致读者
§1
A WORD TO THE READER
§2
1881年初，怀爱伦所写的一系列文章以《成圣》为题发表在《评论与通讯》上。作者根据自己深刻的属灵经验和圣灵的启迪，认真探讨了真正成圣的各个要素，将之与各种错误的、但又流行的成圣理论进行比较。[1]
§3
UNDER THE GENERAL TITLE OF SANCTIFICATION A SERIES OF ARTICLES FROM ELLEN G. WHITE APPEARED IN THE EARLY ISSUES OF THE REVIEW AND HERALD FOR 1881. WRITING FROM A DEEP EXPERIENCE IN THE THINGS OF GOD AND FROM A MIND AND HEART ILLUMINATED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, MRS. WHITE CAREFULLY EXAMINED THE ELEMENTS OF TRUE SANCTIFICATION AND CONTRASTED THESE WITH VARIOUS UNSOUND, BUT POPULAR, THEORIES ON THE SUBJECT.[1]
§4
在那个年代里，这些文章以《圣经的成圣》为题汇编成小册子，出版于1899年1月，作为研经书库的第一册。[2]
§5
THESE ARTICLES WERE PUBLISHEDD TOGETHER AS A PAMPHLET IN JANUARY, 1889. BEARING THE TITLE BIBLE SANCTIFICATION, ITAPPEARED AS NUMBER ONE OF THE BIBLE STUDENTS LIBRARY.[2]
§6
1937年，这份材料以《成圣的人生》为题重新全文发表，增加了一段《先知与君王》的引文，成了现在的样子。这本小册子经多次印行，丰富了成千上万人的生活。[3]
§7
IN 1937, WITH THE ADDITION OF ONE PARAGRAPH FROM PROPHETS AND KINGS, THIS MATERIAL WAS REISSUED UNDER THE TITLE THE SANCTIFIED LIFE TO MAKE THE PRESENT VOLUME. IN THIS FORM AND IN MANY PRINTINGS THE LITTLE BOOK HAS ENRICHED THOUSANDS OF LIVES.[3]
§8
这本属灵意义深刻、流传已久的书籍采用了新的编排方式，并没有变动内容，只是为了更为广泛地发行。为阅读方便，还增添了经文索引和主题索引。[4]
§9
IN NEW FORMAT, BUT WITH NO CHANGE IN TEXTUAL MATTER, THIS DEEPLY SPIRITUAL AND LONG-LIVED BOOK IS REISSUED FOR STILL WIDER DISTRIBUTION. FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE READER SCRIPTURE AND SUBJECT INDEXES HAVE BEEN ADDED.[4]
§10
本版为怀爱伦著作索引的修订扩大版和基督复临安息日会圣经注释的参考书目所采纳。[5]
§11
THIS PRESENT PRINTING IS RECOGNIZED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE INDEX TO THE WRITINGS OF ELLEN G. WHITE AND IN THE REFERENCES TO THIS WORK FOUND IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST BIBLE COMMENTARY.[5]
§12
怀爱伦著作托管委员会--1956年7月于美国首都华盛顿[6]
§13
THE TRUSTEES OF THE ELLEN G. WHITE PUBLICATIONS SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND--MARCH, 2006[6]