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罗马书生命读经 · 第27篇

在实行身体生活上的变化（三）以及在服从、爱、和争战上的变化

Transformation: in practicing the body life (3) and in subjection, love, and warfare
伍 藉著过正常的生活
V. BY THE LIVING OF A NORMAL LIFE
1我们看过变化的定义，以及在实行身体生活上与变化有关的三点：献上身体，更新心思，以及运用恩赐。现在我们来到进一步的点：过正常的生活。（罗十二9～21。）
1We have seen the definition of transformation and three points relating to transformation in practicing the Body life: the presenting of our bodies, the renewing of our minds, and the exercising of our gifts. Now we come to a further point, the living of a normal life (12:9-21
一 对别人
A. Toward Others
1 爱
1. Loving
2我们过正常的生活，首先该对别人有爱。在九节保罗说，『爱不可假冒。』在十节他说，『爱弟兄，要彼此亲热。』
2In living a normal life, we firstly should have love toward others. In verse 9 Paul says, “Let love be without hypocrisy,” and in verse 10 he says, “Love one another warmly in brotherly love
2 恭敬人
2. Showing Honor
3十节也说，『恭敬人，要互相争先。』在恭敬人的事上，我们的行动必须快，并且要抢先恭敬别人。
3Verse 10 also speaks of “vying with one another in showing honor.” In the matter of showing honor we must move quickly and be the first one to show honor to others
3 交通与待客
3. Communicating and Showing Hospitality
4不但如此，我们在圣徒缺乏上需要有交通，待客要追寻机会。（13。）
4Furthermore, we need to communicate to the needs of the saints and to pursue hospitality (v. 13
4 与喜乐的人同乐，与哀哭的人同哭
4. Rejoicing with Those Who Rejoice and Weeping with Those Who Weep
5在十五节保罗说，『与喜乐的人要同乐，与哀哭的人要同哭。』在我们能与别人同乐、同哭以前，我们必须变化。有些人生来就是这样，不会哀哭或喜乐；无论你多欢喜或快乐，他们还是没有表情，就像天主堂门口的马利亚雕像，从不改变表情。有些弟兄姊妹就是这样，不知道怎样与别人同乐或同哭；他们像石头一样，没有人的情感。然而，召会生活需要有情感的人。我们都必须情感适宜，并且满了表情。我盼望有一张能适宜并充分表达我一切情感的面孔。我们不能把一些石头面孔的人放在一起，称之为召会生活；我们必须是活石，是满了情感的石头。我们必须学习与别人同乐、同哭。
5In verse 1 5 Paul says, “Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.” We must be transformed before we can rejoice and weep with others. Some people were born in such a way that they are unable to weep or to rejoice. Regardless of how happy or joyful you are, they remain expressionless, resembling the statue of Mary at the entrance of a Catholic church, which never changes its expression. Some brothers and sisters are like this. They do not know how to rejoice or to weep with others; they seem to be stones without human affection. However, the church life needs emotional people. We all must be properly emotional and full of expression. I would like to have a face that can express all my emotions properly and adequately. We cannot put together people with stone faces and call it the church life; we must be living stones, stones full of affection. We must learn to rejoice and to weep with others.
