13根据新约,得救乃是被神放在基督里。林前一章三十节说,“但你们得在基督耶稣里,是出于神。”当神把我们放在基督里,祂是把我们放在一个模子里。这就如同一位姊妹把面揉到模子里;照样,神的心意是要把我们作到基督这模子里。因此,罗马八章二十九节指明,我们要模成基督的形像,使基督在许多弟兄中作长子。长子是模型,而长子的众弟兄就是那些要模成这模型的人。学基督就是被模成基督这榜样的模样,也就是模成基督的形像。
13According to the New Testament, to be saved is to be put by God into Christ. First Corinthians 1:30 says, “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus.” When God put us into Christ, He put us into the mold. Just as a sister shapes dough into the form of a mold, so God intends to form us into the mold of Christ. Hence, Romans 8:29 indicates that we are to be conformed to the image of Christ, the Firstborn among many brothers. To be conformed is to be molded. The Firstborn is the pattern, and the many brothers of the Firstborn are those who are to be conformed to this pattern. To learn Christ is simply to be molded into the pattern of Christ, that is, to be conformed to the image of Christ.