirit. As the life-giving Spirit, He dwells in us to make Himself and all that He has accomplished, obtained, and attained real to us, that we may be one with Him and be transformed into the same image from glory to glory.

　　When we with unveiled face are beholding and reflecting the glory of the Lord, He infuses us with the elements of what He is and what He has done. Thus we are being transformed metabolically to have His life shape by His life power with His life essence; that is, we are being transfigured, mainly by the renewing of our mind (Rom. 12:2), into His image.

　　As vessels, we need to have an unveiled face; that is, we need to be open to the divine life with its power, essence, and shape. As we open to the Lord, He as the life-giving Spirit enters into our being to infuse His life essence into us, to operate within us by His life power, and to shape us into His image. This is the constitution of life to make us ministers of the new covenant. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, pp. 69-70)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of 2 Corinthians, msgs. 8, 10; CWWL, 1973-1974, vol. 1, “The Indwelling Christ in the Canon of the New Testament,” ch. 10