5 思念相同的事
5. Being of the Same Mind
6然后保罗劝戒我们说，『要彼此思念相同的事，不要思念高傲的事，倒要俯就卑微的人，不要自以为精明。』（16。）保罗很实际。他告诉我们要俯就卑微的人（原文或译作事）；他这样说，就把一切的人和事包括在内。我们该尽力俯就卑微的。不要那样高傲，倒要俯就卑微的。
6Then Paul admonishes us saying, “Be of the same mind toward one another, not minding high things, but being led away to the lowly. Do not be wise in yourselves” (v. 16). Paul was practical. When he tells us to be led away to lowly things, he includes everything. We should try to be led away to whatever is lowly. Do not be so high, but be led away to lowly things
二 对神
B. Toward God
7十一节描述我们对神该怎样：『殷勤不可懒惰，要灵里火热，常常服事主。』
7Verse 11 describes the way we should be toward God: “Not slothful in zeal; burning in spirit; serving the Lord as a slave
1 不懒惰
1. Not Slothful
8在召会生活里，我们需要殷勤。没有一个懒惰的人在实行召会生活上能得胜。为著身体的缘故，我们的懒惰必须受对付。
8In the church life we need to be diligent. No slothful person can prevail in practicing the church life. For the sake of the Body our slothfulness must be dealt with
2 灵里火热
2. Burning in Spirit
9为著身体生活，我们需要献上的身体、在魂的变化中更新的心思、以及火热的灵。我们全人－灵、魂、体－都包括在召会生活里。为著召会生活的缘故，我们的身体需要献上，我们的魂需要变化，我们的心思需要新陈代谢的改变。我们的心思必须更新，不是仅仅藉著教导，乃是藉著变化，有基督的元素扩展到其中，产生新陈代谢的改变。我们魂的变化主要在于我们心思的更新。我们若对实行召会生活认真，就需要献上身体，魂被变化，并且灵里火热、焚烧。我们若有心为著召会生活，却没有将身体献给召会，我们就不实际。然而，假定我们的身体在召会生活里，但我们的心思却被老旧的观念、想法、和传统所充满；假定我们的心思被自己天然的聪明、想像、和观念所占有；我们的身体也许来到召会，但我们却带来自己麻烦的心思，这样未更新的心思会成为召会很大的难处。所以，我们的身体必须献上，我们的心思必须更新。假定因著主的怜悯，我们的身体献上了，我们的心思更新了，但我们的灵仍然冷淡，那对召会生活绝不管用。我们献上身体，更新心思以后，还需要灵里焚烧。我们何等渴望看见，在主恢复里所有的圣徒都有三个特征：为著召会生活完全献上的身体；藉著在魂里新陈代谢的变化而完全更新的心思，就是脱离属世、天然、和宗教思想，被主的心思全然浸透，并单纯为著主的心思；以及火热的灵。倘若在主恢复里所有的圣徒都是这样，召会生活将是何等美妙。
9For the Body life, we need a body that is presented, a mind that is renewed in the transformation of the soul, and a spirit that is burning. Our whole being — spirit, soul, and body—is included in the church life. For the sake of the church life, our body needs to be presented, our soul needs to be transformed, and our mind needs to be metabolically changed. Our mind must be renewed, not simply by being taught, but by being transformed, having the element of Christ spread into it to produce a metabolic change. The transformation of our soul primarily depends upon the renewing of our mind. If we are serious about practicing the church life, we need to present our body, to have our soul transformed, and to be burned and burning in our spirit. If we have a heart for the church life, but fail to present our body to the church, we are impractical. However, suppose we are bodily in the church life, yet our mind is filled with old concepts, thoughts, and traditions. Suppose our mind is occupied by our own natural cleverness, imaginations, and concepts. We may come to the church with our body, but we bring with us our very troublesome mind. Such an unrenewed mind will be a great problem to the church. Our body must be presented and our mind must be renewed. Suppose, by the Lord’s mercy, our body has been presented and our mind has been renewed, but our spirit remains cold. That will never work for the church life. After the presenting of the body and the renewing of the mind, we need the burning of the spirit. How we long to see that all the saints in the Lord’s recovery would have three characteristics: a body that has been absolutely presented for the church life; a mind that has been completely renewed by metabolic transformation in the soul, a mind that is free from worldly, natural, and religious thoughts, wholly saturated with the Lord’s mind, and purely for the Lord; and a spirit that is set on fire. If all the saints in the Lord’s recovery are like this, how wonderful the church life will be.
