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哥林多前书生命读经 · 第19篇

人的灵知道人的事，

The spirit of man knowing the things of man
1神的灵知道神的事（一）读经：哥林多前书1:9-12,17-31;2:1-16。照著新约里各卷书的排列，哥林多1前书紧接在罗马书之后。这两卷书信虽然都是保罗写的，但在写作的风格上却不相同。罗马书是照著道理写的，以道理的方式启示真理。在罗马书开头有罪人，但在末了却有众地方召会。罗马一章十八至三十二节描述在神定罪之下的罪人。但在罗马十六章我们读到众召会。例如，在一节保罗说，『我向你们推荐我们的姊妹非比，她是在坚革哩的召会的女执事。』很奇妙，那些原是罪人的人，竟能得称义、被圣别，至终进而对那灵是初熟的果子有完全的经历和享受。结果，他们成为基督的身体，实际的彰显为众地方召会。罗马十六章不但说到在坚革哩的召会，也说到在百基拉和亚居拉家中的召会。（5。）在罗马的召会乃是在这对夫妇家中聚会。罗马书这样一卷道理的书开始于罪人，结束于众地方召会，这的确很有意思。
1and the Spirit of God knowing the things of God (1) Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 1:9-12, 17-31; 2:1-16 According to the arrangement of the books in the New Testament, Romans comes immediately before Corinthians. Although both Epistles were written by Paul, they are different in their style of composition. Romans is composed according to doctrine and reveals the truth in a doctrinal way. At the beginning of Romans there are sinners, but at the end of this book there are local churches. In Romans 1:18-32 we have a description of sinners under God’s condemnation. But in Romans 16 we read of churches. For example, in verse 1 Paul says, “I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a deaconess of the church which is at Cenchrea.” It is marvelous that those who were sinners can be justified, sanctified, and eventually go on to have the full experience and enjoyment of the Spirit as the firstfruit. As a result, they become the Body of Christ expressed in a practical way as local churches. Romans 16 speaks not only of the church at Cenchrea, but also the church in the house of Prisca and Aquila (v. 5). The church in Rome met in the house of this couple. It certainly is interesting that such a doctrinal book as Romans begins with sinners and concludes with local churches.
2复杂的书罗马书和哥林多前书各由十六章组成。哥林多前书与罗马书不同，牠不是道理的书，乃是实行的书。然而，这卷书信相当复杂。道理的事通常都很复杂。似乎无论在甚么时候，无论在甚么地方，我们一讨论道理，就面临复杂的情形。然而，很希奇，在罗马书这样一卷道理的书里并没有复杂的事。为这缘故，从我年轻初信主时，我就喜欢罗马书，因为牠不复杂。但我不是很在意哥林多前书。我读圣经，有时就越过这卷书，要避开其中所包含一切复杂的情形与难处。
2A BOOK OF COMPLICATIONS Romans and 1 Corinthians are composed of sixteen chapters each. In contrast to Romans, the book of 1 Corinthians is not a book of doctrines, but a book of practices. Nevertheless, this Epistle is quite complicated. Usually doctrinal matters are complicated. It seems that whenever and wherever we discuss doctrines, we face complications. However, it is strange that in a doctrinal book such as Romans there are no complications. For this reason, from the time I was a young Christian, I enjoyed the book of Romans because it did not have any complications. But I did not care very much for 1 Corinthians. Sometimes in my reading of the Bible I skipped over this book, wanting to avoid all the complications and problems it contains
3哥林多前书复杂的例子见于一章、五章和十五章。在一章十节保罗恳求哥林多的信徒，他们中间不可有分裂。然后在十一至十二节他继续说到争竞和分裂：『因为，我的弟兄们，革来氏家里的人曾对我题到你们的事，说你们中间有争竞。我是说，你们各人说，我是属保罗的，我是属亚波罗的，我是属矶法的，我是属基督的。』当然，保罗所得著的消息与复杂的情况有关。
3Examples of the complications in 1 Corinthians are found in chapters one, five, and fifteen. In 1:10 Paul beseeches the believers at Corinth that there be no divisions among them. Then in verses 11 and 12 he proceeds to speak of strifes and divisions: “For it was made clear to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of the household of Chloe, that there are strifes among you. Now I mean this, that each of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.” To be sure, the report received by Paul concerned a complicated situation.
