亞他那修 EP. SERAP.(致撒拉蓬的信)

EP. SERAP.(致撒拉蓬的信)1.25

If by participation in the Spirit, we become 'partaker of divine nature' (2 Pet 1:4); it would be insane to say that the Spirit belongs to created nature and not to God. For that is why those in whom he comes to dwell are those who are deified. And if he deifies there is no doubt that his nature is of God.

如果藉由有份於靈，我們成為‘神性的分享者’（彼後1：14）；若說聖靈屬於非神、被造的性質又是何等的荒謬。這就是為什麼那些在他裡面，有他內住的人能夠被神化。並且，如果他能夠神化，無疑他的性質就是神。