新约 - 哥林多前书(1 Corinthians)第6章

If any of you has a dispute with another, dare he take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the saints?
Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, appoint as judges even men of little account in the church!
I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?
But instead, one brother goes to law against another--and this in front of unbelievers!
The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
"Everything is permissible for me"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--but I will not be mastered by anything.
"Food for the stomach and the stomach for food"--but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also.
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."
But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
哥林多前书第六章   林前 6:1-6> 人际相处,冲突难免,如何解决,你也想知?看看第 6 章找找答案 ...... 

  6:1-6 在第 5 章,保罗讨论如何对付教会内故意犯罪的人。在第 6 章,他则教导会众如何处理信徒间的小纠纷。社会上是用法庭来裁决民事纠纷,但保罗却不同意将基督徒间的分歧带到世俗的法庭上。因为基督徒拥有基督的心思,且有圣灵的同在,为什么还要将问题带到那些没有神智慧的人手中?事实上,作为信徒,我们被神赋予了在将来审判世界、甚至审判天使的权力,我们应该有能力处理彼此间的冲突。 

  林前 6:6-8> 不应该上法庭诉讼?法庭也是公正的,为何不可? 

  6:6-8 为什么保罗认为我们不应该上法庭彼此控诉?因为:( 1 )如果法官和陪审员不是基督徒,他们将不会了解及遵守基督徒的价值标准。( 2 )诉诸法庭的主要动机通常是报复,但基督徒却不应如此。( 3 )诉讼将使教会的形像受损,令非基督徒只看见教会的问题而看不见教会的宗旨。 

  林前 6:9-11> 曾犯这些罪,只要信就得救;信了再犯,沉溺其中,这…… 

  6:9-11 保罗在这里不是说所有拜偶像的、犯奸淫的、作男妓的、同性恋的、偷窃的、贪婪的、醉酒的、辱骂人的、勒索的,都必然被拒于天国之外。基督徒来自不同的背景阶层,也许仍在情欲中挣扎,但绝不应该继续犯那些罪( 6:11 )。保罗清楚指出即使犯了以上的罪的人,也能藉基督改变他们的生命。但是那些自称为基督徒,却仍旧沉溺在这些罪行中、毫无悔意的人,便需要在基督面前重新检讨一下,到底他们是否真正相信基督。 

  林前 6:9-11> 世上标准怎样与我们的不同?若不从,我没朋友;若遵从…… 

  6:9-11 在一个放任的社会,基督徒很容易忽视或接纳一些不道德的行为(同性恋、贪婪、酗酒、说长道短等)。但是,圣灵告诉我们,绝不可以跟罪同流合污、随波逐流。要与世人皆认可的罪一刀两断是不容易的事,但是神期望每个时代的信徒都可以保持一个崇高的道德水准。 

  林前 6:12> 凡事都可行──绝对自由?明知是错也可行?平衡之处…… 

  6:12 很多时信徒都误用了“凡事我都可行”这节经文。哥林多教会一些信徒为自己的罪开脱,说:( 1 )基督既然已除掉他们的罪,他们就已有绝对的自由做他们喜欢做的事;( 2 )他们所做的并非圣经明文禁止的。保罗对这两个辩解的答覆是:( 1 )即使基督已为我们除掉所有的罪,也不等于我们有自由做那些明知为错的事,因为圣经明明禁止罪( 6:9-10 ;参罗 12:9-21 ; 13:8-10 )。( 2 )有些行为本身不是罪,但却不适宜去做,因为它们会辖制我们的生命,使我们偏离神。( 3 )有些行为是伤害他人的,而所有对别人构成伤害而不是帮助他人的事,都是不正确的。 

  林前 6:12-13> 吃多了,太饱;喝多了,伤身;自由用多了…… 

  6:12-13 自由是基督信仰的记号──不再受罪和罪咎感所辖制,可以自由地运用及享受神所赐的百物。但基督徒却不可以滥用自由,以致伤害别人及自己。饮酒太多便会变成酗酒,毫无节制的暴饮暴食也会伤害身体。神赐给你享受的东西,你要小心谨慎,不要让它们成为一种坏习惯,辖制你。 

  林前 6:13> 贪一时之欢,成了大错──性罪行的可怕还有…… 

  6:13 性罪行是人难以逃避的引诱。不论是电影或电视中,婚外情皆被视为正常,甚至是生活的重要部分;而婚姻呢,则常常被看成是束缚人和没有快乐的。倘若我们洁身自爱,甚至会被人嘲弄藐视。但神之所以禁止我们性犯罪,并不是要为难我们,祂知道淫乱将会毁灭我们的身体和灵魂。不要低估了性罪行的破坏力,它可以摧毁生命,危害家庭、教会、社会甚至国家。 

  林前 6:18> 性本身是好?不好?婚外性行为不好?世人可不这样看…… 

  6:18 神创造了性,成为婚姻的基本部分。但性罪行──婚外的性行为,却是具伤害性的。它伤害神,因为它反映了这样做的人宁可顺从自己的情欲,也不顺从圣灵的带领;它伤害别人,因为它欠缺了性关系背后所必须的委身;它也伤害犯罪者本人,因为它常为当事人的肉体带来疾病,为他们的心灵添上伤痕,并且也因着身心灵的受损,加增焦虑感。 

  林前 6:19-20> 我们的身子不是我们的,是属乎神的;挺特别的说法,何解? 

  6:19-20 保罗说我们的身体是属于神的,这是什么意思呢?许多人以为自己有权控制自己的身体,可以为所欲为。他们自以为自由,其实是受自己的情欲所辖制。当我们成为基督徒后,圣灵便住在我们心中。因此,我们不再拥有自己的身体,乃是被圣灵所拥有,基督的死使我们从罪中得到释放,亦同时把祂的工作托付我们。如果你住在别人的房子里,你一定不会违反住房的规则,同样,因为你的身体是属于神的,你也不应违反祂的生活标准。