9彼前一章十节说到那些对于信徒魂的救恩，已经详细寻求考察过的众申言者，预言信徒所要得的恩典。彼得在这里所提〔这一方面〕的恩典，与约翰一章所提〔那一方面〕的恩典不同。约翰说，话成了肉体，丰丰满满地有恩典，并且这恩典是借着耶稣基督来的（14、17）。恩典在耶稣成为肉体时，借着耶稣基督来了；但彼得说，有一个恩典还未临到，然而将要临到。这恩典在旧约没有提起，但是众申言者已经预言过了；他们对于信徒魂的救恩（不是他们的体或灵的救恩），已经详细地寻求考察过（彼前一9~10）。……彼得说到为着信徒魂的救恩的恩典。彼得所教导的恩典，不是拯救我们的灵或我们的体的恩典，乃是拯救我们魂的恩典。……一个人可以赚得全世界，而丧失他的魂〔可八36〕。这给我们看见，魂需要得救。如果你为着拯救你的魂，牺牲全世界，那是值得的（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第一册，五七八、五八○页）。 9First Peter 1:10 speaks of the grace that was to come unto the believers, which was prophesied by the prophets, who sought and searched diligently concerning the salvation of the believers’ souls. The [aspect of] grace mentioned by Peter here is different from the [aspect of] grace mentioned in John 1. John says that the Word became flesh, full of grace, and that grace came through Jesus Christ (vv. 14, 17). Grace came through Jesus Christ, with Jesus’ incarnation, but Peter says that there is a grace that is not yet but is to come. This grace was not mentioned in the Old Testament, but it was prophesied by the prophets, who sought and searched diligently concerning the salvation of the believers’ souls (1 Pet. 1:9)…Peter speaks of the grace that was for the salvation of the believers’ souls. What Peter teaches as grace is not the grace that saves our spirit or our body, but the grace that saves our soul…A man can gain the whole world and lose his soul [Mark 8:36]. This shows that the soul needs to be saved. If, for the sake of saving your soul, you sacrifice the whole world, that is worthwhile. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” pp. 457-458)