Listening to audio Bible reading this morning I heard this “This is what my Almighty Lord said” ! What draws attention is the word “my”. This is a very personal statement. I cannot remember reading anywhere in any Bible versions (including other languages) this verse. When I searched the text and specifically identify the version the reader narrated, and then translated it into English, I then realized it is quoted from a 2019 Modern Chinese Version and the text reads, “These words come from I, the Almighty Lord.”
The text is quoted from 2 Corinthians 6:18 “I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters. This is what I, the Almighty, say.”(Direct translation*)
Having listened to the reading again just now I now confirm that indeed the narrator has clearly read the text as “This is what my Almighty Lord said”!
He is not merely reading for the audience.
What he did was that he made a personal statement about how he listened to the Lord when he read the words of God into himself and makes them his own. He is reading what he hears in his spirit. The words become life for him.
Jesus said, John 6:63 New Life Version
63 It is the Spirit that gives life. The flesh is of no help. The words I speak to you are spirit and life.
This is how the Kingdom of God works on earth as in heaven.
今天早上听圣经朗读时，我听到了这样一句话：“我的全能主如此说！” 引人注目的是“我的”这个词。这是一句非常私人的陈述。我不记得在任何圣经版本（包括其他语言）中读到过这节经文。当我查阅文本，并明确指出朗读者朗读的版本，然后将其翻译成英文时，我才意识到它引用的是2019年的现代汉语译本，原文是：“这些话来自我，全能的主。”
这段文字引用自哥林多后书6:18：“我要作你们的父，你们要作我的儿女。这是我全能者说的。”（直译*）
刚才再次聆听朗读后，我确认朗读者确实清楚地将文本读成了“我的全能主如此说”！
他不仅仅是在为听众朗读。
他所做的，是他个人的陈述，讲述了当他将神的话语读进心里，并使其成为自己的话语时，他是如何聆听主的。他用灵去读他所听到的。这些话语成为他的生命。
耶稣说，约翰福音 6:63 新生命版
63 叫人活着的乃是灵，肉体是无益的。我对你们所说的话，就是灵，就是生命。
神的国在地上如同在天上，就是这样运作的。
2025-09-20
- Original text: 现代中文译本2019版 哥林多后书 6:18 我要作你们的父；你们要作我的儿女。这是全能的主说的。我要作你们的父亲；你们要作我的儿女。
这话是我—全能的主说的。note: This article and picture are also posted in my other blog: https://wp.me/pzRwB-9PZ
