新约 - 哥林多前书(1 Corinthians)第3章

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly--mere infants in Christ.
I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.
You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men?
For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men?
What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe--as the Lord has assigned to each his task.
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds.
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,
his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work.
If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward.
If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.
Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness";
and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."
So then, no more boasting about men! All things are yours,
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future--all are yours,
and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.
哥林多前书第三章   林前 3:1-3> 仍要吃奶的婴孩,他们是如此,我怕我…… 

  3:1-3 保罗把哥林多的信徒看为在基督里的婴孩,因为他们的属灵生命仍未茁壮成熟。他们仍像孩童般争执,又容许纷争在他们中间出现。未成熟的基督徒是“属肉体的”,被私欲控制着;而成熟的基督徒则被神的心意掌管。你的私欲怎样影响你的生命呢?被私欲控制必会妨碍属灵生命的成长,应当让神的旨意成为你人生的目标。 

  林前 3:6> 传道人传扬福音,信徒仰赖,哥林多的信徒甚至为所师不同而起纷争;只是叫人成长的却是…… 

  3:6 保罗是宣教的先锋,他把福音的种子播在人的心里,宣扬得救的信息;亚波罗则是一位浇灌者,帮助信徒的信心不断成长。保罗建立了哥林多教会,亚波罗则在此根基上建造。可惜哥林多的信徒竟然因为效忠这两位教会领袖而闹起分裂来( 1:11-13 )。当每个传道人完成了他的工作后,神会继续叫信徒成长。我们应当尊重传道人,但切不可把他当作偶像,以致代替基督的位置,成为信徒之间的拦阻。 

  林前 3:7-9> 与神同工,受人赞美我心悦,神的赏赐?感觉不到!我…… 

  3:7-9 神的工作需要各种不同恩赐和能力的人共同参与。在整个事工之内,没有任何明星,大家都是担任不同岗位的工人。只要我们甘愿将个人荣耀置之脑后,便可以在神的工作中有贡献。人的称赞是暂时的、虚浮的,惟有神的称赞才是永恒的、有价值的。 

  3:10-11 教会(所有信徒)的根基是耶稣基督。保罗也以此作为哥林多教会的根基。不管那建造教会的是政府官员、传道者、教师、父母或其他人,都必须用最好的材料(正确的教义和生活),才能符合神的要求。保罗并非批评亚波罗的工作,乃是向将来的教会领袖挑战,要他们在宣教和教导上都要有出色的表现。 

  林前 3:10-17> 金、银、草木、禾秸各不同,何种材料好?用火一试便知道;你想你经得起试验吗? 

  3:10-17 教会的根基是耶稣基督,那么教会的每个成员都应该成熟,有属灵的触觉,对教义有正确的理解。可惜哥林多教会却充塞了“草、木、禾秸”,教会内的成员既不成熟、也不彼此体谅,又追求错误的教义( 3:1-4 ),难怪他们存在这么多问题。每间教会的信徒都应当全心全意敬爱基督,以最好的材料,金、银、宝石建造自己的工程。你的工程是否可以经受这火的试验呢? 

  林前 3:11> 我的根基惟基督?但我也爱世上的成就,名声,我…… 

  3:11 一座建筑物稳固,在于它的根基。我们生命的根基是耶稣基督,所以我们所有的及所做的,也必须符合祂的模式。你是将自己的生命建造在这惟一真实而恒久的根基上呢,还是将生命建造在其他如财富、安全感、成就或声望等基础上呢? 

  林前 3:13-15> 我也在努力为主建立工程,不知道得见主面的时候,我可会受赏赐? 

  3:13-15 要摧毁一座建筑物方法有二:其一:损害其根基,其二:以劣等的材料来建造。除了耶稣基督以外,你不能再将教会建立在任何人或任何原则之上。基督会评估每个传道者对教会的贡献,在审判的日子,每个人的工作就会显露,神将会判定他是否忠于耶稣所吩咐的。良好的工程可以获得赏赐;劣等的工程就要被烧毁。 

  林前 3:16-17> 我们的身体是神的殿,教会也是,人对这却是…… 

  3:16-17 正如我们的身体是圣灵的殿一样( 6:19 ),教会也是神的殿。圣殿不能受到亵渎玷污,教会也不能被分裂、或被信徒的罪恶所玷污。 

  林前 3:18-21> 人总说这个讲员讲得好,那个不好,哥林多教会如是,我们也不遑多让,是吗? 

  3:18-21 保罗并没有禁止哥林多教会的信徒追求知识,只是警告他们,若世上的智慧使他们远离神,这根本就不是智慧。哥林多教会要用世上的智慧来评价他们的领袖和教师,他们的虚荣心使他们看重别人的表达技巧过于信息的内容。 

  林前 3:22> 生而走向死亡,实在有点可怕,你怕吗? 

  3:22 保罗说生命与死亡都是我们的。对未信的人而言,他们其实是生命的受害人,常被世间的潮流所摆弄,并且挣扎寻求生命的各种意义。但对信徒而言,他们既了解生命的目的,就能适当运用生命。未信的人只会害怕死亡;但对信徒而言,死亡没有什么可惧,因为基督已把所有的惧怕除去(参约壹 4:18 ),死亡只是引向永生的开始。