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以弗所书生命读经 · 第41篇

被成全的路

THE WAY TO BE PERFECTED
1保罗在四章十二节说，『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。』在本篇信息中，我们要来看被成全的路。
1In 4:12 Paul speaks of the “perfecting of the saints unto the work of ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ.” In this message we shall consider the way to be perfected
恩典是照著基督恩赐的度量
GRACE ACCORDING TO THE MEASURE
OF THE GIFT OF CHRIST
2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。』注意在这一节里，保罗没有说，『给你们各人，』他乃是说，『给我们各人。』这指明保罗把自己包括在内。他没有把自己放在特别的一类，放在与其他圣徒分开的一类。
2Ephesians 4:7 says, “But to each one of us was given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.” Notice that in this verse Paul does not say, “to each one of you”; he says, “to each one of us.” This indicates that Paul was including himself. He did not put himself in a special category, in a category separate from that of the other saints
3恩典已经照著基督恩赐的度量，赐给我们各人。我们肉身上的每个肢体都有一个度量。譬如，耳朵的度量是一个尺寸，肩膀的度量是另一个尺寸。『基督恩赐的度量』，是指基督身体上肢体的大小。每一个肢体都有某种尺寸，某种度量。正如我们的血液是按著肢体的大小，供应我们身体的肢体；恩典也照样是按著肢体的大小，赐给每一个肢体。虽然在肩膀的血比在耳朵的血要多，但血的品质是一样的。正如血是我们肉身的生命供应，恩典也是基督身体里众肢体的生命供应。赞美主，众圣徒都是基督的恩赐，恩典已经赐给他们了！
3Grace has been given to each of us according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Each member of our physical body has a certain measure. For example, the measure of the ear is of one size, and the measure of the shoulder is of another. The words “the measure of the gift of Christ” refer to the size of a member of Christ’s Body. With every member there is a certain size, a certain measure. Just as our blood supplies the members of our body according to their size, grace also is given to each member according to its size. Although there is more blood in the shoulder than in the ear, the quality of the blood is the same. Just as blood is the life supply to our physical body, so grace is the life supply to the members in the Body of Christ. Praise the Lord that all the saints are gifts of Christ to whom grace has been given
职事的工作
the work of ministry
4因为八至十节是插进来说明的话，所以十一节是接续七节。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。』十二节说得更清楚，所赐的这些人，乃是为要『成全圣徒，目的是为著职事的工作，为著建造基督的身体』。按文法，『为著建造基督的身体』和『目的是为著职事的工作』是同位语。这指明，这两句话都是指同一件事。因此，职事的工作就是建造基督的身体。
4Since verses 9 and 10 are parenthetical, verse 11 is the continuation of verse 8. Verse 11 says, “And He gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers.” As verse 12 makes clear, these have been given for the “perfecting of the saints unto the work of ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ.” According to grammar, the phrase “unto the building up of the Body of Christ” is in apposition to the phrase “unto the work of ministry.” This indicates that both phrases refer to the same thing. Hence, the work of ministry is the building up of the Body
5使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师成全圣徒，目的是为著职事的工作。这是谁的工作？是十一节所题到有恩赐之人的工作，还是众圣徒的工作？是成全人者的工作，还是被成全者的工作？答案为：是成全人者的工作，也是被成全者的工作。身体的建造不仅是使徒和其他有恩赐之人的工作，也是众圣徒的工作。我信十二节里职事的工作是指众圣徒的工作，过于指使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师的工作。
5The apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers perfect the saints unto the work of ministry. Whose work is this — the work of the gifted ones mentioned in verse 11, or the work of the saints? Is it the work of the perfecting ones, or the work of the perfected ones? The answer is that it is the work both of the perfecting ones and the perfected ones. The building up of the Body is not only the work of the apostles and the other gifted ones, but also the work of all the saints. I believe that the work of ministry in verse 12 refers more to the work of the saints than it does to the work of the apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers.
