1530 英翻中(以弗所十一章) HEAVEN IN YOUR HOME 天堂在你家中 24/03/2026
CHAPTER
ELEVEN HEAVEN IN YOUR HOME
Ephesians 5:18–33
第十一章 天堂在你家中 以弗所書 5:18-33
When
home is ruled according to God’s Word,” said Charles Haddon Spurgeon, “angels
might be asked to stay with us, and they would not find themselves out of their
element.”
當家庭按照上帝的話語被統治時，”查爾斯·哈登·司布真說，“天使可能會被要求和我們在一起，他們就不會發現自己脫離了他們的原住處。”
The
trouble is that many homes are not governed by God’s Word—even homes where the
members are professing Christians —and the consequences are tragic. Instead of
angels being guests in some homes, it seems that demons are the masters. Too
many marriages end in the divorce court, and nobody knows how many husbands and
wives are emotionally divorced even though they share the same address. The
poet William Cowper called the home “the only bliss of Paradise that hast survived the Fall,” but too many homes are an outpost of hell instead of a
parcel of paradise.
問題是，許多家庭不受上帝話語的管轄 — 即使是自稱為基督徒的家庭 — 其後果是悲慘的。在某些家庭中，不是天使是客人，而惡魔是主人。太多的婚姻以法庭離婚告終，沒有人知道有多少丈夫和妻子即使地址相同，卻在情感上離婚。詩人威廉·考珀 (William Cowper) 稱家為“在秋天倖存下來的唯一天堂的幸福”，但太多的家是地獄的前哨，而不是一片天堂。
The
answer is the Holy Spirit of God! It is only through the power of the Holy Spirit
that we can walk in harmony as husbands and wives (Eph. 5:22–33), parents and
children (Eph. 6:1–4), and employers and employees (Eph. 6:5–9). The unity of
the people of God that Paul described (Eph. 4:1–16) must be translated into
daily living if we are to enjoy the harmony that is a foretaste of heaven on
earth.
答案是上帝的聖靈！只有通過聖靈的能力，我們才能作為夫妻（弗 5:22-33）、父母和孩子（弗 6:1-4）、雇主和僱員（弗6:5-9）。保羅所描述的上帝子民的合一（以弗所書 4:1-16）必須轉化為日常生活，才能讓我們享受到天上人間的和諧。
“Be
filled with the Spirit” is God’s command, and He expects us to obey. The
command is plural, so it applies to all Christians and not just to a select
few. The verb is in the present tense—“keep on being filled”— so it is an
experience we should enjoy constantly and not just on special occasions. And
the verb is passive. We do not fill ourselves but permit the Spirit to fill us.
The verb “fill” has nothing to do with contents or quantity, as though we are
empty vessels that need a required amount of spiritual fuel to keep going. In
the Bible, filled means “controlled by.” “They … were filled with wrath” (Luke
4:28) means “they were controlled by wrath” and for that reason tried to kill
Jesus. “The Jews were filled with envy” (Acts 13:45) means that the Jews were
controlled by envy and opposed the ministry of Paul and Barnabas. To be “filled
with the Spirit” means to be constantly controlled by the Spirit in our mind,
emotions, and will.
“被聖靈充滿”是上帝的命令，祂希望我們順服。該順服的命令是複數，因此適用於所有基督徒，而不僅僅是少數人。動詞是現在時 —“不斷被充滿”— 所以這是一種我們應該不斷享受的體驗，而不僅僅是在特殊場合。而且動詞是被動的。我們不是讓自己充滿，而是讓聖靈充滿我們。動詞“填充”與內容或數量無關，就好像我們是空的容器，需要足夠的屬靈燃料才能繼續前進。在聖經中，充滿的意思是“被控制”。 “他們……充滿了憤怒”（路加福音 4:28）的意思是“他們被憤怒控制了”，因此試圖殺死耶穌。 “猶太人滿心嫉妒”（使徒行傳 13:45）是指猶太人被嫉妒所控制，反對保羅和巴拿巴的事工。 “被聖靈充滿”意味著在我們的思想、情感和意志中不斷被聖靈控制。
When a
person trusts Christ as his Savior, he is immediately baptized by the Spirit
into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13). Nowhere in the New Testament are we
commanded to be baptized by the Spirit, because this is a once-for-all
experience that takes place at conversion. When the Spirit came at Pentecost,
the believers were baptized by the Spirit, and thus the body of Christ was
formed (Acts 1:4–5). But they were also “filled with the Spirit” (Acts 2:4),
and it was this filling that gave them the power they needed to witness for
Christ (Acts 1:8). In Acts 2, the Jewish believers were baptized by the Spirit,
and in Acts 10 the Gentile believers had the same experience (Acts 10:44–48;
11:15–17). Thus the body of Christ was made up of Jews and Gentiles (Eph. 2:11–22).
