弗一23 召会是祂的身体，是那在万有中充满万有者的丰满。

　　加一2 …写信给加拉太的众召会。

　　Eph. 1:23 Which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.

　　Gal. 1:2 ….to the churches of Galatia:

　　在召会生活里，…有的信徒像蝴蝶，是单独行动的；有的信徒像蜜蜂，乃是群居群动的。蝴蝶从这朵花飞到那朵花，走自己甜蜜的道路；但蜜蜂乃为蜂房工作。蝴蝶的生活和工作，都走单独的路线；但蜜蜂不是这样，它们有整体的感觉。我们都该像蜜蜂，有身体的感觉，和其他的肢体一同活在基督的身体中。我们一有身体的启示，就有身体的感觉；一有身体的感觉，一切个人的想法和行动，自然而然就除去了。

　　In the church life,…. some Christians are like butterflies; they act independently. Others are like bees; they live and move together. The butterfly flies from flower to flower, going its own sweet way; but the bee works for the hive. The butterfly lives and works individually, but the bee has a body-consciousness. We should all be like bees, having the consciousness of the Body so that we can live together with other members in the Body of Christ. Wherever there is Body-revelation, there is Body-consciousness, and wherever there is Body-consciousness, individual thought and action are automatically ruled out.

　　基督的身体不仅是宇宙的，也是地方的；每一个地方召会，都是基督的身体在那个地方的显出。基督一切的丰富都交在地方召会里。…在一个地方，不是一部分的信徒，而是全体的信徒，才构成那地的召会。另一面，召会不是一个肢体，而是在地方上所代表的身体。所以，我们摸着地方召会，就是摸着身体；我们进入地方召会的交通，就是进入身体的交通。基督的身体不是抽像的，不是难以捉摸的，基督的身体就出现在地方召会里。所以任何人想要实际的在身体里生活，就必须在地方召会里，与地方上的圣徒有交通，在地方召会里受造就，彼此建造在一起（基督的奥秘，一七、六九页）。

　　The Body of Christ is not only universal; it is also local. Every local church is the manifestation of the Body of Christ in that locality. All of the riches of Christ are vested in the local church…. The entire company of believers in a locality, not just a section of the believers, constitutes the church in that locality. The church is not one member; it represents the whole Body in a locality. Hence, when we touch the local church, we touch the Body. Participating in the fellowship of the local church is participating in the fellowship of the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ is not something abstract or unfathomable; the Body of Christ is manifested in the local churches. Anyone who wants to live in the Body in a practical way has to be in the local churches. He should fellowship with the local saints, be edified in the local church, and be built up together in mutuality. (The Mystery of Christ, pp 17, 69)

　　召会的出现，一面是以人群集居行政的地方单位为范围，一面又是以一地一会为原则。在每一个地方单位上，召会的出现只能有一个…。在小的地方是一个召会，在大的地方也只能有一个召会。耶路撒冷虽然是一个大城市，人口众多，但在那里只能有一个召会…。亚西亚的那些城，虽然城小人稀，也是一个地方有一个召会，不能两个地方合起来有一个召会。圣经里只有在耶路撒冷的召会，在安提阿的召会（徒八1，十三1，这些地方的“召会”原文都是单数的），没有在耶路撒冷的众召会，在安提阿的众召会。…召会该是一地一个。

　　另一面，当圣经提到一区，或是一省的时候，因为包括许多人群集居的行政单位，所以就说在那一区或在那一省的“众召会”，那个“召会”就是多数的。就如行传十五章四十一节，说到在叙利亚和基利家那一带地方的“众召会”。加拉太一章二节和林前十六章一节，说到“加拉太〔省〕的众召会”。…十九节说到“亚西亚〔省〕的众召会”。林后八章一节说到“马其顿〔省的〕众召会”。…召会的出现是地方的，并且是以一地一会为原则（认识教会，二○至二二页）。

　　Churches' appearing, is on one hand in a locality within the jurisdiction of a city, and on the other hand, based on the one church one locality principle. At each locality, there can only be one church… In a small locality, there is one church. In a large locality, there can only be one church as well. Jerusalem is a large city with many people. But there can be only one church there… The cities in Asia, though small and with less people, should have one church at each locality, but cannot have one church for two localities. In the Bible, there is only the church in Jerusalem and the church in Antioch (Acts 8:1, 13:1, the “church” at these localities is singular in original text.) There are no churches in Jerusalem and churches in Antioch. …Church should be one per locality.

　　On the other hand, when a region or a province is mentioned in the Bible, because many localities are included, therefore “the churches” of that region or province are mentioned. The “churches” are plural. For instance, in Acts 15:41, there is mentioning of “the churches in Syria and Cilicia.” In Galatians 1:2 and 1 Corinthians 16:1, there is mentioning of “the churches of Galatia”. …in verse 19 there is mentioning of “the churches of Asia.” 2 Corinthians 8:1 mentions “the churches of Macedonia.” …the churches' appearing is local and based on the principle of one church one locality. (Knowing the Church, pp 20-22)

　　从一九四九年我离开中国大陆的时候起，借着这分职事，大约有三百八十处召会已经在全球五大洲兴起。…今天神在地上所需要的，乃是基督奥秘身体实际的显出。…主恢复的将来是荣耀的，我确信主在新约所说的话都要应验。毫无疑问，主一直在作工，以恢复、得着祂那奥秘的身体。我们需要分辨祂的身体，并且留在身体里，好叫我们享受那灵，来为着神的行政（哥林多前书生命读经，六二四页）。

　　since I left mainland China in 1949, about three hundred eighty churches have been raised up on five continents through this ministry…. What God needs on earth today is the practical expression of the mystical Body of Christ…. The future of the Lord's recovery is glorious. I surely believe that whatever the Lord has spoken in the New Testament will be fulfilled. There is no doubt that the Lord is working to recover, to gain, His mystical Body. We need to discern His Body and remain in the Body so that we may enjoy the Spirit for God's administration. (Life-study of 1 Corinthians, p 624)