27我们若照着灵而行,也会履行不可杀人、不可奸淫、不可偷盗、不可作假见证、不可贪心这几条诫命。……保罗在罗马七章告诉我们,他想要胜过贪心,却胜不过,反倒被这条诫命杀死。他定罪自己,大声呼喊说,“我是个苦恼的人!谁要救我……?”(24)然后到了八章,他却能宣告说,“如此,现今那些在基督耶稣里的,就没有定罪了。因为生命之灵的律,在基督耶稣里已经释放了我,使我脱离了罪与死的律。”(1~2)保罗也领悟到,当他照着生命之灵而行时,律法义的要求就不知不觉地成就在他身上。这也能成为我们今天的经历。我们不必定意要履行十诫。我再说,我们若照着生命之灵而行,每一条诫命就会不知不觉、自然而然地成就在我们身上。十诫的每一条都会完全成就在我们身上(哥林多后书生命读经,二八七、三○一至三○二页)。
27If we walk according to the Spirit, we will also fulfill the commandments forbidding murder, fornication, stealing, giving false testimony, and coveting…In Romans 7 Paul tells us that he tried to overcome coveting, but he was not able to do so. Rather, he was killed by this commandment. Then he condemned himself and cried out, “Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me?” (v. 24). Then in Romans 8 he could declare, “There is now then no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has freed me in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and of death” (vv. 1-2). Paul also came to realize that the righteous requirements of the law were fulfilled in him automatically when he walked according to the Spirit of life. This also can be our experience today. There is no need for us to purpose to fulfill the Ten Commandments. Once again I say that if we walk according to the Spirit of life, every commandment will be fulfilled in us unconsciously and spontaneously. Each commandment will be thoroughly fulfilled in us. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, pp. 239-240, 252-253)