罗十二4~5 正如我们一个身体上有好些肢体，但肢体不都有一样的功用；我们这许多人，在基督里是一个身体，并且各个互相作肢体，也是如此。

　　神经纶的最高峰（乃是）基督身体的实际。我们都知道“基督的身体”一辞。我们甚至也可能看见了基督身体的启示。然而……在我们里面，在我们中间，我们很少看见基督身体的实际。……这个实际与任何组织，或任何带有组织性质的事毫无关系。并且基督的身体也不是一个系统制度，因为没有一种系统制度是生机的。基督身体的实际完完全全是生机的（关于相调的实行，二八至二九页）。

　　Rom. 12:4-5 For just as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function, so we who are many are one Body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

　　The highest peak in God’s economy [is] the reality of the Body of Christ. We know the term the Body of Christ. We may even have seen the revelation of the Body of Christ. Yet…we can see very little of the reality of the Body of Christ within us and among us…. This reality has nothing to do with any kind of organization or with anything that remains in the nature of organization. Also, the reality of the Body of Christ is not a system in any way, because no system is organic. The reality of the Body of Christ is absolutely and altogether organic. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “The Practical Points concerning Blending,” p. 124)

　　保罗的著作是神圣启示的完成。你必须晓得，这个完成的职事完全以身体为中心点。……如果你挪去了罗马十二章，林前十二章，以弗所一章、四章，歌罗西一章、二章，你就从保罗的著作里挪去了论到基督身体的章节。从这几章可以看见神圣启示拔尖的点、终极的点，就是身体。……身体是神不断作工的最终目标，因此身体就是神整个启示最拔尖的点。

　　首先我们必须晓得，我们这些蒙救赎的罪人都已经成了基督身体的一部分。我们也必须晓得，基督身体的各部分都是生机的；不但是生机的，而且在生机上也是合式的。……要在基督身体的生机上成为合式的，意思并不是说，你只要受浸进入召会，你就成为基督身体上的肢体了；意思乃是说，你必须在生机上与基督联结。你必须是在生机上合式地栽植到基督身体里的一部分，然后你就与基督的身体有合式的生机联结，成为身体的一部分。

　　在罗马书、哥林多前书、以弗所书、歌罗西书这四卷书里面，……每一卷都从不同的角度来看基督的身体。罗马十二章五节的“在基督里”指明生机的联结。“在基督里”乃是一件生机联结的事。“我们这许多人，在基督里是一个身体。”单是这个小小的片语就告诉我们，十二章由哪一种角度来说到身体。它是由生命的联结、生机的联结这个角度来说的。那么我们怎样才能进到基督里呢？我们不是生在基督里，而是生在亚当里，但我们借着重生移植到基督里。……“在基督里”这个小小的片语在新约里用了许多次。每当你读到“在基督里”，你必须记得，这是表明与基督生机的联结。

　　为什么十二章论到身体的功用？因为它是根据我们在基督里有生机的联结来说到身体；在这种与基督的联结里有生命。……十二章是由生机联结的角度来论到身体。

　　我们留在这生机的联结里，就是在身体里。我们不留在这生机的联结里，就是在身体之外。你需要核对自己，看看你一整天有多少时间是活在这生机的联结里。你必须承认，你不怎么留在这生机的联结里。……身体的实际乃是留在与基督生机的联结里。……约翰十五章吩咐我们要住在祂里面，住在祂里面的意思就是留在与祂生机的联结里。我们留在这生机的联结里，就是实际地活在身体里。如果我们没有留在与基督这生机的联结里，我们就离开了身体。只要你凭自己说了什么，你就离开了身体。这意思是说，你的闲谈、随便说话、任意交谈，乃是一个很强的表记，说出你离开了身体（李文集一九八○年第一册，三三八至三四四页）。

　　参读：成全训练，第二十三至二十四章。

　　Paul’s writings are the completion of the divine revelation. You have to realize that this completing ministry is altogether focused on the Body…. If you take away Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 1 and 4, and Colossians 1 and 2, you take away the chapters concerning the Body of Christ from Paul’s writings. From these chapters you can see the top point, the ultimate point, of God’s divine revelation, the Body. The Body is the ultimate item of God’s continual working, so the Body is the top point of God’s entire revelation.

　　First of all, we have to realize that we redeemed sinners have all been made part of Christ’s Body. Also, we have to realize that all the parts of Christ’s Body are organic. They are not only organic but also properly organic…. To be properly organic in the Body does not mean that you simply get baptized and that you get into a so-called church, and then you become a member of the Body of Christ; rather, it means that you must be organically united with Christ. You must be a part properly planted into Christ’s Body organically. Then you will have a proper organic union with the Body of Christ. Then you will become a part of the Body.

　　Among these four books—Romans, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, and Colossians—[each]… has its own angle of viewing the Body. Two words from Romans 12:5 indicate the organic union—in Christ. “In Christ” is a matter of the organic union. “We who are many are one Body in Christ.” Just this one little phrase tells us from which angle Romans 12 speaks of the Body. It speaks from the angle of the life union, from the angle of the organic union. How then could we get into Christ? We were not born in Christ; we were born in Adam, but by being reborn we have been transplanted into Christ…. This little phrase in Christ has been used many times in the New Testament. Whenever you read in Christ, you must remember that this indicates the organic union with Christ. Why does Romans 12 talk about the function of the Body? Because it talks about the Body based upon the organic union we have in Christ. In this union with Christ there is…a life that unites us together…with Christ [and]…with all the other members of Christ.

　　When we remain in this organic union, we are in the Body. When we do not remain in this organic union, we are out of the Body. You need to check yourself for one day to see how much time you remain in this organic union. You will have to admit that you do not remain very much in this organic union…. The actuality of the Body is the remaining in the organic union with Christ…. John 15 charges us to abide in Him. To abide in Him simply means to remain in this organic union. When we remain in this organic union, we are actually living in the Body. If we do not remain in this organic union with Christ, we have left the Body. As long as you say something by yourself, you have left the Body. This means that your gossip, your free talk, your loose conversation, is a strong sign that you have left the Body. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, “Perfecting Training,” pp. 250-254)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, “Perfecting Training,” chs. 23-24