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哥林多前书生命读经 · 第6篇

基督不是分开的

CHRIST NOT DIVIDED
1读经：哥林多前书一章十至十七节。在林前一章十节保罗说，『弟兄们，我藉我们主耶稣基督的名，恳求你们都说一样的话，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。』从本节起，使徒开始对付哥林多人中间的分裂。首先，他藉我们主的名恳求他们；这名是超乎万名之上的名，（腓二9，）也该是祂所有信徒之间独一的名。然而，那些分裂的哥林多人却把保罗、亚波罗和矶法的名，与基督的名同列，犹如彼得在变化山上，将摩西、以利亚与基督同列一样。（太十七1～8。）为了保守主里的一，避免分裂，我们需要抛弃在这至高之名以外一切别的名，而高举、尊崇我们主独一的名。
1Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 1:10-17 In 1:10 Paul says, “Now I beseech you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be attuned in the same mind and in the same opinion.” From this verse the apostle begins to deal with the divisions among the Corinthians. First, he beseeches them through the name of our Lord, which is the name above all names (Phil. 2:9) and should be the unique name among all His believers. However, by ranking the names of Paul, Apollos, and Cephas with the name of Christ, the divisive Corinthians made the same kind of mistake Peter made on the mount of transfiguration when he ranked Moses and Elijah with Christ (Matt. 17:1-8). To keep the oneness in the Lord and to avoid divisions, we need to uplift and exalt the unique name of our Lord by dropping all names other than this highest name
说一样的话
SPEAKING THE SAME THING
2在林前一章十节保罗劝信徒要说一样的话，免得他们中间有分裂。在本书，使徒对付哥林多信徒中间的十一个难处。第一是分裂的事。分裂几乎总是领先的难处，带进信徒中间一切别的难处，可看为信徒之间难处的根源。因此，在对付哥林多召会中的一切难处时，使徒的斧头首先砍到这根，就是对付他们中间的分裂。信徒行事为人配得过神呼召的头一项美德，就是保守基督身体中那灵的一。（弗四1～6。）
2In verse 10 Paul urges the believers to speak the same thing so that there be no divisions among them. In this Epistle Paul deals with eleven problems among the believers in Corinth. The first is the matter of division. Division is nearly always the leading problem, bringing in all other problems among the believers. It may be considered the root of the problems among believers. Hence, in dealing with all the problems in the church at Corinth, the apostle’s ax first touches the root, that is, the divisions among them. The first virtue of the walk worthy of God’scall ing is the keeping of the oneness of the Spirit in the Body of Christ (Eph. 4:1-6
3在林前一章十二节保罗接著说，『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。』原则上，这正如说，我是路德会的，我是卫理会的，我是长老会的，我是圣公会的，我是浸信会的等等。一切这样的名称，都该被定罪，被弃绝。惟有接受基督作所有信徒之间独一的中心，才能把这样的名称尽都消除。说『我是属基督的』，以拒绝使徒和使徒的教训，或排斥别的信徒，就像说『我是属这个的，我是属那个的』，也是分裂。
3In verse 12 Paul goes on to say, “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.” In principle this is just the same as saying I am a Lutheran, I am a Wesleyan, I am a Presbyterian, I am an Episcopalian, I am a Baptist. All such designations should be condemned and rejected. They can only be terminated and eliminated by taking Christ as the unique center among all the believers. To say “I am of Christ” in the way of excluding the apostles and their teachings or of excluding other believers is as divisive as to say “I am of” this or of that.
