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腓立比书生命读经 · 第8篇

在一个灵里站立得住，同魂一齐努力

STANDING FIRM IN ONE SPIRIT, STRIVING TOGETHER WITH ONE SOUL
1读经：腓立比书一章二十七至三十节。
1Scripture Reading: Phil. 1:27-30
2腓立比书的基本观念就是经历基督。如果我们想要正确的领会腓立比一章，以及其中所使用特殊的辞句，我们就需要看见，支配整卷书的观念及控制的因素，乃是经历基督。我们不该照著天然的领会，而该照著基督，来解释保罗的用语。事实上，这卷书里的每一个点都与基督和经历基督有关。
2The basic concept of the book of Philippians is the experience of Christ. If we would have a proper understanding of Philippians 1 and the extraordinary expressions used in it, we need to see that the controlling concept, the governing factor, of the whole book is the experience of Christ. We should interpret Paul’s expressions not according to our natural understanding, but according to Christ. Virtually every point in this book is related to Christ and the experience of Christ
操练灵与操练魂
EXERCISING BOTH SPIRIT AND SOUL
3一章二十七节保罗说，『只要你们行事为人配得过基督的福音，叫我或来见你们，或不在你们那里，可以听见关于你们的事，就是你们在一个灵里站立得住，同魂与福音的信仰一齐努力。』我们不仅需要为著经历基督在一个灵里站立得住，也需要同魂与福音的信仰一齐努力。为著福音的工作同魂，比在一个灵里经历基督难。这需要我们在灵里重生以后，进一步在我们的魂，特别在我们的心思，就是我们魂的主要、领先部分里，得著变化。
3In 1:27 Paul says, “Only conduct yourselves worthily of the gospel of Christ, that whether coming and seeing you or being absent I may hear the things concerning you, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving together in the faith of the gospel.” We need not only to stand firm in one spirit for the experience of Christ, but also to strive together with one soul in the faith of the gospel. To be with one soul for the gospel work is more difficult than to be in one spirit for the experience of Christ. This requires that, after being regenerated in our spirit, we be transformed in our soul, especially in our mind, which is the main part, the leading part, of our soul
4在一章二十七节，保罗嘱咐腓立比人要在一个灵里站立得住，同魂努力。圣经里只有这个地方，把灵、魂两个字这样连在一起使用。说到站住，我们必须在一个灵里站立得住；论到一齐努力，我们必须同魂。我们必须操练我们的灵，也操练我们的魂。我们操练灵，为要站立得住；操练魂，好与福音的信仰一齐努力。努力这里是指藉著争战来奋斗、作工。
4In 1:27 Paul charges the Philippians to stand firm in one spirit and to strive with one soul. Nowhere else in the Bible are the terms spirit and soul used together in this way. Concerning our standing, we need to be firm in one spirit; concerning striving together, we need to be with one soul. We need to exercise both our spirit and our soul. We exercise our spirit to stand firm, and we exercise our soul to strive together in the faith of the gospel. To strive here is to struggle, to work by fighting
藉努力而站住
STANDING BY STRIVING
5我们要看见，我们乃是在一个灵里站住，同魂（直译，以一个魂）努力，这是很重要的。我们必须区别『在…里』和『以』这两个介系词。我们在一个灵里站住；我们同魂（直译，以一个魂）努力。我们站住是在神面前，但我们努力却是在人面前。在神面前我们必须站住作见证，而在人面前我们必须同魂一齐努力。
5It is important to see that we stand in one spirit and strive with one soul. We need to differentiate between the prepositions in and with. In one spirit we stand; with one soul we strive. We stand before God, but we strive before man. Before God we must stand as a testimony, and before man we must strive together with one soul.