6安那翰会所的建筑工程是这事的例证。许多弟兄来盖会所，但是这些弟兄中专门盖房子的很少。他们多数对建筑这一行业缺少经验。少数有经验的工匠领头作，没有经验的就渐渐被成全。最终，熟练的和初学的一同作建造会所的工。然而，大部分的工程不是由专门人才完成，乃是由初学的人完成的。同样的原则，职事的工作是指基督身体建造的惟一工作。这工作主要的不是由使徒负责，乃是由众圣徒负责。领头的使徒、申言者以及众信徒，甚至包括最小的肢体，都一同作工，以建造身体。
6The work of building the meeting hall in Anaheim is an illustration of this. Many brothers worked on the construction of the hall. But very few of these brothers were professional builders. Most of them had little experience in the building trades. The few experienced tradesmen took the lead, and gradually the inexperienced ones were perfected. Eventually, both the journeymen and the learners worked together on the building of the meeting hall. However, most of the work was done, not by the professionals, but by the learners. In the same principle, the work of ministry refers to the unique work of building up the Body of Christ. This work is the responsibility not mainly of the apostles, but of all the saints. Both the leading apostles and prophets and all the believers, including even the smallest member, work together to build up the Body
阶级制度的观念
THE CONCEPT OF HIERARCHY
7在这点上，我要对今天基督教堕落的光景，说坦白诚实的话。基督教的堕落，多半是由于天然观念的影响。按照天然观念，任何团体或社会人群中，都该有等级，有些人等级高，有些人等级低。以格那提（Ignatius）是伟大的教父之一，为优良的教师和虔诚人；但他错误的说，监督比长老高。他说长老的权柄是地方的，而监督的权柄是区域的。由于这一观念，就撒下了阶级制度的种子。阶级制度一发展，就不仅有监督，还有大主教、枢机主教，顶上还有教皇。宗教改革之后，这个阶级制度并没有废除，反而在更正教各宗派里以各种不同的形式继续下去，直到今天仍然存在。
7At this point I need to say a frank and honest word about the degraded condition of today’s Christianity. Christianity has become degraded largely because of the influence of the natural concept. According to the natural concept, in any group or society there should be ranks among the people, with some of a higher rank and others of a lower rank. Ignatius, one of the great church fathers, a good teacher and a pious man, made the mistake of saying that bishops are higher than elders. He said that the authority of the elders is local, but that the authority of the bishops is regional. Through such a concept the seed of hierarchy was sown. As the hierarchy developed, there were not only bishops, but also archbishops, cardinals, and, at the top, the pope. After the Reformation, this hierarchy was not abolished. Rather, it continued in various forms in the Protestant denominations, and it still exists today
8信徒中间阶级制度或金字塔式安排的观念，与天然的观念一拍即合。但我们若从新约清楚的启示得著亮光，就会看见召会不是金字塔，乃是活的生机体，就是身体，以基督为独一的头。主耶稣在马太二十三章八至十节说，『但你们不要受拉比的称呼，因为只有一位是你们的夫子，你们都是弟兄；也不要称地上的人为父，因为只有一位是你们的父，就是那天上的；也不要受师尊的称呼，因为只有一位是你们的师尊，就是基督。』虽然如此，按照天然的观念，人总认为十二使徒高过所有其他的圣徒。然而，你若仔细读新约，你找不到十二使徒和其他圣徒之间有多大区别。在新约里，恩典不是单单赐给十二使徒，乃是普遍赐给众门徒。主耶稣在约翰十七章里的祷告，不是为使徒祷告，乃是为门徒祷告。不仅如此，在约翰二十章，主在祂复活的那日，显现给门徒看。五旬节那日，一百二十个人聚集祷告。圣灵在五旬节那天是浇灌在众门徒身上，不是只在使徒们身上。
8The concept of a hierarchy or a pyramid arrangement among the believers, fits into the natural concept. But if we have the light from the clear revelation in the New Testament, we shall see that the church is not a pyramid; it is a living organism, the Body, with Christ as the unique Head. In Matthew 23:8-10 the Lord Jesus said, “But you, do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone your father on the earth; for One is your Father, He Who is in the heavens. Neither be called leaders, because One is your Leader, the Christ.” Nevertheless, according to the natural concept, the twelve apostles are regarded as being above all the other saints. However, if you study the New Testament carefully, you will not find very much difference between the twelve apostles and all the other disciples. The grace in the New Testament is not given uniquely to the twelve apostles, but generally to all the disciples. In John 17 the Lord Jesus prayed, not for the apostles, but for the disciples. Furthermore, in chapter twenty of John, the Lord appeared on the day of His resurrection to the disciples. On the day of Pentecost one hundred twenty were together praying. The Spirit poured out on the day of Pentecost was poured out upon all the disciples, not just upon the apostles.