3 作奴仆服事
3. Serving as a Slave
10在召会生活里，我们必须作奴仆服事主。奴仆是已卖给主人，并且不再有任何自由的人。我们需要为著身体生活作这样的人，作奴仆服事主，没有自由照著自己行事。所以，我们对神不可懒惰；我们必须灵里火热，作奴仆服事祂。
10In the church life we must serve the Lord as a slave. A slave is one who has been sold to his master and who no longer has any freedom. We need to be this kind of person for the Body life, serving the Lord as slaves and having no freedom to do things according to ourselves. Therefore, toward God we must not be slothful. We must burn in our spirit and serve Him as a slave
三 对自己
C. Toward Ourselves
11在罗马十二章我们也看见，正常生活中对自己的四方面。
11In Romans 12 we also see four aspects of a normal life toward ourselves
1 在指望中喜乐
1. Rejoicing in Hope
12我们基督徒该是喜乐的人，因为我们时时享受主。我们若享受主的丰富，不但里面会喜乐，外面也会喜乐。甚至在为难的时候，我们也应该并且能彀能在指望中喜乐。我们不是没有神、没有基督、没有指望的人。（弗二12。）我们有神，我们也有基督。所以，无论情形如何，我们都有指望，我们也都能在指望中喜乐。
12We Christians should be a rejoicing people because we always have the enjoyment of the Lord. If we enjoy the Lord in His riches, we will not only be joyful inwardly, but we will be rejoicing outwardly. Even in times of trouble we should and can rejoice in hope. We are not people who are without God and without Christ, having no hope (Eph. 2:12). We have God and we have Christ. So, regardless of the situation, we have hope and we can rejoice in hope
2 在患难中忍耐
2. Enduring in Tribulation
13我们基督徒也必须能忍受患难。我们必须是忍耐的人。我们在指望中喜乐，就能忍受任何一种患难。罗马五章三节说，我们能在患难中夸耀。我们不但在患难中忍耐，也在患难中夸耀。
13We Christians must also be able to endure tribulation. We must be an enduring people. By rejoicing in hope we can endure any kind of tribulation. Chapter 5:3 says that we can exult in tribulation. We not only endure, but also exult in tribulation
3 在祷告上坚定持续
3. Persevering in Prayer
14我们要忍受患难，就需要在祷告上坚定持续。我们需要恒切祷告。这不但使我们能忍受患难，也使我们能留在对主的享受里，留在祂的同在和祂的旨意里。
14In order to endure tribulation we need to be persevering in prayer. We need to pray persistently. This will not only enable us to endure tribulation, but also to remain in the enjoyment of the Lord, in His presence and in His will.
4 恶要厌弃并胜过，善要贴近
4. Abhorring and Conquering What Is Evil and Cleaving to What Is Good
15除了这一切以外，我们作神圣别的子民，必须厌弃并胜过恶事，贴近善事。我们分别归神的基督徒，必须维持最高行为的标准，超过讲究道德与伦理之人的标准。
15In addition to all this, as God’sho ly people, we must abhor and conquer the evil things and cleave to the good things. We Christians, who are separated unto God, must maintain the highest standard of behavior, a standard above that of moral and ethical people
四 对逼迫者与仇敌
D. Toward the Persecutor and Enemy
16在与我们的逼迫者和仇敌的关系上，我们也必须过正常的生活。
16We must also live a normal life in relation to our persecutors and enemies
1 只要祝福，不可咒诅
1. Blessing and Not Cursing
17逼迫我们的，我们该祝福，不该咒诅。（罗十二14。）无论人对我们多坏，我们的口只该发表祝福，不该发表咒诅。我们作主仇敌的时候，主是怎样祝福了我们！我们也该同样祝福我们的仇敌和逼迫者。这也是跟随主脚踪之生活的一方面。
17We should bless those who persecute us and not curse them (v. 14). Regardless of how bad people may be toward us, our mouth should only express blessing, not cursing. How the Lord blessed us when we were His enemies! We should bless our enemies and persecutors in the same way. This also is an aspect of the life that follows the Lord’s steps
2 不以恶报恶
2. Repaying No Evil for Evil
18我们应当不以恶报恶。（17。）在律法之下是以眼还眼，以牙还牙。今天我们不在律法之下，乃在恩典之下。我们不可以恶报恶，乃要以善报恶，正如主对我们所作的。
18We should repay no one evil for evil (v. 17). Under the law it was eye for eye and tooth for tooth. Today we are not under law but under grace. We must not repay evil for evil, but rather repay good for evil, as the Lord has done to us