4这些经节指明，基督徒中间的分裂，总是由于把别的名列在主耶稣的名之上。有些哥林多人说，『我是属亚波罗的，』他们不知不觉就高举亚波罗的名，在基督的名之上。许多世纪以来，基督徒中间的分裂，都是这种作法引起的。今天信徒常标明自己是路德会的、长老会的、或是浸信会的，而没有一点羞耻感。实际上，基督徒称自己是路德会的，乃是羞耻；因为这意思是他把路德的名列在基督的名之上。信徒不该作这样的事。在十节，保罗藉我们主耶稣基督的名恳求弟兄们，这是很有意义的。这指明我们不该高举别的名在基督的名之上；为此，基督徒甚么名称都不该有。用一个名标明自己，就是把那个名列在基督的名之上，这对主、对信徒都是一种羞耻。然而，有些基督徒还以自己属甚么公会为傲，甚至还以这些名当招牌，作广告。这指明今天的基督徒偏离正路太远了，他们在基督的名以外，用某一个名标明自己时，一点羞耻感也没有。保罗藉主耶稣基督的名，嘱咐在哥林多的信徒都说一样的话。当我还是年轻的基督徒时，有些基督教的领头人告诉我，不该盼望所有的基督徒都说一样的话。你认为我们基督徒可能说一样的话么？如果你认为可能，我就要问你，我们怎么能说一样的话。我们看看今天国与国之间、种族与种族之间的分歧，就知道人并没有说一样的话。比方说，中国人跟日本人不说一样的话，德国人跟法国人也不说一样的话；不同国籍的信徒怎么可能说一样的话？要回答这个问题，就要懂得保罗所说的『一样的话』是甚么意思。
4These verses indicate that divisions among Christians always result from placing another name above the name of the Lord Jesus. When certain of the Corinthians said, “I am of Apollos,” they automatically uplifted the name of Apollos above the name of Christ. Throughout the centuries, divisions among Christians have been caused by this practice. Today believers commonly designate themselves as Lutherans, Presbyterians, or Baptists without any sense of shame. Actually it is a shame for a Christian to call himself a Lutheran, for this means that he places the name of Luther above the name of Christ. No believer should do such a thing. It is very significant that in verse 10 Paul beseeches the brothers through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. This indicates that we should not uplift any name above this name. For this reason, Christians should not have any kind of designation. To designate ourselves with a name is to make that name higher than the name of Christ. This is a shame both to the Lord and to the believers. However, some Christians are proud to say that they are of a certain denomination. Furthermore, these names are put on signs and are advertised. This indicates how far today’s Christians have gone astray. They have no feeling of shame when they designate themselves by a particular name other than the name of Christ. Through the name of the Lord Jesus Christ Paul charged the believers at Corinth to all speak the same thing. When I was a young Christian, certain Christian leaders told me that I should not expect all Christians ever to speak the same thing. Do you think it is possible for us as Christians to speak the same thing? If you regard this as possible, I would ask you how we can speak the same thing. As we consider the differences among nations and races today, we see that people do not speak the same thing. For example, the Chinese do not speak the same thing as the Japanese, nor the Germans, as the French. How is it possible for believers of different nationalities to speak the same thing? To answer this question we need to understand what Paul means by the expression “the same thing.”
基督并祂钉十字架
CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED
5保罗所说『一样的话』，意思是基督并祂钉十字架。因此，我们说一样的话，意思就是我们都说基督并祂钉十字架。虽然按历史看，中国人跟日本人，德国人跟法国人不可能真正是一；但从经历中我能见证，我曾经见过这几个国家信徒中间真实的一。看见中国信徒与日本信徒之间真实的一，德国信徒与法国信徒之间真实的一，是很美妙的。惟有当我们专注于基督，以祂为我们独一的中心和独一的分，才可能有这样的一。基督是我们独一的中心和独一的分，祂在众圣徒的里面，（西一27，）甚至成为众圣徒。（三11。）今天许多基督徒分裂，因为他们强调许多事物，顶替了基督；我们是一，因为我们没有别的，只有基督。
5When Paul speaks of “the same thing,” he means Christ and Him crucified. Thus, for us to speak the same thing means that we all speak concerning Christ and Christ crucified. From experience I can testify that, although according to history it is impossible for Chinese and Japanese, Germans and French, to be truly one, I have seen real oneness among the believers from these different nationalities. It is beautiful to see the genuine oneness between Chinese and Japanese believers and also between German and French believers. Such a oneness is possible only when we concentrate on Christ as our unique center and unique portion. As our unique center and portion, Christ is in all the saints (Col. 1:27) to even become all the saints (Col. 3:11). Whereas many of today’s Christians are divided because they emphasize many things in place of Christ, we are one because we have nothing but Christ.
