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VERS. 8, 9. Et si fuerint in catenis, et vinciantur fu nibus paupertatis, f indicabit eia opera eorum, et acelera eorum, quia violenti fuerint 55. Catenis ligari se putant sancti, quandiu hic vi. vunt. — Catenae obligationis sunt ipsa adhuc retentio 839 peregrinationis. Ligatum se his catenis Paulus aspexerat, cum dicebat: Desiderium habena dissolvi, et cum Christo esse (Philip. I, 25). Paupertatis funibus vinctum se esse cernebat, quando veras divitias intuens, eas etiam discipulis g exorabat, dicens: Ut sciatis quæ sit spes vocationis ejus, quæ divitiæ gloriæ hcereditatis ejus in sanctis (Ephes. I, 18). Bene autem post ista subditur:
第八、九節。他們若被鎖鏈捆綁，被貧窮的繩索纏繞，祂必將他們的行為與他們的惡行指示他們，因為他們曾行強暴。五十五、聖徒只要活在此世，便自認被鎖鏈捆綁。——束縛的鎖鏈，正是這客旅生涯眼下的羈留。保羅說「我情願離世與基督同在」（腓一23）時，已看見自己被這些鎖鏈捆綁。當他注視真正的財富，甚至為門徒祈求說：「使你們知道祂的恩召有何等指望，祂在聖徒中得的基業有何等豐盛的榮耀」（弗一18）時，他便察覺自己被貧窮的繩索纏繞。而在這些話之後，恰當地補充說：
Vv. 8, 9. And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty, he will show them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent. 55. The saints reckon themselves bound in chains so long as they live here.—The chains of obligation are this very present holding-back of our pilgrimage. Paul had seen himself bound with these chains when he said: 'Having a desire to be dissolved, and to be with Christ' (Phil. 1:23). He perceived himself bound with the cords of poverty when, gazing on the true riches, he besought them even for the disciples, saying: 'That you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints' (Eph. 1:18). And well is it added after these words:
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Indicabit eis opera eorum, et scetera eorum, quia violenti rucrint. Cum enim supernam gloriam Inanis amando cognoscimus, tunc mala quae egimus graviora fuisse sentimus.Unde et Paulus post perceptam gratiam supernorum ea quæ in se studia virtutum crediderat fuisse jam scelera cognoscebat, dicens: Qui prius fui blasphemus, et persecutor, et contumeliosus; sed misericordiam consecu tus sum, quia ignorans feci in incredulitate (/ Tim. I, 13). Vel certe: Sed quæ mihi fuerunt lucra, hæc arbitratus sum propter Christum detrimenta (Philip. III, 7). Unde et apte subditur:
祂必將他們的行為與惡行指示他們，因為他們曾行強暴。因為當我們藉著愛慕那至上的榮耀而認識它時，我們便覺察到我們所行的惡更為嚴重。故此保羅在領受了屬天之事的恩典後，認出他從前自以為具有的那些追求德行之事，如今竟是惡行，他說：「我從前是褻瀆神的、逼迫人的、侮慢人的；然而我還蒙了憐憫，因我是不信不明白的時候而做的」（提前一13）。或確實說：「只是我先前以為與我有益的，我現在因基督都當作有損的」（腓三7）。故此恰當地補充說：
He will show them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent. For when, by loving the supernal glory, we come to know it, then we perceive that the evils we have done were more grievous. Whence also Paul, after receiving the grace of heavenly things, recognized that those pursuits of virtue which he had believed to be in himself had now been wicked deeds, saying: 'Who before was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contumelious; but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief' (1 Tim. 1:13). Or certainly: 'But the things that were gain to me, the same I have counted loss for Christ' (Phil. 3:7). Whence also it is fittingly added: