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哥林多前书生命读经 · 第33篇

万有都是为著召会，

All things for the Church
1召会是为著基督读经：哥林多前书三章十六至二十三节。我们读林前三章十八节至二十三节，就看见三章是一至二章的解释和延续。保罗在本书的前两章对付哥林多人的智慧。因著他们有哲学的智慧，他们就有分裂，并且高举属灵的伟人。保罗在三章十八节题到一班自以为有智慧的人，在十九节他说，这世界的智慧，在神看是愚拙。在神眼中，希利尼人的智慧是愚拙。主叫智慧的人中了自己的诡计，并且祂知道智慧人的意念是虚空的。（20。）
1and the Church for Christ scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 3:16-23 From reading 3:18-23 we realize that chapter three is an explanation and continuation of chapters one and two. In the first two chapters of this book, Paul deals with the wisdom of the Corinthians. Because of their philosophical wisdom, they were divisive, and they exalted spiritual giants. In 3:18 Paul refers to those who think themselves to be wise, and in verse 19 he says that the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. In the sight of God, Greek wisdom is foolishness. The Lord grasps the wise in their craftiness, and He knows that the reasonings of the wise are vain (v. 20
壹 用天然的东西建造召会
I. DESTROYING THE TEMPLE OF GOD
而毁坏神的那殿，
BY BUILDING THE CHURCH WITH NATURAL THINGS
2并受神的惩治林前三章十七节说，『若有人毁坏神的那殿，神必要毁坏这人，因为神的那殿是圣的，你们就是这殿。』毁坏就是毁灭、败坏、污秽、损伤。毁坏神的那殿，意即用木、草、禾秸等没有价值的材料建造，如十二节所描述的。这是指有些犹太信徒，想要以犹太教的成分建造召会；也是指有些希利尼信徒，竭力要把哲学的成分带进召会的建造。这一切都会败坏、毁灭、污秽、损伤神的那殿，也就是毁坏神的那殿。使用任何与使徒基本教训（徒二42）不同的道理，或使用任何与神的性情、基督救赎的工作、并那灵变化的工作牴触的作法和努力，都要败坏、毁灭、污秽、损伤、毁坏神的召会。
2AND BEING PUNISHED BY GOD First Corinthians 3:17 says, “If anyone destroys the temple of God, God shall destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, which you are.” To destroy the temple of God is to ruin, corrupt, defile, or mar it. To destroy the temple of God means to build with the worthless materials of wood, grass, and stubble, as described in verse 12. This refers to some Jewish believers who attempted to build the church with elements of Judaism, and to some Greek believers who endeavored to bring philosophical elements into the building. All this tended to corrupt, ruin, defile, and mar the temple of God, that is, to destroy it. Using any doctrine which differs from the fundamental teachings of the apostles (Acts 2:42), or any ways and efforts that contradict God’s nature, Christ’s redemptive work, and the Spirit’s transforming work is to corrupt, ruin, defile, mar, and destroy the church of God
3林前三章十七节的毁坏一辞，至少含示在十五节里所揭示的惩治。凡在建造中用异端的道理、分裂的教训、属世的作法、天然的努力，败坏、毁灭、污秽、损伤神召会的人，都要受神的惩治。保罗在这一节指出神的那殿是圣的。神的那殿，召会，既是圣的，我们用以建造的材料、作法和努力也必须是圣的，以符合神的性情、基督的救赎与那灵的变化。
3The word destroy in verse 17 at least implies the punishment unveiled in verse 15. All those who have corrupted, ruined, defiled, and marred the church of God by their heretical doctrines, divisive teachings, worldly ways, and natural efforts in building will suffer God’s punishment. In this verse Paul points out that the temple of God is holy. Since the temple of God, the church, is holy, the materials, the ways, and the efforts by which we build it must also be holy and correspond to God’s nature, Christ’s redemption, and the Spirit’s transformation.
