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哥林多前书生命读经 · 第52篇

一哥林多前书的鸟瞰

An Overview of First Corinthians
1读经：哥林多前书15:45下;12:13，哥林多后书3:6,17-18，哥林多前书11:3,20,23-25;12:1;15:12;16:1-2。
1Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 15:45b; 12:13; 2 Cor. 3:6, 17- 18; 1 Cor. 11:3, 20, 23-25; 12:1; 15:12; 16:1-2
2。在本篇信息中，我们要陈明哥林多前书的鸟瞰，综观。然而，在我们这样作以前，让我们先看四节经文，两节
220, 23-25; 12:1; 15:12; 16:1-2 In this message we shall present an overview, a bird’s-eye view, of 1 Corinthians. Before we do so, however, let us first consider four
32是哥林多前书的，两节是哥林多后书的。林前十五章四十五节下半说，
3verses, two from 1 Corinthians and two from Corinthians. First Corinthians 15:45b says, “The
412:13『末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵。』在
4last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.” In
5十二章十三节保罗宣告：『因为我们不拘是犹太人或希利尼人，是为奴的或自主的，都已经在一位灵里受浸，成了一个身体，且都得以喝一位灵。』林后三章六节说，我们『作新约的执事，这些执事不是属于字句，乃是属于灵』。末了，三章十八节说，『但我们众人既然以没有帕子遮蔽的脸，好像镜子观看并返照主的荣光，就渐渐变化成为与祂同样的形像，从荣耀到荣耀，乃是从主灵变化成的。』你曾想过这四节经文之间的关联么？两节代表哥林多前书，两节代表哥林多后书。事实上，这两卷书是那灵的书。以上所引用的四节，每一节都说到那灵。我信许多基督徒对这些经文没有深刻的印象。
5Paul declares, “For also in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and were all given to drink one Spirit.” Second Corinthians 3:6 says that we are “ministers of a new covenant, not of letter, but of the Spirit.” Finally, 2 Corinthians 3:18 says, “And we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.” Have you ever thought about the connection between these four verses? Two verses represent 1 Corinthians, and two, 2 Corinthians. Actually, these two books are books of the Spirit. Each of the four verses quoted above speaks of the Spirit. I believe that many Christians have not been adequately impressed with these verses
6赐生命的灵照著林前十五章四十五节下半，基督这末后的亚当，成了赐生命的灵。在你进到主的恢复里以前，你知道新约里有一节告诉我们，末后的亚当─基督，成了赐生命的灵么？本节不是说，末后的亚当成了救赎主、救主、或全能的主；乃是告诉我们，祂成了赐生命的灵。
6THE LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT According to 15:45b, Christ, the last Adam, became a life-giving Spirit. Before you came into the Lord’s recovery, did you know that there was a verse in the New Testament telling us that the last Adam, Christ, became a life-giving Spirit? This verse does not say that the last Adam became the Redeemer, the Savior, or the almighty Lord; it tells us that He became a life- giving Spirit
7在那灵里受浸以喝那灵今天信徒在某种程度上熟悉保罗在十二章十三节的话。有些人时常题起本节。然而，他们通常强调受浸这辞：我们都已经在一位灵里『受浸』。你曾听过一篇信息强调『喝』，告诉你已经在那灵里受浸以喝那灵么？我们已经受浸来喝。所以，我们不该停在受浸，乃该往前领悟，我们已经受浸来喝。受浸是一次永远的事，但喝是继续不断的事。甚至在永世里我们仍要喝一位灵。
7BAPTIZED IN THE SPIRIT TO DRINK THE SPIRIT To some extent, believers today are familiar with Paul’s word in 12:13. Some make mention of this verse quite often. However, their emphasis is usually on the word baptized: in one Spirit we have all been baptized. Have you ever heard a message emphasizing the word drink, a message telling you that you have been baptized in the Spirit to drink of the Spirit? We have been baptized to drink. Therefore, we should not stop with the word baptize, but go on to realize that we have been baptized to drink. To be baptized is a matter once for all, but to drink is a continual matter. Even in eternity we shall still drink of the one Spirit.
