14信是基督徒生活，也就是为着召会生活之圣别生活，基本结构的第一项。那些退后的人…都经历了信心的丧失。他们也许没有完全失去信心，但他们至少丧失了一部分的信心。他们可能对于客观的信仰，也就是神新约经纶的内容不再有什么看见。当这些人在召会生活中的时候，实在有所看见。他们看见基督，看见召会，也看见神的经纶。他们看见神的恢复，以及三一神如何将祂自己分赐到我们里面。然而他们逐渐看不见这些事了。每当一个人看不见神经纶的内容时，主观的信心，就是他里面相信的行动，也就减少了。我们里面相信的能力，总是因着对神经纶有正确的看见而有的产品、结果和果效。
14Faith is the first item in the basic structure of the Christian life, a holy life for the church life. Those who backslide… experience some loss of faith. They may not lose their faith absolutely, but they may lose it at least in part. They may no longer have a view of the objective faith, of the contents of God’s New Testament economy. While such ones were in the church life, they did have a view. They saw Christ, they saw the church, and they saw God’s economy. They saw God’s recovery and how the Triune God is dispensing Himself into us. However, they have gradually come to lose sight of these matters. Whenever someone loses sight of the contents of God’s economy, the subjective faith, the believing action within him, also diminishes. The ability within us to believe is always a product, a result, an issue, of having a proper view of God’s economy.