4我们已经看见，用天然的东西，用木、草、禾秸建造召会，就是用我们天然的组成、我们的所是以及邪恶的行为，如嫉妒、分争、猜忌与怨恨来建造。木、草、禾秸是毫无价值的。在这里，这些表号的解释并不重要；要紧的是我们要认识，我们的天然、我们的所是、以及消极的行为与建造召会无分无关。我们既是召会的一员，就当有分于召会的建造。但是我们必须谨慎，不让木、草、禾秸，就是我们的天然、我们的所是、以及邪恶的行为进到召会里。把这些东西注射到召会生活里，乃是很可怕的。我们需要对这一点有深入的体会，我们需要看见这是何等可憎，并且要定罪这事。已过一千九百多年来，召会几乎没有一点真正的建造。今天圣经到处都有，福音也传遍每个国家。但召会真正的建造在那里？我们必须承认，甚至在我们中间、在主的恢复里，也没有多少建造。这种缺欠是因为我们有太多的天然、所是、以及行为被带进召会生活。这些成分是破坏召会生活的细菌。然而，我们可能还没有蒙光照，看见这件事的严重。有些圣徒个性很强，或者思想古怪。然而，也有些人以为自己平凡、普通，没有甚么特别。但按我的经历与观察，这种人是最天然的。他们可能不批评别人，也能适应每一种情况，然而这样的人却很难对付。有些圣徒特别温和，但却像橡皮一样，怎么也打不破，好像没有甚么会摸著他们。无论别人怎样对待他们，他们从不发脾气。但这种人自然而然就把他们的天然与所是带进召会生活里；他们认为自己的天然是好的，别人可能也很欣赏，因此就不自觉的把天然注入召会生活中。但这都是天然的，所以无法成为建造召会的合式材料。当然那些天性粗野、刚硬的人，也不是神建造的正确材料。
4We have seen that to build the church with natural things, with wood, grass, and stubble, is to build with our natural makeup, our being, and such evil doings as jealousy, strife, envy, and hatred. With wood, grass, and stubble, there is nothing precious. The interpretation of these figures is not the important matter here; the crucial matter is that we realize that our nature, our being, and our negative doings have no part in the building up of the church. As members of the church, we must participate in the building up of the church. However, we must take heed not to allow the wood, the grass, and stubble—our nature, our being, and our evil doings—to be brought into the church. It is dreadful to inject these things into the church life. We need to have a deep realization of this. We need to see how abominable it is and condemn it. During the last nineteen hundred years, there has been hardly any real building up of the church. Today the Bible is freely available, and the gospel has been preached in every country. But where is the genuine building up of the church? We must admit that even among us in the Lord’s recovery there is not much building. The reason for this lack is that too much of our nature, being, and doings have been brought into the church life. These elements are germs which damage the church life. However, we may not be enlightened regarding the seriousness of this matter. Certain saints are strong in their character or peculiar in their way of thinking. Others, however, may regard themselves as common, general, and not strong in any particular way. But according to my experience and observation, such persons are the most natural ones. They may not criticize others and they may adapt to every situation. Nevertheless, they are extremely difficult to deal with. Some of the saints who are unusually nice are like rubber, which cannot be broken. Nothing seems to touch them. No matter how they are treated, they never lose their temper. But automatically these people bring their nature and being into the church life. They regard their nature as good, and others also may appreciate it. Thus, it is unconsciously injected into the church life. But because all this is natural, it cannot be the proper material for the building up of the church. Of course, those who are rough and tough by nature are also not the right material for God’s building
5禾秸一点也没有用处，但有些木材可能既耐用又美观。在主的恢复里有许多的圣徒就像这种木材。但即使是天然人性好的木材，在建造召会的事上也是无用的。
5It is very difficult to find any use for stubble, but certain kinds of wood may be useful and also have a good appearance. Many saints in the Lord’s recovery are like this kind of wood. But not even the wood of a humanity that is naturally good is useful for the building up of the church.
