林前十二26~27 若一个肢体受苦，所有的肢体就一同受苦；若一个肢体得荣耀，所有的肢体就一同欢乐。你们就是基督的身体，并且各自作肢体。

　　亚当的生命乃是单独的生命、独立的生命，虽然在亚当里我们有同样的生命，但却不能彼此交通。人人都犯了罪，并且偏行己路。……在基督里，所有的个人都没有了。如果我们要认识身体的生命，我们不但要蒙拯救脱离犯罪与天然的生命，更要蒙拯救脱离个人的生命。所有个人因素必须除掉，因为个人永不能成全神的旨意（倪柝声文集第二辑第二十四册，七四页）。

　　1Cor. 12:26-27 And whether one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or one member is glorified, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are the Body of Christ, and members individually.

　　The adamic life is individualistic and independent. Even though everyone in Adam shares the same life, there is no fellowship among them. We all commit sin, yet we each take our own way…. In Christ everything that is individualistic is ruled out. If we want to know the Body life, we need deliverance not only from our sinful life and our natural life, but also from our individualistic life. All individual elements must go because nothing that is individualistic can reach God’s goal. (CWWN, vol. 44, “The Mystery of Christ,” p. 794)

　　作基督徒是为着自己，而作肢体是为着身体。圣经中有许多的相对辞，如清洁与污秽、圣别与平凡、得胜与失败、圣灵与肉体、基督与撒但、国度与世界、荣耀与羞辱，这些都是相对的。……父如何与世界相对，圣灵如何与肉体相对，主如何与魔鬼相对，照样，身体也与个人相对。人看见了基督的身体，就脱去了个人主义，不再为自己，乃为身体。当我蒙拯救，脱离个人主义，我就自然在身体里面。

　　我们如果认识，一个基督徒不过是一个肢体，这样，我们就没有骄傲了。……那些看见自己是肢体的人，定规宝爱身体，并且看重别的肢体，也不再只看见自己的好，乃是看别人比自己强。

　　每一个肢体都有其功用，所有的功用也都是为着身体。一个肢体的功用，就是全身体的功用；一个肢体作事，就是全身体作事。口说话，就是身体在说话；手作事，就是身体作事；脚走路就是身体走路。肢体与身体是分不开的。……肢体所作的事，都必须是为着身体的。以弗所四章乃是说，身体长大成人，不是说个人长大成人。在三章里，乃是众圣徒一同明白基督的爱，是何等阔、长、高、深，而不是个人的明白；个人是没有那么长的时间，和那么大的容量来经历基督的大爱。

　　林前十二章十四至三十六节中，说到作肢体的有两种不该有的想法：第一，“我不是……所以不属于身体”，这是自暴自弃的，羡慕别人的工作；第二，“我不需要你”，这是骄傲自大的人，以为一个人就能包罗万有，而看不起别人。这两种都是伤害身体的。我们不要仿效别的肢体，羡慕别的肢体，以为自己不能像他那样，以致自暴自弃；也不要以为自己最了不起、最行、最有用，以致轻看别的肢体。

　　在召会生活里，我们需要学习有身体的感觉。你与弟兄姊妹出事情时，定规也与神出了事情。……我们一有身体的启示，就有身体的感觉；一有身体的感觉，一切个人的想法和行动，自然而然就都除去了。看见基督，就自然有一个结果，就是从罪得释放；看见身体，就自然有一个结果，就是从个人主义得释放。……这不是改变你的态度或行为的问题，乃是启示把你的态度和行为改变了。基督的范围不是借着作什么进入的，乃是借着看见而进入的（倪柝声文集第二辑第二十四册，七五至七七页）。

　　参读：基督的奥秘，第一至三篇；使徒行传生命读经，第二十五至二十六篇；保罗的完成职事，第一、四、十一至十二章。

　　Being a Christian is something one does for himself, whereas being a member is something for the Body. In the Bible there are many terms with opposite meanings, such as purity and uncleanness, holiness and commonness, victory and defeat, the Spirit and the flesh, Christ and Satan, the kingdom and the world, and glory and shame….Just as the Father is versus the world, the Spirit is versus the flesh, and the Lord is versus the devil, so also is the Body versus the individual. Once a man sees the Body of Christ, he is free from individualism. He will no longer live for himself but for the Body. Once I am delivered from individualism, I am spontaneously in the Body.

　　If we realize that a Christian is nothing more than a member, we will no longer be proud….Those who see that they are members will surely treasure the Body and honor the other members. They will not see just their own virtues; they will readily see others as being better than themselves.

　　Every member has a function, and all the functions are for the Body. The function of one member is the function of the whole Body. When one member does something, the whole Body does it. When the mouth speaks, the whole body is speaking. When the hands work, the whole body is working. When the legs walk, the whole body is walking. We cannot divide the members from the body…. Everything that the members do should be for the Body. Ephesians 4 says that the Body is growing into a full-grown man. It does not say that individuals are growing into full-grown men. In chapter 3 the ability to know the love of Christ and to apprehend the Lord’s breadth, length, height, and depth is with all the saints. No one can know or apprehend by himself. An individual does not have the time or the capacity to experience the love of Christ in that kind of way.

　　First Corinthians 12:14-27 speaks of two erroneous concepts that members may have: (1) “Because I am not...I am not of the body” (v. 15). This is to despise oneself and covet the work of others. (2) “I have no need of you” (v. 21). This is to be proud of oneself, thinking that one man can be all-inclusive and despising others. Both concepts are harmful to the Body. We should not imitate other members or be covetous of other members. In this way we will not become discouraged and give up when we find that we cannot be like others. At the same time, we should not despise other members, thinking that we are better and more useful.

　　In the church life, we should learn to have the consciousness of the Body. When we are at odds with the brothers and sisters, it means that we are surely at odds with God….Wherever there is Body-revelation, there is Body-consciousness, and wherever there is Body-consciousness, individual thought and action are automatically ruled out. Seeing Christ results in deliverance from sin; seeing the Body results in deliverance from individualism…. It is not a matter of changing our attitude or conduct; revelation does the work. We cannot enter the realm of the Body by anything other than seeing. (CWWN vol. 44, “The Mystery of Christ,” pp. 794-797)

　　Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 44, “The Mystery of Christ,” chs. 96-98; Life-study of Acts, msgs. 25-26; CWWL, 1980, vol. 2, “The Completing Ministry of Paul,” chs. 1, 4, 11-12