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帖撒罗尼迦后书生命读经 · 第7篇

结语

A Concluding Word
1读经：帖撒罗尼迦后书三章六至十八节。在本篇信息中，我们要来看帖后三章六至十八节。在六至十五节，保罗说到对不守规矩者的改正，在十六至
1Scripture Reading: 2 Thes. 3:6-18 In this message we shall consider 3:6-18. In 3:6-15 we have Paul’sword of correction of the disorderly walk, and in 3:16-18, we have Paul’s conclusion
2十八节，乃是保罗的结语。
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3对不守规矩者的改正这卷书结束的部分，听起来实在像对年幼信徒所说的话。保罗在二章十三节至三章五节说到一些深奥的事，接著又说了一些话，改正不按规矩的生活行动。他在三章六节说，『弟兄们，我们在我们主耶稣基督的名里嘱咐你们，凡有弟兄不按规矩、且不照著你们从我们所受的传授而行，就当远离他。』不按规矩而行，不仅是照著肉体，（罗八4，）也是违反召会生活的建造。（帖前五11，罗十四19，林前十23。）
3A CORRECTION OF THE DISORDERLY WALK The concluding sections of this book surely sound like a word spoken to young believers. After speaking concerning profound matters in 2:13—3:5, Paul goes on to give a word concerning correction of the disorderly walk. In 3:6 he says, “Now we charge you, brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the tradition which you received from us.” A disorderly walk is not only according to the flesh (Rom. 8:4), but is also against the building up of the church life (1 Thes. 5:11; Rom. 14:19; 1 Cor. 10:23
4不按规矩而行似乎是很小的点，但这一点却很实际。我信在帖撒罗尼迦不按规矩而行的情形是由于对主回来的错误观念。有些信徒认为，既然主耶稣不久就要回来，他们就不必工作。他们的观念也许以为，只要他们有吃有喝，能维生就彀了。有这种观念的人成了『超级信徒』。他们超出了正常属灵的水平。几年以前，许多青年人认为他们只要爱主耶稣，过召会生活，就不需要受更高的教育。他们以为作一些简单的工作就彀了。我得知这种情形后，晓得这种观念绝对是错的。我们生活在一个需要受教育的时代，我们若要在这时代中正当的生活，就需要良好的教育。我们若没有接受正当的教育，就不容易谋生。我当时对青年人说了很重的话，鼓励他们读完大学，如果可能，再进研究所深造。不仅如此，我鼓励他们读医科或法律这样的科系。我很高兴这些话普遍被青年人接受了。以后的那些年间，有许多人完成了他们的教育。现在他们能作见证，他们从那些话里得了许多帮助。
4It may seem that walking disorderly is a small point. Nevertheless, it certainly is practical. I believe that the disorderliness in Thessalonica came from the misconception regarding the Lord’s coming back. Some believers thought that the Lord Jesus would becoming back soon, and therefore it was not necessary for them to work. Their concept may have been that as long as they had something to eat and could survive, that was adequate. Those who have such a concept become “superbelievers.” They go above the level of proper spirituality. Several years ago, a number of the young people thought that as long as they loved the Lord Jesus and were living the church life, it was not necessary for them to have a higher education. They thought it was adequate to do some kind of simple work. I came to know the situation and realized that this concept is absolutely wrong. We live in an age when it is necessary to have an education. In order to live properly in this age, we need a good education. Without the right kind of education, it would not be easy for us to make a living. I gave a strong word to the young people encouraging them to complete college and, if possible, to go on to graduate school. Furthermore, I encouraged them to study subjects such as medicine or law. I am thankful that this word was widely accepted by the young people. During the years that followed, many completed their education. Now they can testify how much help they received from that word.
