弗四13 “直到我们众人都达到了信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一，达到了长成的人，达到了基督丰满之身材的度量。”

　　15 “唯在爱里持守着真实，我们就得以在一切事上长到祂，就是元首基督里面。”

　　〔以弗所四章十三节说，〕我们也要达到基督丰满之身材的度量。基督的丰满就是基督的身体（一23），这身体有一个具有度量的身材。

　　基督的丰满就是基督的彰显。作为基督的丰满的身体，乃是基督的彰显。基督的丰满—身体，有一个身材，这个身材有一个度量。因此，四章十三节说到基督丰满之身材的度量。

　　达到基督丰满之身材的度量，就是达到基督身体的完满建造，也就是达到身体建造的完满完成（以弗所书生命读经，四四七页）。

　　Eph. 4:13 Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

　　15 But holding to truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the Head, Christ.

　　[Ephesians 4:13 says that we] are to arrive at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. The fullness of Christ is the Body of Christ (1:23), which has a stature with a measure. The fullness of Christ is simply the expression of Christ. As Christ’s fullness, the Body is Christ’s expression. Christ’s fullness, the Body, has a stature, and with this stature there is a certain measure. Hence, 4:13 speaks of the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

　　To arrive at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ is to arrive at the full building up of the Body of Christ. It is to arrive at the full completion of the building up of the Body. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 370)

　　以弗所一章启示基督的身体是基督的丰满，四章启示基督的丰满有一个身材。因此，基督丰满的身材就是基督身体的身材。

　　保罗在四章十三节不仅说到基督丰满的身材，也说到那身材的度量。召会是基督的身体，有一个身材。因为这身材在长大，所以十三节说到身材的度量，这度量就是长成的人。…在许多信徒身上，基督丰满的身材没有长多少。…但是基督在他们里面长大时，他们会逐渐增长，而达到基督丰满之身材的度量。我们需要向前追求，直到我们都达到基督丰满之身材的度量。…我们现今正在朝向长成的人，朝向基督丰满身材之度量的途中。

　　日子将到，我们都要达到长成的人。直到那时之前，我们仍在过程中。因着我们是在过程中，所以保罗说到，那时我们就“不再作小孩子，为波浪漂来漂去，并为一切教训之风所摇荡”（14）。

　　召会是基督的身体，是那每天在我们里面长大的丰满。我们都必须看见，召会是出自基督的生机体，这是顶要紧的。凡不是出于基督的，都不能成为召会的一部分。不管我们多么有纪律，多么规矩，多么改良自己，若不是出于基督的结果，这些一点也不属于召会。自我约束、自我规律和自我改良，也许会产生良好的社会，但不能产生召会。就基督的身体来说，我们自己里面所有的，没有一样是重要的。对基督的身体来说，天然的良善没有用处。不管我们或好或坏，我们仍然需要基督。坏人当然需要基督，但好人也照样需要基督。无论我们有什么样的性情，我们天然的人需要被内住的基督吞没，甚至被销毁。然后，我们才实际地成为基督的身体，就是祂的丰满。

　　约翰一章十六节说，“从祂的丰满里我们都领受了，而且恩上加恩。”重要的不是我们仅仅学了基督，或是效法基督，乃是我们领受祂的丰满。…我们若是天天领受祂的丰满，至终我们要成为祂的丰满，因为我们要照着我们所领受的被构成。这意思是说，我们越领受祂的丰满，我们就越被祂的丰富所构成，并成为祂的丰满。我们若看见这事，我们会说，“主，救我脱离一切不是你丰满的事物。主，我乐意花任何代价来享受你，并有分于你的丰满。”愿主怜悯我们，使我们每天经历祂并享受祂，因而成为召会，就是祂的丰满，祂的满溢（以弗所书生命读经，八三四至八三六页）。

　　参读：以弗所书生命读经，第一、四十三、四十五、八十二篇。

　　Ephesians 1 reveals that the Body of Christ is the fullness of Christ, and chapter 4, that the fullness of Christ has a stature. Therefore, the stature of the fullness of Christ is the stature of the Body of Christ.

　　In 4:13 Paul speaks not only of the stature of the fullness of Christ, but of the measure of that stature. As the Body of Christ, the church has stature. Because this stature grows, 4:13 speaks of its measure. This measure is the full-grown man. In many believers the stature of the fullness of Christ has not grown very much…. But as Christ grows within them, they will gradually increase unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. We need to press on until we all arrive at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

　　Presently we are on the way toward a full-grown man, toward the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. The day is coming when we shall all arrive at a full-grown man. Until then, we are still in the process. Because we are in the process, Paul speaks of the time when we shall “be no longer little children tossed by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching” (4:14).

　　As the Body of Christ, the church is the fullness that is daily growing within us. It is vital for us all to see that the church is an organism that comes out of Christ. Anything that is not of Christ cannot be part of the church. No matter how disciplined, regulated, or improved we may be, none of this is of the church if it does not issue out of Christ. Self-regulation, self-discipline, and self-improvement may produce an excellent society, but it cannot produce the church. As far as the Body of Christ is concerned, nothing that we have in ourselves has any significance. In relation to the Body, natural goodness is of no advantage. Whether we are good or evil, we still need Christ. Those who are evil surely need Christ. But those who are very good need Christ just as much. No matter what kind of disposition we may have, our natural being needs to be swallowed up and even consumed by the indwelling Christ. Then in reality we shall be the Body of Christ, His fullness.

　　John 1:16 says, “For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.” What is important is not that we merely learn about Christ or that we imitate Christ, but that we receive of His fullness…. If we daily receive of His fullness, we shall eventually become His fullness, for we shall be constituted according to what we have received. This means that the more we receive of His fullness, the more we shall be constituted of His fullness and become His fullness. If we see this, we shall say, “Lord, save me from anything that is not Your fullness. Lord, I am willing to pay any price to enjoy You and to partake of Your fullness.” May the Lord be merciful to us that we may daily experience Him and enjoy Him and thereby become the church that is His very fullness, His overflow. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 690-691)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 1, 43,45, 82