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彼得前书生命读经 · 第15篇

生命的长大及其结果（一）

Growth in life and its Results (1)
1读经：彼得前书二章一至四节，六至八节。
1Scripture Reading: 1 Pet. 2:1-4, 6-8
召会生活的图画
A PICTURE OF THE CHURCH LIFE
2彼前一章是这卷书完整的一段。这段清楚启示三一神在祂所拣选的人身上工作，以完成祂的经纶，并使他们完全有分于祂自己，叫他们享受祂作恩典。神所拣选的人享受三一神作恩典，就得著平安。所以，平安是享受恩典的结果。一章所说的第一点是三一神在祂选民身上的工作，使他们享受祂自己作恩典，叫他们得著平安。一章接著启示三一神的工作产生完全的救恩。首先有神为著祂经纶的工作，这工作产生神完全的救恩。神完全的救恩包括父的重生、子的救赎、和灵的圣别。这是藉著三一神的工作所完成的完全救恩。
2First Peter chapter one is a complete section of this book. This section clearly reveals that the Triune God operates upon His chosen people to carry out His economy and to bring them into the full participation of Himself so that they may enjoy Him as grace. When God’s chosen people enjoy the Triune God as grace, they have peace. Peace, therefore, is the result of the enjoyment of grace. The first point covered in chapter one is the operation of the Triune God upon His elect to bring them into the enjoyment of Himself as grace so that they may have peace. Chapter one goes on to reveal that the operation of the Triune God produces full salvation. First we have God’so per at i on for His economy, and this operation brings forth God’s full salvation. God’s full salvation includes the Father’s regeneration, the Son’s redemption, and the Spirit’s sanctification. This is the full salvation carried out by the operation of the Triune God
3三一神完全的救恩带进、产生两件事：为著彰显神的圣别生活，以及向著众圣徒没有假冒的弟兄相爱。这两件事，圣别的生活和没有假冒的弟兄相爱，是真正召会生活的图画。一面，在真实的召会生活里我们看见神的彰显；另一面，在这样的召会生活里有彼此没有假冒的爱。所以，圣别和爱是三一神在祂选民身上的工作所完成完全救恩的结果。这是一章清楚、完整的摘要。彼前一章本身是完整的单位。我们若对本章有鸟瞰的眼光，就会非常宝爱牠。我能见证，在这些日子里，我比以前更宝爱彼得的著作。我盼望众圣徒会珍赏彼得，像他们珍赏保罗一样。不但如此，我盼望我们都宝爱彼前一章，以及这一章里所启示的三个要点：三一神为著祂经纶的工作；藉著三一神在祂选民身上的工作所完成的完全救恩；以及这完全的救恩所产生彰显神的结果，就是圣别的生活，以及向著信徒没有假冒的弟兄相爱。在召会生活里，我们需要过一种彰显我们圣别的神并爱我们所有弟兄的生活。
3The full salvation of the Triune God issues, results, in two matters: a holy manner of life for the expression of God, and unfeigned brotherly love toward all the saints. These two matters, a holy manner of life and unfeigned brotherly love, are a picture of the genuine church life. On the one hand, in the real church life we see the expression of God; on the other hand, in such a church life there is unfeigned love for one another. Therefore, holiness and love are the result of the full salvation carried out by the operation of the Triune God upon His elect. This is a clear and complete summary of chapter one. First Peter chapter one is a complete unit that stands by itself. If we have a bird’s-eye view of this chapter, we shall love it very much. I can testify that in these days I have come to love Peter’s writings more than ever before. I hope that all the saints will come to appreciate Peter even as they appreciate Paul. Furthermore, I hope that all of us will come to love chapter one of 1 Peter and the three major points revealed there concerning the operation of the Triune God for His economy, the full salvation carried out by the operation of the Triune God upon His elect, and the result of this full salvation in a holy manner of life to express God and in unfeigned brotherly love toward the believers. In the church life we need to live a life to express our holy God and to love all our brothers.