6基督徒之所以分裂，是因为他们关心许多别的事，而不关心基督。比方说，有人争论我们该在谁的名里给信徒施浸。对我们来说，包罗万有的基督必须是我们的中心和独一的享受。只要人对基督耶稣有活的信心，不论他是浸入主耶稣的名里，或是浸入父、子、圣灵的名里，都无关紧要。主兴起我们来完成祂的恢复，所以我们不注意任何作法，只专注于基督；我们已经从一切事物中转向主自己。这就引起别人散布关于我们的谣言，批评我们。比方说，从一九六八年开始，有些弟兄姊妹认定自己老旧，想要在受浸的水里埋葬；后来就有人散布谣言说，我们教导人再次受浸。反对者引用保4罗在以弗所四章所说的『一浸』；不过，那里的一浸是性质或种类的一，不是指给信徒施浸一次的实行。事实上，我们既没有教导人再受浸，也没有实行再受浸。如果有些信徒认定自己老旧，想要埋葬，别人不该为此定罪他们。还有些人批评我们，因为我们实行呼求主耶稣的名。有人甚至说这是一种咒文，就跟东方人念经一样。
6Christians are divided because they care for many other things instead of Christ. For example, some argue concerning the name in which we should baptize believers. For us, the all-inclusive Christ must be our center and our unique enjoyment. As long as people have a living faith in Christ Jesus, it does not matter whether they are baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus or into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Because the Lord has raised us up to carry out His recovery, we focus our attention on Christ and not on any practices. We have turned away from everything else to the Lord Himself. This has caused others to spread rumors about us and to criticize us. For example, beginning in 1968, some brothers and sisters were convicted of their oldness and wanted to be buried in the waters of baptism. Eventually, some rumors were spread that we teach re-baptism. The opposers quoted Paul’s word in Ephesians concerning one baptism. However, that refers to a baptism which is one in nature or in kind, not to the practice of baptizing a believer one time. It is a fact that we neither teach nor practice re-baptism. If some believers are convicted of their oldness and want to be buried, they should not be condemned for it. Others have criticized us because we practice calling on the name of the Lord Jesus. Some have even said that this is a mantra and is the same as oriental chanting.
7已往有些人被他们自认为更好的聚会方式所打岔。不过，我们的中心不是某一种聚会的方式，我们的中心乃是基督自己。若有人到你这里来批评聚会的方式，建议用另一种方式，你该回答说，『这种事我不愿意谈，我只知道基督并祂钉十字架。』谈论基督以外的事物，甚至谈论召会的聚会，都能成为陷阱。在主的恢复里，我们惟一的选择和爱好乃是钉十字架的基督。有人想叫你从基督转向别的事物时，使那些闲聊的人缄默的路，就是不要有反应。如果有一位弟兄来找你，说，『你觉得上周的聚会怎么样？』你该回答说，『我不在意聚会，我只在意基督。』不过，如果你开始谈论聚会，就给闲话和批评开了门。
7In the past some were distracted by what they thought was a better way of meeting. However, our center is not a certain way of meeting — our center is Christ Himself. Should someone come to you and criticize the way of meeting and propose another way, you should reply, “I don’t care to talk about this. I only know Christ and Him crucified.” Talk about things other than Christ, even about the church meetings, can be a snare. In the Lord’s recovery our only choice and preference is Christ crucified. The best way to silence the gossiping tongue is not to respond when someone seeks to turn you from Christ to other things. Suppose a brother comes to you and says, “How did you feel about the meetings last week?” You should answer, “I don’t care about the meetings—I care only for Christ.” However, if you begin to talk about the meetings, the door will be open for gossip and criticism.
