弗四8 所以经上说，“祂既升上高处，就掳掠了那些被掳的，将恩赐赐给人。”

　　　　16 本于祂，全身借着每一丰富供应的节，并借着每一部分依其度量而有的功用，得以联络在一起，并结合在一起，便叫身体渐渐长大，以致在爱里把自己建造起来。

　　我们可以分辨生机上的完全或完整，与功用上的完全。婴儿一生下来就在生机上是完全的，也就是说，婴儿已经具备了一切必要的器官。然而，一个孩子刚生下来时，在功用上并不完全。……要有正确的发展，正常的功能，每个孩子都需要保养、顾惜。这个原则也能应用到作为新人的召会上。在以弗所二章十五节，我们看见新人生机的创造，但在四章十三至十六节，我们看见新人功用的成全。

　　四章十六节是极其重要的一节。……我们在生命里的长大，是长到元首基督里面；但我们在基督身体里的功用，是从元首出来的。“每一部分”这辞，指的是基督身体的每一肢体。基督身体的每一肢体各有其度量，尽功用叫身体长大。基督的身体是借着供应的节和尽功用的部分，叫自己渐渐长大。基督身体的长大，就是基督在召会里的加增，结果叫基督的身体把自己建造起来（以弗所书生命读经，九二六至九二七页）。

　　Eph. 4:8 “Having ascended to the height, He led captive those taken captive and gave gifts to men.”

　　16 Out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being knit together through every joint of the rich supply and through the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.

　　We may distinguish between something that is perfect, or complete, organically and something that is perfect according to its function. At birth, an infant is perfect organically; that is, the infant has all the necessary organs. However, a child is not functionally perfect at birth…. In order to develop properly and to function normally, every child needs to be nourished and cherished. This principle also applies to the church as the new man. In Ephesians 2:15 we see the creation of the new man organically, but in 4:13-16 we see the perfecting of the new man in relation to his function.

　　Ephesians 4:16 is an extremely important verse….Our growth in life is to grow into the Head, Christ, but our function in the Body is to function out from Him. The phrase each one part refers to every member of the Body. Every member of the Body of Christ has its own measure which works for the growth of the Body. The Body causes the growth of itself through the supplying joints and working parts. The growth of the Body is the increase of Christ in the church, which results in the building up of the Body itself. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 767-768)

　　在以弗所二章我们有新人的出生，但没有新人的功用。新人出生时，在生机上是完全的；然而，他还不能尽功用。小孩子如何需要借着保养、顾惜得成全，那在生机上完全的新人，也照样需要借着生命的长大得成全，使他能正确地尽功用。

　　借着四章所说的长大，新人就能尽功用。借着每一部分依其度量而有的功用，便叫身体渐渐长大，以致在爱里把自己建造起来。创造新人的责任全在于主，在这事上我们是没有分的。但我们必须履行我们的责任，借着保养和顾惜来成全新人。新人这样被成全时，他就长大，并在功用上得以完全。……唯有得着正确的滋养，新人才能在功用上得以完全。

　　四章八节告诉我们，升天的基督将各样的恩赐赐给人。这里的恩赐不是指服事的能力，乃是指十一节各种有恩赐的人—使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师。基督借着死与复活，征服了撒但和死，并拯救他们这些人脱离撒但和死之后，就在升天里用祂复活的生命，使这些蒙拯救的罪人成为这样的恩赐，并将他们赐给祂的身体，以建造祂的身体。因此，十一节所说四种有恩赐的人，乃是那些被赋予特别恩赐的人。这些有恩赐的人，赐给了召会，“为要成全圣徒，目的是为着职事的工作，为着建造基督的身体。”（12）圣徒越被成全，就越长大。借着长大，他们的功用就显出来，并且他们乃是照着他们的度量有效地工作而尽功用。

　　基督作到我们里面，成为我们的生命、人位和一切。然后，我们把这位作到我们里面的基督供应给别人。……我相信时候就要来到，那时每一位在地方召会中的人都是尽功用的肢体。……我们越因着保养顾惜而长大，就越能在召会生活中正确地尽功用。圣徒若是对主绝对，短时间之内许多人就会显出功用来。我在主里十分确信，主恢复里的光景很快就会是这样（以弗所书生命读经，九二七至九三○、九三三页）。

　　参读：以弗所书生命读经，第九十二篇。

　　In Ephesians 2 …we have the birth of the new man, but not the function of the new man. At birth, the new man is organically perfect; however, he is not yet able to function. Just as a child needs to be perfected through nourishing and cherishing, so the organically perfect new man needs to be perfected through the growth of life in order to function in a proper way.

　　Through the growth spoken of in chapter 4, the new man comes into function. Through the operation in the measure of each part, the Body grows unto the building up of itself in love. The creation of the new man was the responsibility of the Lord alone. We have nothing whatever to do with this. But we must fulfill our responsibility to perfect the new man through nourishing and cherishing. As the new man is perfected in this way, he grows and becomes perfect functionally.

　　The new man can become perfect in relation to his functions only through receiving the proper nourishment. In Ephesians 4:8 we are told that the ascended Christ gave gifts to men. The gifts here do not refer to abilities for service, but to the gifted persons mentioned in verse 11—apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. After conquering them and rescuing them from Satan and death through His death and resurrection, Christ in His ascension makes rescued sinners such gifts with His resurrection life and gives them to His Body for its building up. Hence, the four kinds of gifted persons mentioned in verse 11 are those who have been endued with a special gift. These gifted ones are given “for the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ” (v. 12). The more the saints are perfected, the more they grow. Through growth their function comes forth, and they function according to the effectual working in their measure.

　　Christ is wrought into us to become our life, our person, and our everything. Then we minister to others the very Christ who has been wrought into us. I believe that the day is coming when everyone in the local churches will be a functioning member….The more we grow by being nourished and cherished, the more we shall function properly in the church life. If the saints are absolute with the Lord, in a relatively short time many will come into function. I have the full assurance in the Lord that soon this will be the situation in the Lord's recovery. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 768-771, 773)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msg. 92