8主耶稣这末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵，就使我们能浸入这灵。我们已经浸入怎样的灵？我们不是仅仅浸入神的灵。我们乃是已经浸入耶稣基督的灵。（腓一19。）这耶稣基督的灵就是赐生命的灵。我们若不是浸入赐生命的灵，又怎能浸入一个身体？身体不是能力或组织的事；身体是生命的生机体。我们已经在赐生命的灵，耶稣基督的灵里，而不只在神的灵里，生机的受浸，成了一个身体。我们若没有生命和生机的元素，怎能成为身体活的肢体？这是不可能的。仅仅将信徒浸在水里，与生命无关。人在水里受浸以后，仍是分开的个人。但我们不仅在水里受浸，也在赐生命的灵里受浸。水是我们在其中受浸之那灵的表号。人在赐生命的灵里受浸以后，就生机的成为身体的一部分。因为我们都已经在一位灵里受浸，所以我们就生机的成为一个身体。我们爱所有的圣徒，不分种族、文化或国籍，原因是我们在生命里有生机的联结。我们里面有生机的元素，并且我们在赐生命之灵的生命乃是一。
8The Lord Jesus as the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit so that we could be baptized into this Spirit. In what Spirit have we been baptized? We have not been baptized merely in the Spirit of God. Rather, we have been baptized in the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Phil. 1:19). This Spirit of Jesus Christ is the life-giving Spirit. If we were not baptized into the life-giving Spirit, how could we be baptized into one Body? The Body is not a matter of power or organization; it is an organism of life. We have been baptized organically into one Body in the life-giving Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus Christ, not just the Spirit of God. If we did not have life and an organic element, how could we be living members of the Body? It would be impossible. To baptize a believer only in water does not involve life. After a person has been immersed in water, he is still a separate individual. But we have been baptized not only in water, but also in the life-giving Spirit. The water is a sign of the Spirit in which we are baptized. After a person has been baptized in the life-giving Spirit, he becomes part of the Body in an organic way. Because we have all been baptized in one Spirit, we are organically one Body. The reason we love all the saints, regardless of race, culture, or nationality, is that we are organically united in life. We have an organic element within us, and we are one in the life of the life-giving Spirit
9三一神经过过程以后，成了这样一位赐生命的灵。我们都已经在这样一位灵里受浸，成了一个身体。我们怎么可能成为一个身体？我们能成为一个身体，因为我们已经在奇妙的赐生命之灵，就是三一神的终极完成里受了浸。我们已经在这奇妙的灵里受浸，为要喝三一神。这就是说，受浸不是结束，而只是开始。我们一次受浸了，却要永远喝赐生命的灵。在林前十二章十三节与启示录二十二章一节之间有一个奇妙的关联；启示录那里告诉我们，生命水的河从神和羔羊的宝座流出来。这河要流遍整个新耶路撒冷，使每个人都喝生命水。在永世里生命水要作我们的饮料。我们已经受浸得以喝那灵─生命水，直到永远。
9After passing through a process, the Triune God has become such a life-giving Spirit. In such a Spirit we all have been baptized into one Body. How is it possible for us to be one Body? We can be one Body because we have been baptized in the wonderful life-giving Spirit, who is the ultimate consummation of the Triune God. We have been baptized in this wonderful Spirit in order to drink of the Triune God. This means that baptism is not the end; rather, it is just the beginning. We who have been baptized once will drink of the life- giving Spirit for eternity. There is a marvelous connection between 12:13 and Revelation 22:1, where we are told that the river of water of life proceeds out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. This river will flow throughout the entire New Jerusalem so that everyone may drink of the water of life. In eternity the water of life will be our drink. We have been baptized to drink the Spirit, the water of life, for eternity.