6事实上，照二十七节文法的结构来看，在一个灵里站立得住，以及同魂一齐努力不是两件分开的事。保罗不是先嘱咐腓立比人在一个灵里站立得住，然后又嘱咐他们要同魂一齐努力。他乃是嘱咐他们『在一个灵站立得住，同魂…一齐努力』。保罗的写法指明，我们要站立得住，就必须努力。事实上，努力就是站住的一部分。我们在一个灵里站立得住，是藉著同魂一齐努力。『在一个灵里』与『以一个魂』有甚么不同？保罗为甚么不说『以一个灵』、『在一个魂里』？保罗又为甚么说『站立得住…一齐努力』，而不说『站立得住，并要一齐努力』？我举个简单的例子。假定一位父亲对儿子说，『吃快一点，筷子要用对！』这和下面的说法不同：『吃快一点，并且筷子还要用对！』第一个命令句里，用对筷子就是吃得快的方法。第二个命令句里，吃快一点与筷子还要用对是两件不同的事。因著当时的背景，保罗不是吩咐腓立比人站立得住，并且要努力；他乃是说，要站立得住，同魂一齐努力。因著热中犹太教者非常活跃，信徒们就必须站立得住，不受搅扰，不被动摇，也不被移动。特别是保罗不在他们那里的时候，更需要站立得住。能坚固信徒的保罗离得那么远，而那些传讲与神的经纶相反教训的犹太教师就在眼前。这就是保罗在一章末了，嘱咐信徒要站立得住的原因。然而，他们若要站立得住，就必须同魂一齐努力。他们若不努力，就不能站住。因此，在这种情况之下，努力与站住是不能分开的，而努力实际上就是站住。
6Actually, according to the grammatical construction of verse 27, standing firm in one spirit and striving together with one soul are not two separate things. Paul does not charge the Philippians to stand firm in one spirit and then to strive together with one soul. Rather, he charges them to “stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving together.” Paul’sway of writing indicates that in order to stand firm, we need to strive. Striving is in fact part of standing. We stand firm in one spirit by striving together with one soul. What is the difference between “in one spirit” and “with one soul”? Why does Paul not say “with one spirit” and “in one soul”? And why does Paul say “stand firm...striving together” instead of “stand firm and strive together”? Let me use a simple illustration. Suppose a father says to his son, “Eat quickly, using your fork properly.” This is different from saying, “Eat quickly and use your fork properly.” In the first command, using the fork properly is the way to eat quickly. In the second, eating quickly and using the fork properly are two distinct matters. Because of the background, Paul did not tell the Philippians to stand firm and strive, but to stand firm, striving together with one soul. Because the Judaizers were so active, it was necessary for the believers to stand firm and not be distracted, shaken, or moved. Such a firm standing was especially necessary during Paul’s absence. Paul, the one who could establish the believers, was away from them, but the Judaistic teachers, those who were preaching contrary to God’secon o my, were at hand. This was the reason that toward the end of chapter one Paul charged the believers to stand firm. However, if they were to stand firm, they would have to strive together with one soul. Apart from striving, they would not be able to stand. There fore, in this case striving is not a thing separate from standing. Rather, striving is the standing in actuality.
7今天，如果我们站住而不努力，最终，我们会因著反对而动摇，或被移动。单单鼓励人要站立得住还是不彀。我再说，我们要站立得住，就必须努力、争战。努力乃是站住的路。实际上，努力就是站住。换一种说法就是：我们要以攻为守。如果我们不知道怎么去进攻，我们的防御就会有缺失。如果我们想保卫自己，就必须对撒但采取攻势。这里的重点就是必须以攻为守。所以，在一章二十七节保罗没有把站立得住和一齐努力分开；反之，他指明这两件事乃是一。
7If we today only stand but do not strive, eventually we shall be shaken by the opposition or moved by it. It is not adequate simply to encourage others to stand firm. I repeat, in order to stand firm, we must strive and fight. Striving is the way to stand. Actually, to strive is to stand. Another way of putting it is to say that in order to have a defense, we need to be on the offensive. If we do not know how to go on the offensive, we shall not have an adequate defense. If we would defend ourselves, we must take the offensive against Satan. The point here is that defense requires offense. This is the reason that in 1:27 Paul does not make standing firm a separate matter from striving together. Instead, he indicates that these two matters are one.
