23因此,在重生里,神生神。人生人,羊生羊。如果羊不生羊,那么羊生什么?如果神所生的不是神,那又是什么?如果神的儿女不是从神的种、神的类,那他们是从什么种?如果他们不是神,他们是什么?我们这些从神生的,都是神。但是在发表上,为免引起神学上的误解,最好说我们是在神圣种类里,也就是在神国里的神人。
23Thus, in regeneration God begets gods. Man begets man. Goats beget goats. If goats do not beget goats, what do they beget? If God does not beget gods, what does He beget? If the children of God are not in God’s kind, in God’s species, in what kind are they? If they are not gods, what are they? We all who are born of God are gods. But for utterance, due to the theological misunderstanding, it is better to say that we are God-men in the divine species, that is, in the kingdom of God.