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以弗所书生命读经 · 第38篇

成全圣徒的恩赐

THE GIFTS PERFECTING THE SAINTS
1以弗所四章七节说，『但恩典赐给我们各人，是照著基督恩赐的度量。』关于基督的身体，一切基本的元素都是一。这是四至六节所说到的，那里我们看见一个身体，一位灵，一个盼望，一主，一信，一浸，一位神与父。虽然基督身体的基本元素是一，然而恩赐（功用）却是许多，且不相同。七节开头的『但』字，说出身体的一和恩赐（功用）的不相同，二者之间的对比。
1Ephesians 4:7 says, “But to each one of us was given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.” Concerning the Body, all the basic elements are one. This is covered in verses 4 through 6, where we have one Body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father. Although the basic elements of the Body are one, the gifts, or the functions, are many and varied. The word “but” at the beginning of verse 7 brings out this contrast between the oneness of the Body and the variety of the gifts or functions
恩典照著恩赐
GRACE ACCORDING TO THE GIFT
2七节说，我们每个人已经照著基督恩赐的度量得了恩典。在这里，恩典是12:6照著恩赐赐给的；但在罗马十二章六节，恩赐是照著恩典而有不同。实际上，恩典就是神圣的生命，这生命产生并供应恩赐。在罗马十二章，是恩典产生恩赐；因此，恩赐是照著恩典。在以弗所四章，是恩典供应恩赐。因此，在这里，恩典是照著恩赐，照著恩赐的度量。恩典照著恩赐的度量，就如同作我们的血供应身体的肢体，乃是照著肢体的大小。基督恩赐的度量，就是祂身体上肢体的大小。
2Verse 7 says that each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Here grace is given according to the gift, but in Romans gifts differ according to grace. Grace actually is the divine life that both produces and supplies the gifts. In Romans 12 it is the grace that produces the gift. Thus, the gift is according to grace. In Ephesians 4 it is grace that supplies the gift. Hence, here the grace is according to the gift, according to the measure of the gift. Grace according to the measure of the gift can be compared to our blood, which supplies the members of our body according to their size. The measure of the gift of Christ is the size of a member of His Body.
基督将恩赐赐给人
CHRIST GIVING GIFTS TO MEN
3八节继续说，『所以经上说，「祂既升上高处，就掳掠了那些被掳的，将恩赐赐给人。」』『高处』引自诗篇六十八篇十八节，（和合本译为高天，）指锡安山，（诗六八15～16，）象征第三层天，神的居所。（王上八30。）诗篇六十八篇含示在约柜得胜之后，神在约柜中升到锡安山。诗篇六十八篇一节是引用民数记十章三十五节的话。这指明诗篇六十八篇的背景，是神在会幕中的行动，这会幕是以约柜为中心。约柜是基督清楚的豫表，无论往那里去，总是赢得胜利。最终，这约柜凯旋的升到锡安山顶。这描绘基督如何得了胜，且凯旋的升到诸天之上。
3Verse 8 continues, “Wherefore He says, Having ascended to the height, He led captive those taken captive and gave gifts to men.” “Height” in the quotation of Psalm 68:18 refers to Mount Zion (Psa. 68:15-16), symbolizing the third heaven where God dwells (1 Kings 8:30). Psalm 68 implies that it was in the ark that God ascended to Mount Zion after the ark had led the way to victory. Verse 1 of Psalm 68 is a quotation of Numbers 10:35. This indicates that the background of Psalm 68 is God’s move in the tabernacle with the ark as its center. The ark was a clear type of Christ. Wherever the ark went, the victory was won. Eventually this ark ascended triumphantly to the top of Mount Zion. This portrays how Christ has won the victory and ascended triumphantly to the heavens
4八节的『那些』指被赎的圣徒，他们在还未藉著基督的死和复活得救以前，乃是被撒但所掳的。基督在升天时，掳掠了他们，就是把他们从撒但的掳掠中拯救出来，归给祂自己。这指明基督已经征服并胜过那藉著罪和死掳掠人的撒但。
4“Those” in verse 8 refers to the redeemed saints who had been taken captive by Satan before they were saved by Christ’s death and resurrection. In His ascension Christ led them captive; that is, He rescued them from Satan’s captivity and took them to Himself. This indicates that He has conquered and overcome Satan, who had captured them by sin and death.
