林前十四24~25　但若众人都申言，有不信的，或是不通方言的人进来，他就被众人劝服，被众人审明了；他心里的隐情显露出来，就必面伏于地敬拜神，宣告说，神真是在你们中间了。

　　31　　　　　　　因为你们都能一个一个地申言，为要使众人有学习，使众人得勉励。

　　林前十四章的申言，意思不是说预言。这可由三节所说，‘那申言的，是对人讲说建造、勉励和安慰’得着证明。…申言在林前十四章是为主说话，说出主来，将主说到人里面，将主供应（分赐）到人里面。（3~5。）我们既是正确而长大的信徒，并且属灵的恩赐也正在发展，我们就必须每日都将主说到人里面。我们若每日都操练此事，当我们来在一起交通的时候，就必定有可分享的。这就应验了二十六节—每逢我们聚在一起的时候，各人都有。（建造召会的超越恩赐，一○页。）

　　1 Cor. 14:24-25 But if all prophesy and some unbeliever or unlearned person enters, he is convicted by all, he is examined by all; the secrets of his heart become manifest; and so falling on his face, he will worship God, declaring that indeed God is among you.

　　31 For you can all prophesy one by one that all may learn and all may be encouraged.

　　Prophesying in 1 Corinthians 14 does not mean predicting. This is proved by verse 3, which says, “He who prophesies speaks building up and encouragement and consolation to men.”…To prophesy in 1 Corinthians 14 is to speak for the Lord, speak forth the Lord, and speak the Lord into others, ministering (dispensing) the Lord to others (vv. 3-5). As proper, growing believers whose spiritual gifts are being developed, we must speak the Lord into others every day. If we practice this every day, we will all have something to share when we come together for fellowship. This will be the fulfillment of 1 Corinthians 14:26—whenever we come together, each one has. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 4, “The Excelling Gift for the Building Up of the Church,” pp. 448-449)

　　一人讲众人听可以建立一个会，但绝不能建造基督身体这个生机体。要建造基督生机的身体，我们众人都需要说话。…一位圣徒可以说两分钟，另一位五分钟，再一位三分钟。

　　倘若我们有两百人一同聚会，而只有一个人讲话，就不论讲的人有多好、多了不起、多超特，两年后，许多人都会厌烦他所讲的。…另一面，假使这两百人聚在一起九十分钟，各人都负起责任，有话要为主说；…这将是一个令人舒畅的聚会。每逢新人说话，他的说话总是特别新鲜而令人舒畅的。每一个人都会‘阿们’他所说的话。我们要建造基督身体的各部分，就需要都起来为主说话。

　　我们召会的聚会应该是基督之丰富的筵席。…筵席满了许多不同种类的食物。…我们的聚会里若有许多种‘菜肴’，那是何等的美妙！我们没有一人会对这样的聚会感到厌烦。

　　若是所有的圣徒都在聚会中为主说话，这聚会必定满了保养、顾惜、调整和改正。在聚会里的一位弟兄也许有不太适合于召会生活的习惯。只有一人讲众人听，也许永远不会有一篇信息摸着这位弟兄的习惯。但聚会中若有二十或三十位圣徒说话，终究有人会说到摸着这位弟兄之习惯的话。因着在聚会里有许多人摆出他们的一分，就能摸着许多事。在这样的聚会里，圣徒在不知不觉中就得了改正。不仅如此，圣徒也得了建造、供应和装备。这就是为什么使徒保罗有负担强调申言。

　　在基督身体的建造上，你若不申言，就不超越。为着建造基督的身体，申言乃是超越的恩赐。

　　我们申言，为要使‘众人有学习’。〔林前十四31。〕我们若不先学习，如何能说话而叫人有学习？…我们乃是借着经历，借着主话的装备，（提后三16~17，）借着不住地祷告，（帖前五17~20，）将自己祷告到灵里，借着凭灵生活行动，（加五16，25，）并借着操练，而学习申言。我们若作这些事，就会学习为主说特别的话。（建造召会的超越恩赐，一一至一四页。）

　　参读：主今日恢复的进展，第六至七章。

　　With only one man speaking and the rest listening, a congregation can be built up, but the Body of Christ as an organism can never be built up. To build up the organic Body of Christ, all of us need to speak….One saint can speak for two minutes, another for five minutes, and another for three minutes.

　　Suppose that we have two hundred meeting together always with one speaker. Regardless of how good, how marvelous, and how excellent this speaker is, many would become tired of his speaking after two years…. Suppose that, on the other hand, two hundred meet together for ninety minutes, and everyone bears the responsibility to have something to speak for the Lord….This will be a refreshing meeting. Whenever a new one speaks, his speaking is especially fresh and refreshing. Everyone will say Amen to his speaking. To build every part of the Body of Christ, we all need to rise up to speak for the Lord.

　　Our church meetings should be a feast of the riches of Christ…. A feast is full of many different kinds of food…. If we had many kinds of dishes in a meeting, how wonderful that would be! None of us would get bored of such a meeting.

　　A meeting in which all the saints are speaking for the Lord is full of nourishing, cherishing, adjusting, and correcting. A brother may be in the meeting who has a habit that is not so fitting for the church life. With only one person speaking and the rest listening, a message may never be given that touches this brother’s habit. But if twenty or thirty saints speak in the meeting, eventually someone will speak something that touches this brother’s habit. Because many portions are presented in the meeting, many things can be touched. In such a meeting, the saints get corrected without anyone knowing. Furthermore, the saints get built up, supplied, furnished, and equipped. This is why the apostle Paul had the burden to stress prophesying.

　　In building up the Body of Christ, you are not excelling if you do not prophesy. Prophesying is the excelling gift for the building up of the Body of Christ.

　　Our prophesying is so that “all may learn” (1 Cor. 14:31). If we do not learn first, how can we say something for others to learn?…We learn to prophesy through experiences, by being equipped with the Word (2 Tim. 3:16-17), by praying unceasingly (1 Thes. 5:17-20), by praying ourselves into the Spirit, by living and walking by the Spirit (Gal. 5:16, 25), and by practicing. If we do these things, we will learn to speak in a particular way for the Lord. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 4, “The Excelling Gift for the Building Up of the Church,” pp. 449-452)

　　Further Reading: Prophesying in the Church Meetings for the Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ (Outlines); CWWL, 1989, vol. 4, “The Advance of the Lord’s Recovery Today,” chs. 6-7