9然而,十一至十五节指明,在消极方面有肉体、规条以及执政掌权者。我们男、女、老、幼、有文化的、没有文化的,都受这三类反面事物的搅扰。我们都有肉体,都有某种规条,也都服从空中邪恶的掌权者。罪、世界、过犯的根源都在这些反面的事物里。赞美主,在基督这土壤里有割礼的元素,将肉体治死!在基督这土壤里有杀死的能力。……我们在其中所生根的美地,其上的土壤乃是割礼的“盐”。这种元素不能使任何作物生长,但对于杀菌却很有果效。它割除肉体,并杀死肉体。
9On the negative side, however, as 2:11-15 indicates, we have the flesh, the ordinances, and the rulers and authorities. Young and old, male and female, cultured and uncultured—we all are troubled by these three categories of negative things. We all have the flesh, we all have some type of ordinances, and we all are subject to the evil authorities in the atmosphere. Sin, worldliness, and offenses have their source in these negative things. Praise the Lord that in Christ as the soil we have the element of circumcision, which puts the flesh to death! In Christ as the soil, there is killing power…In the soil of the good land in which we are rooted is the “salt” of circumcision. This element does not cause anything to grow, but it is effective in killing germs. It cuts the flesh and kills it.