林前一2 写信给在哥林多神的召会，就是给在基督耶稣里被圣别，蒙召的圣徒，同着所有在各处呼求我们主耶稣基督之名的人……。

　　代下六5~6 ……我未曾在以色列众支派中选择一城建造殿宇，使我的名可以立在那里，……但选择耶路撒冷，使我的名可以立在那里……。

　　召会是由宇宙的神所构成的，却存在于地上的许多地方，哥林多就是其中之一。就性质说，召会在神里面是宇宙性的；但就实行说，召会在一个确定的地方是地方性的。因此，召会有两面：宇宙的，和地方的。缺了宇宙的一面，召会就没有内容；缺了地方的一面，召会就不可能有出现和实行。因此，新约也强调召会地方的一面（徒八1，十三1，启一11等）（圣经恢复本，林前一2注2）。

　　我们对基督的享受有两面，一面是个人的享受，这是无论到什么地方都可以的；一面是众人的享受，若是要和众圣徒一同敬拜神，……就不能随自己的意，而是必须照着神所规定的作。……这个神所指定的地方，就是日后的耶路撒冷（代下六5~6，约四20）。耶路撒冷乃是神所选择唯一的敬拜中心，这在历世历代维持并保守了以色列人中间的合一（李文集一九六六年第三册，三○三页）。

　　1 Cor. 1:2 To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus,…with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place…

　　2 Chron. 6:5-6 …I have not chosen a city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house for My name that it might be there;…but I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there…

　　The church is constituted of the universal God, but it exists on earth in many localities, one of which was Corinth. In nature the church is universal in God, but in practice the church is local in a definite place. Hence, the church has two aspects: the universal and the local. Without the universal aspect, the church is void of content; without the local aspect, it is impossible for the church to have any expression and practice. Hence, the New Testament stresses the local aspect of the church also (Acts 8:1; 13:1; Rev. 1:11; etc.). (1 Cor. 1:2, footnote 2)

　　Our enjoyment of Christ has two aspects. One aspect is individual, which can be enjoyed in any place. The other aspect is corporate. If we desire to worship God with all the saints,…we cannot do it according to our desire, but according to God’s ordination. The place appointed by God was eventually Jerusalem (2 Chron. 6:5-6; John 4:20). Jerusalem became the unique worship center chosen by God, which helped to maintain and preserve the oneness among the children of Israel for generations. (CWWL, 1966, vol. 3, “The Revelation of Christ and the Reality of the Church,” pp. 219-220)

　　林前一章二节上半说，“神的召会。”……指明召会不仅为神所有，也有神为其性质和素质，这是神圣的、一般的、宇宙的、永远的。……神是召会的性质和素质。因此，召会是神圣的。

　　“在哥林多……的召会”（2）是在一个城里的召会，留在确定的地方，为着事务上的行政，以这地方为其地位、立场和治理的界限，这乃是物质的、专特的、地方的、暂时的。保罗写信给神的召会，这召会不是在诸天之上，乃是在哥林多。……召会留在那地，作基督在当地的见证。基督在一地的见证乃是基督宇宙之见证的一部分。宇宙的见证是由地方的见证组成并构成的。

　　召会的地位、立场和行政区域是物质的，不是神圣的；是专特的，不是一般的；是地方的，不是宇宙的；是暂时的，不是永远的。这些是召会在地方一面的讲究。

　　召会是“在基督……里被圣别”的（2），已在基督里被圣别、成为圣别；基督就是经过过程之三一神在祂丰满里的具体化身，为召会的元素和范围。

　　召会由“蒙召的圣徒”（2）组成，乃是那从撒但的世界中被召出来之圣徒，被圣别之人的召会。我们已蒙神呼召，在基督里被圣别。我们不再在世界里；我们乃是在蒙神呼召且在基督这奇妙人位里被圣别的召会中；基督是我们里面的元素和我们外面的范围。

　　二节包含一个真正召会的五种资格。……真正的召会乃是神的召会，是在地方上的召会，是在基督里被圣别，并且由蒙召的圣徒组成。二节下半接着有第五种资格：“同着所有在各处呼求我们主耶稣基督之名的人。”这……指明真正的召会与在全球各处呼求主耶稣基督之名的众圣徒有关，……乃是与所有—包括今天的信徒、在我们之前和在我们之后的信徒—在各处呼求我们主耶稣基督之名的人有关（主恢复的简说，六七至六九页）。

　　参读：主恢复的简说，附录；召会的立场与召会的聚会，第一章。

　　The church of God [in 1 Corinthians 1:2a]…indicates that the church is not only being possessed by God, but it has God as its nature and essence, which are divine, general, universal, and eternal….God is the nature and essence of the church. Therefore, the church is divine.

　　“The church…in Corinth” (v. 2b) was a church in a city, remaining in a definite locality and taking it as its standing, ground, and jurisdiction for its administration in business affairs. As such, it was physical, particular, local, and temporal in time. The church of God to whom Paul wrote was not in the heavens but in Corinth….The church remained in that locality for a local testimony of Christ. A local testimony of Christ is a part of the universal testimony of Christ. The universal testimony is composed of and constituted with the local testimonies.

　　The standing, ground, and jurisdiction of the church is physical rather than divine, particular rather than general, local rather than universal, and temporal in time rather than eternal. These are the local aspects of the church.

　　The church is “sanctified in Christ” (v. 2c), having been sanctified, made holy, in Christ, who is the embodiment of the processed Triune God in His fullness, as its element and sphere.

　　The church is composed of the “called saints” (v. 2d)—the assembly of the saints, the sanctified ones, who have been called out of the satanic world. We have been called by God to be sanctified in Christ. We are no longer in the world; we are in the church, which is called by God and sanctified in a wonderful person, Christ, who is our element within and our sphere without.

　　Verse 2 contains five qualifications for a genuine church.…The church which is genuine is the church of God, it is the church in a locality, it is sanctified in Christ, and it is composed of the called saints. Verse 2e continues with the fifth qualification: “With all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place.” This…indicates that the church which is genuine is related with all the saints who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ in every place around the globe…including the believers today, those who came before us, and those who will come after us—who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place. (A Genuine Church (booklet), pp. 7-11)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 2, “A Genuine Church,” pp. 373-382; The Ground of the Church (booklet)