加五5~6　　我们靠着那灵，本于信，热切等待所盼望的义。…借着爱运行的信，才有效力。

　　弗六23　　愿平安与爱同着信，从父神并主耶稣基督归与弟兄们。

　　爱同着信，是我们有分于并经历基督的凭借。（提前一14。）信是接受祂，（约一12，）爱是享受祂。（约十四23。）（在以弗所六章二十三节）不是信和爱，也不是爱和信，乃是爱同着信，指明我们需要信来配合、支持我们的爱。爱同着信是必需的。这是（以弗所书）这卷论到召会之书信的结语。召会需要在爱同着信里享受基督，这信是借着爱运行的。（加五6。）爱是从神到我们，信是从我们到神。借着这爱和信之间的来往，平安就留作我们的分。…这来往也要保守我们留在不断供应的恩典里，留在对主的享受里。（弗六24。）（圣经恢复本，弗六23注2。 ）

　　Gal. 5:5-6 For we by the Spirit out of faith eagerly await the hope of righteousness….Faith avails, operating through love.

　　Eph. 6:23 Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

　　Love with faith is the means by which we partake of and experience Christ (1 Tim. 1:14). Faith is for receiving Him (John 1:12), and love is for enjoying Him (John 14:23). [In Ephesians 6:23] it is not faith and love nor love and faith, but love with faith. This indicates that we need faith as a match and support for our love. Love with faith is needed. This is the conclusion of [Ephesians], the book on the church. The church needs to enjoy Christ in love with faith, which operates through love (Gal. 5:6). Love comes from God to us, and faith goes from us to God. By means of this traffic of love and faith, peace remains our portion….This traffic also keeps us in the continual supply of grace, in the enjoyment of the Lord (Eph. 6:24). (Eph. 6:23, footnote 2)

　　（在加拉太五章五节，）靠着那灵（圣灵）…与靠着肉体相对。（三3。）不仅如此，本于信与本于行律法相对。（2。）我们所盼望的义，就是基督自己。（林前一30。）这不是在肉体中本于行律法，乃是在灵里本于信。基督是我们所盼望的义。祂是我们今天的义，也是我们要来的盼望。

　　保罗在加拉太五章五节把那灵与信放在一起。…那灵是由美地所预表的；…信是照相机，将恩典的景象拍摄下来。我们若要有正确的享受，就需要有那灵作为包罗万有的美地，并有信作为享受这地的凭借。我们本于信享受那灵时，就热切等待所盼望那要来的义。

　　保罗在六节接着说，“因为在基督耶稣里，受割礼不受割礼，全无效力；唯独借着爱运行的信，才有效力。”离了那灵与信，其他没有一样有效力。在基督耶稣里，受割礼不受割礼，都没有效力。有效力的是在神那一面的灵，与在我们这一面的信。那灵是包罗万有的美地作了我们的享受，信是我们借以有分于这丰富之地并享受这地的器官。

　　保罗在六节也说到信借着爱运行。活的信是活跃的，借着爱运行作工，使律法得以完全。（14。）“割礼”不过是外面的规条，没有生命的能力，所以全无效力，全无力量，全无实际的能力。“信”接受了生命之灵，（三2，）满有能力，借着爱运行，不仅完全了律法，也完全了神的定旨，就是完成神儿子的名分，使神得着团体的彰显。

　　爱与我们对基督的珍赏有关。没有这样的珍赏，信就无法运行。当我们有了听信仰，这个听信仰就唤起我们爱的珍赏，这个珍赏就使信运行。信运行，是因为信有分于赐生命之灵的丰富。我们越听信仰，就越有珍赏与爱。我们越爱主，信就越运行，带我们进入那包罗万有之灵的丰富和益处里，使我们不至丧失在基督里的益处，反而丰丰足足地得了丰富。我们就不会与基督隔绝，反而因着那包罗万有之灵全备的供应而得着加强。

　　“信”接受了生命之灵，（三2，）并借着爱运行，以完全律法。（五14。）信借着爱运行，因而完成了神儿子的名分，使神得着团体的彰显。这个信是一具照相机，将恩典的景象拍摄下来；这恩典就是包罗万有的基督，成了赐生命的灵，给我们享受。（加拉太书生命读经，二七六至二七七页。）

　　参读：加拉太书生命读经，第十四、二十五篇；以弗所书生命读经，第六十七篇。

　　[In Galatians 5:5] by the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, … is in contrast with by the flesh (3:3). Furthermore, out of faith [5:5] is in contrast with out of the works of law (3:2). The hope of righteousness [5:5] means the righteousness we hope for, which is Christ Himself (1 Cor. 1:30). It is not out of works of law in the flesh but out of faith in the Spirit. Christ is our hope of righteousness. He is our righteousness today, and He is our hope to come.

　　In Galatians 5:5 Paul puts the Spirit together with faith. We have pointed out that the Spirit is typified by the land. We have also seen that faith is the camera which photographs the scenery of grace. In order to have the proper enjoyment, we need to have the Spirit as the all-inclusive land and faith as the means to enjoy this land. As we enjoy the Spirit by faith, we eagerly await the coming hope of righteousness.

　　In 5:6 Paul goes on to say, “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith avails, operating through love.” Apart from the Spirit and faith, nothing else avails. In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What avails is the Spirit on God’s side and faith on our side. The Spirit is the all-inclusive land for our enjoyment, and faith is the organ by which we participate in this rich land and enjoy it.

　　In 5:6 Paul also says that faith operates through love. Living faith is active. It operates to work out the fulfillment of the law through love (v. 14). Circumcision is simply an outward ordinance having no power of life. Hence, it avails nothing. It has no force or practical power. Faith receives the Spirit of life (3:2), which is full of power. It operates through love to fulfill not only the law, but also God’s purpose, that is, to complete the sonship of God for His corporate expression.

　　Love is related to our appreciation of Christ. Without such an appreciation, faith cannot operate. When we have the hearing of faith, this hearing awakens our loving appreciation, and this appreciation causes faith to operate. Faith operates because it participates in the riches of the life-giving Spirit. The more we have the hearing of faith, the more appreciation and love we have. The more love we have for the Lord, the more faith operates. The more faith operates, the more it brings us into the riches, the profit, of the all-inclusive Spirit. Instead of being deprived of profit in Christ, we are thus abundantly enriched. Instead of being brought to nought from Christ, we are strengthened with the bountiful supply of the all-inclusive Spirit.

　　Faith receives the Spirit of life (3:2) and operates through love to fulfill the law (5:13). Faith operating through love thus completes the sonship of God for His corporate expression. This faith is the camera which photographs the scenery of grace, the very grace that is the all-inclusive Christ as the life-giving Spirit for our enjoyment. (Life-study of Galatians, pp. 224-226)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Galatians, msgs. 14, 25; Life-study of Ephesians, msg. 67