3 不为自己伸冤
3. Not Avenging Ourselves
19不但如此，我们不该为自己伸冤，宁可给神的忿怒留地步；因为伸冤在主。（19。）我们过正常的人性生活以实行召会生活时，不该以任何方式为自己伸冤。我们该愿意受人的亏负，并受一切的损失。我们该将整个的情况，交在神主宰的手中，给祂地位，照著祂的主宰作祂喜欢作的。
19Furthermore, we should not avenge ourselves, but give place to the wrath of God; for vengeance belongs to the Lord (v. 19). While we are practicing the church life with a normal human life, we should not avenge ourselves in any way. We should be willing to suffer people’s wrongdoing and the loss of everything. We should leave the whole situation in the sovereign hand of the Lord and give Him the place to do whatever He likes according to His sovereignty
4 藉著给他们吃，给他们喝，把炭火堆在他们的头上
4. Heaping Coals of Fire on Them by Feeding Them and Giving Them Drink
20在二十节保罗说，『反而『你的仇敌若饿了，就给他吃，若渴了，就给他喝，因为你这样行，就是把炭火堆在他的头上。』』这是真正爱我们的仇敌。我们对他们的爱，将是堆在他们头上的炭火，使他们转向主。要使我们的仇敌平静，最好的路就是给他们东西吃喝。因此，保罗吩咐我们：『你不可为恶所胜，反要以善胜恶。』（21。）
20In verse 20 Paul says, “But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will heap coals of fire upon his head.” This is actually loving our enemies. Our love to them will be coals of fire heaped upon their heads to turn them to the Lord. The best way to calm our enemies is to give them something to eat and drink. Thus, Paul commands us, “Do not be conquered by the evil, but conquer the evil with the good” (v. 21).
5 与众人和睦
5. Living in Peace with All Men
21最后，若是可能，我们需要与众人和睦。（18。）有时候不可能与众人和睦，因为对方不愿意有和睦的生活。在这样的情形里，我们不能作甚么。所以保罗说，『若是可能，』我们该与众人和睦。
21Finally, we need to live in peace with all men, as far as it depends upon us to do so (v. 18). Sometimes it is not possible to live in peace with all men because the other parties are not willing to have a life of peace. In such a situation, there is nothing that we can do. Therefore, Paul says that we should live in peace with all men “if possible
五一 般的：准备在众人面前作善美的事
E. In General: Taking Forethought for Things Honorable in the Sight of All Men
22一般说来，我们必须『准备在众人面前作善美的事』。（17。）我们必须在众人面前准备作善美的事，我们必须豫先有准备。我们要避免绊跌人，就不该反对任何善美的事。然而，我们不该盲目的顾到这些善美的事，免得我们受打岔离开主的路。我们不仅生活在神面前，也生活在人面前，所以我们需要准备在众人面前作善美的事。林后八章二十一节说，『我们留心作善美可敬的事，不但在主面前，也在人面前。』
22In general, we must take “forethought for things honorable in the sight of all men” (v. 17). We must be very thoughtful before all men about honorable things, and we must be thoughtful beforehand. In order to keep from offending people we should not oppose anything that is honorable. However, we should not care for these honorable things in a blind way lest we be distracted from the Lord’sway. Since we are not only living before God but also before men, we need to take forethought for things honorable in the sight of men. Second Corinthians 8:21 says, “We take forethought for things honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men” (Gk
在服从、爱、和争战上的变化
TRANSFORMATION IN SUBJECTION, LOVE, AND WARFARE
壹 在服从上
I. IN SUBJECTION
23罗马十三章一节说，『在上有权柄的，人人都当服从，因为没有权柄不是从神来的，凡掌权的都是神所设立的。』人天然的性格是背叛的，但变化的性格是服从的。要使自己服从神所设立的掌权者，需要相当的变化。姊妹们，你若要服从丈夫，就需要变化。我们若服从神所设立的掌权者，就指明我们已有相当的变化，因为我们天然的性格和个性是背叛的。我们生来就是背叛的；我们对权柄天然的回应是说，『不。』因此，服从权柄，需要从生命长大而来的变化。『所以抗拒掌权的，就是抗拒神的设立；抗拒的必自招处罚。』（2。）抗拒掌权的没有益处。处罚或者会从掌权的降临在你身上，或者会直接从神临到你。