5扩大本新约圣经（AmplifiedNew）将『祂…掳掠了那些被掳的』译为『祂…帅领了一列被征服的仇敌』。『被征服的仇敌』可指撒但、撒但的使者、以及我们这些罪人；也指明基督胜过撒但、罪和死的得胜。祂升天时，有一列被征服，成了战俘的仇敌，庆祝基督的得胜。这里的『恩赐』（原文复数），不是指各种服事的能力或才干，乃是指十一节各种有恩赐的人─使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师。基督藉著死与复活，征服了撒但和死，并拯救他们这些人脱离撒但和死之后，就在升天里用祂复活的生命，使这些蒙拯救的罪人成为这样的恩赐，并将他们赐给祂的身体，以建造祂的身体。
5The Amplified New Testament renders “He led a train of vanquished foes” for “He led captive Testament those taken captive.” “Vanquished foes” may refer to Satan, to his angels, and to us the sinners, also indicating Christ’s victory over Satan, sin, and death. In His ascension there was a procession of these vanquished foes as captives from a war for a celebration of Christ’s victory. “Gifts” here does not refer to the abilities or enablements for varied services, but to the various gifted persons in verse 11 — apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. After conquering and rescuing them from Satan and death through His own death and resurrection, Christ in His ascension made the rescued sinners themselves such gifts with His resurrection life and gave them to His Body for its building up.
6九节和十节是插进的话；这就是说，十一节是八节的继续。八节说，基督将恩赐赐给人；十一节说，祂所赐的，有些是使徒，有些是申言者，有些是传福音者，有些是牧人和教师。七节的『各人』，是指基督身体的每一肢体，他们各人都领受了一般的恩赐，而十一节所说四种有恩赐的人，是指那些被赋与特别恩赐的人。我们要看见，这些人乃是领头的使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师。我们这些跟随的人，都能成为身体中这样的恩赐。九节和十节解释基督如何将恩赐赐给身体：『若非祂也曾降到地的低下之处，「祂升上」是甚么意思？那降下的，也是那升上，远超诸天之上，为要充满万有的。』『地的低下之处』指阴间，在地底下，基督死后曾去过。（徒二27。）基督先成为肉体，从天降到地，然后在十字架上受死，在祂的死里进一步降低，从地降到阴间。至终，祂复活，从阴间升到地上，又升天，从地上升到天上。祂藉著在死里的降下和在复活里的升天，将恩赐赐给人。
6Verses 9 and 10 are a parenthesis. This means that verse 11 is the continuation of verse 8. Verse 8 says that Christ gave gifts to men, and verse 11 says that He gave some apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers. “Each one” in verse 7 refers to every member of the Body of Christ, each of whom has received a general gift, whereas the four kinds of gifted persons mentioned in verse 1 1 are those who have been endued with a special gift. As we shall see, these are the leading apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. As followers, we all can be such gifts to the Body. Verses 9 and 10 explain how Christ gave the gifts to the Body: “Now this, He ascended, what is it except that He also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He Who descended is the same Who also ascended far above all the heavens that He might fill all things.” The “lower parts of the earth” refers to Hades, underneath the earth, where Christ went after His death (Acts 2:2 7). Christ firstly descended from heaven to earth in His incarnation. Then after He died on the cross, in His death He descended further, from earth to Hades. Eventually, in His resurrection He ascended from Hades to earth, and from earth to heaven in His ascension. By His descending in death and ascending in resurrection, He gave gifts to men.
