林前七10 至于那已婚的，我吩咐他们，其实不是我吩咐，乃是主吩咐，说，妻子不可离开丈夫。

　　　　二13 这些事我们也讲说，不是用人智慧所教导的言语，乃是用那灵所教导的言语，用属灵的话，解释属灵的事。

　　林前七章十节的原则与加拉太二章二十节的原则相同，那里保罗说，“现在活着的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着。”在这两节里我们都看见话成肉体的原则；二人活着如同一人。在林前七章十节有两个人，主与保罗，说话如同一人。这就是保罗说，“我吩咐他们，其实不是我吩咐，乃是主吩咐”的原因。为什么保罗在本节不说“至于那已婚的，主吩咐他们”？为什么他说他吩咐，其实不是他吩咐，乃是主吩咐？这些问题的答案是，保罗领悟他与主是一，他所说的就是主的话。甚至他没有宣称有从主来的话，因为他与主是一，无论他说什么，就是主的话。

　　二十五节说，“关于童身的人，我没有主的命令，但我既蒙主怜悯成为忠信的，就提出我的意见。”妻子不可离开丈夫，使徒说这是主的吩咐（10）。关于不嫁娶守童身，他说他没有主的命令，但他在以下的经节里提出他的意见。他敢这样作，是因为他蒙了主的怜悯，能忠信于主的权益，而且实际地与主是一。他的意见发表出主的愿望。这又是基于新约话成肉体的原则（哥林多前书生命读经，四五一、四五三页）。

　　1 Cor. 7:10 But to the married I charge, not I but the Lord, A wife must not be separated from her husband.

　　2:13 Which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things with spiritual words.

　　The principle in 1 Corinthians 7:10 is the same as that in Galatians 2:20, where Paul says, “It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.” In both verses we see the principle of incarnation; two persons living as one person. In 1 Corinthians 7:10 we have two persons, the Lord and Paul, speaking as one….Why does Paul not say in this verse, “But to the married the Lord charges”? Why does he say that he charges, yet not he but the Lord? The answer to these questions is that Paul realized that he was one with the Lord and that what he spoke was the Lord’s word. Even when he did not claim to have a word from the Lord, because he was one with the Lord, whatever he said was the Lord’s word.

　　Verse 25 says, “Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who has been shown mercy by the Lord to be faithful.” A wife should not be separated from her husband. This, the apostle says, is the Lord’s commandment (v. 10). But concerning virgins not marrying, he says he has no commandment of the Lord, but he gives his opinion in the following verses. He dares to do this because he has received mercy of the Lord to be faithful to the Lord’s interests, and he is really one with the Lord. His opinion expresses the Lord’s desire. This is again based on the New Testament principle of incarnation. (Life-study of 1 Corinthians, pp. 380-381)

　　有些读哥林多前书的人也许以为，保罗没有主的命令而提出他的意见，是太强了。我们哪一位敢说，关于某件事我们没有主的命令，却提出我们的意见？但这正是保罗在七章二十五节所作的事。这里我们看见最高的属灵，一个人与主是一到一个地步，甚至他的意见也发表出主的心意。保罗完全与主是一，并彻底被祂浸透。因为他全人被主充满，甚至他的意见也发表出主的心意。为这缘故，我们说二十五节彰显最高的属灵。

　　这些话都指明新约话成肉体的原则（就是神与人，人与神成为一）。这与旧约申言（为神说话）的原则完全不同。在旧约里，耶和华的话临到申言者（耶一2，结一3），申言者只是神的出口。但在新约里，主与祂的使徒成为一，他们也与祂成为一，因此二者一同说话。祂的话成了他们的话，而且不论他们说什么，都是祂的话。因此，使徒的吩咐就是主的吩咐（林前七10）。保罗所说的虽然不是主说的，仍然成为新约神圣启示的一部分（12）。他与主是一到了一个地步，甚至当他提出自己的意见，不是提出主的命令（25），他仍想他也有神的灵。他没有确定地宣称他有神的灵，但他想他也有神的灵。这是最高的属灵，乃是基于话成肉体的原则。

　　我们需要看见这里所说明话成肉体的原则，并从主领受怜悯和恩典，以真实、坦率的方式说话，毫无装假。我们要这样说话，就需要被那灵浸透。然后我们所说出或发表的，就会成为我们的思想，我们的意见，但这也会是出于主的，因为我们与祂是一（哥林多前书生命读经，四五三至四五五页）。

　　参读：为神说话，第三篇；人人要说神的话，第一至二篇。

　　Some readers of 1 Corinthians may think that Paul was too strong in giving his opinion when he had no commandment from the Lord. Which one of us would dare to say that we have no commandment of the Lord concerning a certain matter, but that we give our opinion? Yet this is the very thing Paul does in 7:25. Here we see the highest spirituality, the spirituality of a person who is so one with the Lord that even his opinion expresses the Lord’s mind. Paul was absolutely one with the Lord and thoroughly saturated with Him. Because his entire being was permeated with the Lord, even his opinion expressed the mind of the Lord. For this reason, we say that verse 25 expresses the highest spirituality.

　　All these words indicate the New Testament principle of incarnation, that is, God and man, man and God, becoming one. This differs drastically from the principle of Old Testament prophecy—speaking for God. In the Old Testament, as we have pointed out, the word of Jehovah came unto a prophet (Jer. 1:2; Ezek. 1:3), the prophet being simply the mouthpiece of God. But in the New Testament the Lord becomes one with His apostles and they become one with Him. Both speak together. His word becomes their word, and whatever they utter is His word. Hence, the apostle’s charge is the Lord’s charge (1 Cor. 7:10). What he says, though not by the Lord, still becomes a part of the divine revelation in the New Testament (v. 12). He is so one with the Lord that even when he gives his own opinion, not the commandment of the Lord (v. 25), he still thinks that he also has the Spirit of God. He does not claim definitely to have the Spirit of God, but he thinks that he also has the Spirit of God. This is the highest spirituality; it is based on the principle of incarnation.

　　We need to see the principle of incarnation illustrated here and receive mercy and grace from the Lord to speak in a genuine and frank manner without any pretense. In order to speak like this we need to be saturated with the Spirit. Then what we utter or express will be our thought, our opinion, but it will also be something of the Lord because we are one with Him. (Life-study of 1 Corinthians, pp. 381-383)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1985, vol. 5, “Speaking for God,” ch. 3; CWWL, 1985, vol. 4, “Everyone Speaking the Word of God,” chs. 1-2