在基督裏成熟起來 - 以弗所書讀經隨筆 第4章

以弗所書第四章第7-14節，保羅說，基督的恩典賜給了我們每一個人。無論是作使徒，先知，或傳福音的，還是作牧師或教師的，都是基督的恩典，這些職能的作用是要幫助我們這些聖徒們不斷完善，更好地服侍，把基督的身體建造起來，直到每個人在基督裏都成熟起來，從屬靈的角度長大成人，真正地認識神的兒子。這樣 我們就不會中了人的詭計，也不會被那些不符合基督的教導所欺騙。

弗4:7 我們各人蒙恩、都是照基督所量給各人的恩賜。
But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
弗4:11 他所賜的有使徒、有先知．有傳福音的．有牧師和教師．
He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;
弗4:12 為要成全聖徒、各盡其職、建立基督的身體．
for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
弗4:13 直等到我們眾人在真道上同歸於一、認識　神的兒子、得以長大成人、滿有基督長成的身量．
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 使我們不再作小孩子、中了人的詭計、和欺騙的法術、被一切異教之風搖動、飄來飄去、就隨從各樣的異端．
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;