That historic baptism, in two stages, has never been repeated any more than
Calvary has been repeated. But that baptism is made personal when the sinner
trusts Christ and the Spirit enters in to make him a member of the body of
Christ. The baptism of the Spirit means that I belong to Christ’s body. The
filling of the Spirit means that my body belongs to Christ.
We
usually think of the power of the Spirit as necessary for preaching and
witnessing, and this is true. (See Acts 4:8, 31; 6:3, 5; 7:55; 13:9. The
apostles experienced repeated fillings after that initial experience at
Pentecost.) But Paul wrote that the Spirit’s fullness is also needed in the
home. If our homes are to be a heaven on earth, then we must be controlled by
the Holy Spirit. But how can a person tell whether or not he is filled with the
Spirit? Paul stated that there are three evidences of the fullness of the
Spirit in the life of the believer: he is joyful (Eph. 5:19), thankful (Eph.
5:20), and submissive (Eph. 5:21–33). Paul said nothing about miracles or
tongues or other special manifestations. He stated that the home can be a
heaven on earth if each family member is controlled by the Spirit, and is
joyful, thankful, and submissive.
我們通常認為聖靈的能力是講道和見證所必需的，這是真的。 （見使徒行傳 4:8, 31; 6:3, 5; 7:55; 13:9。使徒們在五旬節最初的經歷之後，反复的經歷充滿。）但保羅寫道，在家裡也需要聖靈的充滿。如果我們的家要成為地上的天堂，那麼我們必須受到聖靈的控制。但一個人如何判斷他是否被聖靈充滿呢？保羅說信徒的生命中有聖靈充滿的三個證據：他是喜樂的（弗 5:19）、感恩（弗 5:20）和順服（弗 5:21-33） ）。保羅沒有提到神蹟、方言或其他特殊的表現。他說，如果每個家庭成員都被聖靈控制，並且充滿喜樂、感恩和順服，那麼家庭就可以成為地上的天堂。
1. Joyful (5:19)
1. 快樂 (5:19)
Joy is
one of the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22). Christian joy is not a shallow
emotion that, like a thermometer, rises and falls with the changing atmosphere
of the home. Rather, Christian joy is a deep experience of adequacy and
confidence in spite of the circumstances around us. The Christian can be joyful
even in the midst of pain and suffering. This kind of joy is not a thermometer
but a thermostat. Instead of rising and falling with the circumstances, it
determines the spiritual temperature of the circumstances. Paul put it
beautifully when he wrote, “I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith
to be content” (Phil. 4:11).
喜樂是聖靈所結的果子之一（加拉太書 5:22）。基督徒的喜樂不是一種膚淺的情感，像溫度計一樣，隨著家庭氣氛的變化而起起落落。相反，儘管我們周圍的環境如何，基督徒的喜樂是一種充分和自信的深刻體驗。基督徒即使在痛楚和苦難中也能喜樂。這種喜悅不是溫度計而是恆溫器。它決定了環境的屬靈溫度，而不是隨環境起起落落。保羅寫得很優美，他寫道：“我無論在怎樣的景況下，都學會了知足”（腓 4:11）。
To
illustrate this joy, Paul used the familiar image of drunkenness: “Be not drunk
with wine … but be filled with the Spirit” (Eph. 5:18). When the believers at
Pentecost were filled with the Spirit, the crowd accused them of being drunk
with new wine (Acts 2:13–15). There was such a joyfulness about them that the unbelievers
could think of no better comparison. But some practical lessons can be learned
from the contrasts. To begin with, the drunk is under the control of another
force, since alcohol is actually a depressant. He feels a great sense of
release—all his troubles are gone. He can “lick anybody in the house!” The
drunk is not ashamed to express himself (though what he says and does is
shameful), nor can he hide what is going on in his life.