4在五章保罗对付淫乱这粗鄙的罪。这事十分可怕，我甚至不喜欢谈论。然后在十五章我们知道，有些信徒宣称没有复活。我们思想这三章，就看见哥林多信徒中间有何等严重的复杂情形。因为哥林多前书牵涉到召会生活实行上的复杂情形，所以就一面的意义说，我不喜欢这卷书。但就另一面不同的意义说，我非常喜爱这卷书。这看来也许很矛盾，但实际上这是对这卷书两面不同的看法。圣经中许多事似乎都很矛盾。例如，神是一位，但祂却是三一的。神的灵是一位；然而启示录说到七灵。说基督是神而人似乎也是矛盾的。我们看圣经中的真理，要两面都看。按这原则，我能说，我由1一个角度看哥林多前书，就不喜欢这卷书，但我由不同的角度来看，就非常喜欢牠。
4In chapter five Paul deals with the gross sin of fornication. This matter is so terrible that I do not even like to talk about it. Then in chapter fifteen we learn that some of the believers claimed that there was no resurrection. By considering these three chapters we see what serious complications there were among the believers at Corinth. Because 1 Corinthians involves the complications in the practice of the church life, there is a sense in which I do not like this book. But in a very different sense, I love this Epistle very much. This may appear contradictory, but it is actually a way of viewing two different aspects of this book. Many things in the Bible appear contradictory. For example, God is one, yet He is triune. The Spirit of God is one; nevertheless the book of Revelation speaks of the seven Spirits. It also seems contradictory to say that Christ is both God and man. In keeping with the principle of seeing both sides of the truth in the Bible, I can say that, when I view Corinthians from one angle, I do not like this book, but when I view it from a different angle, I like it very much.
罗马书与哥林多前书的比较
A COMPARISON OF ROMANS AND 1 CORINTHIANS
5已往我曾说过，我们可以将全本圣经比喻为人的手，将新约比喻为手上的戒指，将罗马书比喻为戒指上的钻石。保罗写给罗马人的书信，是何等可爱、宝贵！牠的确是钻石。我可以用这样的比喻来指出罗马书的价值，但我无法用甚么比喻说明哥林多前书的宝贵。然而在某种意义上，哥林多前书比罗马书更宝贵。
5In the past I have said that we may liken the Bible as a whole to a person’s hand, the New Testament to a ring on the hand, and the book of Romans to a diamond on the ring. How lovable and precious is Paul’s Epistle to the Romans! It certainly is a diamond. Although I may use such an illustration to point out the great value of Romans, I have no way to illustrate the preciousness of 1 Corinthians. In a certain sense, 1 Corinthians is more precious than Romans is
6在哥林多前书里，保罗说到许多在罗马书里没有题起的事。例如，在一章九节保罗告诉我们，我们为信实的神所召，进入了祂儿子的交通。他在罗马书里没有说这样的话。在林前一章二十四节保罗继续说，对我们蒙召的，基督总是神的能力，神的智慧。在罗马书里没有题起这点。
6In 1 Corinthians Paul covers many things that he does not even mention in Romans. For example, in 1:9 Paul tells us that through the faithful God we have been called into the fellowship of the Son of God. Nowhere in Romans does he utter such a word. In 1:24 Paul goes on to say that to us who are called, Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom. There is no mention of this in Romans.
7罗马书启示我们在基督里，但在林前一章三十节保罗进一步宣告：『但你们得在基督耶稣里，是出于神。』这里我们看见，我们在基督里是出于神。罗马书告诉我们在基督里的事实，但没有说我们在基督里是出于神。在你得救以前，你曾梦想你会在基督里么？你曾想像神会将你放在祂里面么？我们由林前一章三十节知道，我们现今在基督里，全然是出于神。在已过的永远，在神创造万物以前，神就想到将我们放在基督里。我们甚至可以说，神对我们有一个梦，这个梦就是照著祂的心愿，我们要在基督里。因为神渴望得著我们，祂就对我们有这样的梦。因此，我们在基督里不是偶然的。这事由神在已过的永远就定规了。每当我想到在已过的永远，神对我有个梦，并定规要将我放在基督里，我就喜乐忘形。哦，这是意义重大的事，神在永远里对我们有所梦想！这是何等甜美、可亲！『你们得在基督耶稣里，是出于神』─这宣告是何等宝贵！在哥林多前书里，保罗也说到神的深奥，以及喝一位灵。在罗马十一章三十三节保罗的确说，『深哉，神的丰富、智慧和知识！』然而，在罗马书他没有题起神的深奥。罗马书也没有说到喝一位灵。哥林多前书里这些独特的发表不但宝贵，我们品尝起来更觉得可悦！罗马书里有许多宝贵的事物，但哥林多前书里宝贵的事物，我们特别觉得有滋味。在本篇信息中，我们要进一步来看林前一至二章里许多宝贵的事物。
7The book of Romans reveals that we are in Christ, but in 1 Corinthians 1:30 Paul declares further: “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus.” Here we see that it is of God we are in Christ. Romans gives us the fact of being in Christ, but it does not say that it is of God that we are in Christ. Before you were saved, did you ever dream that you would be in Christ? Did you ever imagine that God would put you in Him? We know from 1:30 that it is altogether of God that we are now in Christ. In eternity past, before God created anything, God thought of putting us in Christ. We may even say that God had a dream concerning us, a dream that, according to the desire of His heart, we would be in Christ. Because God desired to have us, He had such a dream concerning us. Thus, it is no accident that we are in Christ. This matter was decided by God in eternity past. Whenever I consider that in eternity past God had a dream about me and decided to put me in Christ, I am beside myself with joy. Oh, it is a matter of tremendous significance that God dreamt about us in eternity! How sweet and endearing this is! How precious is the declaration, “Of Him you are in Christ Jesus”! In 1 Corinthians Paul also speaks of the depths of God and of drinking of the one Spirit. In Romans 11:33 Paul does say, “O the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God!” However, in Romans he does not mention the depths of God. Neither is there any reference in Romans to drinking of the one Spirit. These unique expressions found in 1 Corinthians are not only precious, but delightful to our taste. In Romans there are many precious things, but the precious things in 1 Corinthians are especially good to our taste. In this message we shall consider further many of the precious things found in 1 Corinthians 1 and 2.
人的事和人的灵
THE THINGS OF MAN AND THE SPIRIT OF MAN
8我年轻时读哥林多前书，因著二章十一节里『人的事』这辞感到困惑。你没有因这辞感到困惑么？为甚么保罗说，除了人的灵，我们就无法知道人的事。为甚么要知道人的事这么困难？照著我的观念，要知道人的事很容易，因我以为保罗是指食物、衣著、住所、和家庭生活这样的事。那时候，我不知道人的灵。你知道你的灵是甚么，这灵在你里面的何处？我年轻初信主时，我不知道人的灵，也不知道人的事，这些事惟有凭著人的灵才能知道。然而，保罗说除了神的灵，没有人知道神的事，我没有因这话感到困扰。既然我不是神，我就无法知道神的事，这对我似乎是显而易见的。我很容易领会，惟有神的灵知道神的事。困扰我的是保罗所说人的事和人的灵。
8When I read 1 Corinthians as a youth, I was puzzled by the expression “the things of man” in 2:11. Have you not been puzzled by this? Why does Paul say that we cannot know the things of man apart from the spirit of man? Why is it so difficult to know the things of man? According to my concept, it was easy to know the things of man, for I thought that Paul was referring to things such as food, clothing, housing, and family life. At that time, I did not know the human spirit. Do you know what your spirit is and where it is located within you? As a young Christian I knew neither the spirit of man nor the things of man which can be known only by the spirit of man. However, I was not troubled by Paul’sword that the things of God no one has known except the Spirit of God. It seemed obvious to me that since I was not God, I could not know the things of God. I readily understood that only the Spirit of God knows the things of God. What was troublesome to me was what Paul said about the things of man and the spirit of man.
9保罗在二章十一节所说人的事是甚么？这必然不是指知道人外面的事─知道他的年龄、他的出生地、他妻子和儿女的名字、他的职业、他毕业的学校、以及他开怎样的车。这样认识人，与保罗在哥林多前书所说人的事的意思无关。照著约翰六章四十二节，犹太人说，『这不是约瑟的儿子耶稣么？祂的父母我们岂不认得么？』他们知道关于主一些外面的事─祂来自加利利，祂是木匠，祂有兄弟和妹妹─但他们实际上一点也不认识祂。（可六3，约七41。）这指明我们对人所知道的，也许算不得甚么。我们也许在外面知道人，而不知道人真实的事。一面，我们的确知道人；另一面，我们不知道人的事。我们无法否认我们知道人这事实。然而，我们无法宣称知道人的事。你对自己有完全的认识么？你知道你的根源和定命么？你知道你真正的爱和真正的生命么？你也许知道自己许多的事，却不知道在你深处的事。
9What are the things of man to which Paul refers in 2:11? This surely does not refer to the knowledge of outward things related to man—to knowing his age, his birthplace, the names of his wife and children, his occupation, the schools from which he graduated, and the kind of automobile he drives. Knowing about a person in this way has nothing to do with what Paul means by the things of man in 1 Corinthians. According to John 6:42, the Jews said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?” They knew certain outward things about the Lord—that He came from Galilee, that He was a carpenter, and that He had brothers and sisters—but they actually did not know Him at all (Mark 6:3; John 7:41). This indicates that what we may know about a man does not mean anything. We may know man in an outward way without knowing the real things of man. On the one hand, we do know man; on the other hand, we do not know the things of man. We cannot deny the fact that we know about man. Nevertheless, we cannot claim to know the things of man. Do you have the full knowledge concerning yourself? Do you know your source and your destiny? Do you know your real love and your real life? You may know many things about yourself without knowing the things which are deep within you
人和神的图画
A PICTURE OF MAN AND GOD
10原则上，林前二章十一节里所题人的事和神的事，该是指保罗在哥林1多前书头两章所说到的事。这不但是领会圣经正确的路，也是领会任何一种著作正确的路。假定你父亲写给你一封长信，信上说到许多事。在某一点上，他也许说，『你若没有充分的知识，就无法领会这些事。』『这些事』当然是指信上先前所题的一切事。同样，二章十一节里人的事，必是指保罗在前面的经文里所说人的事。关于神的事也是这样。藉此我们能看见，林前一至二章给我们人和神的启示，使我们对人和神有清楚的看见。在这两章我们看见人的图画，也看见神的图画。
10In principle, both the things of man and the things of God mentioned in 2:11 should refer to matters Paul has spoken of in the first two chapters of Corinthians. This is the proper way to understand not only the Bible, but also any kind of writing. Suppose your father writes you a long letter in which he speaks about many things. At a certain point, he may say, “If you don’th ave adequate knowledge, you will not be able to understand these things.” The phrase “these things” certainly refers to all the matters previously mentioned in the letter. In like manner, the things of man in 2:11 must refer to what Paul has said concerning man in the foregoing verses. The same is true regarding the things of God. By this we can see that 1 Corinthians 1 and 2 give us a revelation, a clear view, of both man and God. In these chapters we see a picture of man and also of God.
11这两章同时给我们神和人的描绘。林前一至二章有双重的异象，神的事和人的事的异象。你看见了这双重的异象么？你看见了在保罗所描绘人的图画里，也有神的图画么？你看见了当我们观看这两章里人的事，我们就看见神的事么？这里包含了何等奇妙的启示！我们已经指出，原则上，二章十一节里人的事和神的事指保罗在这封书信里前面所写关于人和神的事。因此，我们若要知道人的事和神的事，就必须来看保罗在这两章所说的。
11These two chapters give us simultaneously a portrait of both God and man. In 1 Corinthians 1 and 2 we have a twofold vision, a vision of the things of God and of the things of man. Have you seen this twofold vision? Have you seen that within Paul’sport ra it of man we also have a portrait of God? Have you seen that as we behold the things of man in these chapters, we see the things of God? What a marvelous revelation is contained here! We have pointed out that, in principle, both the things of man and the things of God in 2:11 refer to what Paul has already written in this Epistle concerning man and God. Thus, if we would know the things of man and the things of God, we must consider what Paul covers in these chapters
人的事的例子
EXAMPLES OF THE THINGS OF MAN
12在一章十至十二节保罗说到一些人的事。例如，在十节他说，『弟兄们，我藉我们主耶稣基督的名，恳求你们都说一样的话。』说一样的话，当然是人的事的一方面。我们也许以为，说一样的话是平常、普通的事。然而，你见过一班人始终说一样的话么？甚至你有否认识一对夫妻真正说一样的话？丈夫和妻子要说一样的话非常困难。弟兄们，你们和妻子常说一样的话么？在一章十节，保罗劝所有哥林多的信徒都说一样的话。这样的说话不是堕落之人生命的一方面，乃是得救之人的一方面。我多年前读这一节时，我摇摇头，不相信。对我而言，一个地方所有的信徒不可能说一样的话。你所在地的召会中每个人都说一样的话么？我们在召会生活和婚姻生活中常说不同的话，这乃是事实。说不同的话是堕落之人显著的特征。不说一样的话，在婚姻生活和召会生活中都引起许多难处。但即使我们说不同的话是平常的，神的愿望却是要所有得拯救、蒙救赎的人都说一样的话。因此，照著神这愿望，保罗恳求在哥林多的信徒都说一样的话。
12In 1:10-12 Paul speaks of certain things of man. For example, in verse 10 he says, “Now I beseech you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing.” Speaking the same thing is certainly one aspect of the things of man. We may think that speaking the same thing is a common, ordinary matter. However, have you ever seen a group of people who always spoke the same thing? Do you know of even one married couple who truly speak the same thing? It is very difficult for a husband and wife to speak the same thing. Brothers, how often do you and your wife speak the same thing? In 1:10 Paul urges all the believers at Corinth to speak the same thing. This kind of speaking is not an aspect of the life of fallen man, but an aspect of saved people. When I read this verse years ago, I shook my head in disbelief. To me, it was impossible for all the believers in a locality ever to speak the same thing. Does everyone in the church in your locality speak the same thing? It is a fact that we often speak different things both in the church life and in our married life. Speaking differently is a predominant characteristic of fallen man. The failure to speak the same thing causes many problems both in married life and in the church life. But even though it is common for us to speak different things, the desire of God is that all His saved and redeemed people speak the same thing. Thus, according to this desire, Paul beseeches the believers at Corinth to speak the same thing
13在一章十节保罗继续说，『你们中间也不可有分裂，只要在一样的心思和一样的意见里，彼此和谐。』这里有分裂、心思和意见，这一切都是人的事。这里保罗题到心思。我们也许没有说不同的话，但我们里面常持守不同的意见。例如，一位弟兄也许说姊妹们该蒙头。虽然他妻子也许不说甚么，里面却不赞同。这表明这位弟兄和他妻子没有一样的意见。照著保罗在一章十节的话，我们不但应当说一样的话，也应当在一样的心思和一样的意见里，彼此和谐。我们在召会生活中常有不同的意见。譬如，一位弟兄也许较喜欢精明的长老，另一位弟兄也许较喜欢温柔的长老，还有一位弟兄也许较喜欢稳重、沉著的长老。这暴露出一个事实：在这些弟兄们中间有不同的意见。这样的意见当然是人的事的一方面。
13In 1:10 Paul goes on to say, “That there be no divisions among you, but that you be attuned in the same mind and in the same opinion.” Here we have divisions, the mind, and opinions, all of which are things of man. Here Paul touches the mind. Often we may not speak differently, but inwardly we hold to different opinions. For example, a brother may say that sisters should wear a head covering. Although his wife may not say anything, inwardly she may disagree with him. This shows that this brother and his wife are not of the same opinion. According to Paul’sword in 1:10, we should not only speak the same thing, but also be attuned in the same mind and in the same opinion. We often have different opinions in the church life. For instance, one brother may prefer a smart elder, another brother may prefer one who is gentle, and yet another brother may prefer an elder who is slow and deliberate. This exposes the fact that among these brothers there are different opinions. Such opinions certainly are aspects of the things of man
14在一章十一节保罗继续说，『因为，我的弟兄们，革来氏家里的人曾对我题到你们的事，说你们中间有争竞。』本节所题的争竞也是人的事。在十二节保罗继续说，『我是说，你们各人说，我是属保罗的，我是属亚波罗的，我是属矶法的，我是属基督的。』这哥林多人中间有偏好。这些偏好也是人的事。
14In 1:11 Paul continues, “For it was made clear to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of the household of Chloe, that there are strifes among you.” The strifes mentioned in this verse are also things of man. In verse 12 Paul goes on to say, “Now I mean this, that each one of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.” Here we have the preferences among the Corinthians. These preferences also are things of man
15神的事在十七至二十五节保罗说到神的事。在一章十八节他题起十字架的话。十字架的话是一件神的事。对我们正在得救的人，十字架的话是神的大能。神的大能也是神的事的
15THE THINGS OF GOD In verses 17 through 25 Paul comes to the things of God. In 1:18 he mentions the word of the cross. The word of the cross is one of the things of God. To us who are being saved, the word of the cross is the power of God. The power of God is also an aspect
16一方面。照著十九至二十节，神要灭绝智慧人的智慧，废弃通达人的通达，并使世上的智慧成为愚拙。这些事也该包含在神的事中间。在
16of the things of God. According to verses 19 and 20, God will destroy the wisdom of the wise, set aside the understanding of the prudent, and make foolish the wisdom of the world. These matters also should be
17二十一节保罗说，『既然照著神的智慧，世人凭自己的智慧，未曾认识神，神就乐意藉著所传之事的愚拙，拯救那些信的人。』甚至所传之事的愚拙，也是一件神的事。
17included among the things of God. In verse 21 Paul says, “For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.” Even the foolishness of preaching is one
18二十四节继续说，『但对那蒙召的，无论是犹太人、或希利尼人，基督总是神的能力，神的智慧。』神的能力和智慧是神进一步的事。最后，在二十五节保罗宣告：『因为神的愚拙总比人智慧，神的软弱总比人强壮。』保罗甚至将神的愚拙和神的软弱也包含在神的事中间。
18of the things of God. Verse 24 continues, “But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, God’s power and God’s wisdom.” God’s power and wisdom are further things of God. Finally, in verse 25 Paul declares, “Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” Paul even includes the foolishness of God and the weakness of God among the things of God.
19在二十六节保罗又转向人的事：『弟兄们，你们看你们蒙召的，按著肉体有智慧的不多，有能力的不多，出身尊高的也不多。』照著人的观念，我们该认为自己是有智慧的，不是愚拙的。在二十七至二十八节保罗又说到神的事：『神却拣选了世上愚拙的，叫那有智慧的羞愧；神又拣选了世上软弱的，叫那强壮的羞愧；神也拣选了世上出身卑下的，以及被人藐视的，就是那些无有的，为要废掉那些有的。』这里我们看见神所拣选的。这里神的事包含神拣选愚拙的，叫那有智慧的羞愧；拣选软弱的，叫那强壮的羞愧；拣选出身卑下的，以及被人藐视的，就是那些无有的，为要废掉那些有的。结果使一切属肉体的人，在神面前都不能夸口。（29。）三十节说，『但你们得在基督耶稣里，是出于神，这基督成了从神给我们的智慧：公义、圣别和救赎。』神的事当然包含神将我们放在基督耶稣里。
19In verse 26 Paul again turns to things of man: “For you see your calling, brothers, that there are not many wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many wellborn.” According to the human concept, we should regard ourselves as wise, not as foolish. In verse 27 Paul again speaks of the things of God: “But God has chosen the foolish of the world that He might shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak of the world that He might shame the strong, and the lowborn of the world and the despised has God chosen, things which are not, that He might bring to nought things which are.” Here we see what God has chosen. The things of God here include God’s choosing the foolish to shame the wise, the weak to shame the strong, and the lowborn and the despised, the things which are not, to bring to nought the things which are. The result is that no flesh should boast before God (v. 29). Verse 30 says, “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, Who became wisdom to us from God: both righteousness and sanctification and redemption.” The things of God certainly include God’s putting us in Christ Jesus
对神和人正确的认识
THE PROPER KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND MAN
20我们思想哥林多前书，就看见人的事包含人的地位、情况、光景、需要、根源和定命。人天然的心思不足以知道这些事。甚至大学教授也不知道这些人的事。孔子知道伦理哲学，但他不知道神的事，也不知道人的事。他说，获罪于天，无所祷也，那就是说，我们若得罪神，就无法得著赦免。这指明他不知道神或人。他不知道人的根源、光景、地位、情况、需要和定命。他虽然知道有神，却不认识神。
