在基督里成熟起来 - 以弗所书读经随笔 第4章

以弗所书第四章第7-14节，保罗说，基督的恩典赐给了我们每一个人。无论是作使徒，先知，或传福音的，还是作牧师或教师的，都是基督的恩典，这些职能的作用是要帮助我们这些圣徒们不断完善，更好地服侍，把基督的身体建造起来，直到每个人在基督里都成熟起来，从属灵的角度长大成人，真正地认识神的儿子。这样 我们就不会中了人的诡计，也不会被那些不符合基督的教导所欺骗。

弗4:7 我们各人蒙恩、都是照基督所量给各人的恩赐。
But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
弗4:11 他所赐的有使徒、有先知．有传福音的．有牧师和教师．
He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;
弗4:12 为要成全圣徒、各尽其职、建立基督的身体．
for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
弗4:13 直等到我们众人在真道上同归于一、认识　神的儿子、得以长大成人、满有基督长成的身量．
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
弗4:14 使我们不再作小孩子、中了人的诡计、和欺骗的法术、被一切异教之风摇动、飘来飘去、就随从各样的异端．
that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;