The doctrine of the Incarnation raises important questions about the person of Christ and the nature of God. The John 5 discourse where Jesus speaks about what it means to be ‘the Son’ is a neglected source of insight into these questions. The article presents a case for reading this discourse as a statement about the eternal dependence of the Son. This interpretation is backed up by reference to the Synoptic Gospels, the writings of Paul and the work of Augustine. The article does not advocate an Arian ontological subordinationism but a proposal concerning the personhood of the Son. The conclusion sets out some of the gains of this approach.

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理解上帝道成肉身：被忽视的圣经资源

道成肉身的教义提出了关于基督的位格和神的本质的重要问题。在约翰福音第 5 章中，耶稣谈到“子”的含义，但它却是洞察这些问题的一个被忽视的来源。这篇文章提出了一个案例，可以将这段话语解读为关于圣子永恒依赖的陈述。这种解释得到了对观福音书、保罗著作和奥古斯丁著作的支持。这篇文章并不提倡阿里乌斯主义的本体论从属论，而是提出了关于圣子人格的建议。结论列出了这种方法的一些好处。