8今天许多基督徒一点不谈基督，他们的谈话被许多别的事占满了。在地方召会里，我们都需要讲说钉十字架的基督。不管聚会高或低，不论召会好或坏，我们都不谈。照样，不管长老们对或错，能干或不能干，我们还是不谈。我们的态度应该是：我们只在意基督，在意神在各地的召会，以及主的恢复。神在祂恢复里的目标，乃是要恢复基督作我们的一切。我在召会生活这五十多年来，观察了许多不同国家、不同城市的圣徒，他们还没有完全蒙拯救，脱离基督教堕落的光景；甚至在主的恢复里还有些亲爱的圣徒，所谈论的也和今天的基督教一样。他们不说基督并祂钉十字架，而谈论聚会、长老和圣徒。别人要你和他们谈这些的时候，你该说，『我没有兴趣，我惟一的爱好就是基督。我只在意基督，不在意召会或聚会的光景。』
8Many Christians today do not talk at all about Christ. In their conversation they are preoccupied with many other things. In the local churches we all need to speak of Christ crucified. Do not discuss the meetings, whether they are high or low, and do not talk about the church, whether it is good or bad. Likewise, do not speak about the elders, whether they are right or wrong, capable or incapable. Our attitude should be that we care only for Christ, for the church of God in every place, and for the Lord’s recovery. God’s goal in His recovery is to recover Christ as everything to us. During more than fifty years in the church life, I have observed that many saints in different countries and cities have not yet been absolutely rescued from the degraded situation of Christianity. Even some of the dear saints in the Lord’s recovery talk in the way of the practice of today’s Christianity. Instead of speaking of Christ and Him crucified, they talk about the meetings, the elders, and the saints. When others want you to talk with them in such a way, you should say, “I do not have any heart for this. My only preference is Christ. I only care for Christ, not for the condition of the church or the meetings
看见基督是独一的中心
SEEING CHRIST AS THE UNIQUE CENTER
9一个地方的召会是不是真正的召会，并不是看她的光景。不要以为一个召会健康，就是召会；不健康，就不是召会。一位弟兄不论刚强或软弱，健康或生病，他都是同一个人。照样，即使召会的光景贫穷，非常不健康，召会还是召会。如果我们这样看主恢复里的召会，而且只在意基督是我们独一的中心，就不会有任何分裂。人会离开主的恢复，就表示他从来没有看见主的恢复是甚么；如果你能舍弃召会生活，就证明你从来没有看见召会。召会不论好或坏，健康或不健康，活或死，召会仍是召会。如果我们看见这个，就指明我们看见了基督是神独一的中心。
9Whether or not a local church is a genuine church is not a matter of condition. Do not think that if a certain church is healthy, it is the church, but that it is no longer the church if its condition becomes unhealthy. Brother So-and-so is the same person whether he is strong or weak, healthy or sick. Likewise, even if the condition of the church is poor and very unhealthy, it is still the church. If we see the church in the Lord’s recovery in this way and care only for Christ as our unique center, we shall not have any divisions. For a person to be able to leave the recovery means that he has never seen what the recovery is. If you are able to give up the church life, this proves that you have never seen the church. Whether the church is good or bad, healthy or unhealthy, living or dead, it is still the church. If we realize this, it indicates that we have seen that Christ is God’s unique center.
10如果你是一个住在哥林多的基督徒，你会跟那里的召会一同聚会么？我信我们大多数的人，被这样一个混乱而分裂的召会所困扰，会宁可搬到别的地方去过召会生活。这种态度虽然不像分裂，但实际上就是分裂。不论我们所在地召会的光景怎样，我们不该有自己的选择和偏爱，也不该为自己寻找机会。相反的，我们应当让那灵的风随著意思吹。因著神的命定，现在我们是在某一个地方，我们不该照自己的偏好搬到别处。但如果那灵的风把我们吹到另一个城市去，这是神的命定，不是我们的选择或偏好。不要认为你如今既然在主的恢复里，就理所当然，会很稳妥的在恢复里，而不可能有分裂。我们是不是稳妥的在主的恢复里，蒙保守不至于分裂，全在于我们所看见的异象。如果我们看见基督是独一的中心，我们就得以稳固，不管主的恢复里发生甚么事，我们都会留在召会生活里。我们里面会有把握，我们是在主的恢复里。每当我们访问别的地方，或者与别处的圣徒有交通时，我们总会受试探，要询问那里召会的近况，这类问题能开门让许多消极的事物进来。我们必须学习注意基督，不要对别处召会的光景好奇。
