林后十13~14 我们却不要过了度量夸口，只要照度量的神所分给我们尺度的度量夸口，这度量甚至远达你们。我们并非过度伸展自己……。

　　加二8　　 因为那在彼得里面运行，叫他为受割礼之人尽使徒职分的，也在我里面运行，叫我为外邦人尽使徒的职分。

　　使徒〔保罗〕是勇敢的，但不是没有界限的。这表明他是在主的限制之下。他的夸口是照着度量的神，管治的神，所分给他之尺度的度量夸口。保罗向外邦世界（包括哥林多）的职事，是照着神的度量（弗三1~2、8，加二8）。因此，他的夸口也是在这界限之内，不是过了度量，像那些热中犹太教者那样。林后十章十三节的“尺度”这辞，直译是“量度的竿”，如木匠的尺。

　　十三节的“度量”一辞，指明受神的管治。我们的工作和经历都是照神所分给我们尺度的度量。不仅如此，祂给我们的享受也是有尺度的。因此，当我们说到自己的工作和经历，或对主的享受时，我们必须是在度量之内作见证，也就是说，在一定的限度之内作见证（哥林多后书生命读经，五二六至五二七页）。

　　2 Cor. 10:13-14 But we will not boast beyond our measure but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure has apportioned to us, to reach even as far as you. For we are not extending ourselves beyond our bounds…

　　Gal. 2:8 (For He who operated in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcision operated also in me for the Gentiles).

　　The apostle was bold, but he was not bold without limit. This shows that he was under the restriction of the Lord. His boasting was according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure, the ruling God, had apportioned to him. Paul’s ministry to the Gentile world, including Corinth, was according to the measure of God (Eph. 3:1-2, 8; Gal. 2:8). Hence, his boast was within this limit and, in contrast to that of the Judaizers, was not without measure. The word rule in 2 Corinthians 10:13 literally means “a measuring rod,” like the rule of a carpenter.

　　The word measure in verse 13 indicates being ruled by God. God has allotted us just so much for our work and experience. Furthermore, He has given us just so much to enjoy. Therefore, when we give a testimony about our work, experience, or enjoyment of the Lord, we must testify within measure, that is, within a certain limit. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, p. 439)

　　有些基督教刊物的报导极为夸大；那些报导超过度量，没有限制，不受约束。……我们见证自己的经历时，必须留在神量给我们的度量之内。我们不应该漫无量度，超过量度……夸口。有一位管治者和度量者，就是度量的神，管治的神。所以我们必须留在神尺

　　度和度量的限制之内。保罗在这里所说的“甚至远达你们”〔林后十13〕，指明他去哥林多乃是在神的管治和度量之下。

　　保罗和别的使徒没有过度地伸展自己，这与热中犹太教的教师完全不同。使徒们最先把福音传到欧洲，传到哥林多。倘若先到那里去的是热中犹太教的人，可能使徒们就不会去了；那也表明，在神的尺度下，神并没有把欧洲量给他们。这关系到保罗与热中犹太教者争执的点。

　　保罗在林后十章十五至十六节说，“我们不凭别人的劳碌过度夸口，但盼望随着你们信心的增长，照着我们的尺度，因着你们得以丰盛地扩大，将福音传到你们以外的地方，并不是在别人的尺度之内，凭现成的事夸口。”这里我们看见，使徒盼望随着哥林多信徒信心的增长，他们的职事借着丰盛的增大与增加，得以扩大（含称赞意），但仍是照着神所分给他们的度量。保罗盼望他在哥林多人中间，能照着神度量的限度而得以扩大。

　　不要期望无限度的开展。……我们从经历中能见证，我们若照着那灵而开展工作，就一直有某种限制。我们里面会感觉到，主扩展祂的工作只是要到某一程度。不仅如此，主会在外面兴起环境来限制工作的开展。所以，当我们越过了某种界限去开展主的工作，我们里面就没有平安，外面的环境也不容我们越过特定的界限。

　　年轻人虽然还没有太多进到主的工作中，但我鼓励他们把这话留在心里，因为有一天他们会经历到这些情形。我们都需要学习知道，在事奉主并与神同工的事上，总是有界限的。在服事召会的事上，也是这样（哥林多后书生命读经，五二七至五二九页）。

　　参读：哥林多后书生命读经，第五十一篇。

　　The reports in certain Christian publications are exaggerations; those reports go beyond measure, beyond limit, without restriction…In testifying of our experience, we must stay within the measure that God has given us. We should not boast without measure, beyond measure…There is One who is ruling and measuring. This One is the God of measure, the God who rules.

　　Therefore, we must stay within the limits of God’s ruling, of God’s measuring. Paul’s words reach even as far as you [2 Cor. 10:13] indicate that his coming to the Corinthians was under God’s ruling and measuring.

　　In contrast to the Judaistic teachers, Paul and the other apostles did not extend themselves beyond their bounds. They were the first to go to Europe, and hence to the Corinthians, with the gospel. If the Judaizers had gone there first, probably the apostles would not have gone, and that would have been the sign that Europe had not been measured to them under God’s ruling. This is related to Paul’s point in arguing with the Judaizers.

　　In verses 15 and 16 Paul says, “We are not boasting beyond our measure in others’ labors, but have the hope, as your faith is increasing, to be magnified in you according to our rule unto abundance, so that we may announce the gospel unto those parts beyond you, not so that we may boast in another man’s rule in things already prepared.” Here we see that the apostles had the hope that through the increase of the Corinthian believers’ faith, the apostles’ ministry would be magnified (in the sense of being praised) by being enlarged and increased abundantly, yet still according to the rule, the measure, that God had apportioned to them. Paul hoped to be magnified in the Corinthians according to the limit of God’s measuring.

　　Do not expect a spread that is without measure…From experience we can testify that if we spread the work according to the Spirit, there will always be a certain limit. Inwardly, we will have the consciousness that the Lord intends to spread the work only to a certain extent. Furthermore, outwardly, in the environment, the Lord may cause matters to restrict the spread of the work. Therefore, inwardly, we do not have the peace to spread the work beyond a certain point, and outwardly, the environment does not allow us to go beyond a particular boundary line.

　　The young people are not yet very much into the Lord’s work. Nevertheless, I would encourage them to keep this word within them, for one day they will experience it. We all need to learn that in serving the Lord and in working with God, there is always a limit. This is also true in the service of the church. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, pp. 439-441)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of 2 Corinthians, msg. 51