贰 既然以弗所二章十五至十六节里的新人是一个团体的人，四章二十四节的新人必定也是团体的；根据四章二十四节，我们需要穿上那在基督里已经创造成的新人： |
Ⅱ Since the new man in Ephesians 2:15-16 is a corporate man, the new man in 4:24 must also be corporate; according to Ephesians 4:24, we need to put on the very new man that has already been created in Christ: |
一 我们受浸时已经脱去了旧人，这旧人已经与基督同钉十字架，并且已经埋葬了；我们也是在受浸时穿上了新人—22~24节，罗六6、4。 |
Ａ In baptism we put off the old man, which was crucified with Christ and buried; it was also in baptism that we put on the new man—vv. 22-24; Rom. 6:6, 4. |
二 脱去旧人以及穿上新人，乃是已完成的事实；现今我们必须借着在我们心思的灵里得以更新，来经历并实化这些事实—弗四23： |
Ｂ The putting off of the old man and the putting on of the new man are accomplished facts; now we must experience and realize these facts by being renewed in the spirit of our mind—Eph. 4:23: |
１ 脱去旧人，就是借着将十字架应用于己，否认并弃绝我们老旧的己—22节，太十六24。 |
１ To put off the old man is to deny and renounce our old self by applying the cross to the self—v. 22; Matt. 16:24. |
２ 穿上新人，就是借着耶稣基督之灵全备的供应，活基督并显大基督（腓一19~21上）；这是应用基督在创造新人时所完成的（弗二15，四24）。 |
２ To put on the new man is to live and magnify Christ through the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Phil. 1:19-21a); this is to apply what Christ has accomplished in creating the new man (Eph. 2:15; 4:24). |
三 我们那与神的灵调和的灵必须成为我们心思的灵（23）；这样，我们一切的生活就都是凭着灵，我们所作的也都是照着灵；当我们被这灵更新时，我们就穿上了新人。 |
Ｃ Our spirit mingled with the Spirit of God must become the spirit of our mind (v. 23); then all our living will be by the spirit, and whatever we do will be according to the spirit; as we are renewed by this spirit, we put on the new man. |
四 我们行事为人必须照着那正扩展到我们心思里，并充满其中的调和之灵；这样，新人的日常生活就是在心思的灵里；这乃是召会生活的秘诀—23节。 |
Ｄ We need to walk according to the mingled spirit that is spreading into our mind and filling it; in this way the daily walk of the new man will be in the spirit of the mind; this is the secret of the church life—v. 23. |
五 新人是在我们的灵里；穿上新人的路，在于让我们那与圣灵调和的灵（其中有神、神的居所和新人），成为我们心思的灵—二22，四23： |
Ｅ The new man is in our spirit; the way to put on the new man is for our spirit (which is mingled with the Spirit), in which are found God, God’s dwelling place, and the new man, to become the spirit of our mind—2:22; 4:23: |
１ 灵成了我们心思的灵，意思就是说，灵指引、管理、支配、制伏并据有我们的心思（参林前二15~16，林后二13，十4~5）；当灵指引我们的心思时，灵就管理我们的全人。 |
１ For the spirit to become the spirit of our mind means that the spirit directs, controls, dominates, overrules, and possesses our mind (cf. 1 Cor. 2:15-16; 2 Cor. 2:13; 10:4-5); when the spirit directs our mind, our whole being is under the control of our spirit. |
２ 我们穿上新人有多少，乃在于我们的灵指引我们这个人有多少（林前二15）；当我们的灵支配并指引我们时，文化、意见或规条就没有地位；因着我们全人是受我们的灵支配、管理、管制并指引，所以我们的办法没有地位。 |
２ How much we put on the new man depends on how much our spirit directs our being (1 Cor. 2:15); when our spirit dominates and directs us, there is no ground for culture, for opinions, or for ordinances; there is no room for our way because our whole being is dominated, controlled, governed, and directed by our spirit. |
３ 调和的灵越多渗透、浸透、据有我们的心思，我们就越让基督的心思成为我们的心思—腓二5，林前二16，罗十二2。 |
３ The more the mingled spirit penetrates, saturates, and possesses our mind, the more we let Christ’s mind become our mind—Phil. 2:5; 1 Cor. 2:16; Rom. 12:2. |
六 当我们相信主耶稣时，赐生命的灵就进到我们灵里，随祂同来的是新人这个已经完成的产品；现今新人必须浸透并扩展到我们的每一部分；这个扩展就是穿上新人，也是更新。 |