4在召会生活里，我们有个非常大的家庭。我们的父重生了我们，祂所有的儿女都是我们的亲人，我们的弟兄姊妹。召会家庭是宇宙的；这是在分裂或公会之外的召会。在召会这宇宙家庭里，没有任何区别。可以说，这是真正的大公召会。当然，我们与罗马天主教无关，但我们是真正的大公召会。不但如此，在我们所在之地，有这没有假冒的大公召会实际的彰显，我们在那里彰显圣父，并爱众圣徒。
4In the church life we have a very large family. Our Father has generated us, and all His children are our folks, our brothers and sisters. The church family is universal. This is the church without division or denomination. In the universal family of the church there is not any discrimination. We may say that this is the genuine catholic church. We, of course, have nothing to do with the Roman Catholic Church, but we are the genuine catholics. Furthermore, in our locality we have the practical expression of this unfeigned catholic church, a church where we express the holy Father and love all the saints
脱去五件消极的事
PUTTING AWAY FIVE NEGATIVE THINGS
5在二章一节彼得接著说，『所以要脱去一切的恶毒、和一切的诡诈、并伪善、嫉妒、以及一切毁谤的话。』本节开始于『所以』。这指明二章一至十节的劝勉是基于一章的启示。一章强调三一神在信徒身上所成就三件主要的事：父的重生、（一3，23、）子的救赎、（2，18～19、）和灵的圣别，（2，）使信徒成为圣别的子民，过圣别的生活。（15～16。）彼得基于这点，嘱咐信徒要在生命里长大，（二2，）好建造属灵的殿。（5。）虽然一章本身是完整的，但彼得照著他的经历还有更多的话要说。所以，他以一章作基础，继续说出二章的嘱咐。他开始就告诉圣徒要脱去一切的恶毒、和诡诈、并伪善、嫉妒、以及毁谤的话。在千百样罪恶的事中，彼得选择五样：恶毒、诡诈、伪善、嫉妒、以及毁谤的话。我要请你们花些时间来看这五项到底是甚么。照著这五件事的顺序，恶毒是根，是源头，毁谤的话是表现。我们里面也许有恶毒为根，至终就会有毁谤的话作这恶毒的表现。从恶毒到毁谤的话，其间的发展包括诡诈、伪善和嫉妒，这三样乃是从恶毒到毁谤的话逐步往下的发展。我们若有诡诈，也就会有伪善；若有伪善，也就会有嫉妒。因此，根是恶毒，发展包括诡诈、伪善和嫉妒，最终的表现是毁谤的话。
5In 2:1 Peter goes on to say, “Therefore, putting away all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings.” This verse begins with “therefore.” This indicates that the exhortation in 2:1-10 is based upon what is unveiled in chapter one. Three main things accomplished in the believers by the Triune God are emphasized in chapter one: the Father’s regeneration (vv. 3, 23), the Son’s redemption (vv. 2, 18-19), and the Spirit’s sanctification (v. 2) to make the believers a holy people, living a holy life (vv. 15-16). Based upon this, Peter charges the believers to grow in life (2:2) for the building up of a spiritual house (2:5). Although chapter one is complete in itself, Peter, according to his experiences, still has more to say. Therefore, with chapter one as his basis, he proceeds to give the charge found in chapter two. He begins by telling the saints to put away all malice, guile, hypocrisies, envyings, and evil speakings. Of the hundreds of sinful things, Peter selects five: malice, guile, hypocrisy, envy, and evil speaking. I would ask you to spend some time to consider what these are. According to the sequence of these five matters, malice is the root, the source, and evil speaking is the expression. We may have malice as a root within us. Then there will eventually be evil speaking as the expression of this malice. The development from malice to evil speaking includes guile, hypocrisies, and envyings, three downward steps from malice toward evil speaking. If we have guile, we shall also have hypocrisies; and if hypocrisies, then envyings as well. Hence, the root is malice, the development includes guile, hypocrisy, and envy, and the final expression is evil speaking.