10哥林多前书教导我们：末后的亚当这位成为肉体的神，成了赐生命的灵，我们都已经在这灵里受浸，成了一个身体；现今，我们这些在赐生命的灵里受了浸的人，需要喝那灵。日复一日，我们需要喝。每当我们祷告、祷读或呼喊：『哦，主耶稣，』我们就可以喝。我们与圣徒交通时，也该喝那灵。有时候我喝那灵，就喜乐忘形。阿利路亚，我们已经受浸，成了一个身体，得以喝赐生命的灵！何等奇妙的启示！
10The book of 1 Corinthians teaches that the last Adam, God incarnate, has become a life-giving Spirit, and that in this Spirit we have all been baptized into one Body. Now, as those baptized in the life-giving Spirit, we need to drink the Spirit. Day by day, we should drink. Whenever we pray, pray-read, or call, “O Lord Jesus,” we may drink. As we fellowship with the saints, we should also drink of the Spirit. Sometimes when I drink of the Spirit, I am beside myself with joy. Hallelujah, we have been baptized into the one Body to drink of the life-giving Spirit! What a marvelous revelation
那灵的执事
MINISTERS OF THE SPIRIT
11至终，我们藉著喝那灵，就被那灵浸透。然后我们成为新约的执事，『这些执事不是属于字句，乃是属于灵。』（林后三6。）新约不是属于律法，乃是属于成了赐生命之灵的基督。基督成了赐生命的灵，含示祂所经过的一切步骤：成为肉体、人性生活、钉十字架和复活；其中也包括救赎。这过程的目标不是成为肉体、钉十字架、甚或复活，目标乃是赐生命的灵。这就是新约。所以，新约含示成为肉体；就是含示神成为人，并在地上生活为人。新约也含示这成为肉体的一位上了十字架，为我们的罪，甚至为我们自己死了，为要了结旧造。这一位在十字架上流出祂的血，为我们死了以后，就被埋葬，然后进入复活。祂进入复活，就到达目的地─赐生命的灵。我们都已经在这奇妙的灵里受浸，成了一个身体。现今我们喝这位灵，并且被祂浸透，我们自然而然就成为新约的执事，那灵的执事。所以，我们不该仅仅供应道理和字句。反之，我们必须供应那灵。我们必须把那浸透我们的属天饮料服事给别人。我们都不要作道理或字句的执事，乃要作生命和那灵的执事。
11Eventually, by drinking the Spirit we are saturated with the Spirit. Then we become ministers of a new covenant, “not of letter, but of the Spirit” (2 Cor. 3:6). The new covenant is not of law, but of Christ who has become the life-giving Spirit. Christ’s becoming the life-giving Spirit implies all the steps of His process: incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection. It also includes redemption. The goal of this process is not incarnation, crucifixion, or even resurrection; the goal is the life-giving Spirit. This is the new covenant. Therefore, the new covenant implies incarnation; that is, it implies God becoming a man and living as a man on earth. The new covenant also implies that this incarnated One went to the cross and died for our sins, and even for ourselves, in order to terminate the old creation. After shedding His blood on the cross and dying for us, this One was buried and then entered into resurrection. When He came into resurrection, He reached the destination—the life-giving Spirit. In this wonderful Spirit we all have been baptized into one Body. Now as we drink this Spirit and are saturated with Him, we spontaneously become ministers of the new covenant, a covenant of the Spirit. Therefore, we should not minister mere doctrines and letters. On the contrary, we must minister the Spirit. We must serve others the heavenly drink with which we have been saturated. Let us all be ministers not of doctrines or letters, but of life and of the Spirit
从主灵变化成的
TRANSFORMATION FROM THE LORD SPIRIT
12照著林后三章，我们不但该作那灵的执事，也该『变化成为与祂同样的形像，从荣耀到荣耀，乃是从主灵变化成的』。（18。）我们在召会生活中无论作甚么─聚会、交通、服事、接待和被接待，都该经历变化的过程。我们众人渐渐变化成为与主同样的形像，从荣耀到荣耀，从一种程度的荣耀，到另一种程度的荣耀。这乃是从主灵变化成的。我深深宝贵这四节。末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵。我们已经在这灵里受浸，现今在喝那灵。不但如此，我们被那灵浸透时，就成为那灵的执事。再者，我们在渐渐变化的过程中，从荣耀到荣耀，乃是从主灵变化成的。哥林多前后书的确是那灵的书。
12According to 2 Corinthians 3, not only should we be ministers of the Spirit, but we should also be “transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit” (v. 18). In all that we do in the church life—in meetings, in fellowship, in serving, in giving and receiving hospitality—we should be undergoing the process of transformation. We all are being transformed into the Lord’s image from glory to glory, from one degree of glory to another. This is from the Lord Spirit. I deeply appreciate these four verses. The last Adam became a life - giving Spirit. We have been baptized in this Spirit and are now drinking the Spirit. Furthermore, as we are saturated with the Spirit, we become ministers of the Spirit. Moreover, we are in the process of being transformed from glory to glory even as from the Lord Spirit. First and 2 Corinthians certainly are books of the Spirit.