8有些地方的召会站立得住，却没有多少努力。如果这些召会不开始努力、争战的话，他们至终会动摇或被移动。所有的召会都需要积极进取。他们这样的努力，就能继续站住。但是，召会若不努力的话，迟早就会动摇而被移动。
8In some places the churches are standing firm. However, they are not doing much striving. If these churches do not begin to strive and fight, eventually they will be shaken or moved. All the churches need to be aggressive. By striving in this way, they will be able to maintain their stand. But if the churches do not strive, sooner or later they will be shaken and moved
不要被牵引离开了灵
NOT DRAWN OUT OF THE SPIRIT
9如果我们要站立得住，就必须在一个灵里；如果我们要一齐努力，就必须同魂。我们从经历中知道，在一个灵里与同魂之间有很大的不同。每当召会遭受攻击和反对的时候，我们需要站立得住。我们在那里站住呢？我们在灵里站立得住。我们若不留在灵里，就会分裂。首先，意见会进来，然后会有不合，最后分裂就发生了。即使只有三位弟兄在一起，他们若不留在灵里，迟早会分开。不同的意见、思想和观念会导致不合，这个不合会在暗中破坏合一，而造成分裂。因此，我们惟有在灵里，才能站立得住。除此之外，我们无法站立得住。
9If we would stand firm, we must be in one spirit. If we would strive together, we need to be with one soul. In our experience we realize that there is a great difference between being in one spirit and being with one soul. Whenever the church is attacked and opposed, we need to stand firm. Where do we stand firm? We stand firm in spirit. If we do not stay in our spirit, we shall be divided. First opinions will enter in, then there will be dissension, and eventually division will come about. Even if three brothers are together and do not remain in the spirit, they will eventually be divided. The different opinions, thoughts, and concepts will lead to dissension, and this dissension will undermine the oneness and cause division. Therefore, we can stand firm only if we are in spirit. In no other organ of our being can we stand firm
10我们若回顾已往的经历，就会看见当我们遭到反对或攻击时，若是被牵引从灵里出来，我们里面就会生发怀疑和问题。假定腓立比信徒遭受热中犹太教者反对时不留在灵里，他们可能就对保罗发生怀疑，打起问号来。他们可能怀疑保罗是不是把全部的真理告诉了他们，或者他们可能会认为传扬犹太教者还有一些东西是他们所需要的。这类怀疑和问题的源头不是在灵里。当我们回到灵里，留在灵里，并且我们全人向消极的问题和怀疑关闭时，一切问题就都要迎刃而解。这些年来，我们一直受到攻击，仇敌不断攻击我们，一直不放我们过去。在遭受攻击和反对的期间，我们可能从灵里被拉出去。如果我们晓得自己的光景是这样，就必须马上回到灵里，叫撒但的攻击不得其门而入。这样留在灵中，就是在灵里站立得住。
10If we consider our experience, we shall realize that if we are drawn out of the spirit when we are opposed or attacked, doubts and questions will rise up within us. Suppose the Philippian believers did not remain in the spirit when they were opposed by the Judaizers. They might have had doubts or questions about Paul. They might have wondered if Paul had told them all the truth, or they might have thought that the Judaistic preachers had something more that they needed. Such doubts and questions do not have their source in the spirit. When we return to our spirit, stay there, and close our being to negative questions and doubts, there are no problems. Throughout the years we have been attacked. The enemy attacks constantly and refuses to let us go. During times of attack or opposition, we may be pulled out of the spirit. If we realize that this is our situation, we must immediately return to our spirit and close the door to Satan’s attack. To remain in the spirit in this way is to stand firm in the spirit
11我与倪弟兄同在中国的那些年间，亲眼看见他遭受到许多攻击。那时，他是大伞，我藏在大伞之下。因为他是大伞，雨水打在他身上而不是打在我身上。有时候攻击才开始，我里面不知不觉就起了怀疑，特别是在清晨或是深夜的时候。偶而我会想，也许有些事情是我们错了罢。每当我觉察出仇敌这样偷袭时，我就马上回到灵里，运用我的灵来祷告，这样，我就能彀在一个灵里站立得住。在遭受攻击与反对的期间，最要紧的就是我们要留在灵里。在这种时候，只有我们的灵能保守我们在一起。我们不是以一个灵站立得住，而是必须在一个灵里，站立得住。
11During the years I was with Brother Nee in China, I saw how many attacks came upon him. In those days he was the umbrella, and I was one under the umbrella. Because he was the umbrella, the rain be at down on him, not on me. Sometimes, when the attacks first came, doubts would creep into my being. This would happen especially early in the morning or late at night. Occasionally the thought would come that perhaps we are wrong in certain matters. Whenever I detected such an inroad of the enemy, I would return to the spirit and exercise my spirit to pray. Then I could stand firm in one spirit. During times of attack and opposition, it is crucial that were main in spirit. Only our spirit can keep us together at such times. We need to stand firm not with one spirit, but in one spirit.