5我们不要认为只要属灵、追求主、为著主的见证和恢复，就不需要受好的教育，为将来的工作作准备。我们生活在一个教育、知识、科学和工业的时代中。青年人如果没有受合式的教育，就不容易过正确的为人生活。因此，我鼓励所有的青年人要受良好的教育。保罗在帖后三章六节嘱咐信徒，要远离不按规矩而行的弟兄。这指明保罗认为不按规矩而行是一件严重的事，因为这破坏了召会生活。在这一点上我要说的是，弟兄们不同意的事我们最好不要作。你若要作一件事，而弟兄们感觉不好，你就应当停下来，重新考虑。弟兄们的交通是保护和保障，保守你在召会生活中。你也许认为你知道的比弟兄们多，这也许是实在的情形，但听弟兄们总是安全的。这是很好的保护和保障。
5Do not think that as long as we are spiritual, seek the Lord, and are for the Lord’s testimony and recovery, there is no need for us to be prepared for work through good education. We live in an age of education, knowledge, science, and industry. If the young people do not have a proper education, it will be difficult for them to have a proper human living. Therefore, I encourage all the young people to gain a good education. In verse 6 Paul charges the believers to keep away from any brother who walks disorderly. This indicates that Paul considers it a serious matter to walk disorderly, for this is a damage to the church life. At this point I would like to say that it is better not to do anything with which the brothers would not agree. If you want to do a certain thing and the brothers do not feel good about it, you should hesitate and reconsider. The fellowship of the brothers is a protection and a safeguard. It will preserve you in the church life. Perhaps you think that you know more than the brothers. This may actually be the situation. Nevertheless, it is always safe to listen to the brothers. This is a good protection and safeguard
6保罗吩咐我们，不要和不按规矩而行的人交往。你若与这样的人交往，可能会鼓励他一直过这种不守规矩的生活。远离他对他会是一种警告，也会帮助你不至犯同样的错误。不按规矩而行，会搅乱召会生活。我们要有正当的召会生活，就需要学习规规矩矩的生活行动，远离不按规矩而行的人。
6Paul tells us not to keep company with one who is disorderly. If you keep company with such a one, you may encourage him to continue in his disorderly living. Staying away from him will serve as a warning to him. It will also help to keep you from making the same kind of mistake. Walking disorderly is upsetting to the church life. If we would have a proper church life, we need to learn to walk in an orderly way and to stay away from anyone who walks disorderly
使徒们的榜样
THE PATTERN OF THE APOSTLES
7保罗在七至九节题醒帖撒罗尼迦人，在按规矩而行这事上，使徒们是他们的榜样：『你们自己原知道，应当怎样效法我们；因为我们在你们中间，未尝不守规矩，也未尝白吃任何人的饭，倒是劳碌辛苦，昼夜作工，免得叫你们任何人受累。这并不是因我们没有权利，乃是要给你们作榜样，叫你们效法我们。』使徒在凡事上都是为著召会的建造；（林后十二19；）他们在信徒中间绝不是不守规矩的，乃是作榜样给信徒效法。
7In verses 7 through 9 Paul reminds the Thessalonians that, in the matter of orderly living, the apostles were a pattern to them: “For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not disorderly among you; nor did we eat bread as a gift from anyone, but in labor and hardship we worked night and day that we might not be burdensome to any of you; not that we do not have the right, but that we might give ourselves to you as a pattern to imitate us.” The apostles were for the building up of the church in all things (2 Cor. 12:19). They were absolutely not disorderly among the believers, but were a pattern for the believers to imitate.