基督充满万有
CHRIST FILLING ALL THINGS
7藉著降下和升上，基督也开了路，使祂得以充满万有。这里的思想是深奥的。首先基督是在诸天之上。祂成为肉体时，降到地上成为人，且活在地上三十三年半。然后祂死在十字架上，并降到阴间，又在复活里从阴间升到地上，然后又升到第三层天。藉著这样降下和上升的历程，祂充满了万有。现今基督无所不在，在诸天之上，也在地上。
7By descending and ascending, Christ also cut the way that He might fill all things. The though there is profound. Firstly, Christ was in the heavens. In His incarnation He came down to earth as a man and lived on earth for thirty-three and a half years. Then He died on the cross and descended into Hades, ascended in resurrection from Hades to earth, and then ascended to the third heaven. By means of such a traffic of descending and ascending, He fills all things. Now Christ is everywhere, on the earth as well as in the heavens.
为要成全圣徒
FOR THE PERFECTING OF THE SAINTS
8在十二节，我们看见基督赐下恩赐的原因：『为要成全圣徒，目的是为著职事的工作，为著建造基督的身体。』本节中的『为要』，在原文是重字，富有意义。这辞指明，基督赐下使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师，目的是为著成全圣徒。圣徒被成全，『目的是为著职事的工作』。『目的是为著』在原文的意思是，『结果是』。所以，成全圣徒的结果乃是职事的工作。十一节那许多有恩赐的人，只有一个职事，就是将基督供应人，以建造基督的身体，召会。这是新约经纶1中惟一的职事。（林后四1，提前一12。）根据文法结构，『建造基督的身体』就是『职事的工作』。十一节那些有恩赐的人，不论作甚么，只要是职事的工作，就必须是为著建造基督的身体。
8In verse 12 we see the reason for Christ’s giving of the gifts: “For the perfecting of the saints unto the work of ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ.” The Greek word rendered “for” in this verse is weighty and significant. It indicates that Christ gave apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers for the purpose of perfecting the saints. The saints are perfected “unto the work of ministry.” The Greek word translated “unto” means “re sulting in.” There fore, the perfecting of the saints results in the work of ministry. The many gifted persons in verse 11 have only one ministry, that of ministering Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ, the church. This is the unique ministry in the New Testament economy (2 Cor. 4:1; Tim. 1:12). According to the grammatical construction, “the building up of the Body of Christ” is “the work of ministry.” Whatever the gifted persons in verse 11 do as the work of ministry must be for the building up of the Body of Christ.
达到三件事
ARRIVING AT THREE THINGS
9十三节继续说，『直到我们众人都达到了信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一，达到了长成的人，达到了基督丰满之身材的度量。』照这节看来，被成全的圣徒要达到三件事：达到信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一，达到长成的人，达到基督丰满之身材的度量。基督有一丰满，这丰满有一身材，而这身材有一度量。我们必须达到基督丰满之身材的度量。我们会在后面一篇信息中说到这事。
9Verse 13 continues, “Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” According to this verse, the perfected saints will arrive at three things: at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, and at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Christ has a fullness, the fullness has a stature, and the stature has a measure. We must arrive at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. We shall cover this matter in a later message
基督的宇宙历程
CHRIST’S UNIVERSAL TRAFFIC
10现在我们要更仔细的来看，恩赐是如何由基督赐给身体。我们已经看见，关于基督的身体，一切基本的元素都是一；然而，恩赐和功用却有所不同。基督已经从诸天来到地上，从地上下到阴间，又从阴间回到地上，然后从地上到第三层天。基督乃是藉著这个宇宙的历程，将恩赐赐给身体。
10Let us now consider in more detail how the gifts are given by Christ to the Body. We have seen that, concerning the Body, all the basic elements are one. However, the gifts and the functions are different. Christ has traveled from the heavens to the earth, from the earth to Hades, from Hades back to earth, and from the earth to the third heaven. It is by this universal traffic that the gifts have been given by Christ to the Body.