站住的地点
A PLACE TO STAND
12要站立得住，必须有适当的地点，这地点就是我们的灵。地方召会中带头的弟兄们不应该问人在某一件事上是不是同意他们。这个问题问得不对。长老们中间不需要协议，却迫切需要留在灵里。外交家可能需要协商，但长老们不需要。如果地方召会的长老们留在灵里，就不需要甚么协议。想要达成协议就指明我们不在灵里。我们不需要协议，只该在灵里站立得住。
12Standing firm requires a place, and this place is our spirit. The leading ones in a local church should not ask whether or not others agree with them in a particular matter. This is the wrong question. Among the elders there is no need for agreement, but there is the desperate need to remain in the spirit. Diplomats may need agreements, but elders do not. If the elders in a local church remain in the spirit, there will be no need for agreement. To try to come to an agreement is an indication that we are not in spirit. Instead of trying to agree, we should simply stand firm in spirit
用魂作武器
USING THE WEAPONS OF THE SOUL
13在一个灵里站立得住是防御的措施，而不是攻击的措施。我们已经指出，没有攻击就不能维持适当的防守。因此，我们若要在灵里站立得住，也需要同魂（直译，以一个魂）一齐努力、争战。『在…里』这个介系词指的是范围，『以』这个介系词指的是工具。范围是我们的灵，而工具是我们的魂。我们魂的功能好比争战时所使用的武器。我们必须用魂作武器，一齐努力。不要以为只要在灵里就彀了。不，我们的心思、情感和意志都需要操练。我们的心思该能深思熟虑，情感要丰富，意志要坚刚。这样，我们就会有强而有力的武器，好来争战。
13Standing firm in one spirit, however, is a defensive measure, not an offensive one. As we have indicated, without an offense we shall not be able to maintain a proper defense. Thus, in order to stand firm in our spirit, we also need to strive, to fight together, with one soul. Whereas the preposition in denotes a realm, the preposition with denotes an instrument. The realm is our spirit, but the instrument is our soul. The faculties of our soul may be likened to weapons used in warfare. We need to strive together with these weapons of the soul. Do not think that it is sufficient only to be in spirit. No, we also need to be exercised in our mind, emotion, and will. We should be thoughtful in our mind, full of feeling in our emotion, and strong in our will. Then we shall have powerful weapons with which to fight
14有些似乎属灵的人，他们的魂好像水母一样，非常软弱无力。他们从来不想争战或努力。这指明他们没有所需要的武器。他们和使徒保罗截然不同。保罗站立时，乃是在灵中站住；但他努力时，是以非常刚强的魂来努力。
14Some seemingly spiritual people are like jellyfish in the soul. They are very wishy-washy. They never want to fight or strive. This indicates that they do not have the needed weapons. They are very different from the apostle Paul. When Paul stood, he stood in spirit. But when he strove, he strove with a very strong soul.