20As we consider the book of 1 Corinthians, we see that the things of man include man’s position, situation, condition, need, source, and destiny. The natural mind of man is not adequate to know these things. Not even university professors know these things of man. Confucius knew ethical philosophy, but he did not know either the things of God or the things of man. He said that if we sin against the heavens, that is, against God, there is no way to be forgiven. This indicates that he did not know God or man. He did not know the source, condition, position, situation, need, and destiny of man. Although he knew that there was a God, he did not know God
21法利赛人和撒都该人以为，因为他们认识旧约，他们也就认识神。他们虽然多少也竭力遵守旧约，对神却没有真正的认识。你以为在殿里敬拜神的祭司真认识神么？不，他们一点也不认识神。同样，法利赛人、撒都该人、和经学家不知道人的事。他们不知道自己的地位、光景和需要。惟有主耶稣知道人的事和神的事。因为宗教徒运用他们天然的头脑，他们就无法知道这些事。然而主耶稣运用祂的灵。照著马可二章八节，祂在祂的灵知道法利赛人的思想和动机。因著祂运用祂的灵同神的灵，祂就能知道人的事和神的事。
21The Pharisees and the Sadducees thought that because they knew the Old Testament they also knew God. Although they endeavored to follow the Old Testament to a certain extent, they did not have the true knowledge of God. Do you think that the priests worshipping God in the temple actually knew Him? No, they did not know Him at all. Likewise, the Pharisees, Sadducees, and scribes did not know the things of man. They did not know their own position, condition, and need. Only the Lord Jesus knew both the things of man and the things of God. Because the religionists exercised their natural mentality, they could not know these things. The Lord Jesus, however, exercised His spirit. According to Mark 2:8, in His spirit He perceived the thoughts and motives of the Pharisees. Because He exercised His spirit with the Spirit of God, He could know both the things of man and the things of God.
22在林前一至二章我们看见，保罗是知道人的事和神的事之人的一个例子。他知道哥林多信徒的地位、光景、情况和定命。因为这些信徒运用希腊哲学的头脑，他们就不知道人的事。虽然他们不认识自己，保罗却非常认识他们，因为他运用他的灵，好被引进神的灵。藉著这二灵，保罗对哥林多人就有透彻的认识。保罗对神也有正确的认识。他描述哥林多那些崇尚哲学的希利尼人的光景和情况时，给我们神的描绘。他描述信徒的光景时，陈明了一幅神的事的图画，这岂不是很希奇么？这里保罗表明哥林多人高举人的智慧，而神却要灭绝人的智慧。因此，关于这一件事，我们有双重的启示：第一，哥林多人高举他们的智慧；第二，神拆毁同样的智慧。同样的原则，在三章哥林多信徒破坏召会；然而，神建造召会。这又是一幅图画陈明双重的启示：人的破坏和神的建造的异象。不但如此，保罗藉著表明哥林多人何等需要基督，也启示神以基督供应他们到甚么地步。这也是一幅图画包括两个异象。在这两章里，我们看见我们何等需要基督，也看见神供应我们多少基督。所以，我们看见人的事，也看见神的事。
22In 1 Corinthians 1 and 2 we see that Paul is an example of a person who knows the things of man and also the things of God. He knew the position, condition, situation, and destiny of the believers at Corinth. Because these believers exercised the Greek philosophical mentality, they did not know the things of man. Although they did not know themselves, Paul knew them very well, for he was a person who exercised his spirit in order to be ushered into the Spirit of God. By means of these two spirits, Paul had a thorough knowledge of the Corinthians. Paul also had the proper knowledge of God. As he depicts the condition and situation among those philosophical Greeks at Corinth, he gives us a portrait of God. Is it not amazing that as he describes the condition of the believers he presents a picture of the things of God? Paul here shows that whereas the Corinthians were exalting human wisdom, God intends to destroy it. Thus, concerning this one thing, we have a twofold revelation: first, that the Corinthians were exalting their wisdom; second, that God was tearing down the same wisdom. In the same principle, in chapter three the Corinthian believers were destroying the church; however, God was building it up. Again, one picture presents a twofold revelation: a vision of man’s destruction and of God’s building up. Furthermore, by showing how much the Corinthians needed Christ, Paul also reveals to what extent God was supplying them with Christ. Again, one picture contains two visions. In these two chapters we see how much we need Christ and also how much Christ is being supplied to us by God. Therefore, we see both the things of man and the things of God