哥林多前書12:12-31

12:12 就如身子是一個，卻有許多肢體；而且肢體雖多，仍是一個身子；基督也是這樣。
12:13 我們不拘是猶太人，是希臘人，是為奴的，是自主的，都從一位聖靈受洗，成了一個身體，飲於一位聖靈。
12:14 身子原不是一個肢體，乃是許多肢體。
12:15 設若腳說：「我不是手，所以不屬乎身子，」它不能因此就不屬乎身子。
12:16 設若耳說：「我不是眼，所以不屬乎身子，」它不能因此就不屬乎身子。
12:17 若全身是眼，從哪裡聽聲呢？若全身是耳，從哪裡聞味呢？
12:18 但如今，上帝隨自己的意思把肢體俱各安排在身上了。
12:19 若都是一個肢體，身子在哪裡呢？
12:20 但如今肢體是多的，身子卻是一個。
12:21 眼不能對手說：「我用不著你。」頭也不能對腳說：「我用不著你。」
12:22 不但如此，身上肢體人以為軟弱的，更是不可少的。
12:23 身上肢體，我們看為不體面的，越發給它加上體面；不俊美的，越發得著俊美。
12:24 我們俊美的肢體，自然用不著裝飾；但上帝配搭這身子，把加倍的體面給那有缺欠的肢體，
12:25 免得身上分門別類，總要肢體彼此相顧。
12:26 若一個肢體受苦，所有的肢體就一同受苦；若一個肢體得榮耀，所有的肢體就一同快樂。
12:27 你們就是基督的身子，並且各自作肢體。
12:28 上帝在教會所設立的：第一是使徒，第二是先知，第三是教師，其次是行異能的，再次是得恩賜醫病的，幫助人的，治理事的，說方言的。
12:29 豈都是使徒嗎？豈都是先知嗎？豈都是教師嗎？豈都是行異能的嗎？
12:30 豈都是得恩賜醫病的嗎？豈都是說方言的嗎？豈都是翻方言的嗎？
12:31 你們要切切地求那更大的恩賜。我現今把最妙的道指示你們。

¹² Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³ For we were all baptized by^[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. ¹⁴ Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
¹⁵ Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. ¹⁶ 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 stop being part of the body. ¹⁷ 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? ¹⁸ But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. ¹⁹ If they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰ As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
²¹ 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!” ²² On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, ²³ 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, ²⁴ while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, ²⁵ so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. ²⁶ If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. ²⁸ And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. ²⁹ Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? ³⁰ Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues^[d]? Do all interpret? ³¹ Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.

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    保羅用肢體的功能來說明恩賜的配搭，也說明教會是一體的，各有各的功能，誰也不能代替誰，或是搶奪誰的恩賜。也因為這樣大家要互相配搭，彼此相愛、互相尊榮。

    也因此，大家不能彼此切割，不管誰好誰壞，我們不能說他（她）不是我們的兄弟姊妹，不管光榮或羞辱都要承擔，都要接受，因為我們同屬基督的肢體。正如保羅說：「若一個肢體受苦，所有的肢體就一同受苦；若一個肢體得榮耀，所有的肢體就一同快樂。」

    而我們之所以成為一體是與三一上帝有關係：雖然有三個位格，卻是合一的！同樣，雖有許多肢體，卻都在基督裡成為一體了！

哥林多前書12:1-11

12:1 弟兄們，論到屬靈的恩賜，我不願意你們不明白。
12:2 你們作外邦人的時候，隨事被牽引，受迷惑，去服事那啞巴偶像，這是你們知道的。
12:3 所以我告訴你們，被上帝的靈感動的，沒有說「耶穌是可咒詛」的；若不是被聖靈感動的，也沒有能說「耶穌是主」的。
12:4 恩賜原有分別，聖靈卻是一位。
12:5 職事也有分別，主卻是一位。
12:6 功用也有分別，上帝卻是一位，在眾人裡面運行一切的事。
12:7 聖靈顯在各人身上，是叫人得益處。
12:8 這人蒙聖靈賜他智慧的言語，那人也蒙這位聖靈賜他知識的言語，
12:9 又有一人蒙這位聖靈賜他信心，還有一人蒙這位聖靈賜他醫病的恩賜，
12:10 又叫一人能行異能，又叫一人能作先知，又叫一人能辨別諸靈，又叫一人能說方言，又叫一人能翻方言。
12:11 這一切都是這位聖靈所運行、隨己意分給各人的。

Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. ² You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. ³ Therefore I want you to know 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.

⁴ There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. ⁵ There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. ⁶ There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
⁷ Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. ⁸ To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, ¹⁰ to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,^[a] and to still another the interpretation of tongues.^{[b] 11} All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

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    保羅說明聖靈在信徒當中的做為：就是讓信徒認識出「耶穌是主」，因為耶穌是人的樣式顯現在人的面前，若不是聖靈的啟示，人是無法認出祂就是上帝差來的基督，不知祂真為人，也真為上帝！

    聖靈更會在教會中賜下各樣的恩賜，目的就是：「聖靈顯在各人身上，是叫人得益處」。顯明祂是有位格的：「這一切都是這位聖靈所運行、隨己意分給各人的。」

    聖靈既然隨己意分給各人恩賜，也就是告訴我們：恩賜不是學習來的，也不是隨自己的心意求來的，而是要順服聖靈的作為，祂賜下什麼就領受什麼，祂要我們做什麼，就做什麼！因為，聖靈是完全的上帝，就是我們的主！

箴言19:3

人的愚昧傾敗他的道；他的心也抱怨耶和華。

A person’s own folly leads to their ruin,
    yet their heart rages against the Lord.

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    許多人抱怨：「我比別人努力，為什麼沒有比別人有成就？」

    其實有這樣的抱怨，就要想想自己是不是沒有掌握到工作要領？而不是一味怨天尤人，就如：砍樹木，也不能一直砍，要休息一下，恢復體力，斧頭或鋸條是否要磨利或更新？

    對於服事的人，我們更要思考是憑己力來事奉，還是靠基督的恩典來事奉。記得，我們獻上「凡火」是不蒙上帝喜悅，我們要獻上上帝看為聖的，才會蒙悅納！上帝看為聖的，就是耶穌基督的寶血所遮蓋的。你是不是靠耶穌基督的寶血，來上帝面前事奉呢？

箴言19:2

心無知識的，乃為不善；腳步急快的，難免犯罪。

Desire without knowledge is not good—
    how much more will hasty feet miss the way!

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    「積極」在今日看來是好事，但是在聖經中並不這樣認為。凡是要進行之前，還是要有所認識與規劃，尤其是禱告的工夫是不能缺的。就像門徒知道聖靈要降臨，它們是經過十天的禱告預備自己的。

    同樣，今日我們要服事上帝，也不是隨隨便便，想要就要，要做什麼就馬上進行。要有一顆敬畏上帝的心，求主引導，求主在前面為我們開路，而不是莽莽撞撞，憑著一時的熱心。我們服事上帝是扎扎實實的進行，是長長久久的事。

    今日都喜歡求快速、趕風潮，其實上帝有上帝的腳步，我們要藉由聖經去認識而跟隨，不是比快的，是比長久的果效，是要「川流不息」的！