12若是有了一个长成的人,下面定规就有基督丰满之身材的度量。你若接受基督作人位,你定规以基督作生命。基督作人位是为着新人的,基督作生命乃是为着身体的。你能接受基督作人位,你定规能长大成人。结果怎样呢?结果基督的身体,就是基督丰满的身材一定会长得够度量。所以你看见,只要长大成人,就有那个丰满所需要的身量。换句话说,你接受基督作人位,你定规也以基督作生命。基督作人位,就叫新人长大;基督作生命,就叫身体的身量增加(李常受文集一九七七年第三册,四二一至四二四页)。
12If there is a full-grown man, then there will definitely be the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. If you take Christ as your person, then you will surely take Him as your life. Taking Christ as your person is for the new man, whereas taking Christ as your life is for the Body. If you take Christ as your person, then you will be able to grow and mature. The result will be that the Body of Christ will grow and have the adequate measure of stature as the fullness of Christ. Thus, you can see that as long as we grow and mature, there will be the necessary measure of the stature of the fullness. In other words, if you take Christ as your person, then you will certainly have Christ as your life. Christ as our person is for the growth of the new man; Christ as our life is for the increase of the measure of the stature of the Body. (CWWL, 1977, vol. 3, “One Body, One Spirit, and One New Man,” pp. 323-326)