10If you were a Christian living in Corinth, would you have met with the church there? I believe that most of us, bothered by such a confused and divided church, would prefer to move to another locality for the church life. Although such an attitude may not seem divisive, it actually is divisive. No matter what may be the condition of the church in our locality, we should not make our choice, have our own preference, or seek an opportunity for ourselves. On the contrary, we should let the wind of the Spirit blow freely. At the present time we are in a certain locality by God’so rd i nation. We should not move elsewhere according to our preference. But if the wind blows us to another city, this is God’so rd i nation, not our choice or preference. Do not take for granted that because you are now in the Lord’s recovery, you are secure in the recovery and that it is not possible for you ever to be divisive. Whether or not we are secure in the recovery and protected from divisiveness depends on the vision we have seen. If we have seen that Christ is the unique center, we shall be secure. No matter what may take place in the recovery, we shall remain in the church life. We shall have the assurance within us that we are in the Lord’s recovery. Whenever we visit another locality or have fellowship with saints from another locality, we are tempted to ask about the church in their place. This kind of question can open the door for many negative things to come in. We must learn to care for Christ and not be curious about the condition of the churches elsewhere
11一九四二年上海起了大风波，主要是因著反对倪弟兄而引起的；这个风波也散布到了别处。那时，我在华北的烟台。带头的人在主面前很强的定意，要告诉从上海来的人，不要谈论那里召会的情形。我们说，『不要谈上海召会的事，这里是烟台召会；我们要谈主耶稣基督和这里的召会。』这拯救了烟台，不至卷入那场风波。有一件事非常要紧：我们都要学习这个秘诀─不知道别的，只知道基督并祂钉十字架。可是这样的实行的确相当困难，我们不容易说一样的话。尽管如此，我们需要学习说一样的话─基督并祂钉十字架。
11In 1942 there was great turmoil in Shanghai, mainly caused by opposition against Brother Nee. This turmoil spread to other places. At that time I was in Chefoo, in north China. The leading ones made a strong decision before the Lord that whoever came from Shanghai should be told not to talk about the situation of the church there. We said, “Do not talk about the church in Shanghai. We here are the church in Chefoo. Let us talk of the Lord Jesus Christ and the church here.” This saved Chefoo from being involved in that turmoil. It is crucial for us all to learn the secret not to know anything except Christ and Him crucified. However, it is actually quite difficult to practice this. It is not easy for us to speak the same thing. Nevertheless, we need to learn to speak the same thing—Christ and Him crucified
要在一样的心思和一样的意见里，彼此和谐
attuned in the same mind and in the same opinion
12在林前一章十节保罗还告诉哥林多人：『要在一样的心思和一样的意见里，彼此和谐。』这里的和谐，在马太四章二十一节译为补网。原文意修理、恢复、调整、修补，将破裂之物完全补好，完美的合在一起。哥林多的信徒是一整体，却分开了、破裂了。他们需要修补，完美的合在一起，得以在和谐中有一样的心思、一样的意见，说一样的话，就是基督和祂的十字架。哥林多召会的见证已经遭到严重的破坏，于是保罗写这封书信修补这种光景。这种修补也就是『调音』，使之和谐。调音是音乐上的用语。哥林多圣徒中间没有和谐，保罗写这封书信是要恢复和谐，使他们在一样的心思和一样的意见里，彼此和谐。哥林多人中间的难处不在于他们的灵。他们已经蒙了重生，主耶稣也住在他们灵里。他们的问题是在于他们的心思和意见。心思和意见不同：思考是在心思里进行；意见是言语所表达的思想。一件事情如果我们只是思想，那是心思里的活动；但我们的思考转变为说话时，就成了意见。要在一样的想法和一样的说法上彼此和谐，实在很难。有一样的想法，就是有一样的心思；有一样的说法，就是有一样的意见。彼此和谐，有一样的意见，实际上就是说一样的话。我们都说一样的话，就会有一样的意见。
12In verse 10 Paul also tells the Corinthians to be attuned in the same mind and in the same opinion.” The Greek word rendered attuned here is the same word that is translated mending in Matthew 4:21. It means to repair, to restore, to adjust, to mend, making a broken thing thoroughly complete, joined perfectly together. The Corinthian believers as a whole were divided; their oneness was broken. They needed mending to join them perfectly together that they might be in harmony, having the same mind and the same opinion to speak the same thing, that is, Christ and His cross. The testimony of the church in Corinth had been severely damaged, and Paul wrote this Epistle to mend this situation. This mending was also an attuning. The word attune is a musical term. Among the saints in Corinth there was no harmony. In writing this Epistle Paul was seeking to restore the harmony, to attune them so that they might be attuned in the same mind and in the same opinion. The problem