13在彼前二章九节……族类、祭司体系、国度和子民都是集合名词,指集体的信徒。作族类,信徒已经蒙拣选;作祭司体系,祭司团,我们是君尊的;作国度,我们是圣别的;作子民,我们是神的产业,是神特别买来并据有,作祂奇珍的产业(多二14)。蒙拣选的族类,指我们是源于神的;君尊的祭司体系,指我们是事奉神的;圣别的国度,指我们是为着神一同生活的团体;买来作产业的子民,指我们对神是宝贵的。这些都有团体之意,因此我们需要建造在一起。 13In 1 Peter 2:9…race, priesthood, nation, and people are all collective nouns, referring to the believers corporately. As a race, we, the believers, are chosen; as a priesthood, a body of priests, we are royal, kingly; as a nation, we are holy; as a people, we are God’s possession, a possession particularly acquired and owned by God as His treasure. Chosen race denotes our lineage from God; royal priesthood, our service to God; holy nation, our being a community for God; and people acquired for a possession, our preciousness to God. These are all in a corporate sense. Hence, we need to be built together.