8作为神的后嗣，信徒与基督同作后嗣，是照着永远生命的应许和盼望，借着因基督的恩典得称义，并在基督的复活里得重生，得以承受三一神作他们的基业，有圣灵作凭质，得以在光中与众圣徒同享具体化在基督里的三一神，作他们的分，得以与基督同得荣耀，并得以承受那存留在诸天之上作活的盼望的基业。这要完成于信徒成为神所选定的基业。……〔以弗所一章十一节里〕“成了所选定的基业”，原文……意选择，或抽签指定。因此全句意即，我们在祂里面被标明为所选定的基业。我们成了所选定的基业，以承受神作基业。一面我们成了神的基业（18），给神享受；一面我们承受神作我们的基业（14），给我们享受。……借着三一神作到我们里面，我们被构成基业。神的元素作到我们这人里面，我们就成为祂在实际里的基业。所以，我们仍在成为神完满基业的过程中（新约总论第五册，三七至三八页）。
8As heirs of God, the believers are joint heirs of Christ according to the promise and the hope of eternal life, through justification by the grace of Christ and regeneration in the resurrection of Christ, to inherit the Triune God as their inheritance with the Holy Spirit as the pledge, to share with all the saints in the light the Triune God embodied in Christ as their portion, to be glorified with Christ, and to inherit an inheritance kept in the heavens as a living hope. This consummates in the believers being made God’s inheritance…The Greek word rendered “were designated as an inheritance” [in Ephesians 1:11] means “to choose” or “assign by lot.” Hence, this clause literally means we were designated as a heritage. We were made an inheritance to inherit God’s inheritance. On the one hand, we were made God’s inheritance (v. 18) for God’s enjoyment; on the other hand, we were made to inherit God as our inheritance (v. 14) for our enjoyment… It is by having the Triune God wrought into us that we are constituted into an inheritance. As God’s element is wrought into our being, we become His inheritance in reality. Therefore, we are still in the process of being made God’s inheritance in full. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 1092)