6用天然的东西建造召会就是毁坏神的那殿。许多年前我以为毁坏神的那殿是逼迫召会。我没有领会到，照著上下文，毁坏召会就是用天然的东西建造。例如，我们把草或禾秸带进来，岂不损伤新耶路撒冷么？同样的，把我们天然的组成、我们的所是、或我们的行为注入召会，也就破坏了召会。你也许从未体会到，当你把你好的性情、好的所是、甚至天然好的行为带进召会生活，你就是毁灭、败坏召会。当然我们中间若有嫉妒或分争，也会损伤、污秽召会生活。用天然的东西建造而毁坏召会的人，将受到神的惩治。按照十七节，若有人毁坏神的那殿，神必要毁坏这人。神有一面的惩治是黑暗。没有光而留在黑暗中，的确是一种严厉的惩治。你若用天然的东西建造召会，你将会在黑暗中。神用黑暗惩治法老，祂也用黑暗惩治敌基督的国。（出十21～23，启十六10。）这指明黑暗是一种严厉的惩治。凡是努力把自己的天然、所是和行为带进召会的人，都会被撇在黑暗中。根据林前三章十三至十五节，我们建造的工程将被火试验。我们的工程若存得住，我们就要得赏赐；但我们的工程若被烧毁，我们就要受亏损。我不能明确的说这审判的火是甚么，但不论在旧约或新约，火总是从神来作为审判的。例如，亚伦的儿子拿答、亚比户受火审判；玛拉基书告诉我们，主将用火审判人。同样的原则，从神而来的火将审判我们的工程。属金、银、宝石的工程将经得起火的试验；事实上，火越猛烈，这些材料就越被炼净。但所有属木、草、禾秸的都将被火烧毁，凡是照我们的性情、所是和天然行为作出来的，都将被火焚烧。
6To build the church with natural things is to destroy the temple of God. Many years ago I thought that to destroy the temple of God was to persecute the church. I did not realize that, according to the context, to destroy the church is to build with natural things. For example, would it not mar the New Jerusalem to bring in grass or stubble? Likewise, to inject our natural makeup, our being, or our doings into the church damages the church. Perhaps you have never realized that when you bring your good nature, your good being, and even your good natural deeds into the church life, you ruin and corrupt the church. Of course, if there is jealousy or strife among us, that will also mar and defile the church life. Those who destroy the church by building with natural things will be punished by God. According to verse 17, those who destroy God’stem ple will be destroyed by Him. One aspect of God’s punishment is darkness. It certainly is a serious punishment not to have light and to remain in darkness. If you build the church with natural things, you will be in darkness. God punished Pharaoh with darkness, and He will also use darkness to punish the kingdom of Antichrist (Exo. 10:21-23; Rev. 16:10). This indicates that darkness is a serious punishment. All those who endeavor to bring their nature, being, and doings into the church will be left in darkness. According to verses 13 through 15, our building work will be tested by fire. If our work remains, we shall receive a reward. But if our work is consumed, we shall suffer loss. I cannot say definitely what this judging fire is. However, in both the Old Testament and the New fire comes from God as a judgment. For example, Aaron’ss ons, Nadab and Abihu, were judged by fire. In the book of Malachi we are told that the Lord will judge people by fire. In the same principle, fire from God will judge our work. Work that is of gold, silver, and precious stones will pass the test of fire. In fact, the more intense the fire is, the more refined these materials become. However, everything of wood, grass, and stubble will be consumed by fire. Whatever is done according to our nature, being, and natural doings will be burned by fire
7主的惩治至少有两方面：黑暗与焚烧。我们自己可能在黑暗中，而我们的工程可能被烧成灰。我常常在主面前恐惧战兢，不知道自己的工作是否存得住。我许多时候问自己，我的工程到底是否经得起主审判之火的试验。我们都应当查问自己的工程，是把我们带进光中，还是使我们留在黑暗中。有些为差会工作的人可以见证，他们越作工，就越留在黑暗中。这是一个记号，指明他们的工程是按著他们的天然、所是、以及属人的作为。
7The Lord’s punishment has at least two aspects: darkness and burning. We ourselves may be in darkness, and our work may be burned to ashes. Often I have been in fear and trembling before the Lord, wondering if my work will remain. Many times I have asked myself if my work will pass the test of the Lord’s judging fire. We all should inquire whether our work brings us into the light or keeps us in darkness. Some of those who labored on the mission field can testify that the more they worked, the more they remained in darkness. This is a sign that their work was according to their nature, being, and human doings.