為了說明這種喜樂，保羅使用了熟悉的醉酒形象：“不要醉酒……只要被聖靈充滿”（弗 5:18）。當五旬節的信徒被聖靈充滿時，人群指責他們喝了新酒（使徒行傳 2：13-15）。他們是如此的喜樂，以致不信的人想不出更好的比較。但是從對比中可以學到一些實際的教訓。首先，醉酒者受另一種力量的控制，因為酒精實際上是一種鎮靜劑。他有一種極大的解脫感 —他所有的煩惱都消失了。他可以“舔房子裡的任何人！”醉漢不以表露為恥（雖然他的言行是可恥的），他也無法隱瞞他生活中正在發生的事情。
Transfer
this picture to the believer who is filled with the Spirit. God controls his
life, and he experiences a deep joy he is not afraid to express to the glory of
God. Of course, the drunk is really out of control, since the alcohol affects
his brain, while the believer experiences a beautiful self-control that is
really God in control. Self-control is among the fruit of the Spirit (Gal.
5:23). “The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets” (1 Cor.
14:32). The drunk makes a fool of himself, but the Spirit-filled Christian
glorifies God and is willing to be a “fool for Christ’s sake” (1 Cor. 4:10).
The drunk calls attention to himself, while the Spirit-filled believer is a
witness for Christ.
把這張圖傳給被聖靈充滿的信徒。上帝掌管著他的生活，他體驗到一種深深的喜樂，他不怕向上帝的榮耀表達。當然，醉酒的人是真的失控了，因為酒精會影響他的大腦，而信徒則體驗到一種美麗的自我控制，這真的是上帝在控制。自制是聖靈的果子之一（加拉太書 5:23）。 “先知的靈服從先知”（1 Cor. 14:32）。醉漢自欺欺人，但被聖靈充滿的基督徒會榮耀上帝，並願意“為基督的緣故做傻瓜”（林前 4:10）。醉酒的人要注意自己，而被聖靈充滿的信徒是基督的見證。
It is
certainly not difficult to live or work with someone who is filled with the
Spirit and joyful. He has a song in his heart and on his lips. The drunk often
sings, but his songs only reveal the corruption in his heart. The Spirit-filled
Christian’s song comes from God, a song he could never sing apart from the
Spirit’s power. God even gives us songs in the night (Ps. 42:8). In spite of
pain and shame, Paul and Silas were able to sing praises to God in the
Philippian jail (Acts 16:25), and the result was the conversion of the jailer
and his family. What a happy time they all had that midnight hour—and they did
not need to get drunk to enjoy it!
與被聖靈充滿並喜樂的人一起生活或工作當然不難。他的心里和嘴唇上有一首歌。醉漢經常唱歌，但他的歌只暴露了他內心的腐敗。被聖靈充滿的基督徒的歌曲來自上帝，如果沒有聖靈的力量，他永遠無法唱出這首歌。上帝甚至在夜間給我們唱歌（詩篇 42:8）。儘管痛苦和羞愧，保羅和西拉仍然能夠在腓立比監獄中讚美上帝（使徒行傳 16:25），結果是獄卒和他的家人皈依了。他們在午夜時分度過了多麼幸福的時光 — 他們不需要喝醉就能享受它！
“Your
neighborhood tavern is the friendliest place in town!” That slogan appeared in
a headline of a special newspaper insert during “National Tavern Month,” so I
decided to test its veracity. I watched the newspapers for several weeks and
cut out items that related to taverns—and all of them were connected with
brawls and murders. The friendliest place in town! But this headline reminded
me that people who drink together often experience a sympathy and conviviality.
