我们的灵由神圣的生命所重生
约翰在五章四节说，“因为凡从神生之物，就胜过世界，胜过世界的，就是我们的信。”“凡从神生之物”，指每个从神生的人。但这样的说法，该是特指重生之人的灵，就是由神的生命所重生的部分（约三6）。重生信徒的重生之灵不犯罪(约壹三9），并且胜过世界。他神圣的出生带着神圣的生命，乃是这种得胜生活的基本因素。
约翰的福音和书信都强调神圣的出生；藉这出生，神的生命得以分赐到在基督里的信徒里面。这带来神圣生命的神圣出生，乃是一切关于神圣生命之奥秘的基本因素。这神圣的出生向神所生的信徒保证，使他们对神圣生命的能力与美德有把握。
重生乃是发生在我们的灵里
约翰三章六节说，从那灵生的，就是灵。这指明重生发生在我们的灵里。我们的灵既已蒙了重生，就不能犯罪。相反的，我们的灵能胜过一切消极的事物。
我们的灵已经由神圣的生命所重生，这就是说，神圣的生命已经分赐或注入到我们的灵里。但我们的身体还没有得着重生，我们的魂还留在神的生命之外。为这缘故，我们一旦在我们的灵里蒙了重生，就应当住在神圣的生命里，好叫这生命有自由的通道，扩展到我们的魂里。神圣的生命从我们重生的灵扩展到我们的魂里，在我们这人里面产生新陈代谢的改变，这种改变在新约里称为变化。藉此我们看见，我们在灵里重生以后，需要神圣的生命浸透我们的魂，使我们里面的人变化，就是使我们的魂有新陈代谢的改变。至终时候将到，我们的身体要被神圣生命的大能改变形状，成为荣耀的身体。
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Whoever Believes that Jesus Is Christ Is Born of God – 1 John 5:1
Our Spirit Is Regenerated by the Divine Life
In 5:4 John says, “Because everything that has been begotten of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory which overcame the world – our faith.” The word “everything” refers to every person who has been begotten of God. Yet such an expression should refer especially to the part that has been regenerated with the divine life, that is, the spirit of the regenerated person (John 3:6). The regenerated spirit of the believer does not practice sin (1 John 3:9), and it overcomes the world. His divine birth with the divine life is the basic factor of such victorious living.
Both John’s Gospel and Epistle stress the divine birth, which the divine life is imparted into the believers in Christ. This divine birth that brings in the divine life is the basic factor of all the mysteries concerning the divine life. It assures the God-begotten believers, giving them confidence in the ability and virtue of the divine life.
Regeneration Takes Place in Our Spirit
John 3:6 says that that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. This indicates that regeneration takes place in our spirit. Because our spirit has been regenerated, it cannot sin. On the contrary, our spirit can overcome all negative things.
Our spirit has been regenerated with the divine life. This means that the divine life has been imparted or infused into our spirit. However, our body has not been regenerated, and our soul still remains without the life of God. For this reason, once we have been regenerated in our spirit, we should dwell in the divine life so that it may have free course to spread into our soul. The spreading of the divine life from our regenerated spirit into our soul produces a metabolic change in our being, a change which is called transformation in the New Testament. By this we see that after regeneration in our spirit, we need the divine life to saturate our soul in order to cause the transformation of our inner being, the metabolic change of our soul. Eventually, the time will come when our body will be transfigured by the power of the divine life into a glorious body.