11我们来看使徒保罗的例子。一个像大数扫罗这样有罪、如鬼魔一般逼迫召会的人，怎么能成为基督身体的恩赐？惟有藉著基督这贯穿宇宙的历程。基督从天上来到地上。祂生在伯利恒的马槽里，且在小城拿撒勒住了约三十年之久。祂被钉十字架之后，下到阴间，在其中游历了三天。然后祂在复活那日从阴间出来。在祂复活与升天之间，祂向祂的门徒显现四十天之久。在四十天的末了，祂升入了诸天。我们若只有以弗所四章而没有诗篇六十八篇，可能就不知道基督升上诸天时，帅领了一列俘虏。祂进入诸天，犹如带著一列俘虏的得胜者。祂将这些俘虏呈献给父，父把他们回赠给祂作恩赐。然后基督将这些俘虏当作恩赐赐给人，其中有一个就是大数的扫罗。这就是基督将恩赐赐给人的路。
11Consider the Apostle Paul as an example. How could a sinful, devilish persecutor of the church such as Saul of Tarsus become a gift to the Body of Christ? Only by the traveling of Christ throughout the universe. Christ traveled from the heavens to the earth. He was born in a manger in Bethlehem, and He lived for about thirty years in the little town of Nazareth. After He was crucified on the cross, He went down into Hades and took a tour of that region for three days. Then He came out of Hades on the day of His resurrection. Between His resurrection and ascension, He appeared to His disciples over a period of forty days. At the end of those forty days, He ascended into the heavens. If we had Ephesians 4 without Psalm 68, we probably would not realize that when Christ ascended to the heavens He led a train of captives. He entered into the heavens as a conqueror with a train of captives. He presented these captives to His Father, who in turn gave them back to Him as gifts. Then Christ gave all these captives as gifts to men. One of these gifts was Saul of Tarsus. This is the way Christ gave gifts to men
12基督藉著祂的宇宙历程，不仅召聚了许多罪人，也击败了那曾经掳掠他们的撒但。我们曾经都是俘虏，是被撒但、罪和死所掳掠的人。藉著从天来到地，从地下到阴间，从阴间回到地，从地又回到天，基督一面得著了我们众人，一面也征服了那曾霸占我们且把我们拘禁在他死亡权势之下的撒但。我们既从撒但、罪和死中得了释放，现今就是基督的俘虏。所有的天使都知道，当基督升到第三层天时，祂帅领了一列俘虏，并将这些俘虏呈献给父。这个行列必定是个非常得胜的庆祝！虽然人的肉眼无法看见这件荣耀的事，天使却看见了。他们知道有一件意义太重大的事在宇宙的历史中发生了。这不是我们想像出来的，这乃是奇妙的事实。
12By His universal traveling Christ not only gathered up many sinners, but He also defeated Satan, the one who had captured them. At one time, we all were captives, those who had been captured by Satan, sin, and death. By traveling from heaven to earth, from earth to Hades, from Hades back to earth, and from earth back to heaven, on the one hand, Christ gained all of us and, on the other hand, He conquered Satan, who had usurped us and held us under his power of death. Having been released from Satan, sin, and death, we are now Christ’s captives. All the angels know that when Christ ascended to the third heaven, He was leading a train of captives and that these captives were presented to the Father. What a victorious celebration this procession must have been! Although this glorious event was hidden from the eyes of men, it was seen by angels. They knew that an event of tremendous significance was taking place in the history of the universe. This is not a product of our imagination; it is a marvelous fact
被基督掳掠
CAPTURED BY CHRIST
13十九个世纪多以前，我们被基督掳掠，并被摆在祂俘虏的行列中。我们这些被祂俘掳的人，是无路可逃的。虽然我们从来没有见过主耶稣，但是我们没有选择的余地，只有相信祂，因为我们已经被祂俘掳了。现今我们是在祂的行列里，我们无法从祂逃脱。基督不仅俘掳我们，也把我们呈献给父。父是那样珍赏的注视著我们，然后把我们回赠给祂的儿子作为恩赐。这样，藉著基督的宇宙历程，我们都成了赐给身体的恩赐。
13More than nineteen centuries ago we were captured by Christ and put into His train of captives. As those who have been captured by Him, we have no way to escape. Although we have never seen the Lord Jesus, we have no choice but to believe in Him because we have been captured by Him. Now that we are in His train, we cannot get away from Him. Not only have we been captured by Christ, but He has also presented us to the Father. After beholding us with great appreciation, the Father returned us to the Son as gifts. In this way we all were made gifts to the Body through Christ’s universal traveling.
