9有恩赐的人是为着成全圣徒。有恩赐的人在神圣分赐中成全圣徒,使所有的圣徒都能作新约职事的工作,就是建造基督的身体。有恩赐的人成全圣徒,照着生命树以生命的供应喂养他们,使他们在生命里长大(创二9,林前三2、6)。有恩赐的人成全圣徒,使圣徒能作他们所作的,好直接建造基督的身体。使徒对圣徒的成全,是借着访问众召会(徒十五36、40~41,二十20、31),写信给众召会(西四16,林前一2),并指派同工停留在一地成全圣徒(提前一3~4,三15,多一5)。申言者对圣徒的成全,是借着教导圣徒将主说到人里面,在聚会中说话而设立模型,并帮助圣徒借着晨晨复兴、日日得胜过申言的生活(徒十三1,林前十四31,箴四18)。传福音者对圣徒的成全,是借着挑旺圣徒在传福音的灵里火热,教导他们福音的真理,训练他们传福音,帮助圣徒们被经纶之灵的能力装备,并设立爱罪人和为罪人祷告的榜样(提后四5)。牧人教师对圣徒的成全,是借着牧养—喂养并保养幼嫩的圣徒,且教导长大的圣徒(徒十一25~26,十三1)。这成全的结果,乃是我们都达到信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一,达到长成的人,达到基督丰满之身材的度量(弗四13,参约十七23)。 9The gifted persons are for the perfecting of the saints. The gifted persons perfect the saints in the divine dispensing in order that all the saints may be able to do the work of the New Testament ministry, that is, to build up the Body of Christ. The gifted persons perfect the saints by nourishing them according to the tree of life with the life supply for their growth in life (Gen. 2:9; 1 Cor. 3:2, 6). The gifted persons perfect the saints to do what they do for the direct building up of the Body of Christ. The apostles perfect the saints by visiting the churches (Acts 15:36, 40-41; 20:20, 31), by writing epistles to the churches (Col. 4:16; 1 Cor. 1:2), and by assigning their co-workers to stay in certain places to perfect the saints (1 Tim. 1:3-4; 3:15; Titus 1:5). The prophets perfect the saints by teaching them to speak the Lord into people, by speaking in the meetings to set up a model, and by helping the saints to live a prophesying life by being revived every morning and overcoming every day (Acts 13:1; 1 Cor. 14:31; Prov. 4:18). The evangelists perfect the saints by stirring them up to be burning in the gospel-preaching spirit, by teaching them with gospel truths, by training them to preach the gospel, by helping the saints to be equipped with the power of the economical Spirit, and by setting an example of loving the sinners and praying for them (2 Tim. 4:5). The shepherd-teachers perfect the saints by shepherding—feeding and nourishing the young saints and teaching the growing saints (Acts 11:25-26; 13:1). The result of this perfecting is that we will all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, and at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (Eph. 4:13; cf. John 17:23).