弗四15~16 “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；本于祂，全身借着每一丰富供应的节，并借着每一部分依其度量而有的功用，得以联络在一起，并结合在一起，便叫身体渐渐长大，以致在爱里把自己建造起来。”

　　〔在以弗所四章十五节，〕持守着真实，意思就是持守着真实的事物。按照整卷以弗所书，宇宙中真实的事物乃是元首基督，以及祂的身体—召会。我们必须在爱里持守着这二者，使我们得以在一切事上长到元首基督里面。…长大就是建造。

　　我们长到元首基督里面，然后就有一些东西从元首基督流出。“到…基督里面”是为着我们的长大。“本于祂〔基督〕”是为着我们的功用，我们的用处（生机建造的召会作基督的身体成为经过过程并分赐之三一神的生机体，五二页）。

　　Eph. 4:15-16 …Holding to truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the Head, Christ, out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being knit together through every joint of the rich supply and through the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.

　　Holding to truth [in Ephesians 4:15] means holding to what is real.…The real things in the universe are Christ as the Head and the church as His Body. We have to hold to these two things in love so that we may grow up into the Head, Christ, in all things.…The growing up is the building up.

　　We grow up into Christ, the Head, and then something issues out from Christ, the Head. “Into Christ” is for our growth. “Out from Christ” is for our function, our usefulness. On the one hand, we are growing up into Christ. On the other hand, what we do is out from Him as the source for our function, our usefulness. (CWWL, 1989, vol. 4, “The Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ to Be the Organism of the Processed and Dispensing Triune God,” p. 301)

　　身体是借着每一丰富供应的节联络在一起。这些是有恩赐的人，就如使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师。…在众地方召会中，我们需要许多的节。我们若不长到基督里面，祂就无法使我们成为节。为了要成为节，我们需要多祷告，多寻求主，多读圣经，多吃基督等。…我们要多有晨更。有人可能有五分钟的晨更，但我们要有十五分钟的晨更。有这种经历一段时间之后，我们就会成为身体中的节。

　　在身体里，有些是节，…其他的人是依其度量而尽功用的部分。借着这两类肢体，身体就长大，而这生长是为叫身体在爱里把自己建造起来。如果我们不是节，我们就必定是某一部分。

　　…我们不该以为只有节才有用处。身体的每一部分也是有用的。我们身上的大腿不是节，乃是一个大的部分。我们需要大腿才能站立，因为大腿负着我们的重量。…我们都该赞美主，我们在基督生机的身体里，或是节，或是部分。

　　如果你是节，你就应当以基督的丰富供应身体。…如果你是一部分，你就该尽功用。…借着节的供应和各部分的尽功用，全身便叫身体长大，而身体长大的结果，乃是身体在爱里把自己建造起来（生机建造的召会作基督的身体成为经过过程并分赐之三一神的生机体，五二至五三页）。

　　身体上每一肢体不但需要得供应，也需要尽功用。首先，我们得供应；其次，我们尽功用。全身借着所有肢体得供应并尽功用，就叫身体渐渐长大；这长大就是身体的建造。

　　我们无法作得超过我们的度量，也不该作得少于我们的度量。每一肢体借着节得供应，并照其度量尽功用，身体就把自己建造起来。元首基督借着祂包罗万有的死与复活，完全成功救赎并产生召会。借着祂的死与复活，祂也将一些得救的肢体构成为使徒、申言者、传福音者、以及牧人和教师。这些被构成的恩赐尽职以成全并供应所有的圣徒，然后他们尽功用，直接建造基督的身体。很遗憾，我们在组织化的基督教里…看见伟大的讲员在作工建立会众，以炫耀他们的工作；其中并没有各个肢体生机的建造。所以，身体真正的建造需要得恢复（李文集一九八八年第二册，四八页）。

　　参读：基督身体的建造，第一至四章。

　　The Body is joined closely together through every joint of the rich supply. These are the gifted persons such as the apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds and teachers.…We need many joints in the local churches. If we do not grow up into Christ, He has no way to make us a joint. In order to become a joint, we need to pray more, seek the Lord more, read the Bible more, feed on Christ more, etc.…We would have morning watch more. Some may have a five-minute morning watch, but we would have a fifteen-minute morning watch. With this kind of exercise over a period of time, we may become a joint in the Body.

　　In the Body some are joints.…Others are parts, who operate according to their measure. Through these two categories of members, the Body grows, and this growth is unto the building up of itself in love. If we are not a joint, we must be a part…. We should not think that only the joints are useful. Every part in the Body is also useful. The thighs in our physical body are not joints, but they are great parts. We need our thighs to stand because they bear our weight.…We all should praise the Lord that we are either joints or parts in the organic Body of Christ.

　　If you are a joint, you should supply the Body with the riches of Christ…. If you are a part, you should operate.…Through the joints supplying and the parts operating, all the Body causes the growth of the Body, and the growth of the Body results in the building up of itself in love. (CWWL, 1989, vol. 4, “The Organic Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ to Be the Organism of the Processed and Dispensing Triune God,” pp. 301-302)

　　Every member of the Body needs not only to be supplied but also to function. First, we are supplied, and second, we function. All the Body causes the growth of the Body through all the members being supplied and functioning, and this growth is the building up of the Body.

　　We cannot do more than our measure, nor should we do less than our measure. When every member is supplied through the joints and functioning according to its measure, the Body is building itself up. Christ, the Head, through His all-inclusive death and resurrection, fully accomplished redemption and produced the church. Through His death and resurrection He also constituted some of the saved members to be apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. These constituted gifts minister to perfect and supply all the saints, who then function to directly build up the Body of Christ. Regrettably, … in organized Christianity…we see great speakers working to build up congregations in order to make a display of their work. There is no organic building by every member. Therefore, the genuine building up of the Body needs to be recovered. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 2, p. 38)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1988, vol. 3, “The Building Up of the Body of Christ,” chs. 1-4