为人生活范围里的难处
PROBLEMS IN THE REALM OF HUMAN LIFE
131现在我们要整体来看哥林多前书，要综观、鸟瞰整卷书，这是很有帮助的。保罗写这封书信时，灵里有很深的负担。这卷书对付一个非常受搅扰且混乱的召会里圣徒中间的难处。哥林多的圣徒受了误导，他们中间是混乱的。因此，使徒保罗对那个召会有负担，就写了这封书信，一一对付难处，藉此澄清局面。我多方研读并查考以后，发现使徒在哥林多前书里对付了十一个难处（有些教师只知道十个）。这十一个难处分为两类。第一组由一至十章所论的六个难处组成。这些难处中的第一个，是因活在魂里所引起的分裂。哥林多人中间有分裂，因为他们是天然的，并照著他们哲学的智慧来生活。他们过属魂的生活，结果就分裂了。
13At this point it will be helpful to see the Epistle of Corinthians as a whole, to have an overview, a bird’s- eye view, of the entire book. When Paul wrote this Epistle, he was deeply burdened in his spirit. This book deals with the problems among the saints in a very disturbed and disorderly church. The saints at Corinth had been misled, and there was disorder among them. Hence, Paul, the apostle, burdened for that church, wrote this Epistle to clarify the situation by dealing with the problems one by one. After much reading and studying, I have discovered that in 1 Corinthians eleven problems are dealt with by the apostle. (Some teachers only recognize ten.) These eleven problems are in two categories. The first group is composed of the six problems covered in chapters one through ten. The first of these problems is division, caused by living in the soul. There was division among the Corinthians because they were natural and lived according to their philosophical wisdom. They lived a soulish life, and as a result they were divided.
14第二个难处是五章所对付乱伦这粗鄙的罪。这罪与放纵肉体有关。放纵肉体来自凭著魂生命而活。属魂的人迟早会放纵肉体。第三个难处在六章论到，是诉讼的难处。这与要求个人的权利有关。
14The second problem was the gross sin of incest dealt with in chapter five. This sin involves the indulgence of the flesh. The indulgence of the flesh comes from living by the soulish life. Those who are soulish will sooner or later indulge their flesh. The third problem, covered in chapter six, is that of lawsuits. This involves the claiming of personal rights.
