西一9 ……我们自从听见的日子，也就为你们不住地祷告祈求，愿你们在一切属灵的智慧和悟性上，充分认识神的旨意。

　　　四12 有你们那里的人，作基督耶稣奴仆的以巴弗问你们安；他在祷告中常为你们竭力奋斗，要你们得以成熟，站立得住，在神一切的旨意上满有确信。

　　智慧是在我们的灵里，以领会、感觉并察知神属灵的事物；悟性是在我们的心思里，以翻译我们所察知的。我们需要一切属灵的智慧和悟性，以充分认识神的旨意。这里所提到神的旨意，不是祂在小事上的旨意，不是仅仅要我们知道该上什么学校，该买什么房子，或是否要结婚。这些事都太次要了。这里所提到神的旨意，乃是神永远的旨意，神伟大的旨意，与我们日常生活的事无关，乃是与神的定旨，神的意愿有关。我们要明白神的旨意，需要有充分地认识，以及一切属灵的智慧和悟性（李文集一九六四年第二册，四三九至四四○页）。

　　属灵的智慧和悟性是属于我们灵里神的灵，这与仅仅在人黑暗心思里智慧派的哲学相对（圣经恢复本，西一9注1）。

　　Col. 1:9 ...We also, since the day we heard of it, do not cease praying and asking on your behalf that you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.

　　4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

　　Wisdom is in our spirit for us to realize, sense, and perceive the spiritual things, and understanding is in our mind to interpret what we perceive. We need all spiritual wisdom and understanding in order to have the full knowledge of the will of God. The will of God mentioned in Colossians 1:9 is not His will in small matters. It is not merely for us to know what school to go to, what house to buy, or whether or not to marry. These things are too minor. The will of God mentioned here is the eternal will of God, the great will of God. It is related not to the things in our daily life but to God’s purpose, God’s intention. To know this will requires that we have full knowledge and all spiritual wisdom and understanding. (CWWL, 1964, vol. 2, “A General Sketch of the New Testament in the Light of Christ and the Church, Part 2—Romans through Philemon,” p. 327)

　　Spiritual wisdom and understanding are of the Spirit of God in our spirit, in contrast to Gnostic philosophy, which is merely in the darkened human mind. (Col. 1:9, footnote 2)

　　神照着祂的心意、意愿，在全宇宙中，在创造中，在救赎中，在要来的世代，以及在永远里的旨意是什么？整卷歌罗西书就是这问题的答案。我们若读这卷书，就会明白答案就是基督自己。神的旨意是在基督里，集中于基督，并为着基督。在神的旨意中，基督是一切。我们必须用属灵的智慧，并用我们清明、更新心思的悟性，来明白并认识这事。

　　在一章，保罗和他的同工们祷告，愿歌罗西人认识神的旨意；而在末了一章，基督的奴仆以巴弗为同一件事，在祷告中为召会竭力奋斗。因此，歌罗西书是向我们启示神在宇宙中永远旨意的一卷书（李文集一九六四年第二册，四四○页）。

　　充分认识神的旨意，意思就是对神的计划有启示，以致借着这启示，我们知道神在这宇宙中计划要作的。……神在已过的永远里所计划，要在历世历代的时间里所作的是什么？我们需要这样的启示，使我们对神永远的计划能有充分地认识。

　　对神计划的启示会为我们开路，使我们对基督有更多的经历。……因此，我们需要花更多时间学习关于在神计划里的基督。这是我们必须读圣经的一个最重要的原因。我们读圣经不是要得着道理或教训，乃是要得着对基督的启示，和对神永远计划充分地认识。

　　圣经是启示的书。圣经打开宇宙的帘子，宇宙的幔子，给我们看见在神心思里的是什么，以及神在这宇宙中所计划要作的是什么。这计划就是要使祂的儿子成为一切。神的愿望、计划和心思，是要使基督成为一切。这是全本圣经的内容（神的奥秘与基督的奥秘，二九至三○页）。

　　参读：由基督与召会的观点看新约概要，第十九章；内住的基督，第十六篇。

　　What is the will of God according to His desire, His intention, in the whole universe, in creation, in redemption, in the coming age, and in eternity? The entire book of Colossians is the answer to this question. If we read this book, we will realize that the answer is Christ Himself. The will of God is in Christ, concentrated in Christ, and for Christ. Christ is everything in the will of God. We must know this and realize this with spiritual wisdom and with our understanding in a clear, renewed mind.

　　[In Colossians 1] the apostle Paul and his co-workers prayed that the Colossians would know the will of God, and in chapter 4 Epaphras as a slave of Christ struggled fervently in prayer on behalf of the church concerning the same thing [v. 12]. Therefore, this is a book which reveals to us the eternal will of God in the universe. (CWWL, 1964, vol. 2, “A General Sketch of the New Testament in the Light of Christ and the Church, Part 2—Romans through Philemon,” pp. 327-328)

　　To be filled with the full knowledge of God’s will simply means to have the revelation of God’s plan so that through this revelation we know what God plans to do in this universe.... What did God plan in eternity past to do in time throughout all the generations? We need such a revelation so that we can have the full knowledge of God’s eternal plan.

　　The revelation of God’s plan opens the way for us to have more experience of Christ.... Thus, we need to spend more time to learn about Christ in the plan of God. This is one of the most important reasons why we have to read the Scriptures. We read the Scriptures not to receive doctrine or teachings but to receive the revelation of Christ and the full knowledge of God’s eternal plan.

　　The Bible is a book of revelation. The Bible opens the universal curtain, the universal veil, to show what is in the mind of God and what it is that God plans to do in this universe. This plan is to make His Son everything. God’s desire, plan, and mind is to make Christ everything. This is the content of the entire Scriptures. (CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The Mystery of God and the Mystery of Christ,” pp. 129-130)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1964, vol. 2, “A General Sketch of the New Testament in the Light of Christ and the Church, Part 2—Romans through Philemon,” ch. 19; CWWL, 1973- 1974, vol. 1, “The Indwelling Christ in the Canon of the New Testament,” ch. 16