2一 新耶路撒冷乃是得胜者的总和;主信徒中的遗民,较早的得胜者,将成为基督的新妇,为时一千年(十九7~9,二十4~6);然后他们要与主其余的信徒,较晚的得胜者,一同成为基督的妻子,直到永远(二一2~3、7):
2A The New Jerusalem is the totality of the overcomers; a remnant of the Lord's believers, the earlier overcomers, will be the bride of Christ for one thousand years (19:7-9; 20:4-6); then they will join the rest of the Lord's believers, the later overcomers, to be the wife of Christ for eternity (21:2-3, 7):