16在我们的经历中,〔有一种〕为着耶稣、为着基督的身体并为着新约的职事,所临到我们的苦难、逼迫或对付。这不是指人类在旧造中所共受的苦难、难处,如疾病或灾害;也不是指因着罪过、错误或未尽责任所受的处罚、改正或管教。耶稣的治死,毁坏我们天然的人、外面的人和肉体,使我们里面的人有机会发展并更新(林后四16)(圣经恢复本,林后四10注1)。 16In our experience [there] is a kind of suffering, persecution, or dealing that comes upon us for the sake of Jesus, for the sake of the Body of Christ, and for the sake of the new covenant ministry. This does not refer to sufferings and troubles that are common to all human beings in the old creation, such as illness or calamity, or to punishment, correction, or discipline suffered because of sins, mistakes, or failure to fulfill one’s responsibility. This putting to death of Jesus consumes our natural man, our outward man, our flesh, so that our inward man may have the opportunity to develop and be renewed (v. 16). (2 Cor. 4:10, footnote 1)