This fact is no argument for alcohol, but it does illustrate a point:
Christians who are filled with the Holy Spirit enjoy being together and
experience a sense of joyful oneness in the Lord. They do not need the false
stimulants of the world. They have the Spirit of God—and He is all they need.
“您附近的小酒館是鎮上最友好的地方！”這個口號出現在“全國酒館月”期間一份特別報紙插頁的標題中，所以我決定測試它的真實性。我看了幾個星期的報紙，刪掉了與酒館有關的內容 — 所有這些都與鬥毆和謀殺有關。鎮上最友好的地方！但是這個標題提醒我，一起喝酒的人往往會感受到一種同情和歡樂。這個事實並不能成為酒精的論據，但它確實說明了一個觀點：被聖靈充滿的基督徒享受在一起，並在主裡體驗到喜樂的合一感。他們不需要世界上的虛假興奮劑。他們擁有上帝的靈 — 而他正是他們所需要的。
2. Thankful (5:20)
2. 感恩 (5:20)
Someone
defined the home as “the place where we are treated the best—and complain the
most!” How true this is! “My father never talks to me unless he wants to bawl
me out or ask about my grades,” a teenager once told me. “After all, a guy
needs some encouragement once in a while!” Marriage counselors tell us that
“taking each other for granted” is one of the chief causes of marital problems.
Being thankful to God for each other is a secret of a happy home, and it is the
Holy Spirit who gives us the grace of thankfulness.
有人將家定義為“我們受到最好的對待 — 也是抱怨最多的地方！”這是何等的真實！ “我父親從不跟我說話，除非他想罵我或問我的成績，”一位青少年曾經告訴我。 “畢竟，一個人偶爾需要一些鼓勵！”婚姻顧問告訴我們，“把對方視為理所當然”是導致婚姻出問題的主要原因之一。為彼此感謝上帝是幸福家庭的秘訣，是聖靈賜給我們感恩的恩典。
How
does a grateful heart promote harmony in the home? For one thing, the sincerely
grateful person realizes that he is enriched because of others, which is a mark
of humility. The person who thinks the world owes him a living is never
thankful for anything. He thinks he is doing others a favor by permitting them
to serve him. The thankful heart is usually humble, a heart that gladly
acknowledges God as the “Giver of every good and perfect gift” (James 1:17).
Like Mary’s gift to Jesus in John 12, gratitude fills the house with fragrance.
感恩的心如何促進家庭和諧？一方面，真誠感恩的人會意識到自己因他人而富足，這是謙卑的標誌。認為世界欠他一份生計的人永遠不會對任何事情心存感激。他認為允許別人為他服務是在幫別人忙。感恩的心通常是謙卑的，一顆樂意承認上帝是“賜予各樣美好完美禮物的人”（雅各書 1:17）。就像約翰福音 12 章中馬利亞給耶穌的禮物一樣，感恩讓整個屋子充滿了芬芳。
To be
sure, all of us are grateful for some things at some special occasions, but Paul
commanded his readers to be thankful for all things at all times. This
exhortation in itself proves our need of the Spirit of God, because in our own
strength we could never obey this commandment. Can we really be thankful in
times of suffering, disappointment, and even bereavement? Keep in mind that
Paul was a prisoner when he wrote those words, yet he was thankful for what God
was doing in him and for him (Eph. 1:16; 5:4, 20; Phil. 1:3; Col. 1:3, 12; 2:7;
3:17; 4:2). When a Christian finds himself in a difficult situation, he should immediately give thanks to the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ,
by the power of the Spirit, to keep his heart from complaining and fretting.
The devil moves in when a Christian starts to complain, but thanksgiving in the
Spirit defeats the devil and glorifies the Lord. “In everything give thanks:
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thess. 5:18).
