腓⽴⽐书 1:21 因我活着就是基督，我死了就有益处。(现代标点和合本)
Philippians 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (NKJV)
保罗写道：因我活着就是基督，我死了就有 益处。那他为什么说死了是有益处的呢？ 从世⼈的眼光来看，死亡就是终结。⼀个⼈死了，⽣命也随之结束。那还会有什么益处呢？如果你的经济“死了”，你就没有钱了； 如果你的健康“死了”，你就没有⽓⼒了。那 么，死了怎么可能是有益处呢？ 但对神的⼉⼥⽽⾔，死带来了更⼤的益处。 从属灵的⻆度来看，惟有藉着我们旧⼈的死，就是那从亚当所遗留下来的罪性，基督才能在我们⾥⾯活着 。 这就是保 罗所指的“死”：旧⼈的死，使新⽣命得以启航。 这就是为什么我们不再凭外貌或⾃然界的眼光来看待⾃⼰。我们必须看到更深层次的事：基督在我们⾥⾯；我们活着就是基督。 正因为基督住在我们⾥⾯，祂能做的事，我们也能做。祂所拥有的权柄，我们在祂⾥⾯也同样拥有。这并不意味着我们是神——⽽是我们是从神⽣的；我们拥有祂的性情，但 我们没有祂的位格。在⽣活中，我们反映祂的爱、祂的能⼒、祂的平安、祂的健康，以及祂丰盛的供应。 所以，虽然我们不是神，但我们已经与祂联合。我们不再与祂有距离，⽽是住在祂⾥⾯，并藉着祂⽽活。活着就是基督，意味着我们已经与祂结合为⼀灵。阿们！
Paul writes, “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Why does he say that to die is gain? From a human point of view, death is the end. When a person dies, their life is over. What is there to gain in that? If your finances die, you have no more money. If your health dies, you are left without strength. So how can death possibly be gain? But for the believer, death brings something greater. Spiritually speaking, it is only through the death of our old self—our sinful nature inherited from Adam—that Christ can live in us. This is the kind of death Paul is referring to: the death of the old man so that new life can begin. That is why we must no longer view ourselves merely by outward appearance or natural thinking. We must see the deeper reality: Christ lives in us. For us to live is Christ. And because Christ lives in us, what He can do, we can do through Him. The authority He has, we also have in Him. This does not mean we become God— but we are born of God. We carry His nature. We reflect His love, His power, His peace, His health and, His abundant supply. So, while we are not God, we are united with Him in spirit. We do not live independently of Him—we live in Him and through Him. To live is Christ means we live as one with Him. Amen!