14基督在祂的历程里，为我们的罪死了，并且成就了一切，好完成神的定旨。祂击败了撒但，并且将我们从仇敌霸占的手中释放出来。我们从前是撒但的俘虏，但现今我们是基督的俘虏，在祂的行列中，被帅领到宇宙的高处呈献给父，又被回赠给子，作为恩赐赐给众人。根据新约，我们在出生之前就得救了。当人问我是甚么时候得救的，有时我告诉他们，我是在一千九百多年前，基督钉十字架、复活、升天的时候得救的。我们是在基督钉十字架时得蒙救赎，并在祂复活时得著重生。甚至在基督把我们摆进祂俘虏的行列以前，我们就已经得救了。等祂把我们呈献给父时，我们已经得救且重生了。
14In His travels Christ died for our sins and accomplished all things for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. He defeated Satan, and He released us from the enemy’s usurping hand. Once we were Satan’s captives, but now we are Christ’s captives, those who have been led in His train to the height of the universe, presented to the Father, and given back to the Son as gifts to men. According to the New Testament, we were saved before we were born. When people ask me when I was saved, I sometimes tell them that I was saved more than nineteen hundred years ago, at the time of Christ’s crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. We were redeemed in Christ’s crucifixion, and we were regenerated in His resurrection. Even before Christ put us in His train of captives, we were already saved. By the time He presented us to the Father, we had already been saved and regenerated
赐给身体和众人的恩赐
GIFTS TO THE BODY AND TO MEN
15现在我们能看见，罪人成为基督身体之恩赐的步骤。这些步骤包括基督成为肉体，祂的人性生活，祂在十字架上受死，祂埋葬在坟墓里，祂下到阴间，祂从死人中复活，以及祂升上诸天回到父那里。藉著这些步骤，我们这些罪人成了使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师。现今我们是赐给众人的恩赐。在要来的日子，无论主差遣我们到那里，我们将作为恩赐被差遣到人那里。不仅领头的使徒和申言者是恩赐，身体的每一肢体也都是恩赐。譬如，我的小指头是我身体的恩赐。牠能为我的身体作别的肢体所不能作的事。我们没有一个人该认为自己太小，不能成为恩赐。有时候最小的肢体最有用，能叫身体得著最大的舒适。所以，我们都是基督赐给身体的恩赐。因著基督的宇宙历程，我们不再是罪人，乃是神的众子，献给父的战利品，以及赐给身体的恩赐。
15Now we can see the steps by which sinners have become gifts to the Body of Christ. These steps include Christ’sin carnation, His human living, His death on the cross, His burial in the tomb, His descent into Hades, His resurrection from among the dead, and His ascension to the heavens to return to the Father. By means of these steps we, the sinners, have become apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. Now we are gifts to men. Wherever the Lord may send us in the days ahead, we shall be sent as gifts to the people there. Not only the leading apostles and prophets are gifts, but every member of the Body is a gift. For example, my little finger is a gift to my body. It can do something for my body that no other member can do. None of us should regard ourselves as too small to be a gift. Sometimes it is the smallest members who are the most useful and who render the greatest comfort to the Body. Therefore, we all are gifts given by Christ to His Body. Because of Christ’s universal traveling, we are no longer sinners, but sons of God, trophies to the Father, and gifts to the Body
16在以弗所四章，我们看见恩赐的赐给；在诗篇六十八篇，我们看见恩赐的接受。按照诗篇六十八篇，子从父接受战利品作为恩赐。然后在以弗所四章，子将他们全都当作恩赐赐给召会。我们这些得救的人，不仅是赐给召会的，甚至是赐给全世界的。因此，无论我们往那里去，我们都是别人极大的祝福。在前面几篇信息里我已指出，众圣徒都能成为今天的使徒和申言者。在本篇信息里我愿指出，我们也可以是传福音者，就是那些传好信息的人，宣告喜信的人。我们在日常生活中与人接触时，需要告诉人好信息。我们若忠信的这么作，我们就是传福音者。我们也是牧人和教师，就是那些照顾别人，并在主的道路和关乎神经纶的事上教导他们的人。