誠然，我們所有人都會在某些特殊場合為某些事感恩，但保羅吩咐他的讀者要時時為所有事感恩。這個勸誡本身證明我們需要上帝的靈，因為靠我們自己的力量，我們永遠無法遵守這條誡命。在苦難、失望甚至喪親之痛的時候，我們真的可以感恩嗎？請記住，保羅在寫這些話時是一個囚犯，但他感謝上帝在他身上所做的一切（弗 1:16；5:4、20；腓 1:3；西 1 :3, 12; 2:7; 3:17; 4:2)。當基督徒發現自己處於困境時，他應該立即奉耶穌基督的名，靠著聖靈的能力感謝父，使他的心不再抱怨和煩惱。當基督徒開始抱怨時，魔鬼就進來了，但在聖靈中的感謝戰勝了魔鬼並榮耀了主。 “凡事謝恩：因為這是上帝在基督耶穌裡對你們所定的旨意”（帖前 5:18）。
The
word gratitude comes from the same root word as grace. If we have experienced
the grace of God, then we ought to be grateful for what God brings to us. Thank
and think also come from the same root word. If we would think more, we would
thank more.
感恩這個詞來自與恩典相同的詞根。如果我們經歷過上帝的恩典，那麼我們就應該感謝祂帶給我們的。感謝和思考也來自同一個詞根。如果我們想得更多，我們會感謝更多。
3. Submissive
(5:21–33)
3. 順從（5:21-33）
Paul
applied the principle of harmony to husbands and wives (Eph. 5:21–33), parents
and children (Eph. 6:1–4), and masters and servants (Eph. 6:5–9), and he began
with the admonition that each submit to the other (Eph. 5:21). Does this
suggest that the children tell the parents what to do, or that the masters obey
the servants? Of course not! Submission has nothing to do with the order of
authority, but rather governs the operation of authority, how it is given and
how it is received. Often Jesus tried to teach His disciples not to throw their
weight around, or seek to become great at somebody else’s expense. Unfortunately,
they failed to learn the lesson, and even at the Last Supper they were arguing
over who was the greatest (Luke 22:24–27). When Jesus washed their feet, He
taught them that the greatest is the person who uses his authority to build up
people and not, like the Pharisees, to build up his authority and make himself
important. We are to esteem others “more important than ourselves” (Rom. 12:10;
Phil. 2:1–4). By nature, we want to promote ourselves, but the Holy Spirit enables
us to submit ourselves.
保羅將和諧的原則應用於丈夫和妻子（弗 5:21-33）、父母和孩子（弗 6:1-4）以及主人和僕人（弗 6:5-9），他開始並告誡彼此順服（弗 5:21）。這是否意味著孩子們告訴父母該做什麼，或者主人服從僕人？當然不是！服從與權威的順序無關，而是支配著權威的運作，它是如何給予的，如何被接受。耶穌經常試圖教導他的門徒不要把自己的重擔放在心上，也不要試圖以犧牲他人為代價而變得偉大。不幸的是，他們沒有吸取教訓，甚至在最後的晚餐上，他們還在爭論誰是最大的（路加福音 22：24-27）。當耶穌洗他們的腳時，祂教導他們，最偉大的人是用自己的權柄來建立人，而不是像法利賽人那樣建立自己的權柄，使自己變得重要。我們要尊重他人“比自己更重要”（羅馬書 12:10；腓 2:1-4）。我們本性想提升自己，但聖靈使我們能夠順服自己。
As you
study Paul’s words to husbands and wives, remember that he was writing to
believers. He was nowhere suggesting that women are inferior to men, or that
all women must be in subjection to all men in every situation. The fact that he
uses Christ and the church as his illustration is evidence that he has the
Christian home in mind.
當你研究保羅對丈夫和妻子的話時，請記住他是在寫信給信徒。他並沒有暗示女人不如男人，或者說所有的女人在任何情況下都必須服從所有的男人。他以基督和教會為例證的事實證明他心中有基督徒的家。
Wives,
submit yourselves (vv. 22–24). He gives two reasons for this command: the
lordship of Christ (Eph. 5:22) and the headship of the man in Christ (Eph.