23Romans 13:1 says, “Let every person be subject to the authorities over them. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are appointed by God.” A natural character is a rebellious character, but a transformed character is submissive. Subjecting ourselves to the authorities appointed by God requires a certain amount of transformation. Sisters, if you want to submit to your husbands, you need transformation. If we are submissive to God’sap pointed authorities, it is an indicator that we have a certain amount of transformation, because our natural character and disposition are rebellious. We were born rebellious, and our natural response to authority is to say, “No.” Thus, subjection to authority requires transformation from the growth in life. “Therefore he who resists the authority opposes what God has appointed, and those who oppose will receive to themselves judgment” (v. 2). It is not good to resist authority. Either the judgment will descend upon you from the authority or it will come to you directly from God
24在五节保罗说，『你们必须服从，不但是因为忿怒，也是因为良心。』因为良心的缘故，我们需要学习藉著变化而服从掌权的。不但如此，当得税的，我们需要给他上税；当得捐的，我们需要给他纳捐。当惧怕的，我们必须惧怕他；当尊敬的，我们必须尊敬他。凡是人所当得的税项、惧怕和尊敬，就给他们；这指明我们服从掌权的。
24In verse 5 Paul says that “it is necessary to be subject, not only because of wrath, but also because of conscience.” Because of conscience, we need to learn, by being transformed, to be subject to authorities. Furthermore, we need to pay taxes and to render revenue to whom they are due. We also must render fear and honor to whom they are due. To render tax, fear, and honor to whom they are due indicates that we are subject to authority
贰 在爱上
II. IN LOVE
25『凡事都不可亏欠人，惟有彼此相爱，要常以为亏欠，因为爱人的就完全了律法。因为『不可奸淫，不可杀人，不可偷盗，不可贪心，』以及任何别的诫命，都总括在「要爱邻舍如同自己」这一句话里面了。爱是不加害与邻舍的，所以爱乃是律法的完满。』（8～10。）爱的诫命总括一切其他的诫命。我们需要圣灵在我们里面作工，在生命里给我们相当的变化，使我们对众人实行爱。爱是生命的彰显。爱不仅是外面的行为，也是里面生命的表现。单单想要爱，而没有生命的供应，是不管用的。我们要爱人而自然的成全律法，就需要生命的供应和生命的变化。我们天然的生命不是神爱的生命。我们需要在生命里变化，使我们有神爱的性情以爱人。我们若不在意爱别人，就不需要生命里的变化。但我们若要对众人实行爱，就需要在生命里变化。
25Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet, and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Love does not work evil to his neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” The commandment to love sums up all the other commandments. We need the Holy Spirit to work in us and to give us an amount of transformation in life that we may practice love toward all men. Love is the expression of life. It is not just an outward behavior, but an expression of the inward life. Simply trying to love without the supply of life does not work. In order to love people and spontaneously fulfill the commandments, we need the life supply and the transformation in life. Our natural life is not a life of God’s love. We need to be transformed in life that we may have God’s nature of love to love people. If we are careless in loving others, we do not need transformation in life. But if we are going to practice love toward all men, we need to be transformed in life
参 在争战上
III. IN WARFARE
26现在我们要来看在从事争战上的变化，这是指属灵的争战。十一节说，『再者，你们晓得这时期，现在就是你们该睡醒的时刻了，因为我们得救，现今比初信的时候更近了。』这里的得救，是指得救的最后一步，就是我们的身体得赎。得救包含我们的灵、魂、体。在得救的第一步，主重生我们的灵；在第二步，祂变化我们的魂；在第三步，就是最后一步，在祂回来的时候，祂要将我们卑贱的身体改变形状成为荣耀的身体。（腓三21。）罗马十三章十一节说，我们得救，现今比初信的时候更近了，这是指得救的第三步，就是我们的身体改变形状。换句话说，这是指我们的身体得赎，或用另一个辞，就是八章十九、二十一、和二十三节里所启示完满的儿子名分。