贰 以属灵伟人为夸口
II. DESTROYING THE TEMPLE OF GOD
而毁坏神的那殿─召会
THE CHURCH, BY BOASTING IN SPIRITUAL GIANTS
8以属灵伟人为夸口，也是毁坏神的那殿─召会。这样作乃是属肉体，照著人的样子而行。（三3～4。）因此，我们必须谨慎，不偏爱那一位长老、同工或弟兄姊妹。我们要学习不把自己的天然、所是和行为带进召会中，也必须学习不偏爱甚么人。我们如果高举某人，就会损伤、污秽、毁坏神的那殿，我们也会受到神的惩治。
8To boast in spiritual giants is also to destroy the temple of God, the church. To do this is to be in the flesh and to walk according to men (3:3-4). Thus, we must be careful not to have preferences in elders, co-workers, or in brothers and sisters. Along with learning not to bring our nature, being, and doings into the church, we must also learn not to have preferences for any persons. If we exalt a certain person, we shall mar, defile, destroy, the temple of God, and we shall suffer God’s punishment
参 自以为有智慧，
III. THINKING OURSELVES TO BE WISE
9以及自欺保罗在十八节说，『人不可自欺；你们中间若有人自以为在这世代中有智慧，他就该变作愚拙，好成为有智慧的。』热中犹太教的信徒和哲学化的希利尼信徒，把犹太宗教和希腊哲学的成分，带进召会的建造，欺骗了自
9AND BEING SELF-DECEIVED In verse 18 Paul says, “Let no one deceive himself: if anyone among you thinks himself to be wise in this age, let him become foolish that he may become wise.” Both the Judaizing believers and the philosophizing Greek believers deceived themselves by bringing the elements of Judaism and Greek philosophy into the
10己 。使徒在这里的用意，主要的是集中于那些高估自己哲学智慧的希利尼信徒。（一22。）
10building up of the church. The apostle’s though there centers mainly on those Greek believers who highly esteemed the wisdom of their philosophy (1:22
11以属灵伟人为夸口，也是自以为有智慧，因此就是自欺。那些高举人的，认为自己比别人有智慧。惯用哲学思想的人，就是高举人的人。自以为比别人聪明、以及高举人，乃是自欺。高举属灵伟人不但毁坏召会，也使我们成为自欺的。按照三章十八节的上下文，自欺与高举人有关。虽然如此，许多人不认为高举人有甚么错。例如，有人会说，『某某弟兄是最好的一位长老。我喜欢他，我支持他。』这听起来可能没有伤害，但实际上却破坏召会。在主的恢复中，不可高举任何人。
11To boast in spiritual giants is also to think ourselves to be wise and thus to be self-deceived. Those who exalt a certain person regard themselves as wiser than others. The ones who exercise their philosophical mind are those who exalt others. To think ourselves more clever than others and to exalt certain persons is to be self-deceived. Exalting spiritual giants not only destroys the church; it also causes us to be self-deceived. According to the context of verse 18, deceiving ourselves is related to exalting man. Nevertheless, many think that there is nothing wrong with exalting others. For example, someone may say, “Brother So-and-so is one of the best elders. I like him, and I am for him.” This may sound harmless, but it is actually damaging to the church. In the Lord’s recovery there must not be the exalting of any person.