5:23). When the Christian wife submits herself to Christ and lets Him be the
Lord of her life, she will have no difficulty submitting to her husband. This
does not mean that she becomes a slave, for the husband is also to submit
to Christ. And if both are living under the lordship of Christ, there can be
only harmony. Headship is not dictatorship. “Each for the other, both for the
Lord.” The Christian husband and wife should pray together and spend time in
the Word, so that they might know God’s will for their individual lives and for
their home. Most of the marital conflicts I have dealt with as a pastor have
stemmed from failure of the husband and/or wife to submit to Christ, spend time
in His Word, and seek to do His will each day.
妻子們，你們要順服（22-24 節）。他給出了這個命令的兩個原因：基督的主權（弗 5:22）和在基督裡的人的元首（弗 5:23）。當基督徒妻子順服基督並讓祂作她生命的主時，她順服丈夫就沒有困難了。這並不意味著她成為奴隸，因為丈夫也要順服基督。如果兩者都生活在基督的統治之下，那麼就只能和諧。領導不是獨裁。 “彼此為對方，都為主。”基督徒夫妻應該一起禱告，花時間在聖經上，好讓他們知道上帝對他們個人生活和家庭的旨意。作為牧師，我處理過的大多數婚姻衝突都源於丈夫和/或妻子未能順服基督、花時間在祂的話語上、每天都努力遵行祂的旨意。
This
explains why a Christian should marry a Christian and not become “unequally
yoked together” with an unbeliever (2 Cor. 6:14–18). If the Christian is
submitted to Christ, he will not try to establish a home that disobeys the Word
of God. Such a home invites civil war from the beginning. But something else is
important. The Christian couple must be careful to submit to Christ’s lordship
even before they are married. Unless the couple prays together and sincerely
seeks God’s will in His Word, their marriage begins on a weak foundation. Sins
committed before marriage (“We’re Christians—we can get away with this!”) have
a way of causing problems after marriage. Certainly God is able to forgive, but
something very precious is lost just the same. Dr. William Culbertson, former
president of Moody Bible Institute, used to warn about “the sad consequences of
forgiven sins,” and engaged Christian couples need to take that warning to
heart.
這解釋了為什麼基督徒應該與基督徒結婚，而不是與非信徒“同負一軛”（林後 6：14-18）。如果基督徒順服基督，他就不會試圖建立一個違背上帝話語的家庭。這樣的家從一開始就招致內戰。但還有一點很重要。基督徒夫婦甚至在結婚之前就必須小心地順服基督的主權。除非這對夫婦一起祈禱並真誠地在上帝的話語中尋求上帝的旨意，否則他們的婚姻就會建立在一個薄弱的基礎上。婚前所犯的罪（“我們是基督徒 — 我們可以逃脫懲罰！”）有辦法在婚後引發問題。上帝當然能夠饒恕，但同樣也失去了一些非常寶貴的東西。穆迪聖經學院前任院長威廉·卡爾伯森博士曾經警告過“罪得赦免的悲慘後果”，訂婚的基督徒夫婦需要牢記這一警告。
Husbands,
love your wives (vv. 25–33). Paul had much more to say to the Christian
husbands than to the wives. He set for them a very high standard: Love your
wives “even as Christ also loved the church.” Paul was lifting married love to
the highest level possible, for he saw in the Christian home an illustration of
the relationship between Christ and the church. God established marriage for
many reasons. For one thing, it meets man’s emotional needs. “It is not good
that the man should be alone” (Gen. 2:18). Marriage also has a social purpose
in the bearing of children to continue the race (Gen. 1:28). Paul indicated a
physical purpose for marriage—to help man and woman fulfill the normal
desires given them by God (1 Cor. 7:1–3). But in Ephesians 5, Paul indicated
also a spiritual purpose in marriage, as the husband and wife experience with
each other the submission and the love of Christ (Eph. 5:22–33).
