The life is inward, but godliness is outward, for it is God Himself expressed.

[jidong xiao]

彼后一章三节说，“神的神能，藉着我们充分认识那用祂自己的荣耀和美德呼召我们的，已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事赐给我们。”本节的一切事，指三一神之丰富的一切方面。这些事与神圣的生命，zoe，奏厄有关，与为着我们享乐的生命无关。这一切事已赐给、分赐、注入到我们里面，使我们活神的生命，也活出这生命。生命是内里的，但敬虔是外在的，因为敬虔就是神自己得着彰显。

在我们一切的生活中，我们该彰显神。我们该见证神并说到祂。神成为我们的彰显，这就是敬虔。在我们的谈话中，我们该彰显神。我们若彰显神，就必定无法闲谈。我们该有神在我们这人里面，也在我们的生活里面。我们的心思该被祂充满，我们这人的本质该由祂构成。然后我们会有敬虔，就是内里生命的外在彰显。

Second Peter 1:3 says, "As His divine power has granted to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the full knowledge of Him who has called us to His own glory and virtue." The "all things" in this verse refer to all the aspects of the riches of the Triune God. These things pertain to the divine life, to zoe, not to the life that is for our pleasure. All things have been given, imparted, infused, into us so that we may live the divine life and also live out this life. The life is inward, but godliness is outward, for it is God Himself expressed. 

In all of our living we should express God. We should testify of God and speak about Him. When God becomes our expression, this is godliness. In our conversation we should express God. If we are expressing God, surely we could not engage in gossip. We should have God in our being and also in our living. Our mind should be filled with Him, and the very fiber of our being should be constituted of Him. Then we shall have godliness, the outward expression of the inward life.