林前三14 人在那根基上所建造的工程若存得住，他就要得赏赐。

　　林后五10 因为我们众人，必要在基督的审判台前显露出来，叫各人按着本身所行的，或善或恶，受到应得的报应。

　　有的人以为，〔林前三章十五节上半的〕受亏损就是不得救，就是灭亡。然而，事实是我们仍然是得救的，“只是这样得救，要像从火里经过的一样。”（15下）……我们得救之后还有些大问题要顾到；我们的行为是问题，我们的工作也是问题。主回来时，会有一个审判；在那个审判里，祂要决定我们得赏赐或受惩罚。

　　不信的人要在一千年以后，在白色大宝座前受审判（启二十11~15）。但主耶稣要在审判台前审判祂所有的信徒〔林后五10〕。在基督审判台前，要断定我们该受的报应是什么—在要来的国度里享受，或是受某些刑罚（新约总论第十四册，四○六页）。

　　1 Cor. 3:14 If anyone’s work which he has built upon the foundation remains, he will receive a reward.

　　2 Cor. 5:10 For we must all be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done through the body according to what he has practiced, whether good or bad.

　　Some think that to suffer loss [in 1 Corinthians 3:15a] is to lose one’s salvation, that is, to perish. The truth, however, is that we will still be saved, “yet so as through fire” (v. 15b)…After we are saved, there are still great issues to take care of. Our conduct is an issue, and our work also is an issue. When the Lord comes back, there will be a judgment. In that judgment He will determine whether we will receive a reward or punishment.

　　The unbelievers will be judged at the great white throne a thousand years later (Rev. 20:11-15), but the Lord Jesus will judge all His believers at the judgment seat [2 Cor. 5:10]. There, the decision will be made regarding what reward they will receive—the enjoyment in the coming kingdom or some punishment. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4453-4454)

　　圣经在积极一面说到得胜者要作王一千年，但在消极一面论到惩罚时，却没有说要持续多久。不过照推论，我们能确信，受惩罚必定是在千年国的时候。……在原则上……，主鼓励我们与祂合作，并警告我们不与祂合作的亏损。

　　将来的惩罚对我们应当是警惕和警告。我们应当看见，得救后若不出代价追求得胜，并忠信为主作工，将来总归要受亏损，并且那亏损会厉害到一个地步，让我们觉得好像是从火里

　　经过的一样（林前三15）。圣经也说，我们若仍犯罪，留恋在罪中，就有火临到，要像盐一样腌我们（可九49），除净我们身上罪恶的细菌。至于在何处受火的刑罚，是用什么样的火，我们不必太追究。……这些关乎赏罚的话都是对……追求者讲的。因此，我们不要随便对人讲这些话，乃要先帮助人有饥渴追求的心。当他们的心被激起要追求主时，才把主在山上以及在屋里（太五1，十三36）……所讲的话，讲给他们听。

　　赏罚是按照神的思路，根据神的智慧所定规。神的智慧所以这样定规，主要是为了激励人，或说强迫人来与祂合作。因为在神的救恩里有一部分是要人放下自己，撇下一切，来与祂合作，神才能把祂自己作到人里面。这件事在人身上是很难的，所以神就在祂恩典的经营里，智慧的定规了赏罚。神用赏赐来激励、吸引人出代价放下自己，撇下一切，也用惩罚来强迫人撇下一切，脱去罪恶。这是第一面的用意。

　　赏罚第二面的用意，乃是要在神儿女的身上彰显神的公义。不要以为我们既是神的儿女，所以得救后就没有问题了。若是这样，神在我们身上好像就只有笼统的恩典，没有清明的公义；神的儿女在地上的生活工作到底是否蒙神称许，也没有清楚明白的分别。但神不是糊涂的，祂把事情分别得非常清楚明白，祂之所以定规将来有赏罚，就是要在我们身上彰显祂清明的公义（李文集一九五五年第三册，五○至五二页）。

　　参读：圣经中四个“七”的预言，第一篇。

　　The Bible reveals that the overcomers will reign for a thousand years, but it does not say how long the punishment for believers will last. However, we can still infer that the receiving of punishment will definitely take place during the millennium…In principle, the Lord wants to motivate us to cooperate with Him and to warn us of the loss that we will suffer for not cooperating with Him.

　　The possibility of punishment in the future should keep us on the alert and be a warning to us. We should see that if we do not pay the price to pursue to overcome and to be faithful to work for the Lord after we are saved, we will eventually suffer loss, which will be so severe that we will feel as though we are passing through fire (1 Cor. 3:15). The Bible also reveals that if we habitually commit sins and remain in the enjoyment of sin, we will be salted with fire to purge the germs of sin and evil from us (Mark 9:49). As to where the punishment of fire will take place and what kind of fire it will be, we do not need to investigate. These words concerning reward and punishment are spoken to… those who are pursuing the Lord. We should not speak these words casually to others; rather, we need to first help them to have a hungry and thirsty heart for pursuing. When their heart is stirred up to pursue the Lord, we can speak the words spoken by the Lord on the mountain and in the house (Matt. 5:1; 13:36).

　　Reward and punishment are determined according to God’s thought and wisdom. This determination in God’s wisdom is mainly to motivate or compel us to cooperate with Him. This is because there is a part in God’s salvation that requires us to put the self aside, forsake everything, and cooperate with Him so that He can work Himself into us. This is a very difficult thing to work out in us; hence, in the economy of God’s grace, reward and punishment were determined according to His wisdom. God uses reward to motivate and attract us to put the self aside and forsake everything; He also uses punishment to compel us to forsake everything and put off all sin and evil. This is the first aspect of God's intention.

　　The second aspect of God’s intention with reward and punishment is to manifest His righteousness in His children. We should not think that after we are saved, there can be no problem simply because we are God’s children. If this were the case, it would seem as if God’s grace comes to us without a sense of sobriety or righteousness and without any consideration of differentiations in the living and work of God’s children. However, God is not befuddled; His approval is based on a clear and distinct realization of such differentiations. Therefore, God determined to have reward and punishment in the future in order to manifest His sobriety and righteousness in us. (CWWL, 1955, vol. 3, “Reward and Punishment,” pp. 42-43)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 3, “The Prophecy of the Four ’‘Sevens’ in the Bible,” ch. 1