11有些解经家说,基督的律法在〔加拉太六章二节〕是指主叫我们彼此相爱的诫命。照他们所言,基督的律法就是爱的律法。这是正确的。但我们必须进一步看见,基督的律法乃是指借着爱运行、更高更好的生命之律(罗八2,约十三34)。爱的律法,就是基督的律法,乃是生命的律法。爱是彰显,但生命是本质。真实的爱是由神圣的生命产生出来的。保罗在林前十三章所描述的爱,乃是神圣生命的彰显。不仅如此,爱乃是那灵的果子(加五22),这事实指明爱的本质必须是那灵。事实上,一切属灵的美德都必须有那灵连同神圣的生命为其本质。基督的律法,也就是爱的律法,必须由生命之灵的律将其实化。这就是我们说加拉太六章二节“基督的律法”是指“生命之律”的原因。生命之律借着爱的律得着彰显,使我们能彼此担当重担。这样,我们就完全满足了基督的律法。 11Some expositors say that the law of Christ in Galatians 6:2 refers to the Lord’s commandment that we love one another. According to them, the law of Christ is the law of love. This is correct. However, we must go on to see that the law of Christ is the higher and better law of life, which works through love (Rom. 8:2; John 13:34). The law of love, which is the law of Christ, is the law of life. Love is the expression, but life is the substance. Real love is that which issues from the divine life. The love described by Paul in 1 Corinthians 13 is the expression of the divine life. Furthermore, the fact that love is a fruit of the Spirit indicates that the substance of love must be the Spirit (Gal. 5:22). In fact, all spiritual virtues must have the Spirit with the divine life as their substance. The law of Christ, which is the law of love, must be substantiated by the divine life. This is the reason we say that the law of Christ in Galatians 6:2 denotes the law of life. Expressed by the law of love, the law of life will cause us to bear one another’s burdens. In this way we fulfill the law of Christ.