隻有耶穌基督是根基 — 哥林多前書讀經隨筆 第3章

哥林多前書第三章第4—11節，保羅了解到哥林多教會裏有派別紛爭，因為他們弟兄中間有的說要跟隨保羅，有的說要跟隨亞波羅。保羅說他和亞波羅都不算什麽，無非是基督的仆人照著主所賜的能力引導大家相信了耶穌基督而已。保羅說他在哥林多教會栽種了福音，亞波羅澆灌了福音，但是神讓福音生長。栽種的和澆灌的都不算什麽，但將來各人要照自己所作的工得主的賞賜。保羅說他照神所賜的恩，作為一個有智慧的工頭立好了根基，然後別人在上麵建造，但是各人要謹慎該如何在上麵建造。因為立好的根基就是耶穌基督，人不能再立別的根基，建造隻能在耶穌基督這個根基上建造。

林前3:4 有說、我是屬保羅的．有說、我是屬亞波羅的．這豈不是你們和世人一樣麽。
For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," aren't you fleshly?
林前3:5 亞波羅算甚麽．保羅算甚麽．無非是執事、照主所賜給他們各人的、引導你們相信。
Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?
林前3:6 我栽種了、亞波羅澆灌了．惟有 神叫他生長。
I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
林前3:7 可見栽種的算不得甚麽、澆灌的也算不得甚麽．隻在那叫他生長的 神。
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
林前3:8 栽種的和澆灌的都是一樣．但將來各人要照自己的工夫、得自己的賞賜。
Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
林前3:9 因為我們是與 神同工的．你們是 神所耕種的田地、所建造的房屋。
For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's farming, God's building.
林前3:10 我照 神所給我的恩、好象一個聰明的工頭、立好了根基、有別人在上麵建造．隻是各人要謹慎怎樣在上麵建造。
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
林前3:11 因為那已經立好的根基、就是耶穌基督、此外沒有人能立別的根基。
For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.