Ｆ When we believed in the Lord Jesus, the life-giving Spirit came into our spirit, bringing with Him the new man as a finished product; now the new man must saturate and spread into every part of our being; this spreading is both the putting on of the new man and the renewing. |
七 我们不该照着心思的虚妄生活，乃该照着心思的灵生活；这是团体的一个新人日常生活的关键，也是召会生活满有神的特性、基督的香气和那灵的一的秘诀—弗四3~4、17~18、23~24。 |
Ｇ We should not live according to the vanity of the mind but according to the spirit of the mind; this is the key to the daily living of the corporate one new man, the secret to having a church life filled with the character of God, the aroma of Christ, and the oneness of the Spirit—Eph. 4:3-4, 17-18, 23-24. |
八 借着我们爱主，操练我们的灵祷告，并天天读主的话，我们的心思就被调和的灵充满；这使我们的心思得以改变并更新；我们在心思的灵里得以更新，乃是在一切对人生事物的观念上，受圣经的教训和圣灵的光照，而有的去旧更新—诗一一九105、130，提后三15~17，申十七18~20。 |
Ｈ By our loving the Lord and by the exercise of our spirit in prayer and in reading the Word day by day, our mind is filled with the mingled spirit; this changes and renews our mind; for us to be renewed in our mind is to get rid of all the old concepts concerning the things of the human life and be made new again by the teaching of the Holy Scriptures and the enlightening of the Holy Spirit—Psa. 119:105, 130; 2 Tim. 3:15-17; Deut. 17:18-20. |
九 神的定旨在今世得以完成，以得着一个新人的实际，唯一的可能乃是我们都愿意在我们心思的灵里得以更新。 |
Ｉ The only possibility of God’s purpose being fulfilled in this age, to have the one new man in reality, is if we would all be willing to be renewed in the spirit of our mind. |
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弗四17 所以我这样说，且在主里见证，你们行事为人，不要再像外邦人在他们心思的虚妄里行事为人。 23 ……在你们心思的灵里得以更新。 〔以弗所四章十七节的〕外邦人是堕落的人，在他们的推想上变为虚妄（罗一21）。他们在心思的虚妄里，行事为人没有神，受他们虚妄思想的控制和摆布。……因此，堕落之人日常生活的基本元素乃是心思的虚妄。 我们在召会这新人里，不该照着心思的虚妄生活，乃该照着心思的灵（弗四23）生活。这是团体的一个新人日常生活的关键。……我们行事为人必须照着那正扩展到我们心思里，并充满其中的灵。这样，新人的日常生活就是在心思的灵里。这乃是召会生活的秘诀（以弗所书生命读经，九四四至九四五页）。 |
Eph. 4:17 This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk in the vanity of their mind. 23 …Be renewed in the spirit of your mind. [“The Gentiles” in Ephesians 4:17] are the fallen people, who have become vain in their reasonings (Rom. 1:21). They walk without God in the vanity of their mind, controlled and directed by their vain thoughts…. Hence, the basic element in the daily life of fallen mankind is the vanity of the mind. In the church as the new man, we should live not according to the vanity of the mind, but according to the spirit of the mind (Eph. 4:23). This is the key to the daily living of the corporate one new man…. We need to walk according to the spirit that is spreading into our mind and filling it. In this way the daily walk of the new man will be in the spirit of the mind. This is the secret of the church life. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 783-784) |
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在以弗所三章十六节保罗……说到里面的人：“愿祂照着祂荣耀的丰富，借着祂的灵，用大能使你们得以加强到里面的人里。”里面的人是我们重生的灵，有神的生命为其生命。……我们都需要得以加强到里面的人里，使基督能安家在我们心里。……我们的心是我们内里各部分的总和，也是我们里面之人的中心；所以，当基督安家在我们心里，祂就掌管我们里面的全人，并用祂自己供应、加强我们内里的各部分。 我们〔在〕四章就看见，得了加强的灵必须成为我们心思里更新的灵。保罗在二十三节说，“在你们心思的灵里得以更新。”这里的灵……是信徒重生的灵，调和了神内住的灵。这样调和的灵扩展到我们的心思，就成了我们心思的灵。我们乃是在这样的灵里得以更新，使我们得着变化（罗十二2，林后三18）。……我们得了加强的灵，是我们全人得更新的凭借。我们的灵得了加强时，就会扩展到我们的心思里，使其得更新。我们的灵更新了我们的心思，就进一步更新我们的情感和意志。借着这样更新的灵，召会就有正确的、作为一个新人的生活。 当我们照着心思的灵行事为人，我们就得以更新。更新不是仅仅外面的调整、改正或改良，乃是有新的元素，神圣的元素，作到我们里面。这意思是说，在召会生活中我们不该注意外面的改正或调整，我们应当注意内里的更新。……我们若要更新，就必须脱去旧人并穿上新人。请注意，保罗并没有说，我们应当努力改良旧人。许多圣徒不想脱去旧人，穿上新人，反而定意要改良自己，甚至成全自己。他们也许想要调整自己，好适应召会生活。这是错误的。在真正的召会生活中，没有调整或改正，只有脱去旧人并穿上新人。事实上，这个脱去和穿上就是更新。 得以更新，意思就是旧元素被新元素顶替了。我们的灵是更新的灵，因为有活的基督作更新的元素内住于其中。因着我们的灵里有新的元素，当更新的灵扩展到我们的心思，我们就能在心思的灵里得以更新。我们越转向心思的灵，越在心思的灵里行事为人，我们的心思就越得以更新。然后，旧的元素就能实际地被新的元素所顶替。这样，我们就脱去旧人并穿上新人（以弗所书生命读经，九四七至九四九、九五二至九五三页）。 参读：以弗所书生命读经，第四十七、九十四篇；歌罗西书生命读经，第三十七、五十八至五十九篇。 |