8基督徒因著宗教背景的影响，常会这样说，『我们不跟从人，我们跟从主。你们不该效法任何人，只该效法主。』就某种意义说，这是对的。但是直接跟从主并不容易，因为我们没有一个人曾见过肉身里的主。有些坚持只要跟从主的人也许回答说，『我们应当读四福音书，看主耶稣怎样生活行动。这样，我们就能跟随祂的脚踪行。』但是在与我们为人生活有关的许多事上，并没有主的脚踪可以跟从。譬如，祂没有结过婚，你怎么能在你的婚姻生活中跟从祂？我们可以因著跟从其他的信徒，而间接的跟从主。保罗嘱咐哥林多信徒效法他，如同他效法主，他的理由是很实际的。（林前十一1。）因为保罗是效法基督的人，所以我们也应当是效法保罗的人。效法别的信徒当然也要看情况。假如一位大主教到我们这里来，吩咐我们跟从他。我们必须说，『亲爱的大主教，我们不能跟从你，或效法你作大主教。』今天许多信徒对于该跟从谁或不该跟从谁，该效法谁而不该效法谁，感到很困惑。但我们在主的恢复中，藉著主的说话，已经蒙了光照。我不鼓励你们去跟从某人。我引用保罗的话鼓励你们，要照著『你们从我们所受的传授』（帖后三6）而行。保罗在这里所说的传授，是指口传或书写所交付的教导和教训。我们不能否认，在主的恢复里我们有主的说话、教导和教训。我虽然不要求你们效法某人，但我劝你们要注意你们所受的一切话语、教导和教训。这些是从主所受的传授，我们应当跟从。因为这些传授不受宗教背景的影响，所以任何人跟从都是安全的。
8Because of the influence of the religious background, Christians often say, “We do not follow a man. We are following the Lord. You should not imitate any man. Instead, you need only to imitate the Lord.” In a sense, this is right. However, it is not easy to follow the Lord directly, since none of us has ever met Him physically. Some who insist on following only the Lord may reply, “We should study the four Gospels and see how the Lord Jesus walked. Then we shall be able to follow in His footsteps.” However, in many things related to our human living, there are not any footsteps of the Lord to follow. For example, He was never married. How, then, can you follow Him in your married life? We can follow Him indirectly by following other believers. There were practical reasons for Paul to charge the Corinthian believers to follow him as he followed the Lord (1 Cor. 11:1). Because Paul was an imitator of Christ, we should be imitators of Paul. Of course, following another believer depends on the situation. Suppose an archbishop comes to us and tells us to follow him. We would have to say, “Dear archbishop, we cannot follow you or imitate you in being an archbishop.” Many believers today are confused concerning whom to follow and whom not to follow, whom to imitate and whom not to imitate. But in the Lord’s recovery we have been enlightened through the Lord’s speaking. I would not encourage you to follow any particular person. Using Paul’s word, I would encourage you to follow “the tradition which you received from us” (2 Thes. 3:6). By tradition Paul means teachings and instructions, given verbally or in writing. We cannot deny that in the Lord’s recovery we have His speaking, teaching, and instruction. Although I would not ask you to imitate a particular person, I would urge you to pay heed to all of the speaking, teaching, and instruction you have received. These are the traditions from the Lord, and we should follow them. Because these traditions are free from the influence of the religious background, it is safe for anyone to follow them.
9保罗在三章鼓励信徒不要仅仅跟从他的脚踪，而特别要跟从他的教训和教导，就是照著信徒从使徒所受的传授而行。
9In this chapter, Paul encourages the believers not simply to follow his walk, but especially to follow his instructions, his teachings. This is to walk according to the tradition the believers received from the apostles
不按规矩而行的意义
THE MEANING OF WALKING DISORDERLY
10七至八节指明，不按规矩而行的主要意义是甚么。按上下文看，这里不按规矩而行乃是不作工，白吃饭。凡不作工而白吃饭的人，就是不按规矩而行。但使徒们未尝不按规矩而行，所以他们未尝白吃任何人的饭，倒是劳碌辛苦，昼夜作工，免得叫信徒受累。
10Verses 7 and 8 indicate what it primarily means to walk disorderly. According to the context, to walk disorderly here is not to work and yet to still eat. If anyone does not work and yet eats, he walks disorderly. But because the apostles were not disorderly, they did not eat bread as a gift from anyone. Rather, they worked night and day in order not to be burdensome to the believers.
