Living with the Risen Christ: Reading Romans 6:8-11 in Light of Paul’s Christ Mysticism

與復活的基督同生：以保羅的基督密契主義為觀點解讀羅馬書六章8至11節

崔國瑜(Teresa Kuo-Yu Tsui)

《漢語基督教學術論評》 21期 (2016/06) Pp. 7-45

摘要

＂Participation in Christ's death and resurrection＂ is a soteriological notion in Paul, and Rom 6:8 has been taken as one of the instances of such a Pauline soteriological notion. However, as this paper will demonstrate, what stands out most in Rom 6:8 is the sense of Paul's Christ mysticism, as signaled by the phrase ＂we will also live with Christ.＂ In the first section of this paper, how past commentators speak of Paul's Christ mysticism is reviewed, and it is affirmed that what lies at the core of Paul's religious experience is Christ-intimacy, or the fellowship with the risen, living, pneumatic Christ. Secondly, an exegetical examination on Rom 6:8-10 is done so as to demonstrate how this passage can be related to Paul's Christ mysticism, and that the term ＂dying and living with Christ＂ can best describe Rom 6:8. In Rom 6:9-10 Christ is spoken of as a risen Lord, who has been raised from the dead and will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died on the cross, he died to sin, but the life he lives now, he lives to God. What Paul says about the believer's dying and living with Christ in Rom 6:8 (note that Paul uses the Greek word συζαω, rather than αυνεγειΡω) not only conveys the soteriological meaning of participating in Christ's death and thus dying to sin, but also points to the vivid, living reality of the fellowship with Christ, i.e., the believer's living with the risen Christ in the new life at present. Thirdly, when Paul's Christ mysticism is confirmed as the reading perspective with regard to the context of Rom 6:8-11, it further sheds light on how the phrase ενΧpιστω'Ιησου in Rom 6:11 is to be interpreted.

關鍵字

Paul's Christ Mysticism ； dying and living with Christ ； in Christ Jesus

並列摘要

「信徒們參與基督的死亡與復活」為保羅的救贖論觀念，羅馬書第六章8節則向來被視為此一觀念的例證之一。然而，誠如本文所揭示，羅馬書第六章8節之「與基督同生」其實富含了保羅的基督密契主義的色彩。首先，本文探討過去的評論家如何論及保羅的基督密契主義，並肯定保羅的宗教經驗之核心乃是與復活的基督共融相契。其次，本文以釋經學的方式細究羅馬書第六章8至10節，指出該段經文與保羅的基督密契主義之關聯性：在該脈絡中，基督被描述為復活的主─基督已由死者中復活，死亡不再統治祂，祂十架上的死乃死於罪惡，祂現今之生乃活於天主。據此，保羅所說信徒們與基督一同「死亡」並一同「生活」（在此保羅的用字為希臘語συζαω，而非αυνεγειΡω），不但包含「信徒們參與基督的死亡而死於罪惡」此一救贖論上的意義，更指向信徒們現今即與復活的基督共同活於新生、與基督共融相契此一活生生的實在。再者，當吾人以保羅的基督密契主義關照此段經文，也使第11節當中'ενΧpιστω'Ιησου的意義得以明晰。

並列關鍵字

保羅的基督密契主義 ； 與基督同死同生 ； 在基督耶穌內

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