信徒中间没有等级
NO RANK AMONG THE BELIEVERS
9在新约的经纶里没有阶级制度的观念。相反的，神新约的经纶使众信徒都成为同等的。所以主耶稣说，我们都是弟兄，只有基督是我们的师尊、领导、教师和指导。神的经纶虽然把所有在基督里的信徒，摆在同一水平上，但是人天然的观念却认为，在召会中，如同在任何的社团或组织中一样，也该有特殊的领袖阶级。
9In the New Testament economy there is no thought of hierarchy. On the contrary, God’secon o my in the New Testament makes all the believers of the same rank. This is the reason that the Lord Jesus said that we all are brothers and that only Christ is our Leader, Guide, Instructor, and Director. Although God’secon o my puts all believers in Christ on the same level, the natural concept is that in the church, as in any social group or organization, there should be a special class of leaders
使徒时代
THE APOSTOLIC AGE
10由于这观念的影响，在召会历史上造成了很大的错误。按照召会历史的传统看法，第一世纪被视为使徒时代。这个观念是错误的。使徒时代包括整个新约时代。现今的时代难道不是使徒时代的一部分么？倘若不是，那么是甚么时代？是圣品阶级的时代，或是阶级制度的时代？我们若蒙新约启示的光照，就会看见整个新约时代都是使徒时代。有些人说使徒时代过去了，今天不可能有使徒了。倪弟兄在他早期的职事里，也没有完全摆脱这观念的影响。在一九三四年出版的『聚会的生活』一书中，倪弟兄说没有正式的长老，只有『非正式』的长老。不仅如此，他说今天没有使徒，但有一班人在作使徒的工作，如传福音和建立召会。倪弟兄承认，今天那些作使徒工作的，没有使徒们的圣别、能力和得胜。虽然如此，如倪弟兄所说的，神在每个地方使用一些人为祂作工，像祂在第一世纪使用使徒们一样。过去是使徒们设立召会，但今天是那些作使徒工作的人，在不同的地方设立召会。倪弟兄指出，这些人不配与使徒相比，甚至不配称为使徒。但这些人却作了一部分使徒的工作。这些人是在今天召会堕落的光景中，神所使用的一班人。在一九三四年出版的那本书中，倪弟兄虽然看见有些人是在作使徒的工作，但他不敢称他们为使徒。然而，他称他们为『非正式』的使徒，在各地方的聚会中设立『非正式』的长老。
10Due to the influence of this concept, a great mistake was made in the history of the church. According to the traditional view of church history, the first century is regarded as the apostolic age. This concept is erroneous. The apostolic age includes the entire New Testament age. Is the present age not part of the apostolic age? If it is not, then what age is it — the age of the clergy or the age of the hierarchy? If we are enlightened by the revelation in the New Testament, we shall see that the whole New Testament age is the apostolic age. Some have said that the apostolic age is over and that it is impossible to have apostles today. In his early ministry, Brother Nee was not yet entirely free from the influence of this concept. In The Assembly Life, a book published in 1934, Brother Nee said that there are no official elders, only “unofficial” elders. Furthermore, he said that there are no apostles today, but that there is a group of people who are doing the work of apostles, such as preaching the gospel and establishing churches. Brother Nee admitted that those who do the work of apostles today do not have the holiness, the power, nor the victory of the apostles. Nevertheless, as Brother Nee remarked, God is using people to work for Him in every locality in away similar to the way He used the apostles in the first century. In the past it was the apostles who established churches, but today it is those who are doing the work of the apostles who establish churches in various localities. Brother Nee pointed out that these ones are not worthy to be compared to the apostles nor even to be called apostles, but that they are nonetheless doing part of the work of the apostles. These are the people God is using in the midst of the degraded situation of the church today. In that book published in 1934 Brother Nee realized that certain people were doing the work of apostles, but he did not dare to call them apostles. However, he called them “unofficial” apostles who appointed “unofficial” elders in the local assemblies.
