1Ⅰ The church is in the Triune God—“the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ”—1 Thes. 1:1:
2一 帖前一章一节向我们启示出一个重大的事实:召会是在独一的神里,这位神是我们的父和主耶稣基督:
2A In 1 Thessalonians 1:1 we have the revelation of the tremendous fact that the church is in the unique God and that this God is our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
31 召会不仅属于神并属于基督,也是在神里并在基督里的。
31 The church is not only of God and of Christ; the church is also in God and in Christ.
5B The church is composed of human beings, but they, the believers, are in the Triune God—v. 1; 2 Thes. 1:1.
6三 召会乃是一班由父神而生,有祂生命和性情,并被带进与基督生机联结的人:
6C The church is a group of human beings who have been born of God the Father with His life and nature and who have been brought into the organic union with Christ:
8a In 1 Thessalonians 1:1 the word Father indicates a relationship in life; in God the Father, we have been born again, regenerated, and now, as His children, we have a life relationship with Him—John 1:12-13.