肆 变作愚拙，
IV. BECOMING FOOLISH
好得著神的智慧
IN ORDER TO HAVE GOD’S WISDOM
12保罗在十八节嘱咐自以为在这世代中有智慧的人，要变作愚拙，好成为有智慧的。这里的变作愚拙，乃是弃绝哲学的智慧，接受关于基督和祂十字架简单的话。（一21，23。）成为有智慧的，乃是接受神的智慧，使基督成为我们的一切。（24，30，二6～8。）虽然成为有智慧的很容易，而变作愚拙很难，但在主的恢复中，每一个人都必须学习按保罗在三章十八节所说的意思变作愚拙。实际上，今天所有的信徒都是『希利尼人』，因为我们有自己方式的哲学，所以我们需要变作愚拙，好成为有智慧的。我们越在正确的意义上变作愚拙，就越有享受；但我们越在哲学的方式上成为有智慧的，享受就越少。不仅如此，众召会中生命的长大全在于此。如果我们都愿意变作愚拙，我们就会经历在生命的长大上大有进步。
12In verse 18 Paul charges the one who thinks himself to be wise in this age to become foolish that he may become wise. To become foolish here is to forsake the wisdom of philosophy and receive the simple word concerning Christ and His cross (1:21, 23). To become wise is to take the wisdom of God in making Christ everything to us (1:24, 30; 2:6-8). Although it is easy to become wise and difficult to become foolish, everyone in the Lord’s recovery must learn to become foolish in the sense in which Paul speaks in verse 18. Actually all believers today are “Greeks,” for we are philosophical in our own way. Thus, we need to become foolish in order that we may become wise. The more foolish we become in the proper sense, the more enjoyment we shall have. But the more we become wise in a philosophical way, the less enjoyment we shall have. Furthermore, the growth in life in the churches depends on this. If we are all willing to become foolish, we shall experience much progress in the growth in life
13我们在召会生活中，需要学习变作愚拙，好使我们有神的智慧。这样，神的启示就会临到我们。得著神最多启示的人，就是那些已经学会变作愚拙的人，结果他们就有神的智慧。
13In the church life it is necessary that we learn to become foolish that we may have God’s wisdom. Then God’sr evelation will come to us. Those who receive the most revelation from God are those who have learned to become foolish. As a result, they have God’s wisdom
伍 知道万有都是我们的，我们是基督的，
V. REALIZING THAT ALL THINGS ARE OURS
THAT WE ARE CHRIST’S
14基督是神的保罗在二十一至二十二节说，『因为万有全是你们的、或保罗、或亚波罗、或矶法、或世界、或生命、或死亡、或现今的事、或要来的事，全是你们的。』万有，包括世界和死亡，都是我们的，并且都为著我们的益处效力。（罗八
14AND THAT CHRIST IS GOD’SIn verses 21 and 22 Paul says, “All things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours.” All things, including the world and even death, are ours and work good for us (Rom. 8:28). The Corinthian
1528。）哥林多的信徒说，他们是属保罗的，属亚波罗的，属矶法的。（林前一。）但保罗说、或保罗、或亚波罗、或矶法，都是他们的；万有全是他们的。他们是召会，这一切全是为著召会。召会是为著基督，而基督是为著神。
15believers said they were of Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas (1:12), but Paul says he, Apollos, and Cephas are of them; all are theirs. They are the 12 church, and all these things are for the church. Furthermore, the church is for Christ, and Christ is for God.