11保罗在十节接著说，『我们在你们那里的时候，也曾将这事嘱咐你们，若有人不愿作工，就不可吃饭。』不肯作工而吃饭，乃是不按规矩而行。然而，一位弟兄若不作工也不吃饭，可以说是按规矩而行。不作工却吃饭，才是不守规矩的行为。十一节说，『因我们听说，在你们中间有些人不按规矩而行，甚么工都不作，反倒好管闲事。』他们很忙，却甚么工都不作；他们忙的只是与自己无关的事。好管闲事的人是无用的人，对他们而言，没有基督的身体。我们都不该是好管闲事的人；我们必须学习作个忙碌的人，好好的作我们自己的工作。十二节保罗继续说，『我们在主耶稣基督里，嘱咐并劝勉这样的人，要安静作工，吃自己的饭。』这里我们看见我们作工却不该闲言闲语，要吃自己的饭。不要邀请那些不想作工的人和你一同吃饭。他们不想作工，你就不该邀请他们一同吃饭。请他们白吃饭，是不正确的向他们表达爱的方式。
11In verse 10 Paul goes on to say, “For even when we were with you, we gave you this charge, that if anyone does not want to work, neither let him eat.” It is disorderly not to work and yet to eat. However, a brother would be walking orderly if he did not work and also did not eat. It is not working and yet eating that causes one to be disorderly. Verse 11 says, “For we hear of some walking among you disorderly, working at nothing, but busybodies.” They were busy but “working at nothing,” busy only with what was not their own business. Busybodies are nobody, and with them there is no Body of Christ. None of us should be busybodies. We all must learn to be busy, that is, to do our own work properly. In verse 12 Paul continues, “Now such we charge and entreat in the Lord Jesus Christ, that working with quietness they may eat their own bread.” Here we see that we should work without gossiping and eat our own bread. Do not invite those who do not want to work to have dinner with you. As long as they are not willing to work, you should not invite them to eat with you. To invite them to eat free of charge is to show love for them in a way that is not proper
12保罗在十三至十五节告诉信徒行善不可丧志，不要结交那些不顺从使徒这信上之话的人，不要以他为仇敌，乃要劝戒他如弟兄。这一段话里的要点是说，我们都必须学习按规矩生活。我们要按规矩而行，好叫弟兄们赞同我们所行的。
12In verses 13 through 15 Paul tells the believers not to lose heart doing good; not to associate with anyone who does not obey the apostle’sword in this letter; and to admonish him as a brother, not to count him as an enemy. The main point in this portion is that we all must learn to live in an orderly way. Let us walk orderly so that the brothers will agree with what we do
从平安的主所来的平安
PEACE FROM THE LORD OF PEACE
13十六节说，『愿平安的主，随时多方亲自赐你们平安；愿主与你们众人同15在。』遵守十二至十五节的嘱咐，就随时多方都有从主来的平安。只要某一个召会中有不守规矩的情形存在，那里就不会有平安。我们在召会生活里需要在每一件事上，在每一方面，与每一个人都有平安。为此，我们需要平安的主随时多方赐我们平安。
13Verse 16 says, “Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace continually in every way. The Lord be with you all.” To keep the charge in verses 12 through is to have peace from the Lord in every way. As long as disorder exists in a certain church, there cannot be peace there. In the church life we need to be at peace in everything, in every way, and with everyone. For this, we need the Lord of peace to give us peace continually in every way.
14享受主作恩典保罗在十七至十八节的结语说，『我保罗亲笔问安，这是我每封信的记号，我就是这样写的。愿我们主耶稣基督的恩与你们众人同在。』我们惟有享受主作恩典，才能保守召会生活不致误入任何歧途，且不致不按规矩而行。要过正确的召会生活，并保守召会生活有秩序，我们需要享受主作供应的恩典。我们惟有藉著恩典才能过为著召会生活的正确生活。
14ENJOYING THE LORD AS GRACE In verses 17 and 18 Paul concludes, “The greeting is by my hand, Paul, which is a sign in every letter. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.” It is only when the Lord is enjoyed by us as grace that we can keep the church life from any kind of misleading and disorderliness. Both to live a proper church life and to keep it in order, we need the enjoyment of the Lord as the supplying grace. Only by grace can we live a proper life for the church life.