11三年后，一九三七年，倪弟兄从新约中看见，认为使徒时代已经过去，今天不可能有使徒的说法是错误的。所以，他出了一本书叫作『工作的再思』，在其中他放胆的说，今天还有使徒。这书大约在四十年前出版，当时我们在这事及其有关的事上，只看到部分的亮光。现今，在以弗所三至四章的亮光中，我们看见众圣徒都能作早期使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师所作同样的工作。
11Three years later, in 1937, Brother Nee saw from the New Testament that it is erroneous to say that the apostolic age is over and that there can be no apostles today. Therefore, he published the book entitled The Normal Christian Church Life, where he boldly said that there are still apostles today. When this book was published about forty years ago, we had seen only part of the light on this matter and on matters related to it. Now, in the light of chapters three and four of Ephesians, we see that all the saints can do the same kind of work as the early apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers did
成全圣徒
PERFECTING THE SAINTS
12我们已经指出，四章十一节中有恩赐的人乃是为著成全圣徒。你认为使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师，成全圣徒来作甚么？惟一合理、合逻辑的答案，乃是他们成全圣徒来作他们所作同样的事。譬如，数学老师在数学上训练学生，他的目标是教他们作他所能作的事。最终，经过几年的训练，他的学生也能成为数学老师。但是如果一位老师教了多年数学，却没有成全一个学生，他就很差劲。然而，今天许多基督徒中间真实的光景就是这样。许多基督徒年复一年参加所谓的崇拜，却一点也没有被成全。
12We have pointed out that the gifted persons in 4:11 are for the perfecting of the saints. What do you suppose the apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers perfect the saints to do? The only reasonable and logical answer is that they perfect them to do the same thing that they themselves do. For example, a mathematics teacher trains his students in mathematics. His goal is to teach them to do what he himself is able to do. Eventually, through years of training, his students will also be able to become teachers of mathematics. But suppose a certain teacher has taught mathematics for many years without perfecting even one student. What a poor teacher he would be! Nevertheless, this is actually the situation that exists among many Christians today. Many Christians attend so-called church services year after year without being perfected in the least
13大约二十五年前，有些马尼拉召会的弟兄们，去医院看望一个生病的弟兄。他们围绕在弟兄的床边，每一位都向主祷告。旁边一些基督徒非常诧异听到这么多人祷告。其中一位对我们的弟兄说，『在我们的教堂，牧师是惟一会公开祷告的人。我们不知道如何祷告。但是看看你们─每一个人都能祷告。你们是去那一种召会？』这只是今天基督徒中间缺少成全工作的一个例子。
13About twenty- five years ago, some brothers from the church in Manila went to a hospital to visit a certain brother who was sick. As they gathered around the brother’s bed, each of them offered prayer to the Lord. Some other Christians were nearby and were greatly surprised to hear so many people praying. One of them said to our brothers, “In our church, the pastor is the only one who prays in a public way. We don’t know how to pray. But look at you—every one is able to pray. What kind of church do you go to?” This is just one example of the shortage of a perfecting work among today’s Christians.