26Now we come to transformation in waging the warfare, meaning spiritual warfare. Verse 11 says, “And this, knowing the time, that now is the hour for you to be raised out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.” Salvation here means salvation in the last stage, which is the redemption of our body. Salvation encompasses our spirit, soul, and body. In the first stage of salvation, the Lord regenerates our spirit; in the second stage, He transforms our soul; and in the third stage, which is the last, at the time of His return He will transfigure our vile body into a glorious one (Phil. 3:21). When verse 11 says that our salvation is nearer than when we believed, it is referring to the third stage of salvation, the transfiguration of our body. In other words, this refers to the redemption of our body, or, to use another term, the full sonship revealed in 8:19, 21, and 23.
一 睡醒
A. To Be Raised out of Sleep
27我们需要领悟，现在就是该睡醒的时候了。虽然黑夜是睡觉的时候，但『黑夜已深』。（十三12。）所以，我们该睡醒，儆醒，不再睡觉。
27We need to realize that now is the time to wake up from sleep. Although night is the time for sleep, “the night is far advanced” (13:12). So, we should wake up, be watchful, and sleep no more
二 脱去黑暗的行为，穿上光的兵器
B. To Cast Off the Works of Darkness and Put On the Weapons of Light
28现今的世代是黑夜，主耶稣回来时是黎明，将来的世代，就是国度时代，是白昼。因著黑夜已深，白昼将近，所以我们不仅需要睡醒，也需要脱去黑暗的行为，穿上光的兵器。（12。）这指明争战。
28The present age is the nighttime. When the Lord Jesus returns, day will dawn. The next age will be the daytime. Since the night is advanced and the day is near, we need not only to wake up from sleep, but also to cast off the works of darkness and put on the weapons of light (v. 12). This indicates a warfare
三 行事为人好像在白昼
C. To Walk Seemingly as in the Day
29『行事为人要端正得体，好像在白昼；不可荒宴醉酒，不可纵欲淫荡，不可争竞嫉妒。』（13。）这些行为都必须撇弃。这些是黑暗的行为，而我们是白昼之子。
29Let us walk becomingly as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in immorality and debauchery, not in strife and jealousy” (v. 13). All of these works must be cast aside. They are the works of darkness, and we are the children of the day
四 穿上基督
D. To Put On Christ
30十四节非常重要：『总要穿上主耶稣基督，不要为肉体打算，去放纵私欲。』十二节告诉我们要『穿上光的兵器』，十四节告诉我们要『穿上主耶稣基督』。我们将这两句放在一起，就能看见主耶稣基督自己就是光的兵器。不但如此，『不要为肉体打算，』相当于八章十二节，在那里保罗说，『我们并不是欠肉体的债，去照肉体活著。』十三章十四节的争战是在私欲和那灵之间，如在加拉太五章十七节者。基督就是那灵。（林后三17。）因此，我们必须穿上基督，好与我们的私欲争战。这里的争战与以弗所六章十二节所说的魔鬼或空中的执政者无关；这里是与我们必须藉著穿上主耶稣基督作为光的兵器以对抗的私欲有关。这种争战与罗马七章二十三节者不同；那里是我们肉体中恶的律与我们心思中善的律交战，与那灵无关。但这里是我们藉著穿上基督，与肉体黑暗的行为争战。
30Verse 14 is very important. “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts.” In verse 12 we are told to “put on the weapons of light” and in verse 14 to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ.” By placing these two phrases together, we can see that the Lord Jesus Christ is Himself the weapons of light. Furthermore, the phrase “make no provision for the flesh” corresponds to 8:12, where Paul says that “we are debtors not to the flesh to live according to flesh.” The warfare in 13:14 is between the lusts and the Spirit as in Galatians 5:17. Christ is the Spirit (2 Cor. 3:17). Thus, we must put on Christ in order to fight the battle against our lusts. Here the warfare does not concern the devil or the principalities in the air as in Ephesians 6:12; it concerns the lusts against which we must fight by putting on the Lord Jesus Christ as our weapons of light. This kind of warfare is different from that in 7:23. There it is the evil law in our flesh warring against the good law in our mind; it has nothing to do with the Spirit. But here it is that we, by putting on Christ, fight against the fleshy works of darkness.