16按照这些经节，不但属灵伟人是为著我们，连万有，包括消极的事物，如世界和死亡，都是为著我们。这就是说，连世界和死亡都能为著我们的益处效力。你有没有领会到你所在地召会的消极情形是你的，且为著你的益处效力？有些圣徒也许会说，『我所在地的召会，光景不好。我想搬到另一处召会情形比较好的地方。』然而，不满意某地方召会而搬到别处的人，结果并没有经历生命的长大。我们都必须看见，我们所在地召会的光景，像死亡一样，都是我们的，也是为著我们的。实在说来，万有全是为著我们的。
16According to these verses, not only the spiritual giants are for us, but all things, including negative things such as the world and death, are for us. This means that even the world and death can work good for us. Have you ever realized that the negative condition of the church in your locality is yours and that it works good for you? Some saints may say, The situation of my local church is not good. I am thinking of moving to a place where the condition of the church is better.” However, those who are dissatisfied with a certain local church and move to another place do not experience the growth in life as a result. We all must see that the condition of the church in our locality, like death, is ours, and is for us. Truly all things are for us
17当你读林前三章时，你会希奇保罗为甚么这样结束本章。他说完智慧与高举属灵伟人之后，就总结说，万有全是我们的，我们是基督的，基督又是神的。保罗在这里似乎是说，『你们哥林多信徒惯用你们的希腊文化、智慧和哲学。按照你们的智慧，你们有偏爱和拣选。你们对人、对道理、对作法有偏爱，这些偏爱都与你们的智慧，和哲学的思想方式有关。但我要你们晓得，万有，无论好坏，以及万人，都是神用来成全你们的。连世界和死亡也是神使用的凭藉，为著你们的益处效力。万有是你们的仆役，是为著成全你们的。』我要对所有在主恢复里的圣徒说一点安慰与鼓励的话。不要觉得你所在地的召会不是你该在的地方。即使那里的召会光景相当贫穷，神仍然使用那召会成全你。祂使用你所不满意的召会，为叫你得益处而效力。这就是说，你需要这样的召会。我在中国的时候，许多圣徒认为上海召会太好了，想要移民上海。但搬去的人都感到失望。许多从来没有到过上海的人，以为那里的召会很好，但有些在上海召会的人却不满意当地的召会。这说明一个事实：我们不该移到另一个我们想像其召会生活是更好的地方。无论你在那里，召会都是你的，神用那个召会成全你。神使用上海的召会成全上海的圣徒；在那个地方的人就需要那个召会。但住在别处的人，却需要他们所在地的召会。
17As you read 1 Corinthians 3, you may wonder why Paul concludes the chapter in this way. After speaking of wisdom and the exalting of spiritual giants, he concludes by saying that all things are ours, that we are Christ’s, and that Christ is God’s. Here Paul seems to be saying, “You Corinthian believers exercise your Greek culture, wisdom, and philosophy. According to your wisdom, you have preferences and choices. You have preferences in persons, doctrines, and practices. These preferences are all related to your wisdom, to your philosophical way of thinking. But I want you to know that all things, whether good or evil, and all persons are used by God to perfect you. Even the world and death are means used by God to work good for you. All things are your servants for your perfection.” I would like to speak a comforting and encouraging word to all the saints in the Lord’s recovery. Do not feel that the church in your locality is not the right place for you. Even if the condition of your church is poor, God still uses that church to perfect you. He uses a church which does not satisfy you to work good for you. This means that you need this kind of church. When I was in China, many saints regarded the church in Shanghai as excellent and wanted to move to that city. But those who went there were disappointed. Many who had never been to Shanghai thought that the church there was wonderful. But some of those in the church in Shanghai were unhappy with the church there. This illustrates the fact that we should not move to another locality in order to be in a place which we imagine is better than the church in our locality. No matter where you may be, the church is yours, and God uses that church to perfect you. God used the church in Shanghai to perfect the saints in Shanghai. Those in that locality needed that church. However, those who lived elsewhere needed the church in their own locality
18神使用每一件事成全我们。所以，万有全是为著我们，我们是为著基督，基督又是为著神。神使用每一件事成全我们，使我们成为基督活的身体。所以，我们是身体来为著基督，而基督是神的彰显，因此基督是为著神。神是藉著基督得彰显，基督是藉著我们得彰显，而我们是藉著万有被成全。我们如果看到这一点，就不会发怨言，也不会有偏爱、拣选或挑选。不但如此，我们会满意的接受神为我们所命定的一切。神如果命定你过有难处的召会生活，你应当接受，并为此赞美神。神可能命定给你一个很难相处的丈夫或妻子，祂甚至会命定死亡。但是连一个难以相处的配偶或是死亡本身，也是为著我们，并且是用来成全我们的。所以，我们需要接受神所命定的，并且承认这是神用来成全我们的。
18God uses everything to perfect us. Hence, all things are for us, we are for Christ, and Christ is for God. God uses everything to perfect us so that we may be the living Body of Christ. Therefore, we are the Body for Christ, and Christ is the expression of God. Thus, Christ is for God. God is expressed through Christ, Christ is expressed through us, and we are perfected through all things. If we see this, we shall not complain or have any preference, choice, or selection. Furthermore, we shall be content to receive all that God ordains for us. If God ordains a difficult church life for you, you should accept it and praise Him for it. God may ordain a difficult husband or wife. He may even ordain death. But even a difficult spouse or death itself is for us and is used to perfect us. Therefore, we need to receive what God has ordained and acknowledge that it is being used by Him to perfect us.