In Ephesians 3:16 Paul… speak[s] of the inner man: “That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man.” The inner man is our regenerated spirit with God’s life as its life…. We need to be strengthened into our inner man… so that Christ will be able to make His home in our hearts…. Since our heart is the totality of all our inward parts and the center of our inward being, when Christ makes His home in our heart, He is able to control our entire inner being and supplies and strengthens every inward part with Himself. [In] chapter 4, we see that the strengthened spirit must become the renewing spirit in our mind. In 4:23 Paul says, “Be renewed in the spirit of your mind.”… The spirit here is the regenerated spirit of the believers mingled with the indwelling Spirit of God. Such a mingled spirit spreads into our mind and thereby becomes the spirit of our mind. It is in such a spirit that we are renewed for our transformation (Rom. 12:2; 2 Cor. 3:18). Our strengthened spirit is the means for our entire being to be renewed. When our spirit has become strong, it will spread into our mind and cause it to be renewed. When our spirit renews our mind, it proceeds to renew our emotion and our will. By such a renewing spirit the church has the proper living as the one new man. As we walk according to the spirit of our mind, we are renewed. To be renewed is not to be adjusted, corrected, or improved in a mere outward way. It is to have a new element, the divine element, wrought into us. This means that in the church life we should not care for outward correction or adjustment; we should care for inward renewing. If we would be renewed, we need to put off the old man and put on the new man. Notice that Paul does not say that we should try to improve the old man. Many saints do not have the intention of putting off the old man and of putting on the new man. Instead, their intention is to improve themselves, even to perfect themselves. They may try to adjust themselves in order to adapt to the church life. This is a mistake. In the genuine church life there is no adjustment or correction; there is simply the putting off of the old man and the putting on of the new man. Actually, this putting off and putting on is the renewing. For something to be renewed means that the old element is replaced by a new element. Our spirit is a renewing spirit because it is indwelt by the living Christ as the renewing element. Because we have the element of newness in our spirit, we can be renewed in the spirit of the mind as the renewing spirit spreads into our mind. The more we turn to the spirit of the mind and walk in the spirit of the mind, the more our mind will be renewed. Then in a practical way the old element is replaced by the new element. In this way we put off the old man and put on the new man. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 785-786, 789-790) Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 47, 94; Life-study of Colossians, msgs. 37, 58-59 |