31穿上基督是甚么意思？我们已经浸入基督，并且已经在基督里面。（罗六，加三27。）那我们为甚么还需要穿上基督？穿上基督实际上的意思就是凭基督活著，（加二20，）并活出基督，（腓一21，）而显大基督。（20。）虽然我们在基督里，但我们需要凭基督活著，并实际活出基督。我们需要有凭著基督并彰显基督的日常生活。基督在我们日常生活中的彰显，就是我们与肉体争战的兵器。既然罗马十三章十四节的争战不是对抗魔鬼和属灵的邪恶，乃是对抗肉体同其一切私欲，我们就需要凭基督活著。我们越凭基督活著，祂就越成为我们对抗肉体私欲的兵器。
31What does it mean to put on Christ? We have been baptized into Christ and are already in Christ (Rom. 6:4; Gal. 3:27). Why then must3 we still put on Christ? To put on Christ actually means to live by Christ and to live out Christ. Although we are in Christ, we need to live by Christ and to live out Christ practically. We need to have a daily living that is by Christ and that expresses Christ. The expression of Christ in our daily life is our weapon for fighting against the flesh. Since the battle in verse 14 is not against the devil and spiritual wickedness, but against the flesh with all of its lusts, we need to live by Christ. The more we live by Christ, the more He becomes our weapons against the lusts of the flesh.
五 不为肉体打算
E. Making No Provision for the Flesh
32保罗说，我们不该为肉体打算。我们不该供应肉体甚么。这指明肉体继续存在。无论我们成为多么的属灵，肉体仍能复苏。肉体是饥饿的，渴望食物；但我们必须把牠饿死，不为牠打算，不允许牠放纵私欲。为肉体打算是甚么意思？年轻人也许特别觉得难领会这点，所以我要举一些例证来说明。现今人类社会黑暗并邪恶，为肉体有无数的打算。譬如，请你想想看报纸同其图片和广告。我不信有人能属灵到一个地步，看见报纸上邪恶的图片，而不会受影响。你的经历会向你证实，你看见报纸上的一些广告和图片时，你的肉体就会被挑动。那些电影广告在为肉体打算。不但如此，电视也被仇敌大大利用，供应食物给饥饿的肉体。我不是墨守成规的说，基督徒不该看电视，但我的确要说，最好是远离电视。不要以为你很刚强。假定附近有一口深井，我若不愿掉在井里，就该远离牠，不该在周围行走。然而，我若继续在井旁行走，即使今天没有掉进去，将来也可能会掉进去。最好是受保护并远离这井。同样，看电视是危险的。你若要看电视，应当祷告：『主，与我一同看电视。在我灵里与我是一来看电视。』你若这样祷告，你看电视也许没有问题；不然，可能你该考虑放弃看电视。无论如何，电视成了仇敌为肉体打算的有力工具；许多恶事发生，都是电视影响的结果。
32Paul says that we should “make no provision for the flesh.” We should not supply the flesh with anything. This indicates that the flesh continues to exist. Regardless of how spiritual we become, the flesh can still be revived. The flesh is hungry and desires food, but we must starve it to death, making no provision that will allow it to fulfill its lusts. What does it mean to make provision for the flesh? Since the young people especially may find it difficult to understand this, I would like to give some illustrations. The present human society is dark and evil, containing numerous provisions for the flesh. Consider, for instance, the newspapers with their pictures and advertisements. I do not believe that anyone is so spiritual that when he sees an evil picture in the newspaper that he will not be influenced. Your experiences will testify to you that when you looked at some of the advertisements and pictures in the newspapers your flesh was aroused. Those movie advertisements were a provision for the flesh. Furthermore, television has also been much used by the enemy to provide food for the hungry flesh. I am not legal to say that Christians should not watch television, but I do say that it is better to keep away from it. Do not think