19我是一个上了年纪的人，一生经过了许多事情。我能真实的见证，万有全是我的，神用万有成全我。因为神使用万有，我很难确定谁才是某一位弟兄最好的妻子，或者谁才是某一位姊妹最好的丈夫。同样的，我也不知道谁是最好的同工。主带我到一个地步，我不考虑那些同工是好的，那些同工是有益处的，因为我晓得，他们都是为著我的益处效力的。甚至那些我认为最不行的，却可能是神用来成全我最多的。我们能被万有成全，真是何等有福！哦，能彀看见万有是为著我们的，真是何等美妙！因著万有全是我们的，且都为我们效力，我们就不应当这么愚昧，有个人的偏爱与拣选。我们是为著基督，而基督是为著神。神是藉著基督得彰显，基督是藉著我们得彰显，而我们乃是由万有成全的。每一件事、每一个人、以及每一种情形都是我们的。神是主宰一切的，祂一直使用每一件事和每一个人成全爱祂的人。只要你爱主，你就有把握，祂一直使用每一件事成全你。因此，万有全是我们的，这是为著召会；召会是为著基督的，要作祂的身体；基督又是为著神的，要作祂的彰显。这是保罗在林前三章的结语。在这话的光中，我们不该高举甚么人，也不该对于人、事、物有甚么偏爱或拣选。反之，我们应当看见万有，无论好坏，都是为著我们，以成全我们，使我们成为基督的身体，而基督就是神的彰显。这是正确的领会保罗所说，万有全是我们的，并且我们是基督的，基督又是神的。
19As an elderly person, I have passed through a great many things in my lifetime. I can truly testify that all things are mine and that God uses them all to perfect me. Because God uses all things, I find it very difficult to say who would make the best wife for a certain brother or the best husband for a certain sister. Likewise, I do not know who would be the best co - worker. The Lord has brought me to the point where I do not consider which co - workers are good and which are not so profitable, for I realize that they all work good for me. Even those whom I may regard as the worst may be used to perfect me the most. How blessed we are to be perfected by all things! Oh, how good it is to see that all things are for us! Since all things are ours and work for us, we should not be so foolish as to have personal preferences and choices. We are for Christ, and Christ is for God. God is manifested through Christ, Christ is expressed through us, and we are perfected by all things. Every thing, every person, and every situation is ours. God is sovereign, and He is using everything and everyone to perfect those who love Him. As long as you love the Lord, you may have the assurance that He is using everything to perfect you. Therefore, all things are ours for the church, the church is for Christ to be His Body, and Christ is for God to be His expression. This is Paul’s concluding word in 1 Corinthians 3. In the light of this word, we should not exalt anyone, and we should not have any preferences or choices concerning persons, matters, or things. Rather, we should see that all things, bad as well as good, are for us to perfect us so that we may become the Body of Christ, who is the expression of God. This is the proper understanding of Paul’sword that all things are ours, that we are Christ’s, and that Christ is God’s.