17在我们里面的基督是延展无限、无法测度、追测不尽的。何等奇妙，这样一位基督竟然住在我们里面！我们需要在这样一位基督里面长大成熟，在祂里面行事为人，并且照着祂生活行动。我们既与基督同死，并且一同与祂活过来，就当持定祂作元首，本于祂，全身就以神的增长而长大。〔以上这九点〕都指明基督是亲切、便利、又可应用的。…基督若不是可应用的，我们就无法在祂里面行事为人、照着祂、或与祂同死同活。我们也无法持定祂作元首，本于祂，使全身以神的增长而长大。所有这些点都与主观经历基督有关。并且今天的基督徒，都忽视或完全缺少这些点，很少人强调在基督里行事为人，照着基督或持定元首基督。…基督对我们若仅仅是客观的，祂就不能在我们里面，我们也无法在祂里面长大成熟。…对于这九个点，唯一够格的人位乃是那灵。
17The Christ who is in us is the extensive, immeasurable, unsearchable One. How marvelous that such a Christ dwells in us! We need to become full-grown in such a Christ, to walk in Him, and to be according to Him. Having died with Christ and having been made alive with Him, we should hold Him as the Head out from whom the whole Body grows with the growth of God. [These nine expressions] indicate that Christ is near, available, and applicable…Unless Christ were applicable, we could not walk in Him, be according to Him, or die and be made alive together with Him. Neither could we hold Him as the Head out from whom the Body grows with the growth of God. All these points are related to the subjective experience of Christ. Furthermore, these points are neglected or altogether lacking among today’s Christians, where there is little emphasis on walking in Christ, being according to Christ, or holding Christ as the Head. If Christ were merely objective to us, He could not be in us, and we could not be full-grown in Him…The unique person qualified for all these nine points is the Spirit.