among the Corinthians was not with their spirit. They had been regenerated, and the Lord Jesus dwelt in their spirit. Their problems were with the mind and their opinions. There is a difference between mind and opinion. Thinking takes place in the mind; opinions are thoughts expressed in words. If we only think about a matter, that is an activity in the mind. But when our thinking is turned into speaking, it becomes opinion. It is difficult to be attuned in the same way of thinking, that is, in the same mind, and in the same way of speaking, that is, in the same opinion. To be attuned to the same opinion actually means to speak the same thing. When we all speak the same thing, we are in the same opinion
在神的经纶里基督的异象
A VISION OF CHRIST IN GOD’SECON O MY
13如果我们要在一样的意见里彼此和谐，就必须有异象，看见基督在神经纶里的地位。我的负担乃是要众圣徒都看见基督，并认识基督。如果你看见了包罗万有的基督，也学会了享受祂的秘诀，你的想法和说法就会改变。你会变得单纯、简单，而不会发表自己的意见；你只在意享受基督、讲说基督。你成了一个不知道别的，只知道基督的人，你就会忠信于主的恢复。
13If we would be attuned in the same opinion, we need to have a vision of the place of Christ in God’secon o my. I am burdened that all the saints would see Christ and know Him. When you have seen the all - inclusive Christ and have learned the secret of enjoying Him, your way of thinking and speaking will be changed. Then you will become pure and simple. Instead of expressing your own opinions, you will care only to enjoy Christ and speak of Him. Having become a person who does not know anything except Christ, you will be faithful to the Lord’s recovery.
14今天主在寻找一班只在意祂的人，这些人会在各处集体的成为灯台；在他们中间没有偏爱、没有意见，只有基督。但愿我们都学会这个秘诀。假定你进到会所里，发现座椅的排法很不平常，与你的偏好完全不合，你会怎样？座椅的排法不该影响我们；只要我们能一同聚集读主的话，并讲说基督，我们就该满足。如果你抱怨座椅的排法，且因此受了打岔，就证明你没有看见基督的异象。在召会的聚会中，你本来可以得到神圣的钻石，可是座椅的排法打岔了你，使你不去注意钻石。这岂不指明你不懂得钻石的宝贝么？只要你能从主领受更多的钻石，你就不该注意座椅怎么排；你若知道钻石的宝贝，就没有心注意别的事情。你不会注意座椅的排法，因为你来聚会是为著基督，并且只为著基督。在主的恢复里，我们只在意基督。在主的恢复里，主所要恢复的不是别的，乃是在我们经历中的基督自己。我们惟有专注于基督，才能从分裂里蒙拯救。
14Today the Lord is seeking a people who care only for Him. Collectively, here and there, these people will be lampstands. Among them, there will be no preferences or opinions—only Christ. May we all learn this secret. Suppose you come into the meeting hall and the chairs are arranged in a very unusual way, altogether contrary to your preference. It should not make any difference to us how the chairs are arranged. As long as we can meet together to read the Word and speak of Christ, we should be satisfied. If you complain about the arrangement of the chairs and are distracted by it, this proves that you have not seen the vision concerning Christ. Divine diamonds are available to you in the meeting of the church, but you are distracted from the diamonds by the arrangement of the chairs. Does this not indicate that you do not realize the preciousness of the diamonds? As long as you can receive more diamonds from the Lord, you should not care how the chairs are arranged. If you know the preciousness of diamonds, you will not have the heart to care for anything else. You will not care for the arrangement of the chairs, for you will come to the meetings for Christ and Christ alone. In the Lord’s recovery we care only for Christ. In the recovery the Lord is not recovering anything other than Christ Himself in our experience. Only by focusing on Christ can we be saved from division
蒙拯救脱离分裂
SAVED FROM DIVISIVENESS
15我们的天性都是倾向分裂的，我们生来就有分裂的元素。要从这种分裂蒙拯救，惟一的路就是看见包罗万有的基督，并且学会享受祂的秘诀。请记住：避免分裂惟一的路，就是看见基督、接受基督、并享受基督。惟有这样，我们才会在一样的意见里彼此和谐。这样我们中间才会有真实的和谐。
15By nature we all are divisive. We were born with a divisive element. The only way to be rescued from this divisiveness is to see the all-inclusive Christ and learn the secret of enjoying Him. Please be impressed that the only way to avoid division is to see Christ, receive Christ, and enjoy Christ. This and only this will cause us to be attuned in the same opinion. Then there will be real harmony among us