15我们的难处若不是软弱无力，不运用我们魂的功能，就是时起分争，相咬相吞，而不去攻击敌人。软弱无力的人就像水母一样，这样的人不只没有脊椎骨，好像全身连一根骨头也没有。他们想要『属灵』，一举一动总是和和气气、仁慈又谦卑的，从不用他们的魂在福音的信仰上努力。然而，还有些人却是用心思、情感和意志去努力争战。但他们争战时又起分争；他们不是与仇敌争战，反而和别的圣徒争战起来。所以，保罗吩咐我们要同魂一齐努力；我们应该同魂与仇敌争战。在一个灵里比较容易，但是，同魂一齐努力就不是那么简单。我们的灵里有良心、交通和直觉。灵的这些功能不是难处的起因。我们与别人发生难处的起因是在魂里。心思会造成困扰，情感也可能具有破坏性，意志又可能很顽固。姊妹们通常受情感『巨人』的搅扰，而弟兄们则受心思和意志这两个『巨人』的为难。男人的观念和意志多半都很强，不愿愚昧的跟随别人，总要坚持自己的尊严与纯正。一般来说，姊妹们动情感过于用意志或心思。结果，别人一哭她们就很容易激动。不管一位姊妹受过多好的教育，她还是女性，非常受自己情绪的影响，不论年轻的姊妹或年长的姊妹都是一样。所以，我们的问题出在魂上弟兄们在心思上和意志上，姊妹们则在情感上。
15Our problem is that either we are wishy-washy and do not use the faculties of our soul, or we become dissenting and fight each other instead of fighting the enemy. Those who are wishy-washy are like jellyfish. Such ones not only lack backbone, but do not seem to have any bones whatever. Wanting to be “spiritual,” they always act nice, kind, and humble, never striving with their soul in the faith of the gospel. Others, however, may fight and strive, using the mind, emotion, and will. But in fighting they become dissenting. Instead of fighting the enemy, they fight against other saints. This is the reason Paul tells us to strive with one soul. With one soul we should fight against the enemy. Although it is rather easy to be one spirit, it is not so easy to strive together with one soul. In the spirit we have the conscience, the fellowship, and the intuition. These functions of the spirit are not the cause of problems. The cause of problems between us and others is found in the soul. The mind may be troublesome, the emotion may be destructive, and the will may be stubborn. The sisters are usually troubled by the “giant” of the emotion, whereas the brothers are troubled by two “giants”—the mind and the will. Most men are strong in their concept and in their will. They do not want to follow others foolishly, but insist on their own honor and integrity. For the most part, the sisters exercise the emotion more than the will or the mind. As a result, they are easily moved by the sight of someone weeping. No matter how well educated a sister may be, she is still a female and influenced much by her emotion. This is true of older sisters as well as younger ones. Our problems, therefore, are found in the soul—in the mind and will for the brothers and in the emotion for the sisters
16藉著站住并努力而经历基督我们的确需要保罗叫我们同魂一齐努力的嘱咐。我们努力、争战的时候，必须提防我们的心思、情感和意志。我们必须注意我们的思想、感觉和企图。我们不应该给天然的心思、意志和情感留地步，不可让这些妨碍我们同魂一齐努力。我们这些为著神的权益争战的人，必须在一个灵里，也必须同魂一齐努力。这是我们经历基督的另一条路。站立得住就是经历基督，一齐努力也是经历基督。愿我们都藉著在一个灵里站立得住，同魂一齐努力，而经历基督。
16EXPERIENCING CHRIST BY STANDING AND STRIVING We surely need Paul’s charge to strive together with one soul. In our fighting, our striving, we need to be on the alert concerning our mind, emotion, and will. We need to be watchful with respect to our thought, our feeling, and our intention. We should not give any ground to our natural mind, will, and emotion. They must not be allowed to interfere with our striving together with one soul. We who fight for God’sin te rest must be in one spirit, and we must strive with one soul. This is another way for us to experience Christ. To stand firm is to experience Christ, and to strive together is also to experience Christ. Let us all experience Christ by standing firm in one spirit, striving together with one soul