15第四，六章也有滥用人的权利这难处。神在祂的创造里命定人应当吃，好得以存活，也命定人应当结婚，好得以繁殖。因此，神所命定的吃与婚姻，都是人的权利。但哥林多属魂甚至属肉体的圣徒滥用这些权利。滥用吃的权利是暴饮暴食，滥用婚姻的权利是淫乱。第五，在七章保罗对付婚姻的难处。这难处与魂生命和肉体有关。人越有智慧，越崇尚哲学，在婚姻生活中难处就会越多。反之，受教育较少的人，婚姻生活的难处似乎较少。八至十章所论的第六个难处，是吃祭偶像之物的难处。在哥林多人中间有这种实行的人，并没有受约束；他们不顾别人、基督的身体、或神的见证，他们只顾自己的吃。这吃祭偶像之物的难处，也与主的筵席有关。人不能有这种与偶像有关、无节制的吃，同时又来赴主的筵席。这是保罗在对付吃祭偶像之物时，摸到主的筵席这事的原因。这六个难处都属于为人生活的范围。任何能解决这些难处的信徒，就是真正圣别的；他必定会成为圣别。他不会有分裂、肉体的情欲、要求个人的权利、滥用他在吃与婚姻上的权利、以及婚姻生活本身的难处。不但如此，在他的日常生活中，尤其在吃的事上，他会受约束，并顾到别人、召会、和神的见证。
15Fourth, also in chapter six, we have the problem of the abuse of human rights. God in His creation ordained that man should eat in order to exist and also that he should marry in order to propagate. Thus, eating and marriage, both of which are ordained by God, are human rights. But the soulish and even fleshly saints in Corinth abused these rights. The abuse of the right of eating is excessive eating, and the abuse of the right of marriage is fornication. Fifth, in chapter seven Paul deals with the problem of marriage. This problem is related both to the soulish life and to the flesh. The more wise and philosophical a person is, the more problems he will have in married life. Less educated people, on the contrary, seem to have fewer problems with married life. The sixth problem, covered in chapters eight through ten, is that of the eating of idol sacrifices. Those who engaged in this practice among the Corinthians had no restriction; they did not care for others, for the Body of Christ, or for God’s testimony. They cared only for their eating. This problem of the eating of idol sacrifices is also related to the Lord’stable. One cannot have such unrestricted eating related to idols and at the same time come to the Lord’stable. This is the reason that in dealing with the eating of sacrifices to idols Paul touches the matter of the Lord’stable. These six problems all belong to the realm of human life. Any believer who can solve these problems will truly be holy; he will certainly be sanctified. He will have no problems of division, the lusts of the flesh, the claiming of personal rights, the abuse of his rights in eating and marriage, and in married life itself. Furthermore, in his daily living, especially in the matter of eating, he will be restricted and care for others, the church, and God’s testimony.
基督─解决我们
CHRIST—THE FACTOR TO SOLVE
基督徒生活中难处的因素
THE PROBLEMS IN OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE
16解决这些关于正确的日常基督徒生活的难处，所需要的因素就是基督。基督是神的中心，以及所赐给我们作我们独一之分的那位。我们若照著这卷书头十章里所启示的享受基督，就会有解决这六个难处所需要的因素。我们会解决分裂、放纵肉体、要求个人权利、和滥用我们权利的难处，我们也会解决我们婚姻生活中的难处。你的婚姻生活中若有难处，那就指明你缺少基督，你没有充分得著基督的𫗪养。但你若对基督有完满的享受，就不会有任何婚姻生活中的难处，或林1前一至十章里所论的其他五个难处。因为基督是解决这些难处的因素，所以这十章非常强调基督。基督是包罗万有的一位。祂是神的能力、神的智慧，甚至是神的深奥。祂是解决为人生活范围里之难处的独一因素。
16The factor needed for solving these problems concerning the proper daily Christian life is Christ. Christ is God’scent er and the One given to us as our unique portion. If we enjoy Christ according to the way He is revealed in the first ten chapters of this book, we shall have the necessary factor to solve these six problems. We shall solve the problems of division, the indulgence of the flesh, the claiming of personal rights, and the abuse of our rights. We shall also have the solution to the problems in our married life. If you have problems in your married life, that is an indication that you are short of Christ, that you are not adequately nourished with Christ. But if you enjoy Christ in a full way, you will not have any problems in married life, or the other five problems covered in Corinthians 1 through 10. Because Christ is the factor to solve these problems, these ten chapters place great emphasis on Christ. Christ is the all - inclusive One. He is the power of God, the wisdom of God, and even the depths of God. He is the unique factor to solve the problems in the realm of human life.
