18彼后一章四节说到“有分于神的性情”。……我们这些在基督里的信徒是得着同样宝贵之信的人,我们应当也是有分于神圣性情的人。……神圣的性情是指神的所是,也就是神所是的丰富、元素和构成成分(约四24,约壹一5,四8、16)。神圣的性情,主要指神圣生命的构成,神的构成,乃是由那灵、爱、光所构成。神圣的生命和神圣的性情是分不开的;神圣的性情是神圣生命的本质,并且在神圣生命里面(一1~2,五11~13)。我们这些神的儿女乃是神人,从神而生,拥有神的生命和性情,属于神的种类(三1,约一12~13)。……神圣的性情是在神圣的生命里,所以使我们得以重生的神圣生命里面有神圣的性情(三3、5~6、15)。凡信入神儿子的人就由神而生,并有权利成为神的儿女;因此,信徒有权利有分、享受神的性情(一12~13)(新约总论第十三册,二八四至二八五页)。 18Second Peter 1:4 speaks of the “partakers of the divine nature.”…As those who have received equally precious faith, we, the believers in Christ, should be partakers of the divine nature. The divine nature refers to what God is, that is, the riches, the elements, and the constituents of God’s being (John 4:24; 1 John 1:5; 4:8, 16). The divine nature, which mainly refers to the constitution of the divine life, the constitution of God, is constituted with Spirit, love, and light. The divine life and the divine nature are inseparable; the divine nature is the substance of the divine life and is within the divine life (1:1-2; 5:11-13). As the children of God, we are God-men, born of God, possessing the life and nature of God, and belonging to the species of God (3:1; John 1:12-13)…Because the divine nature is in the divine life, the divine life with which we were born again has the divine nature within it (3:3, 5-6, 15). Whoever believes into the Son of God is born of God and has the right to become a child of God; thus, a believer has the right to partake of, to enjoy, the nature of God (1:12-13). (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3932-3933)