1Ⅳ When we testify to the truth in “the age of this world,” we are one with the victorious Christ in fighting against Satan, the devil, the father of lies, “the ruler of this world,” “the god of this age” who “has blinded the thoughts of the unbelievers”—Eph. 2:2; John 8:44; 12:31; 2 Cor. 4:4:
6B “The god of this age” is Satan, the deceiver, the ruler of this present age; he dominates today’s world and hunts for man’s worship by blinding the thoughts, the minds, of the unbelievers—2 Cor. 4:4:
71 林后四章四节的“弄瞎”,意思是蒙蔽人的悟性。
71 Blinded in 2 Corinthians 4:4 means to veil a person’s understanding.
82 这节的“心思(直译,思想)”,意指心思的悟性。
82 Thoughts in this verse denotes the understanding of the mind.
9C “The whole world lies in the evil one”—1 John 5:19b:
101 整个撒但的世界系统,和世界上的人,就是堕落的人类,被动地卧在那恶者撒但霸占并操纵的手下。
101 The entire satanic world system and the people of the world, the fallen human race, are lying passively under the usurping and manipulating hand of Satan, the evil one.
112 In Greek the evil one refers to one who is pernicious, harmfully evil, one who influences others to be evil; this evil one is Satan, the devil, in whom the whole world lies—v. 19b.
123 This evil system, the kingdom of darkness, was judged when its ruler, Satan, was cast out by the Lord’s crucifixion in the flesh—John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11.
13四 以弗所二章二节里的“这世界”,指由许多世代所组成的撒但系统:
13D This world in Ephesians 2:2 refers to the satanic system, which is composed of many ages:
141 一个世代是指世界这撒但系统的一部分。
141 An age is a part of the world, the satanic system.
152 The age in Ephesians 2:2 refers to the present and modern appearance of the system of Satan, which is used by him to usurp and occupy people and keep them away from God and His purpose.
163 加拉太一章四节的“现今这邪恶的世代”,是指宗教世界,世界的宗教系。
163 The present evil age in Galatians 1:4 refers to the religious world, the religious course of the world.
17E If we want to testify to the truth in the present age, we must obey Paul’s command in Romans 12:2: “Do not be fashioned according to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind”:
181 To be fashioned, conformed, is to assume an outward expression that does not come from within us nor is representative of our inner being as a regenerated child of God—John 1:12-13.
192 我们不要被这世代同化,使我们这些从世界被圣别归神的人,又变成和这世代同形状。
192 We should not be assimilated by the world to the extent that we who have been separated from the world unto God have the same image as this age.
203 We need to be renewed in the spirit of our mind, allowing the mingled spirit to spread into our mind, thus becoming the spirit of the mind and causing our mind, emotion, and will to be renewed by a new element being wrought into our inner being—Eph. 4:23; 1 Cor. 6:17; Rom. 12:2.