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新约 - 哥林多前书(1 Corinthians)第12章

Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.
You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.
There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.
For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
Now the body is not made up of one part but of many.
If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!"
On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,
while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.
哥林多前书第十二章   林前 12:1-11> 各人所做的既有不同,我想恩赐也有分别,更有高下,不是吗?某某比某某就更好…… 

  12:1-11 “恩赐”是圣灵赐给每一个信徒的一些特别能力,用来建立教会的工作,本章未列出所有的恩赐(参罗 12 章;弗 4 章;彼前 4:10-11 )。各人都有不同的恩赐,有些人会拥有超过一种的恩赐,但没有一种恩赐是比别的恩赐更高级的。所有恩赐都来自圣灵,为了建立基督的教会。但在哥林多教会,恩赐不但没有使教会建立和合一,反倒令教会分裂。因为它变成了属灵能力的象征,引起竞争,有恩赐的人,被视为是更属灵的人。这是严重地误用了恩赐!恩赐的原意是用来帮助教会能更有效地发展,而不是要用来分裂她。如果我们坚持按自己的方法来运用恩赐,而忽略了别人,或者藉恩赐来辖制别人,寻求个人的益处,教会就会分裂。 

  林前 12:3> 假教师,说话动听人吸引,人心已向他,又如何可知其真假? 

  12:3 任何人都可以声称他代表神说话,这个世界充斥着假教师。保罗给了一个检验方法,使我们能识别那人是否真是来自神的使者:这个人承认基督是主吗?不要幼稚地接纳那自称来自神的人所说的话,要从他所说有关基督的言论,察验他是否可靠。 

  林前 12:10-11> 明明是有分别的,保罗却说恩赐各不同,高下也不分──真的?人的想法却是…… 

  12:10-11 “作先知”不单是预告未来的事,也要大力地传讲神的话语。“辨别诸灵”是指有能力分辨某人是否真正传讲神的话,或是传讲邪灵的信息(保罗在 14 章会详细解释方言和翻译方言的事)。无论那人拥有什么恩赐,每一个恩赐都是圣灵所赐的,圣灵按着自己的意思去分配。我们有责任去运用及操练自己的恩赐,但却没有可夸之处。 

  林前 12:12> 身体部分多,手巧灵活人称赞,皮毛似乎没大用──那我要作手──你不同意这看法? 

  12:12 保罗以人的身体来比作基督的身体。身体的每一部分都有它独特的功能,而这功能对于整个身体而言又都是必须的。每部分的作用皆不一样,因此必须配搭运作。基督徒要避免下列两个常犯的错误:( 1 )过于为自己的能力而骄傲;( 2 )自以为没有什么可以贡献给教会的。不要与别人比较,却应该与别人共同合作,发挥自己的恩赐,将救恩的福音传扬出去。 

  林前 12:13> 每个人都不同,性情喜好各有独特之处,却都挤在基督的教会里,不怕冲突吗? 

  12:13 教会中包含了各样不同背景、不同种类的人,他们各有不同的恩赐和能力。这些差异很容易便分裂了整个群体,哥林多教会便是这样。但是,不管信徒间的差异如何大,总有一样是共同的:就是对基督的信仰。这就是教会合一的重要基础。所有信徒都受同一位圣灵的洗,加入教会,成为信仰团体的一部分。我们没有失去个人的独特身分,但有一个更重要的目的,就是在基督里合一。当一个人成了基督徒以后,圣灵便会住在他心里,使他成为神家中的成员。同“饮于一位圣灵”,是指这位圣灵完全占据了我们的每一部分。作为这家庭的一分子,我们可能拥有不同的兴趣和恩赐,却有共同的目标。 

  林前 12:14-24> 如果只有我有恩赐就好了,那我岂不是最好的──有错啊,在哪里?给你答…… 

  12:14-24 保罗以身体作为比喻,强调教会每一个会友的重要性(参 12:12 注释)。倘若有一个似乎不那么重要的肢体被拿走,整个身体便会有缺陷;若以为自己的恩赐比别人重要,便是属灵的骄傲。我们切不可轻视那些似乎不重要的肢体;也不可嫉妒那些拥有特别恩赐的人。我们要尽量运用神赐给我们的恩赐,也鼓励别人运用他们的恩赐,否则,教会就不能那么有效地运作。 

  林前 12:25-26> 有人得荣耀,我心酸溜溜;有人受苦,问句是吗不再顾,我不喜欢自己是如此呀…… 

  12:25-26 当身边有基督徒得荣耀时,你的反应如何?当有基督徒受苦时,你的反应又如何?我们要与喜乐的人同乐,与哀伤的人同哭(参罗 12:15 )。但不幸地,我们却很容易嫉妒喜乐的人,又冷漠对待哀伤的人。基督徒是同在这世上的──没有私人或个体的基督教。我们不应单享受自己与神的关系,却需要进入他人的生活中。 

  林前 12:31> 我的恩赐是我的,我得称赞理当的,不是吗? 

  12:31 对基督的身体有更多好处的恩赐,就是更大的恩赐。保罗已清楚地指出没有一种恩赐比其他恩赐更重要的,但他现在鼓励信徒善用神所赐的恩赐。你的恩赐不是你个人的成就;它们是为了服事神,促进教会的属灵成长而赐下的。