5保罗在林后五章二十节所写的话很不寻常。他说“我们……作了大使”,接着就说,“就好像神借我们劝你们一样。”保罗的意思是说,“我们是基督的大使,正在执行和好的工作。这就好像是神借我们劝你们一样。我们与基督是一,也与神是一。基督与我们是一,神也与我们是一。……”在新约的职事里,神、基督以及众执事都是一。……神、基督、使徒们,在执行和好的职事上乃是一(哥林多后书生命读经,三七七页)。
5Paul’s composition in 2 Corinthians 5:20 is unusual. After saying, “We are ambassadors,” he says, “As God entreats you through us.” Paul seems to be saying, “We are ambassadors of Christ, and we are doing a reconciling work. This is like God entreating you through us. We are one with Christ and one with God…” The ministry of the new covenant is a ministry in which God, Christ, and the ministers are one…God, Christ, and the apostles were one in carrying out the ministry of reconciliation. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, p. 318)