PROBLEMS IN THE REALM
神行政范围里的难处
OF GOD’SAD MINISTRATION
17然而，哥林多人中间的难处不但与为人生活有关，更与神的行政有关。他们中间没有次序，没有权柄。所以，他们不但在吃与婚姻上滥用自己的权利；他们甚至滥用属灵的恩赐。他们过度的误用这些神所给的恩赐，为要实现他们自私的意图。这使他们中间神的行政受阻挠，并且至少在某种程度上被破坏。关于神的行政，有些人甚至错误到一个地步，竟然说没有复活。（十五12。）在这宇宙中若没有复活，神就算不得甚么。神自己就是复活。神在肉体里来时，说，『我是复活。』（约十一25。）因此，若没有复活，就没有神，因为没有神作生命的源头、生命的能力、生命的形状、和生命的功用。没有复活，整个宇宙就是虚空的。所以，说没有复活是非常严肃的事。这是否认神，废掉神在宇宙中为著祂行政的神圣能力。我们必须承认有复活，并且神正藉著复活并在复活里管理宇宙，以完成祂永远的定旨。
17The problems among the Corinthians, however, were related not only to human living, but even the more to God’sad ministration. Among them there was no order, no authority. Therefore, they not only abused their rights in eating and marriage; they even abused the spiritual gifts. They excessively misused these God-given gifts in order to fulfill their self-seeking. This caused God’sad ministration among them to be frustrated and, to some extent at least, to be damaged. Some were even so mistaken with respect to God’sad ministration that they went so far as to say that there was no resurrection (15:12). If there is no resurrection in this universe, then God becomes nothing. God Himself is resurrection. When God came in the flesh, He said, “I am the resurrection” (John 11:25). Hence, if there were no resurrection there would be no God, for there would be no God to be the source of life, the power of life, the shape of life, and the function of life. Without resurrection, the whole universe would be empty. Therefore, it is a very serious matter to say that there is no resurrection. This is to deny God and to annul the divine power for His administration in the universe. We must recognize that there is resurrection and that God is administrating the universe to fulfill His eternal purpose by resurrection and in resurrection
18我们若真在复活里，在神的行政之下，就会胜过金钱和财物；这些在我们身上就没有权势，也不会霸占我们或据有我们。反之，我们会胜过牠们并辖管牠们。在林前十五章保罗对付复活的事，然后他在十六章开头就说到七日的第一日收集物质餽送的事。七日的第一日表征复活，因这是复活的日子。
18If we are truly under God’s ad ministration in resurrection, we shall overcome money and material possessions. They will have no power over us, and they will not occupy us or possess us. Instead, we shall overcome them and reign over them. In chapter fifteen Paul deals with the matter of resurrection. Then he opens chapter sixteen with a word about collecting material gifts on the first day of the week. The first day of the week signifies resurrection, for it is the day of resurrection.
