12事实上,我们的人位,我们的所是,是相当复杂的。我们不是那么简单,因为我们有三部分。我们有坏的肉体,有好的灵,也有介于中间的魂。我们应当一直跟随我们的灵,并且在一切事上照着我们的灵而行,这是根据罗马八章四节。我们应当一直保持警觉,辨明一切不是出于灵,而是出于魂的事。……神赐给我们的灵是我们的性能和本钱。我们必须使用我们的灵,运用我们的灵,并借着将我们的灵如火挑旺起来,借着将心思置于灵,借着辨明灵与魂,来操练我们的灵。当然,我们很容易知道什么是出于肉体的,什么是出于灵的;但在什么是出于魂的与什么是出于灵的这二者之间,通常是混淆不清的。所以我们必须辨明。
12Actually, our person, our being, is quite complicated. We are not so simple, because we have three parts. We have the flesh, which is bad; the spirit, which is good; and the soul, which is in between. We should always follow our spirit and walk in all things according to our spirit. This is according to Romans 8:4. We should always be on the alert to discern anything that is not of the spirit but of the soul. Our God-given spirit is our capital and our capacity. We have to use our spirit, to employ our spirit, and to exercise our spirit by fanning it into flame, by setting our mind on it, and by discerning it from our soul. Of course, it is easy to know what is of the flesh and what is of the spirit; but quite often it is a very mixed-up situation between what is of the soul and what is of the spirit. This is why we have to discern.