14我对在主恢复里我们中间的光景负担很重。我必须诚实的问自己，到底有多少弟兄姊妹在这职事下得了成全？正如我们认真读了四年书，就能得到大学学位一样，我们在主恢复里几年之后，也该有一些被成全的标记。但是许多人虽然与我们在一起多年，却似乎没有得著甚么成全。因这缘故，圣品阶级与平信徒制度中的某些方面，就潜伏到我们中间来。我们不能容忍这事。我们在这里不是要有基督教里所谓的崇拜。我们在聚会中所作的，必须是为著成全圣徒。我们若是忠信的成全弟兄姊妹，在三、四年之后，每一个人都要被成全，来作早期使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师所作的同样工作。在行传八章，召会遭受逼迫，信徒被迫分散。然而，使徒仍留在耶路撒冷。那些分散的门徒自然而然的就作使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师的工作。如果今天的基督徒因著逼迫而分散，这些分散的人能作甚么？我们需要问自己这个问题：如果我们分散了，我们能作甚么？我盼望许多人能尽使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师的功用。有些人到了他们不熟悉的地方，就对主在那地的权益有负担。首先，他们要传福音。然后他们要藉著牧养和教导，照顾那些得救的人。我们都需要被成全，来作这工作。
14I am very burdened about the situation among us in the Lord’s recovery. I must honestly ask myself how many brothers and sisters have been perfected under this ministry. Just as we can earn a college degree by four years of diligent study, so we should show some marks of being perfected after several years in the Lord’s recovery. But many have been with us for years, but they seem not to have been perfected very much. Because of this, certain aspects of the clergy-laity system have crept in among us. We cannot tolerate this. We are not here to have so-called services as in Christianity. What we do in the meetings must be for the perfecting of the saints. If we are faithful to perfect the brothers and sisters, then after three or four years everyone will be perfected to do the same kind of work as was done by the early apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. In Acts 8 a persecution rose up against the church, and the believers were forced to scatter. The apostles, however, remained in Jerusalem. The disciples who were scattered spontaneously did the work of apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. Suppose today’s Christians were scattered because of persecution. What would these scattered ones be able to do? We need to ask this question of ourselves. What would we be able to do if we were scattered? My hope is that many would be able to function as apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. Finding themselves in an unfamiliar place, some would become burdened for the Lord’sin te rests there. Firstly, they would preach the gospel. Then they would care for those who are saved by shepherding them and teaching them. We all need to be perfected in order to do this work
15在召会中，且在职事之下今天基督教的作法，不是照著新约中主的路。基督教设立神学院，训练人事奉主。但是那些在神学院受教育的人，没有照著神新约的经纶被成全。圣徒真正被成全，必须是在召会中且在职事之下。今天主的职事遭受批评、毁谤和嘲讽。信徒的眼睛若被开启，他们将看见甚么是职事，今天职事在那里。在召会中需要职事，好成全圣徒，目的是为著职事的工作，为著建造基督的身体。
15IN THE CHURCH AND UNDER THE MINISTRY The practice of today’s Christianity is not the Lord’sway according to the New Testament. In Christianity seminaries are established to train people to serve the Lord. But those educated in the seminaries are not perfected according to God’s New Testament economy. The genuine perfection of the saints must be in the church and under the ministry. Today the Lord’s ministry is criticized, slandered, and scorned. If the eyes of the believers are opened, they will see what the ministry is and where it is today. In the church the ministry is needed to perfect the saints unto the work of ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ
16我们中间在为著职事的工作成全圣徒这件事上，实际上所成就的并不多，我对此很关心。我们受堕落基督教的影响何其大！今天许多基督徒所注意的，主要是传福音，以及一些圣经的教训。我们都必须清楚看见，今天主正在作一个工作─成全众圣徒，直到我们都达到。我们已经看见，保罗在以弗所四章里，并没有把自己归为另一类，反而把自己包括在众圣徒中间。我们，包括保罗在内，都必须持守著真实并长到基督里，直到我们都达到了长成的人。在这些日子里，我对成全圣徒有很重的负担。除非等到我看见众圣徒都能作早期的使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师所作的同样工作，否则我不能卸下这负担。我不愿只作一个传道人或圣经教师。我渴望被成全，并成全别人，为著建造基督的身体。
