19今天人常问:“为什么要我顺服?”或者问:“我是弟兄,你也是弟兄,我为什么要顺服你?”其实人没有资格这样说……。基督就是代表顺服,并且代表完全的顺服,就如神的权柄是完全的一样。今天有人以为认识权柄,却没有顺服(倪柝声文集第三辑第一册,一五五至一五六页)。
19Today many ask, “Why do I have to submit?” They also ask, “Why do I have to submit to you? I am a brother, and you are a brother.” Actually, men do not have a right to say such things…Christ represents submission, a perfect submission, just as God’s authority is perfect authority. Today some think they know authority, but they do not know submission. (CWWN, vol. 47, “Authority and Submission,” pp. 141-143)