16如果你访问别的地方，不要打听那里召会的消息，不要谈论长老或青年人；你只要注意有没有因享受基督而有的和谐。我不论访问甚么召会，只注意看有没有这种和谐。如果某地召会里没有这种和谐，我就晓得那个地方的圣徒对基督的享受不彀。但我们若不断享受基督，我们中间就会有和谐。
16If you visit another locality, do not seek to know things about the church there. Do not ask about the elders or about the young people. Instead, care only for the harmony which comes from the enjoyment of Christ. When I visit any church, I care only to behold such harmony. If this harmony is not present in a particular church, I realize that the saints in that place have not been enjoying Christ adequately. But if we enjoy Christ continually, there will be harmony among us
17圣徒们告诉我，他们访问众召会和不同地方的见闻，有时候令我失望。叫我失望的不是他们所说的消息，乃是他们所讲的是享受基督以外的事。他们的谈话指明他们看得不彀正确，他们还没有完全蒙拯救，脱离分裂的性情。他们不注意基督，却对长老怎样治会，或青年人怎样往前感兴趣。注意这些事情而不注意基督，就是分裂。你访问别处召会的时候，该学习眼瞎，不看基督以外的东西。这样，你就会成为学了秘诀，说一样的话，有一样的心思和一样意见的人。
17Sometimes I have been disappointed when saints tell me of what they have seen during their visit to churches and different places. What disappointed me was not the news they related, but the very fact that they spoke of things other than the enjoyment of Christ. Their conversation indicates that they did not have a proper view and that they have not been fully rescued from their divisive nature. Instead of caring for Christ, they are interested in the way the elders manage the church or in the way the young people are going on. To care for such things instead of Christ is divisive. Whenever you visit another local church, you should seek to be blind and not see anything other than Christ. Then you will be one who has learned the secret, who speaks the same thing, and who has the same mind and the same opinion.
18我们要学习不在基督以外有甚么选择、偏好或口味。包罗万有的基督是我们独一的选择、偏好、口味和享受。这会保守我们在主恢复中的召会里，直到祂回来。否则，我们最终会失望、受打岔，而离弃主的恢复。
18Let us learn not to have any choice, preference, or taste other than Christ. The all-inclusive Christ is our unique choice, preference, taste, and enjoyment. This will preserve us in the church in the Lord’s recovery until He comes back. Otherwise, eventually we shall be disappointed or distracted and forsake the Lord’s recovery
基督─独一的，不分开的
CHRIST, UNIQUE AND UNDIVIDED
19在林前一章十三节保罗问：『基督是分开的么？保罗为你们钉了十字架么？或者你们是浸入保罗的名里么？』基督是独一的，不是分开的。信徒若都接受这独一、不分开的基督作独一的中心，一切的分裂就都消除了。为我们钉了十字架的是基督，不是任何别的人物。那为我们钉十字架的，该是所有信徒所归属的。这必然是基督，不是别的任何人。所有的信徒都是浸入那钉死并复活之基督的名里，就是浸入祂的人位里。这产生一种与祂生机的联结。祂独一的名和独一的人位，不能为祂任何一位仆人及其名所顶替。在十四至十六节，保罗说到一些由他施浸的人；接著在十七节他说，『基督差遣我，原不是为施浸，乃是为传福音；并不用言论的智慧，免得基督的十字架落了空。』保罗受差遣，不是在仪式上为人施浸，乃是为传福音，将基督供应人，以产生召会，作基督的彰显，而成为神的丰满。（弗一23，三19。）
19In verse 13 Paul asks, “Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?” Christ is unique and not divided. This unique and undivided Christ, taken as the unique center among all the believers, should be the termination of all divisions. Christ, not any other person, was crucified for us. The One who was crucified for us should be the One to whom all the believers belong. This surely is Christ, not anyone else. All believers were baptized into the name, that is, into the Person, of the crucified and resurrected Christ. This issues in an organic union with Him. His unique name and unique Person cannot be replaced by the name and person of any of His servants. After speaking in verses 14 through 16 of those baptized by him, Paul says in verse 17, “For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in wisdom of speech, that the cross of Christ should not be made void.” Paul was not sent to baptize people in a formal way, but to preach the gospel, ministering Christ to others for the producing of the church as an expression of Christ