丈夫們，要愛你們的妻子（25-33 節）。保羅對基督徒丈夫有更多的話要對妻子說。他為他們設立了一個非常高的標準：“愛你們的妻子，就像基督愛教會一樣”。保羅將婚姻之愛提升到了最高水平，因為他在基督徒家庭中看到了基督與教會之間關係的例證。上帝建立婚姻的原因有很多。一方面，它滿足了人的情感需求。 “那人獨居不好”（創世記 2:18）。婚姻在生育孩子以繼續比賽方面也具有社會目的（創世記 1:28）。保羅指出婚姻的一個生理目的 — 幫助男人和女人實現上帝賦予他們的正常願望（林前 7:1-3）。但在以弗所書第 5 章中，保羅也指出了婚姻的屬靈目的，因為丈夫和妻子彼此經歷基督的順服和愛（弗 5:22-33）。
If the
husband makes Christ’s love for the church the pattern for loving his wife,
then he will love her sacrificially (Eph. 5:25). Christ gave Himself for the
church, so the husband, in love, gives himself for his wife. Jacob so loved
Rachel that he sacrificially worked fourteen years to win her. True Christian
love “seeketh not her own” (1 Cor. 13:5)—it is not selfish. If a husband is
submitted to Christ and filled with the Spirit, his sacrificial love will
willingly pay a price that she might be able to serve Christ in the home and
glorify Him.
如果丈夫以基督對教會的愛作為愛妻子的模式，那麼他就會犧牲地愛她（弗 5:25）。基督為教會捨己，所以丈夫在愛中為妻子捨己。雅各如此愛瑞秋，以至於他犧牲了十四年來贏得她。真正的基督徒之愛“不求自己的”（林前 13:5）— 它不是自私的。如果丈夫順服基督並被聖靈充滿，他犧牲的愛會心甘情願地付出代價，使她能夠在家中侍奉基督並榮耀祂。
The
husband’s love will also be a sanctifying love (Eph. 5:26–27). The word
sanctify means “to set apart.” In the marriage ceremony, the husband is set
apart to belong to the wife, and the wife is set apart to belong to the
husband. Any interference with this God-given arrangement is sin. Today, Christ
is cleansing His church through the ministry of His Word (John 15:3; 17:17).
The love of the husband for his wife ought to be cleansing her (and him) so
that both are becoming more like Christ. Even their physical relationship should
be so controlled by God that it becomes a means of spiritual enrichment as well
as personal enjoyment (1 Cor. 7:3–5). The husband is not to “use” his wife for
his own pleasure, but rather is to show the kind of love that is mutually
rewarding and sanctifying. The marriage experience is one of constant growth
when Christ is the Lord of the home. Love always enlarges and enriches, while
selfishness does just the opposite.
丈夫的愛也是成聖的愛（弗 5:26-27）。成聖這個詞的意思是“分別出來”。在結婚典禮上，分夫歸妻，分妻歸夫。對這種上帝賜予的安排的任何干涉都是罪。今天，基督正在通過他的話語的事工來潔淨他祂的教會（約翰福音 15：3；17：17）。丈夫對妻子的愛應該淨化她（和他），使兩者都變得更像基督。甚至他們的身體關係也應該受到上帝的控制，使其成為一種屬靈充實和個人享受的方式（林前 7：3-5）。丈夫不是為了自己的快樂而“使用”妻子，而是要表現出那種互惠互利和成聖的愛。當基督是家庭的主宰時，婚姻經歷是一種不斷成長的經歷。愛總是擴大和豐富，而自私則相反。
The
church today is not perfect; it has spots and wrinkles. Spots are caused by
defilement on the outside, while wrinkles are caused by decay on the inside.
Because the church becomes defiled by the world, it needs constant cleansing,
and the Word of God is the cleansing agent. “Keep yourselves unspotted from the
world” (James 1:27). Strictly speaking, there should be no wrinkles in the
church, because wrinkles are evidence of old age and internal decay. As the
church is nourished by the Word, these wrinkles ought to disappear. Like a
beautiful bride, the church ought to be clean and youthful, which is possible
through the Spirit of God using the Word of God. One day the church will be
presented in heaven “a glorious church” at the coming of Jesus Christ (Jude
24).
