罗十二4~5　正如我们一个身体上有好些肢体，但肢体不都有一样的功用；我们这许多人，在基督里是一个身体，并且各个互相作肢体，也是如此。

　　神伟大旨意的第三面，是要得着在基督里的信徒实行身体生活。（罗十二。）为此我们必须先将身体献给神，当作活祭，实行神的旨意，就是实行身体的生活，（1，）不模仿这世代，反要借着心思的更新而变化，叫我们验证神的旨意；这旨意就是要我们实行身体的生活。（2~3。）…接着我们必须在身体的生活中，运用我们的恩赐。（4~8。）我们必须传福音，有家聚会滋养新信徒，有小排聚会成全圣徒，并且学习申言。

　　实行身体生活的圣徒，应当过最高美德的生活，这不是他们属人生命或爱的生活，乃是借着在灵里焚烧，而有神圣生命和爱的生活。（9~21。）我们的身体该献上，我们的魂该更新，我们的灵该焚烧。我们若是这样的人，就会有身体生活的实行，并且借着神的神圣生命和爱，有最高美德的生活。（召会实际并生机的建造，七页。）

　　Rom. 12:4-5 For just as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function, so we who are many are one Body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

　　The third aspect of God’s great will is to have the believers in Christ practice the Body life (Rom. 12). For this we must first present our bodies to God as a living sacrifice to do the will of God, that is, to practice the Body life (v. 1), not being conformed to this age but being transformed by the renewing of the mind that we may prove the will of God, which is that we practice the Body life (vv. 2-3)….Then we must exercise our gifts in the Body life (vv. 4-8). We have to preach the gospel, have home meetings to nourish the new believers, have small group meetings to perfect the saints, and learn to prophesy.

　　The saints who are practicing the Body life should live a life of the highest virtues, not of their human life or love but of the divine life and love by being burning in their spirit (vv. 9-21). Our body should be presented, our soul should be renewed, and our spirit should be burning. If we are such persons, we will have the practice of the Body life and a life of the highest virtues by God’s divine life and love. (CWWL, 1989, vol. 1, “The Practical and Organic Building Up of the Church,” p. 277)

　　罗马十二章五节的‘在基督里’指明生机的联结。…‘我们这许多人，在基督里是一个身体。’单是‘在基督里’这个辞就告诉我们，十二章由那一种角度来说到身体。它是由生命的联结、生机的联结这个角度来说的。那么我们怎样才能进到基督里呢？我们不是生在基督里，而是生在亚当里，但我们借着重生移植到基督里。…每当你读到‘在基督里’，你必须记得，这是表明与基督生机的联结。‘在基督里’总是蕴含着你在生机上与基督是一。

　　为什么十二章论到身体的功用？因为它是根据我们在基督里有生机的联结来说到身体；在这种与基督的联结里有生命。假牙可以安装在我的口里而没有生机的联结。…我们必须看见，十二章是由生机的联结、联结的生命这个角度来论到基督的身体；这个生命不但把我们与基督联结在一起，也把我们与基督所有的肢体联结在一起。…十二章是由生机联结的角度来论到身体。

　　我们都必须领悟，基督的身体完全是一件生命的事，这生命保守我们在与基督生机的联结里。我们留在这生机的联结里，就是在身体里。我们不留在这生机的联结里，就是在身体之外。你需要核对自己，看看你一整天有多少时间是活在这生机的联结里。你必须承认，你不怎么留在这生机的联结里。我们偶尔在这联结里，却常常离开，因此我们不在身体里。身体的实际乃是留在与基督生机的联结里。如果我们要实际的活在身体生活里，我们就必须留在与基督生机的联结里。换句话说，我们必须留在基督里。因此约翰十五章吩咐我们要住在祂里面，住在祂里面，意思就是留在这生机的联结里。我们留在这生机的联结里，就是实际的活在身体里。如果我们没有留在与基督这生机的联结里，我们就离开了身体。只要你凭自己说了什么，你就离开了身体。这意思是说，你的闲谈、随便说话、任意交谈，乃是一个很强的表记，说出你离开了身体。

　　身体不是一个组织，也不是一种社团。身体不单单是一班基督徒来在一起，乃是借着与基督生机的联结而结合在一起的东西。我们留在与基督生机的联结里，就是活在身体里。…我们虽多，在基督里却是一个身体。（罗十二5。）‘在基督里’含示一种生机的联结。（李文集一九八○年第一册，三四二至三四四页。）

　　参读：成全训练信息，第二十三至二十四篇；罗马书生命读经，第二十五篇。

　　Two words from Romans 12:5 indicate the organic union—in Christ….“We who are many are one Body in Christ.” Just this one little phrase tells us from which angle Romans 12 speaks of the Body. It speaks from the angle of the life union, from the angle of the organic union. How then could we get into Christ? We were not born in Christ; we were born in Adam, but by being reborn we have been transplanted into Christ…. Whenever you read in Christ, you must remember that this indicates the organic union with Christ. In Christ always implies…the fact that you are organically one with Christ.

　　Why does Romans 12 talk about the function of the Body? Because it talks about the Body based upon the organic union we have in Christ. In this union with Christ there is life. Dentures may be put into my mouth, but there is no organic union….We have to see that Romans 12 talks about the Body of Christ from the angle of the organic union, from the uniting life, from a life that unites us together not only with Christ but also with all the other members of Christ…. Romans 12 talks about the Body from the angle of the organic union.

　　We all have to realize that the Body of Christ is altogether a matter of life that keeps us in an organic union with Christ. When we remain in this organic union, we are in the Body. When we do not remain in this organic union, we are out of the Body. You need to check yourself for one day to see how much time you remain in this organic union. You will have to admit that you do not remain very much in this organic union. Occasionally we get there, but quite often we get out of there, so we are not in the Body. The actuality of the Body is the remaining in the organic union with Christ. If we are going to be actually living in the Body life, we must remain in the organic union with Christ. In other words, we must be remaining in Christ. So John 15 charges us to abide in Him. To abide in Him simply means to remain in this organic union. When we remain in this organic union, we are actually living in the Body. If we do not remain in this organic union with Christ, we have left the Body. As long as you say something by yourself, you have left the Body. This means that your gossip, your free talk, your loose conversation, is a strong sign that you have left the Body.

　　The Body is not an organization or a society. The Body is not just a bunch of Christians coming together. The Body is something that is held together by the organic union with Christ. When we remain in the organic union with Christ, we are just living in the Body….We are many yet one Body in Christ (Rom. 12:5). In Christ implies an organic union. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, “Perfecting Training,” pp. 253-255)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, “Perfecting Training,” chs. 23-24; Life-study of Romans, msg. 25