弟兄姐妹们要彼此顺服 — 以弗所书读经随笔 第5章

以弗所书第五章第21-32节，保罗劝勉大家因着对耶稣基督的敬畏要彼此顺服。丈夫是妻子的头，因此妻子要顺服丈夫，但是丈夫要爱妻子，正如耶稣爱我们这些信徒一样。所有相信耶稣基督的弟兄姐妹们这个整体是耶稣的妻子，耶稣在十字架上为其舍命，把众人的罪洗净，与所有信他的人合为一体，这是极大的奥秘，但今天揭示给了我们。这是神对我们长阔高深的爱！

弗5:21 又当存敬畏基督的心、彼此顺服。
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
弗5:22 你们作妻子的、当顺服自己的丈夫、如同顺服主．
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
弗5:23 因为丈夫是妻子的头、如同基督是教会的头．他又是教会全体的救主。
For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
弗5:24 教会怎样顺服基督、妻子也要怎样凡事顺服丈夫。
But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
弗5:25 你们作丈夫的、要爱你们的妻子、正如基督爱教会、为教会舍己．
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
弗5:26 要用水借着道、把教会洗净、成为圣洁、
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
弗5:27 可以献给自己、作个荣耀的教会、毫无玷污皱纹等类的病、乃是圣洁没有瑕疵的。
that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
弗5:28 丈夫也当照样爱妻子、如同爱自己的身子．爱妻子、便是爱自己了。
Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
弗5:29 从来没有人恨恶自己的身子、总是保养顾惜、正像基督待教会一样．
For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;
弗5:30 因我们是他身上的肢体。〔有古卷在此有就是他的骨他的肉〕
because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
弗5:31 为这个缘故、人要离开父母、与妻子连合、二人成为一体。
"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."
弗5:32 这是极大的奥秘、但我是指着基督和教会说的。
This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.
弗5:33 然而你们各人都当爱妻子、如同爱自己一样．妻子也当敬重他的丈夫。
Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.