16I am very concerned that little has actually been accomplished among us to perfect the saints unto the work of ministry. How much we have been under the influence of degraded Christianity! Many Christians today care mainly for the preaching of the gospel and somewhat for the teaching of the Bible. We all need to see clearly that today the Lord is doing one work— to perfect all the saints until we all arrive. We have seen that in Ephesians 4 Paul did not place himself in a separate category. Rather, he included himself with all the saints. We all, including Paul, need to hold the truth and grow up into Christ until we arrive at a full- grown man. In these days I bear a very heavy burden concerning the perfecting of the saints. This burden cannot be discharged until I see that all the saints are able to do the same kind of work as was done by the early apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. I do not care merely to be a preacher or a teacher of the Bible. I desire to be perfected and to perfect others unto the building up of the Body of Christ
生命和功用
LIFE AND FUNCTION
17我们若要被成全，就必须注意生命和功用。被成全的路在于在生命里长大，并能熟练的尽功用。这里的『成全』一辞，原文的意思也表示使之完全、装备、供备。成全圣徒就是使圣徒得以完全、得著装备、并得著供备。我们惟有藉著在生命中长大，才能得以完全。我们必须成熟，才能得完全。譬如，一个五岁的孩子不是长成的人。我们在属灵上只要还未长大，就仍不完全。母亲藉著𫗪养孩子来成全他们。不仅如此，父母还要藉著训练他们如何说话行事，来装备他们，供备他们。因此，孩子们藉著𫗪养和训练得著成全。按照神的经纶成全圣徒也是这样。圣徒需要得著𫗪养，也需要受训练，使他们能有适当的技能尽功用。
17In order to be perfected, we must pay attention to life and to function. The way to be perfected is to grow in life and to become skillful in function. The Greek word rendered “perfecting” here also means completing, equipping, furnishing. To perfect a saint is to complete him, to equip him, and to furnish him. Only by growing in life can we be completed. Not until we become mature will we be completed. For example, a child of five is not a full-grown person. As long as, spiritually speaking, we remain underage, we shall not be complete. Mothers perfect their children by feeding them. Furthermore, parents equip their children and furnish them by training them to behave and to speak in a certain way. Thus, children are perfected by feeding and by training. The same is true with respect to perfecting the saints according to God’secon o my. The saints need to be fed and they need to be trained so that they may function with the proper skill
18有一次我访问一处被公认为相当属灵的地方，有人问我为甚么在主的恢复里有训练。我回答说，我们这些人需要长大，也需要学习。我们若不长大，就没有作某些事所需要的身量。我们若不学习，就变成『野蛮人』。譬如一个孩子，你若不教他用必备的餐具好好的吃，他在饭桌上将是『野蛮』而没有规矩的。不要以为一个人只要生命属灵，就不需要训练。不，在属灵的事上，就像在物质的事上一样，是需要训练的。在属灵的事上，我们需要成熟、生命长大，我们也需要技能。成熟来自长大，而技能来自训练。所以，为要成全圣徒，我们需要以属灵的食物𫗪养他们，好叫他们长大，我们也需要训练他们，使他们发展技能。
18Once when I was visiting a certain place which was regarded as being rather spiritual, I was asked why we conduct trainings in the Lord’s recovery. I replied that as human beings we need to grow and we need also to learn. If we do not grow, we shall not have the stature required to do certain things. If we do not learn, we shall be “barbarians.” For example, if a child is not taught to eat properly with the necessary utensils, he will be “wild” and unruly at the table. Do not think that as long as a person is spiritual in life, he requires no training. No, in spiritual things, as in physical things, there is the need of training. In spiritual things we need the maturity, the growth in life, and we also need the skill. The maturity comes from growth, and the skill comes from training. Therefore, in order to perfect the saints, we need to feed them with spiritual food that they may grow, and we also need to train them to develop certain skills.