6甚至像二章一节这样的经文，也不该草率的读。我们不该将任何经文视为理所当然，或者忽略而不认真研读。反之，我们研读每一节圣经，都该有一个目标和期望，就是要进入其中的深处。事实上，话的深处就是话的实1际；这实际就是真理。我们若仔细看彼前二章一节，就会看见根、发展和表现。在本节的光中，我们看见一切的恶毒需要连根拔除。切慕那纯净的话奶
6Not even a verse such as 2:1 should be read in a careless way. We should not take any verse for granted or neglect to study it seriously. Rather, we should study every verse with the goal and expectation of getting into the depths of it. Actually, the depths of the Word are the reality of the Word. This reality is the truth. If we consider verse carefully, we shall see the root, the development, and the expression. In the light of this verse we see that all malice needs to be uprooted. LONGING FOR THE GUILELESS MILK OF THE WORD
7二节说，『像才生的婴孩一样，切慕那纯净的话奶，叫你们靠此长大，以致得救。』信徒藉著重生，（一3，，）出生为婴孩，就能靠著灵奶的滋养，在生命里长大，以致进一步的得救，这样的得救乃是为著神的建造。二节的纯净，直译，诚实；与一节的诡诈相对，就是不为著虚假的目的，不为著其他的目标，只为著滋养魂。话，原文同罗马十二章一节『合理的』，为形容词，源自名词『话』，因此可译为『话的』，有属于心思（与体相对）、属于理性机能之意；因此是理性的、逻辑的、合理的。话奶不是为著身体，乃是为著魂，就是里面的人。这奶是在神的话里传输出来，藉我们理性心思的领会，且由我们心思机能的吸收，滋养我们里面的人。
7Verse 2 says, “As newborn babes, long for the guileless milk of the word, that by it you may grow unto salvation.” Born through regeneration (1:3, 23), the believers become babes who can grow in life unto 23 further salvation, and that for God’s building, by being nourished with the spiritual milk. “Guileless” in verse 2 does not mean unadulterated, in contrast to less pure teachings; instead, it is guileless in contrast to the guile in verse 1. Guileless milk is milk without false purpose, without any other goal but to nourish the soul. The Greek word rendered “of the word” is logikos. This word, in Romans 12:1 translated reasonable, is derived from the noun logos—the word; hence, of the word; having the sense of pertaining to the mind (in contrast to the body), to the rational faculties; hence, rational, logical, reasonable. The milk of the word is not milk for the body, but is milk for the soul, the inner being. It is conveyed in the word of God to nourish our inner man through the understanding of our rational mind, and it is assimilated by our mental faculties.
8就文法而论，彼前二章一节是形容二节的主词。正如我们所指出的，二节的纯净（直译，诚实）与一节的诡诈相对。其他译本用『纯洁的话奶』或『真实的话奶』。也许彼得所说的纯净（诚实），包括纯洁和真实的意思。然而，彼得写这话的目的，是要表明纯净（诚实）与那出于恶毒的诡诈之间的对比。甚么能吞灭或消除我们的诡诈？包含在纯净话奶中的养分，就是诡诈的抗生素。在神的话里有养分，是为著我们里面之人的奶。我们物质的身体怎样用奶滋养，我们里面的人，我们的魂，也需要用纯净的话奶滋养。这奶包含一种能消除我们诡诈的元素。所以，话奶是纯净的奶。
8As far as grammar is concerned, verse 1 is a modifier of the subject of verse 2. As we have pointed out, “guileless” in verse 2 is in contrast to “guile” in verse 1. The Recovery Version may be unique in using “guileless milk” in the translation of verse 2. Other versions have “pure milk” or “sincere milk.” It may be that Peter intended guileless to include the meaning of pure and sincere. However, the purpose of Peter’s writing here is to show a contrast between guilelessness and the guile that proceeds out of malice. What can swallow up, or eliminate, our guile? The nourishment contained in the guileless milk of the word is an antibiotic for guile. In the Word of God there is a nourishment that is milk for our inner being. Just as our physical body is nourished with milk, so our inner being, our soul, needs to be nourished with the guileless milk of the word. This milk contains an element that can eliminate our guile. Therefore, the milk of the word is guileless milk.