16In Ephesians 4 we see the giving of the gifts, whereas in Psalm 68 we have the receiving of the gifts. According to Psalm 68, the Son received trophies from the Father as gifts. Then in Ephesians 4 the Son gave them all as gifts to the church. We, the saved ones, have been given not only to the church, but even to the whole world. Thus, wherever we may go, we shall be a great blessing to others. In some of the foregoing messages I have pointed out that all the saints can be today’s apostles and prophets. In this message I would like to point out that we also can be evangelists, those who preach the good news, those who proclaim the glad tidings. As we contact people in our daily living, we need to tell them the good news. If we are faithful to do this, we are evangelists. We are also shepherds and teachers, those who take care of others and instruct them in the way of the Lord and in the things concerning God’secon o my
没有圣品阶级或平信徒
NO CLERGY OR LAITY
17以弗所四章十一节的确说到有些是使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师。你或许会希奇，我怎么能说『所有的』圣徒都可以成为这样赐给身体的恩赐。四章十一节中的恩赐乃是领头的使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师。我们当然不会是这些领头的人；然而，我们既是跟随他们的人，也就能成为同样的人。我当然不会自认是像保罗一样的使徒，他是领头的人。但我既是跟随保罗的人，我的确把自己看为今日的使徒，今日受差遣的人。我们对自己都该有这样的观念。我们都该是跟随领头之使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师的人。我们若不是这样跟随，就会落入极大的异端─圣品阶级和平信徒制度的异端。我们会把领头的人尊为圣品阶级，而使跟随的人成了平信徒。但是在召会中，在基督的身体里，没有圣品阶级或平信徒这回事。我们既是赐给身体的恩赐，就都是使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师。我们是基督赐给身体和全人类的恩赐，能对全世界成为极大的祝福。
17Ephesians 4:11 does speak of some apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. Perhaps you are wondering how I can say that all the saints can be such gifts to the Body. The gifts in 4:11 are the leading apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. We, of course, cannot be these leading ones; however, as their followers, we can be the same kind of persons. I certainly do not consider myself an apostle like Paul, who was a leading one. But as a follower of Paul, I do regard myself as one of today’s apostles, today’ss ent ones. We all should have such a concept concerning ourselves. We all should be followers of the leading apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. If we are not such followers, we shall fall into a great heresy—the heresy of a clergy-laity system. We shall make the leading ones the clergy, and the followers will become the laymen. But in the church, the Body of Christ, there is no such thing as either clergy or laity. As gifts to the Body, we all are apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. As gifts given by Christ to the Body and to all mankind, we can be a great blessing to the whole world.
18以弗所四章告诉我们，恩典是照著恩赐度量的大小赐给的。恩典产生有恩赐的人，然后照著恩赐的度量供应他们。一切有恩赐的人，都是为著成全圣徒，目的是为著职事的工作，为著建造基督的身体，直到我们都达到十三节所题的三项。在后面一篇信息里，我们要仔细的来看这些项目。
18Ephesians 4 tells us that grace is given according to the measure, the size, of the gift. The grace produces the gifted persons and then supplies them according to the measure of the gift. All the gifted persons are for the perfecting of the saints unto the work of ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ, until we all arrive at the three items mentioned in verse 13. In a later message we shall consider these items in detail.