论到为著召会生活之圣别生活的结语
A CLOSING WORD ON THE HOLY LIFE for the church life
15我们一直强调一个事实：帖撒罗尼迦前后书乃是论到为著召会生活的圣别生活。这两封书信里重复使用圣别这辞。保罗在帖前四章三节说，『神的旨意就是要你们圣别。』神的旨意是要我们圣别。在七节保罗又接著说，『神本是在圣别中召了我们，并不是要我们沾染污秽。』然后在五章二十三节保罗表达他的渴望，愿和平的神全然圣别我们。这些经节指明，帖撒罗尼迦前书乃是论到信徒过圣别的生活。帖后二章十三节告诉我们，神拣选了我们，叫我们藉著那灵的圣别，可以得救。这意思是说，圣别乃是实际的经历神的救恩。帖撒罗尼迦前后书都论到这样一种圣别的生活─分别出来归神，并且蒙神全然圣别，而为著神。这种圣别的生活乃是为著召会生活的。
15We have emphasized the fact that the books of 1 and 2 Thessalonians are on a holy life for the church life. In these Epistles the words holy, sanctification, and sanctified are used repeatedly. In 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Paul says, “For this is the will of God, your sanctification.” It is God’s will that we be sanctified. In 1 Thessalonians 4:7 Paul goes on to say, “For God has not called us for uncleanness but in sanctification.” Then in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Paul expresses the desire that the God of peace would sanctify us wholly. Verses such as these indicate that 1 Thessalonians is concerned with the believers’ living a holy life. In 2 Thessalonians 2:13 we are told that God has chosen us unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit. Here we see that salvation is carried out in sanctification. This means that to be sanctified is to experience God’ss alvation in a practical way. Both 1 and 2 Thessalonians are concerned with such a holy life, a life that is separated unto God and sanctified wholly by God and for God. This holy life is for the church life
16有些人也许怀疑，我们如何能从帖撒罗尼迦前后书证明，圣别的生活乃是为著召会生活。我们可以从一个事实来证明：这两封书信都是写给在父神并主耶稣基督里，帖撒罗尼迦人的召会。这指明保罗写信给帖撒罗尼迦信徒，其主题是论到圣别的生活，目的是要他们过这种为著召会生活的生活。帖撒罗尼迦前后书也强调基督徒生活的基本结构，是由信心、爱心和盼望所构成。信心是基础，爱心是建筑，盼望是顶石。保罗在这两卷书中，一再说到信心、爱心和盼望。他鼓励信徒要在这些事上得坚固。他也愿意抚育他们的信心、爱心和盼望，并鼓励圣徒在这些事上长大。
16Some may wonder how we can prove from 1 and 2 Thessalonians that the holy life is for the church life. This can be proved by the fact that both of these Epistles are addressed to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. This indicates that Paul wrote to the Thessalonian believers on the subject of the holy life with the intention that they would live this kind of life for the church life. The two Epistles to the Thessalonians also emphasize the basic structure of the Christian life, a structure composed of faith, love, and hope. Faith is the foundation, love is the building, and hope is the topstone. Again and again in these books, Paul speaks of faith, love, and hope. He encourages the believers to be established in these things. He also wants to foster their faith, love, and hope and to encourage the saints to grow in these things
17为了经历藉著圣别而得救，并在为著召会生活之圣别生活的基本结构上长大，我们需要永远的生命作永远的安慰。我们也需要那灵作恩典，并需要恩典本身。因此，我们乃是藉著永远的生命作永远的安慰，藉著那灵作恩典，并藉著恩典本身作经过过程之三一神，而过一种为著召会生活的圣别生活。这就是帖撒罗尼迦前后书的启示。
17In order to experience the carrying out of salvation in sanctification and grow in the basic structure of the holy life for the church life, we need the eternal life as the eternal encouragement. We also need the Spirit as grace, and we need the grace itself. Therefore, it is by the eternal life as the eternal encouragement, by the Spirit as grace, and by grace itself as the processed Triune God that we live a holy life for the church life. This is the revelation in 1 and 2 Thessalonians