1Ⅲ The proving of our faith being found unto praise, glory, and honor results in the receiving of the end of our faith — the salvation of our souls — 1 Pet. 1:7-9:
2一 当我们活在神的行政之下,就会在诸般的试炼中忧愁,并经历信心的试验—6~7节:
2A As we live under the government of God, we will be made sorrowful by various trials and experience the proving of our faith — vv. 6-7:
31 六节的试炼乃是苦难,以试验我们信徒之生活的品质。
31 The trials in verse 6 are sufferings that test the quality of our life as believers.
6B The salvation of the soul in 1 Peter 1:9 means that our soul will be saved from sufferings into the full enjoyment of the Lord at His revelation, His coming back — v. 7; 3:17; 4:1, 12-16, 19:
71 At the Lord’s revelation, some believers will enter into the joy of the Lord, and some will suffer in weeping and gnashing of teeth — Matt. 25:21, 23, 30; 24:45-46, 51.
93 At the revelation of the Lord Jesus, His coming, our soul will be saved, and we will be qualified to participate in the Lord’s enjoyment in the coming age — 1 Pet. 1:9, 13.
17Further Reading: Life-study of 1 Peter, msgs. 6-7; CWWL, 1990, vol. 3, “The Vision of the Divine Dispensing and Guidelines for the Practice of the New Way,” ch. 4