19财物在七日的第一日献上，这事实指明这些应当在复活里，不在我们天然的生命里献上。有些富有的世人能签大笔金额的支票；但他们若作大笔捐赠，通常是为自己制造名声，并且为自己的行为作宣传。这不是在复活里餽送。我们餽送钱财和物质的东西，必须在复活里。这种餽送的作法有力的指明我们在复活里，在神的行政之下，并且胜过了财物的霸占。结果，神的行政在我们中间就会有路得以执行。与神的行政有关的五个难处，第一个是作头的难处。保罗在十一章二至十六节对付蒙头时论到这点。蒙头与神宇宙、行政管理中的作头有关。这组的第二个难处，是主的晚餐的难处。这不是主的晚餐本身的事，因主的晚餐与身体有关。神要管理宇宙，就需要身体。祂需要一班人生机的形成身体。这身体是神藉以完成祂行政的凭藉。
19The fact that material things are offered on the first day of the week indicates that they should be presented in resurrection, not in our natural life. Certain wealthy worldly people are able to write checks for large sums of money. But if they make a large donation, they usually make a name for themselves and advertise what they have done. This is not giving in resurrection. Our giving of money and material things must be in resurrection. This way of giving is a strong indication that we are under God’sad ministration in resurrection and have overcome the possession of material things. As a result, God’sad ministration will have away to be carried on among us. The first of the five problems related to God’sad ministration is that of headship. Paul covers this in 11:2-16 when he deals with head covering. Head covering is related to the headship in God’s universal, governmental administration. The second problem in this group is that of the Lord’ss upper. The Lord’ss upper is not a thing in itself, for it concerns the Body. For God to administrate the universe He needs the Body. He needs a group of people formed organically into a Body. This Body is the means by which God carries out His administration
20这类的第三个难处，是误用属灵恩赐的难处。在十一章保罗说到作头的事，也说到身体，在十二至十四章他说到恩赐。身体藉著恩赐尽功用。身体若要完成神的行政，身体的每个肢体就必须有恩赐，以照著神的运行尽功用。神藉著运行来管理，神的运行只能藉著我们尽功用而得以施行。不但如此，我们惟有藉著我们的恩赐，才可能尽功用。我们有恩赐，就有功用。然后从这功用就产生出事奉来。这事奉是为著神的运行，这运行乃是施行神的行政。所以，首先有作头的，继而有身体，然后有为著事奉的恩赐，使神的行政得以施行。复活是在神行政范围里的第四个难处。作头的、身体、以及肢体藉著恩赐尽功用，都应当在复活里。我们绝不该否认复活的事实。若没有复活，就无法有为著神圣行政的恩赐和能力。
20The third problem in this category is the problem of the misuse of spiritual gifts. In chapter eleven Paul speaks of the headship and of the Body, and in chapters twelve through fourteen, of the gifts. The Body functions by means of the gifts. If the Body is to carry out God’sad ministration, every member of the Body must have a gift for function according to God’so per at i on. God administrates by operating, and God’so per at i on can be carried out only by our function. Furthermore, our function is possible only by our gifts. When we have a gift, we have our function. Then the service comes out of this function. This service is for God’so per at i on, and this operation carries out God’sad ministration. Therefore, first we have the headship, then the Body, and then the gifts for the services that God’sad ministration may be carried out. Resurrection is the fourth problem in the realm of God’s ad ministration. The headship, the Body, and the functioning of the members by the gifts should all be in resurrection. We should never deny the fact of resurrection. If there were no resurrection, there could be no gifts and no power for the divine administration.
21最终，保罗对付财物。我们若在神的作头之下，在身体里，并且有恩赐在复活里尽功用，我们必定会胜过物质事物的辖制。物质的事物会在我们脚下。金钱或财物不会拦阻或阻挠我们在身体里尽功用。反之，我们所有的都会经由召会为著神的行政所使用。倘若这是我们的情形，主神就会有路施行祂的行政。现今在我们面前有整卷哥林多前书的鸟瞰。有这种看见，使我们能记得这封书信的十六章所说的。一至四章对付分裂；五章对付乱伦；六章对付要求权利，以及滥用在吃与婚姻上的自由；七章对付婚姻生活；八至十章对付吃祭偶像之物；十一章对付作头，以及与身体有关的主的晚餐；十二至十四章对付属灵的恩赐；十五章对付复活；十六章对付胜过物质的事物。
