21今天我们若失败亏欠神,我们不该失望;神有路来对付我们。祂有路使我们成熟,然后将我们带进新耶路撒冷。…神是忍耐、同情并怜恤的,祂会花时间使我们成熟。每位信徒,无论现在软弱或刚强,都要在新耶路撒冷里,在其中每个人都要成熟。无论我们是殷勤或只是稍微寻求神,神都有路使基督成为我们的公义、救赎、生命、生命之律、生命的性能,这样我们就能成熟。(耶利米书生命读经,三五至三九页。)
21If we fail God today, we should not be disappointed. God has a way to deal with us. He has a way to cause us to mature and then to bring us into the New Jerusalem. God is patient, sympathetic, and compassionate, and He will take the time to make us mature. Every believer, whether presently weak or strong, will be in the New Jerusalem, and everyone there will be mature. Whether we seek God diligently or only a little, God has a way to make Christ our righteousness, our redemption, our life, our life law, and our life capacity so that we can be matured. (Life-study of Jeremiah, pp. 29-31, 29, 31)