需要彻底的训练
THE NEED FOR THOROUGH TRAINING
19到现在为止，我还没有卸下我对训练一事的负担。为著实行召会生活，我们需要受训练。这意思是说，训练应该加强并提高我们召会生活的实行。到目前为止，圣徒所得的帮助虽然相当不足，但是我们不能否认一个事实：从进到主的恢复以来，许多圣徒都受过一些训练。我们可以从他们在聚会中的见证或祷告明显的看出来。然而，我们还需要更彻底、更完全的训练。我的负担是在一段时间以后，也许三、四年后，这里所有主恢复中的圣徒，都受过充分的训练。
19To the present moment, I have not yet discharged my burden in the matter of training. We need to be trained for the practice of the church life. This means that the training should enrich and uplift our practice of the church life. Although the help given to the saints thus far is far from adequate, we cannot deny the fact that since coming into the Lord’s recovery many saints have undergone some training. This is evident as we listen to them testify or pray in the meetings. However, the need remains for more thorough and complete training. My burden is that after a period of time, perhaps after three or four years, virtually all the saints in the Lord’s recovery in this country will have been adequately trained
20受训练就是得著基督丰富的供应，供应到我们里面，使我们长大；并且也得著装备，使我们在说话、接触新人、牧养、传福音、教导人的事上，都有技巧。不要说你天生不擅于说话，所以你不能说话。我们众人都能为主说话。
20To be trained is to have the rich supply of Christ ministered to us that we may grow, and it is to be equipped that we may be skillful in speaking, in contacting new ones, in shepherding, and in preaching and teaching. Do not say that you cannot speak because you are not a talented speaker. We all are able to speak for the Lord
主的路
THE LORD’SWAY
21圣徒一旦被成全，无论他们到那里，他们都会是使徒，就是受差遣到那地方的人。他们也都会是申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师。成全圣徒成为身体中这样的恩赐，乃是主的路。我们若不跟随这条路，主就无法得著祂所要的。我们何等感谢祂，因著祂的怜悯，祂已给我们看见祂的路！
21Once the saints have been perfected, then wherever they go, they will be apostles, the ones sent to that place. They will also be prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. To perfect the saints to be such gifts to the Body is the Lord’sway. If we do not follow this way, the Lord will not be able to get what He desires. How we thank Him that, in His mercy, He has shown us His way
22我们已经看见，在四章十三至十五节中，保罗没有把他自己列在外面，他反而说，『直到我们众人都达到…，使我们不再作小孩子…，惟在爱里持守著真实，我们就得以在一切事上长到祂，就是元首基督里面。』我们没有一个人该自认为已经得成全了。我们反而需要更多的生命供应和更多的训练。我们若愿意长大并受训练，就不会重复基督教的历史。我们若是忠信的实行主所给我们看见的，主在我们中间就有路。主的路从未改变。祂的路乃是要成全圣徒，作职事的工作，以建造基督的身体。这是主的路，使祂得著祂所渴望的，作为必需的豫备，好迎接祂回来。
22We have seen that in 4:13-15 Paul did not exclude himself. Rather, he said, “Until we all arrive...that we may be no longer babes...but holding to truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things....” None of us should think that we have already been perfected. On the contrary, we all need more life supply and more training. If we are willing to grow and to be trained, then we shall not repeat the history of Christianity. If we are faithful to practice what the Lord shows us, the Lord will have a way among us. The Lord’sway has never changed. His way is to perfect the saints to do the work of ministry for the building up of the Body of Christ. This is the way for the Lord to gain what He desires as the necessary preparation for His coming back.