that you are so strong. Suppose there is a deep well nearby. If I do not wish to fall into the well, I should stay away from it and not walk around it. However, if I continue to walk near the well, although I may not fall in it today, I probably will in the future. It is better to be protected and stay away from the well. Likewise, it is dangerous to watch television. If you intend to watch television, you should pray, “Lord, look at the television with me. Be one with me in my spirit to watch television.” If you pray in this way, it may be all right for you to do it. Otherwise, perhaps you should consider giving it up. At any rate, television has been a powerful means for the enemy to make provision for the flesh, and many evil things have occurred as a result of its influence.
33我先前说过，很难断定要将十三章放在罗马书的那一分段。牠也许是十二章的继续。倘若这章实际上不属于过正常生活的这段，至少与这段密切关联。所以，十二章九节至十三章十四节可视为一整段，说到过正常的生活。毫无疑问，十二章一至八节与实行身体生活有关。随著这身体生12:9-活的实行，我们需要十二章九至二十一节（可能也包括十三章）所描绘的过正常的生活。我们不该忽略罗马书的这部分。这段所有的经文都非常清楚，我们不需要多说。年轻人背诵其中一些经文，如『爱不可假冒』，『恶要厌弃，善要贴近』，『爱弟兄，要彼此亲热』，会是很大的帮助。这些话几乎是格言。年轻人背诵这些经文，会帮助他们经历变化；这会使他们过正常的生活，以实行正当的召会生活。我们若没有过这样正常的生活，就缺少召会生活必需的基础。我信因这缘故，保罗在描述召会生活的实行以后，立刻就陈明正常为人生活的条件。全本圣经对于正常生活最佳的陈明，见于这些经文。所以，我们需要就著这些经文有祷告，并且彼此交通。
33As I have said previously, it is difficult to determine in which subsection of the book of Romans to place chapter thirteen. It may be a continuation of chapter twelve. If it does not actually belong to the portion on the living of a normal life, it is at least closely associated with it. So, 12:9 through 13:14 may be considered as a whole portion concerning the living of a normal life. Undoubtedly 12:1-8 concerns the practice of the Body life. Along with this practice of the Body life, we need the living of a normal life which is portrayed in 21 and possibly in chapter thirteen as well. We should not neglect this part of Romans. All of the verses in this section are very clear, and we need not say much about them. It would be a great help to the young people to memorize some of these verses such as, “Let love be without hypocrisy” and “Abhor what is evil; cleave to what is good” and “Love one another warmly in brotherly love.” These sayings are almost proverbs. If the young people memorize these verses, it will help them to experience the transformation which will give them the living of a normal life to practice the proper church life. Without the living of such a normal life, we are lacking the necessary base for the church life. I believe that this was the reason that, immediately after describing the practice of the church life, Paul presents the requirements of the living of a normal human life. The best presentation of the normal living in the entire Bible is found in these verses. Therefore, we need to pray over them and fellowship with one another concerning them.