The Holy Spirit confirms within our hearts the hope of eternal glory.

圣灵在我们的心灵给我们永远荣耀的确信。

I believe people today instinctively know they are devoid of glory (see Rom. 1:18-21), but they explore all the wrong avenues in seeking to regain it. They look for personal glory by building successful careers, spending many hours in community service, being generous to charities, and so forth. But such efforts only lead to jealousy and pride. Unregenerate men and women simply cannot know the glory that was present before the Fall.

我相信现今的人们都打心底知道亏缺了荣耀（参罗马书1：18-21），但却用尽了各样错误的方式寻求重新获得荣耀。他们通过事业的成功，在社团里数小时的服务，慷慨施舍等方法寻求自己的荣耀。但这些付出只能带来嫉妒和骄傲。未重生的男女无法知道人类堕落前的荣耀。

However, there is coming a day when believers will be transformed fully into Christ’s likeness, having a complete reflection of God’s glory. We will receive a perfect, radiant glory that is far better than the glory Adam and Eve knew in the Garden of Eden before they sinned.

然而，终有一天信徒要完全转变有基督的形象，完全彰显上帝的荣耀。我们将要得到一个完全的，耀眼的荣耀，这个荣耀远超过犯罪前伊甸园里亚当和夏娃的荣耀。

Glorification completes the reality of salvation. From before the foundation of the world, the Lord planned to save those who believe and conform them to the image of Christ (Rom. 8:29-30). Therefore, every believer lives in the hope of future glory, a hope best summarized by the following two verses: “As for me, I shall behold Thy face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Thy likeness when I awake” (Ps. 17:15). “Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is” (1 John 3:2).

荣耀完全了救恩的实现。在创立世界之前，上帝就已定下要救信主，并有基督形象的人（罗马书8：29-30）。因此，每个信徒都生活在将来荣耀的盼望中，这个盼望在下面的两节经文中有完整的诠释：“至于我，我必在义中见你的面；我醒了的时候，得见你的形象就心满意足了。”（诗篇17：15）。“亲爱的弟兄啊，我们现在是 神的儿女，将来如何，还未显明；但我们知道，主若显现，我们必要像他，因为必得见他的真体。”（约翰一书3：2）。

The Holy Spirit guides us through different levels of glory while we are still on earth. As we consider the glory of the Lord, the Spirit gradually restores the honor we lost in the Fall. He encourages us by restoring our dignity. Salvation is the path to glory, and once we start down that path we will come to its final goal, which is being fully conformed to the image and glory of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 3:18).

当我们还在世上的时候，圣灵通过不同程度的荣耀引导我们。考虑到主的荣耀，圣灵也会逐渐地修复我们在堕落中丢失的荣耀。圣灵通过恢复我们的尊严鼓励我们。救恩是通向荣耀的道路，一旦我们踏上这条路，我们最终会到达终点，那里我们有完全的基督形象和荣耀（哥林多后书3：18）。