12以繁增的恩典这思想为基础,彼得接着在彼前四章十节说到诸般的恩典:“各人要照所得的恩赐,将这恩赐彼此供应,作神诸般恩典的好管家。”我们都该作彼得所说诸般恩典的好管家,诸般的恩典就是在不同方面、不同种类的恩典。彼得在五章十节又提起恩典,他在那里说到全般恩典的神。所以,彼得前书有四个关于恩典独特的辞:生命的恩典(生命之恩)、繁增的恩典、诸般的恩典和全般的恩典。生命的恩典在我们里面繁增,然后成为诸般的恩典,至终成为全般的恩典。结果,我们不只有来自一方的恩典,更有来自多方的恩典,例如,来自诸天,来自地,来自我们丈夫或妻子,以及来自我们儿女的恩典。……你若有四个儿女,就会享受四方面的恩典。但你若有更多的儿女,就会享受恩典更多的方面(彼得前书生命读经,六至七页)。
12With the thought of multiplied grace as the base, Peter goes on to speak in 1 Peter 4:10 of varied grace: “Each one, as he has received a gift, ministering it among yourselves as good stewards of the varied grace of God.” We all should be good stewards of what Peter calls varied grace, grace in different aspects and of different categories. Peter mentions grace again in 5:10, where he speaks of the God of all grace. Therefore, in 1 Peter we have four unique expressions concerning grace: grace of life, multiplied grace, varied grace, and all grace. The grace of life is being multiplied in us. Then it becomes the varied grace and eventually, the all grace. As a result, we do not have grace just from one direction but from many directions, for example, from the heavens and from the earth, from our husband or wife, and from our children…If you have four children, you will enjoy grace in four aspects. But if you have more children, you will enjoy more aspects of grace. (Life-study of 1 Peter, pp. 4-5)