14我们也许说到彼得的职事、保罗的职事或提摩太的职事;但我们这样说时,必须领悟,这些个别的职事只是“这职事”,新约唯一职事的一小部分。“这职事”含示并包括众执事在这职事里的各部分。一幅拼图不会拼出两幅图画;每幅拼图只显示一幅图画。这幅图画由许多部分组成。我们若能将这许多部分正确地放在一起,至终我们会只看见一幅图画。同样,我们将新约执事一切个别的职事放在一起,就只有一个职事,就是新约唯一的职事(李常受文集一九九三年第一册,七至一○页)。
14We may speak of Peter’s ministry, of Paul’s ministry, or of Timothy’s ministry, but we must do so with the realization that these individual ministries are only small parts of “this ministry,” the unique ministry of the New Testament. “This ministry” implies and includes all the ministers’ pieces of the ministry. A jigsaw puzzle does not portray two pictures; each puzzle shows only one picture. This picture is composed of many pieces. If we have the ability to put the pieces together properly, eventually we will see just one picture. Likewise, when we put all the individual ministries of the New Testament ministers together, we have just one ministry, the unique ministry of the New Testament. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 1, “The Ministry of the New Testament and the Teaching and Fellowship of the Apostles,” pp. 6-8)