9在二章一至二节，彼得指明我们这些才生的婴孩，需要脱去一切的诡诈，我们也需要切慕那纯净的话奶。脱去恶毒这邪恶的根，目的是使我们切慕、渴望话奶。我信彼得写这点不是照著道理，乃是照著他属灵的经历。我们若没有充分的经历，就不能领会彼得所说的。你若满了恶毒、诡诈、伪善、嫉妒、以及毁谤的话，你对主的话就不会有胃口。你不会饥渴要神的话，你不会切慕、渴望喝纯洁的话奶。你若要对神的话有饥渴，你若要切慕喝话中的奶，就需要恨恶你的恶毒，并且禁戒毁谤别人的话。假定有相当长的期间，可能一年以上，一位弟兄被恶毒充满。他不喜欢某些弟兄，尤其是长老们。因为他满了恶毒，也满了诡诈、伪善和嫉妒，自然他就开始消极的说到别人。他也许毁谤弟兄姊妹们，年长的和年轻的都在内；这毁谤的话源于他里面的恶毒。一位弟兄在那种光景里，对主的话必定不会有胃口。我从经历知道他不会对神话语中的养分有饥渴。
9In 2:1 and 2, Peter indicates that, as newborn babes, we need to practice putting away all guile, and we also need to desire the guileless milk of the word. The purpose of putting away the evil root of malice is that we may long for, desire, the milk of the word. I believe that Peter wrote this not according to doctrine, but according to his spiritual experiences. If we do not have adequate experience, we shall not be able to understand what Peter is saying. If you are full of malice, guile, hypocrisy, envy, and evil speaking, you will not have any appetite for the Word. You will not be hungry or thirsty for the Word of God. You will not have the longing, the desire, to drink the pure milk of the Word. If you want to hunger and thirst after God’sword, that is, if you want to desire the drinking of the milk in the word, you need to hate your malice and abstain from speaking evil things about others. Suppose for quite a long period of time, perhaps more than a year, a particular brother has been filled with malice. Certain brothers, especially the elders, he does not like. Because he is full of malice and also full of guile, hypocrisies, and envyings, spontaneously he begins to speak negatively about others. He may speak evil concerning both brothers and sisters, both older ones and younger ones. This evil speaking has its source in the malice within him. To be sure, a brother in that condition will not have any appetite for the Word. From experience I know that he would neither hunger nor thirst for the nourishment in the Word of God
10然而，假定有一天，这位弟兄蒙主的怜悯，领悟他的罪恶。他领悟他需要基督作赎罪祭和赎愆祭，就悔改认罪，并且祷告：『主阿，赦免我。长久以来，我被恶毒充满，我也毁谤别人。主，这给我看见，罪就在我里面。主，即使我蒙了重生，我里面仍然有罪，因为我堕落的性情是罪恶的。主阿，我需要你作我的赎罪祭。我接受你并应用你作我的赎罪祭。主阿，我需要你作我的赎罪祭。主阿，但愿赎罪祭的血洁净我！我领悟我毁谤弟兄姊妹们乃是过犯、愆尤。主，我满了愆尤！赦免我，并洁净我。我不但接受你作我的赎罪祭，也接受你作我的赎愆祭。主，我要终日享受你。』
10However, let us suppose that this particular brother receives the mercy of the Lord one day to realize his sinfulness. Realizing his need of Christ as the sin offering and the trespass offering, he repents, confesses his sins, and prays, “O Lord, forgive me. For a long time, I have been filled with malice, and I have spoken in an evil way about others. Lord, this shows me that sin is within me. Lord, even though I have been regenerated, I still have sin in me, for my fallen nature is sinful. O Lord, I need You as my sin offering. I take You and apply You as my sin offering. Oh, may the blood of the sin offering cleanse me, Lord! I realize that my evil speaking concerning the brothers and sisters is an offense, a trespass. Lord, I am full of trespasses! Forgive me and cleanse me. I take You not only as my sin offering, but also as my trespass offering. All day long, Lord, I want to enjoy You.”
11这位弟兄如果这样祷告，不久就会开始对话奶有胃口。他会渴望来到主的话跟前得养分。他来到圣经跟前不是要得著道理的知识，乃是要喝滋养的奶。他读圣经时，自然会喝神纯净的话奶。至终，这奶会进入他里面的人，并有抗生素的功用，消杀恶毒的病菌。不但如此，这位弟兄会开始爱众圣徒。他也许说，『哦，我爱弟兄姊妹们。我爱众长老。众圣徒都很好，他们都比我好。』
11If the brother prays in this way, soon he will begin to have an appetite for the milk of the word. He will desire to come to the Word for nourishment. He will come to the Bible not to gain the knowledge of doctrine, but to drink nourishing milk. Spontaneously as he is reading the Bible, he will be drinking the guileless milk of God’sword. Eventually, this milk will get into his inward being and function as an antibiotic to kill the germ of malice. Furthermore, this brother will begin to love all the saints. He may say, “Oh, I love the brothers and the sisters. I love all the elders. All the saints are good, and all of them are better than I am
经历上的领会
AN EXPERIENTIAL UNDERSTANDING