21Finally, Paul deals with material possessions. If we are under the headship, if we are in the Body, and if we have the gifts to function in resurrection, we shall certainly overcome the bondage to material things. The material things will be under our feet. Money or material possessions will not hinder or frustrate our function in the Body. Rather, what we have will be used for God’sad ministration through the churches. If this is our situation, the Lord God will have a way to carry out His administration. Now we have before us a bird’s-eye view of the whole book of 1 Corinthians. Having this view enables us to remember what the sixteen chapters of this Epistle talk about. Chapters one through four deal with division; chapter five, with incest; chapter six, with the claiming of rights and the abuse of freedom in eating and in marriage; chapter seven, with married life; chapters eight through ten, with the eating of sacrifices offered to idols; chapter eleven, with the headship and with the Lord’ss upper related to the Body; chapters twelve through fourteen, with the spiritual gifts; chapter fifteen, with resurrection; and chapter sixteen, with the overcoming of material things
基督与召会
CHRIST AND THE CHURCH
22我们已经指出，哥林多前书里所论的十一个难处分为两类，两组。要解决第一类的六个难处，我们需要基督作独一的因素。要解决第二类的五个难处，我们需要召会作解决事情的元素。所以，这卷书首先在一至十章强调基督，然后在十一至十六章强调召会是基督的身体。所以，我们在哥林多前书里所看见的是基督与召会。基督是解决为人生活范围里一切难处的因素，召会是解决神圣行政范围里一切难处的元素。我们都需要在为人生活的范围里看见基督，在神圣行政的范围里看见召会。哥林多的圣徒在两个范围里都有难处。今天许多基督徒也是这样，他们在为人生活的范围里有难处，在神圣行政的范围里也有难处。所以，1所有的信徒，包括我们，都需要哥林多前书。我们都需要在神的行政管理中，在神的作头之下。我们需要与基督的身体是对的，使神有凭藉，得以执行祂的行政。我们需要知道怎样使用我们的恩赐，正确的尽功用，并且尽职事事奉主，以完成神的运行，使神圣的行政在地上得以发挥效力。我们也需要认识复活的生命、复活的大能、和复活的原则，使我们在神的作头之下，并在身体里，正确、合式、且充分的尽功用。然后我们就会胜过钱财和物质的事物。这就是说，我们会胜过一切属地的牵联；这样，我们就真正活基督。藉著活基督，我们会有正确的为人生活，我们也会执行神的行政。这是主今天所渴望并期待的。这正是保罗写这卷书时，他灵里和心里的负担。哥林多前书不仅仅是教训的书。这封书信是照著保罗灵里的负担写的，论到为人生活范围里的基督，以及神行政范围里的召会。
22We have pointed out that the eleven problems covered in 1 Corinthians are of two categories, two groups. To solve the six problems in the first category we need Christ as the unique factor. To solve the five problems in the second category we need the church as the element to settle the matters. Therefore, this book first emphasizes Christ in chapters one through ten, and then it emphasizes the church as the Body of Christ in chapters eleven through sixteen. Therefore, what we see in 1 Corinthians is Christ and the church. Christ is the factor for solving all the problems in the realm of human life, and the church is the element for settling all the problems in the realm of the divine administration. We all need to see Christ in the realm of human life and the church in the realm of the divine administration. The saints at Corinth had problems in both realms. The same is true of many Christians today. They have problems in the realm of human life, and they have problems in the realm of the divine administration. Therefore, all believers, including us, need Corinthians. We all need to be under the headship in God’s governmental administration. We need to be right with the Body of Christ so that God may have the means to work out His administration. We need to know how to use our gifts to function properly and to serve the Lord with ministry to carry out God’s operation so that the divine administration may be effective on earth. We also need to know resurrection life, the resurrection power, and the resurrection principles so that we may function under the headship and in the Body rightly, properly, and adequately. Then we shall overcome money and material things. This means that we shall overcome all earthly ties. Then we shall truly live Christ. By living Christ we shall have a proper human life and we shall carry out God’sad ministration. This is what the Lord desires and expects today. This was exactly the burden in the spirit and heart of Paul when he wrote this book. First Corinthians is not merely a book of teachings. This Epistle was written according to the burden in Paul’s spirit concerning Christ in the realm of human life and the church in the realm of God’sad ministration.