西三10~11 并且穿上了新人；这新人照着创造他者的形像渐渐更新，以致有充足的知识；在此并没有希利尼人和犹太人、受割礼的和未受割礼的、化外人、西古提人、为奴的、自主的，唯有基督是一切，又在一切之内。

　　在我们心思的灵里得以更新，其中心点乃是为着一个新人。……〔按照歌罗西三章十至十一节，〕在新人里，希利尼人和犹太人、受割礼的和未受割礼的、化外人、西古提人、为奴的、自主的，都没有地位。更新不是仅仅为着我们的行事为人；更新更是要除去我们种族的规条，并除去天然的人。在新人里不仅没有天然的人，连任何天然的人存在的可能和地位都没有。在新人里只有基督有地位。新人不是中国人、日本人、法国人、英国人、德国人或美国人。新人乃是基督。对新人来说，基督是一切，又在一切之内。在新人里不可能有犹太人或希利尼人，不可能有中国人或日本人。在新人里不可能有白人或黑人。为着一个新人的出现，我们都需要被更新（CWWL一九七七年第三册，六五四至六五五页）。

　　Col. 3:10-11 And have put on the new man, which is being renewed unto full knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all and in all.

　　The focal point of being renewed in the spirit of our mind is for the one new man. [According to Colossians 3:10-11], in the new man Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, and free man have no place. The renewal is not merely for our behavior. The renewal is even more to get rid of our racial ordinances and to get rid of the natural persons. Not only is there no natural person in the new man, but there is no possibility, no room, for any natural person. In the new man there is room only for Christ. The new man is not Chinese, Japanese, French, English, German, or American. The new man is Christ. Christ is all and in all in the new man. In the new man there cannot be any Jew or Greek. There cannot be any Chinese or any Japanese. In the new man there cannot be any white or any black. We all need to be renewed for the existence of the one new man. (CWWL, 1977, vol. 3, “The One New Man,” pp. 516-517)

　　歌罗西三章十节说到新人的创造和更新。新人的创造是在十字架上完成的，但新人的更新需要一直往前。为着新人的出现，我们需要心思被更新。神已经创造了新人，但新人还没有完全得以出现，因为我们的心思尚未更新；我们的心思乃是难处。……不同种族和不同文化的人得救，比起他们在生活方式上得更新要容易得多。日本的规条绝对不同于美国的规条。我到任何地方去，

　　都必须调整自己以适应我所访问之人特别的规条。这些不同的规条通常给我们造成难处，因此我们的心思需要更多的更新。

　　神创造了一个团体人，神需要这个团体人来完成祂心头的愿望；但人堕落了，成了分裂且分散的。人既分裂且分散，就在神手中一无用处。看看今天的光景，整个世界乃是一个分裂且分散的世界。……世界真实的光景乃是：这地上的各国都不是联合的，乃是分裂的。社会的每个阶层都有分裂。

　　罗马十二章二节劝勉我们，不要模仿这世代。……不模仿这世代，意思……是说，我们不该跟随分裂的方式。罗马十二章二节和以弗所四章二十三节，都论到更新的事，也都是为着身体生活。……你若仔细查看罗马十二章的上下文，就能看见神的旨意就是要得着身体。心思的更新乃是为着身体生活。身体生活的问题与不同的规条有关。

　　当保罗把那些没有地位存在于新人里的各种天然人，列举出来时，他是包罗周全的。希利尼人是要哲学的智慧，犹太人是要神迹（林前一22）。受割礼的，指遵守犹太宗教仪式的人；未受割礼的，指不理会犹太宗教的人。化外人是未开化的人，西古提人被视为最野蛮的人。为奴的是卖身为奴的人，自主的是指从为奴得自由的人。今天的基督徒被种族、国籍、语言和宗教的事物所分裂。有些基督徒坚持浸水礼，有些人坚持点水礼。这与受割礼和不受割礼没有什么不同。宗教的事物能够分裂基督徒；有些人甚至因基督徒该如何聚会而分裂。宗教的意见总是分裂基督身体的肢体。……我们天然的心思需要被更新，这意思是说，我们的心思需要被那灵充满并浸透。那灵需要渗透我们头脑的每一部分（CWWL一九七七年第三册，六五五至六五七页）。

　　参读：一个新人，第三、五至七章。

　　In Colossians 3:10 are the creation of the new man and his renewal. The creation was completed on the cross, but the renewal needs to go on. We need to have our mind renewed for the existence of the new man. God has created the new man, but the new man has not fully come into existence because of our unrenewed mind. Our mind is the problem….For people from different races and cultures to get saved is much easier than being renewed concerning their way of living. The ordinances in Japan are absolutely different from the ordinances in the United States. Everywhere I traveled I had to adjust to the particular ordinances of the people I visited. These different ordinances usually create a problem for us because our mind needs more renewing.

　　God created one corporate man. God needed that man to fulfill His heart's desire, but man fell and became divided and scattered. By being divided and scattered, man became useless in the hands of God. Look at today's situation. The whole world is a divided and scattered world….The real situation of the world is that the nations of this earth are not united but divided. In every level of society there is division.

　　Romans 12:2 exhorts us not to be conformed to this age….To not be conformed to this age means…that we should not follow the way of divisions. Romans 12:2 and Ephesians 4:23 are concerning the matter of renewing, and both verses are for the Body life….If you look into the context of Romans 12, you can see that the will of God is to have the Body. The renewing of the mind is for the Body life. The problems in the Body life are related to the different ordinances.

　　Paul was all-inclusive when he listed the types of natural persons for which there is no room in the new man. The Greeks are for philosophical wisdom; the Jews, for miraculous signs (1 Cor. 1:22). Circumcision refers to the observers of the Jewish religious rituals; uncircumcision to those who do not care for the Jewish religion. A barbarian is an uncultured person. Scythians were considered the most barbarous. A slave was one who had been sold into slavery, and a free man was one who was free from slavery. Christians today have been divided by race, by nationality, by language, and also by religious matters. Some Christians are for baptism by immersion, whereas others are for sprinkling. This is no different than being for circumcision or uncircumcision. Religious matters can divide Christians. Others have divided over the way a Christian meeting should be held. Religious opinions always divide the members of the Body. We need to be renewed in our natural mind, which means that our mind needs to be filled up and saturated with the Spirit. The Spirit needs to permeate every fiber of our mentality. (CWWL, 1977, vol. 3, “The One New Man,” pp. 517-518)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1977, vol. 3, “The One New Man,” chs. 3, 5-7