12这种对一至二节的领会来自经历。彼得是照著他的经历写这些经文的。我也是藉著经历，才得以领会彼得的著作。五十多年前，我读这段话时，还无法领会，因为我没有充分的经历。但这些年来，我有了更多属灵的经历，现今我领会彼得所说的。我信许多圣徒照著他们的经历，对二章一至二节也有这种领会。我们绝不该天然的或草率的读主的话。然而，许多基督徒天然的读圣经，并将其视为理所当然。但我们若进入话的深处，就会蒙光照。然后我们就会有许多内里的感觉，也会有口才述说我们所看见的。
12This understanding of verses 1 and 2 comes from experience. Peter wrote these verses according to his experience. It was also through experience that I have come to understand Peter’s writing. More than fifty years ago, when I read this portion of the Word, I could not understand it, because I did not have adequate experience. But through the years I have had much more spiritual experience, and now I understand what Peter is saying. I believe that many saints also have this understanding of 2:1 and 2 according to their experience. We should never read the Word in a natural way or in a careless manner. However, many Christians read the Bible in a natural way and take it for granted. But if we get into the depths of the Word, we shall be enlightened. Then we shall have a lot of inner feeling and also have the utterance to speak what we see
真正的长大
GENUINE GROWTH
13照著彼得在二节的话，我们该切慕纯净的话奶，叫我们靠此长大。长大是生命的事，也是在生命里的事。我们藉著重生得著了神的生命，就需要由神的话所传输的奶得著滋养，在这生命里并因这生命而长大。我们该渴慕纯净的话奶，不但得著属灵的抗生素，也接受养分，使我们长大。纯净的话奶滋养我们，我们靠这养分长大。
13According to Peter’sword in verse 2, we should long for the guileless milk of the word so that by it we may grow. To grow is a matter of life and in life. We received the divine life through regeneration, and we need to grow in this life and with this life by being nourished with the milk conveyed in the Word of God. We should desire the guileless milk of the word not only to have a spiritual antibiotic, but also to receive nourishment so that we may grow. The guileless milk of the word nourishes us, and by this nourishment we grow
14许多基督徒以为长大是得著更多的知识。初信者受浸以后，别人也许鼓励他参加某种查经班。他也许受鼓励要得著更多的知识。然而，他也许没有听见一番话，帮助他领悟，他藉著重生接受了神圣的生命，现今他的需要是在生命里长大。他也许只得著帮助，知道福音书里的故事，然后知道旧约里的故事。渐渐的，他也许得著更多圣经的知识，而有些人也许认为这就是长大。然而，这种对长大的观念全然与新约里的相反。照著新约，长大是在生命度量上真正的扩增。知识并不帮助我们在生命的度量上扩增。
14Many Christians think that to grow is to gain more knowledge. After a new believer has been baptized, others may encourage him to attend some kind of Bible class. He may be encouraged to get more knowledge. However, he may not hear a word that helps him to realize that through regeneration he has received the divine life and that now his need is to grow in life. He may only be helped to learn the stories in the Gospels and then the stories in the Old Testament. Gradually, he may pick up more Bible knowledge, and some may regard this as growth. This concept of growth, however, is altogether contrary to that in the New Testament. According to the New Testament, growth is the genuine increase in the measure of life. Knowledge does not help us to increase in the measure of life
15小孩怎样长大？他们乃是靠接受养分而长大。婴孩若有健康的饮食，并且天天得著滋养的食物，他就会渐渐长大。这种长大是从那吸取到他里面的一切食物而来的扩增。至终，这人会长大成人，成为他所吃之食物的组成。可能他出生时只有六磅重，但他长成时，也许就有一百八十磅重。他经历了在生命里真实的长大，这个长大来自吃健康的食物，将其消化，并将其吸收到他的细胞里，使其成为他这人的组织。这是在生命里真正长大的例证。我们需要渴慕纯净的话奶，叫我们靠此在生命里有真实的长大。真实的长大是生命度量的扩增。我们若在生命里长大，我们里面生命的元素就会加增，我们在属灵的身材上也会有所扩增。（弗四13。）
15How do children grow? They grow by receiving nourishment. If an infant has a healthy diet and daily is given nourishing food, gradually he will grow. This growth is the increase from all the food taken into him. Eventually, as a full-grown adult, this one will be a composition of what he has eaten. Perhaps at birth he weighed only six pounds. But when he is full- grown, he may be a man weighing one hundred eighty pounds. He has experienced the real growth in life, the growth that comes from eating healthy food, digesting it, and assimilating it into his cells so that it becomes the very fibers of his being. This is an illustration of genuine growth in life. We need to desire the guileless milk of the word so that by it we may have real growth in life. True growth is the increase of the measure of life. If we are growing in life, the life element within us will increase, and there will be an increase in our spiritual stature (Eph. 4:13