今天的教會並不完美；它有斑點和皺紋。斑點是外在的污穢造成的，皺紋是由內在的腐爛造成的。因為教會被世界玷污了，它需要不斷的潔淨，而上帝的話語是潔淨的媒介。 “要保守自己不沾染世俗”（雅各書 1:27）。嚴格來說，教堂裡應該沒有皺紋，因為皺紋是衰老和內部腐爛的證據。當教會被聖言滋養時，這些皺紋應該消失。像美麗的新娘一樣，教會應該是乾淨和年輕的，這可以通過使用祂的話語的神聖的靈來實現。有一天，當耶穌基督降臨時，教會將在天上成為“榮耀的教會”（猶大書 24）。
The
husband’s love for his wife should be sacrificial and sanctifying, but it should
also be satisfying (Eph. 5:28–30). In the marriage relationship, the husband
and wife become “one flesh.” Therefore, whatever each does to the other, he or
she does to himself or herself. It is a mutually satisfying experience. The man
who loves his wife is actually loving his own body, since he and his wife are
one flesh. As he loves her, he is nourishing her. Just as love is the
circulatory system of the body of Christ (Eph. 4:16), so love is the
nourishment of the home. How many people have confessed, “I am starved for
love.” There should be no starvation for love in the Christian home, for the
husband and wife should so love each other that their physical, emotional, and
spiritual needs are met. If both are submitted to the Lord, and to each other,
they will be so satisfied that they will not be tempted to look anywhere else
for fulfillment.
丈夫對妻子的愛應該是犧牲和聖潔的，但也應該是令人滿意的（弗 5:28-30）。在婚姻關係中，夫妻成為“一體”。因此，無論每個人對對方做什麼，他或她都會對自己做。這是一種雙方都滿意的體驗。愛妻子的男人其實是愛自己的身體，因為他和妻子是一體的。因為他愛她，所以他在滋養她。正如愛是基督身體的循環系統（弗 4:16），愛是家庭的滋養。有多少人坦白，“我渴望愛情。”在基督徒家庭中不應該缺乏愛，因為丈夫和妻子應該彼此相愛，以滿足他們身體、情感和精神上的需要。如果雙方都順服於主，並且彼此順服，他們就會非常滿意，不會被誘惑去別處尋求滿足。
Our
Christian homes are to be pictures of Christ’s relationship to His church. Each
believer is a member of Christ’s body, and each believer is to help nourish the
body in love (Eph. 4:16). We are one with Christ. The church is His body and
His bride, and the Christian home is a divinely ordained illustration of this
relationship. This certainly makes marriage a serious matter.
我們的基督徒家庭要成為基督與祂教會關係的圖畫。每個信徒都是基督身體的一員，每個信徒都應該用愛來滋養身體（弗 4:16）。我們與基督是一。教會是祂的身體和新娘，而基督徒的家則是上帝命定的這種關係的例證。這無疑使婚姻成為一件嚴肅的事情。
Paul
referred to the creation of Eve and the forming of the first home (Gen.
2:18–24). Adam had to give part of himself in order to get a bride, but Christ
gave all of Himself to purchase His bride at the cross. God opened Adam’s side,
but sinful men pierced Christ’s side. So united are a husband and wife that
they are “one flesh.” Their union is even closer than that of parents and
children. The believer’s union with Christ is even closer and, unlike human
marriage, will last for all eternity. Paul closed with a final admonition that
the husband love his wife and that the wife reverence (respect) her husband,
both of which require the power of the Holy Spirit.
保羅提到了夏娃的創造和第一個家的形成（創世記 2:18-24）。亞當必須獻出自己的一部分才能得到新娘，但基督卻將自己的全部獻給了十字架上的新娘。上帝打開了亞當的一側，但罪人刺穿了基督的一側。夫妻如此團結，以至於他們是“一體的”。他們的結合甚至比父母和孩子的結合更緊密。信徒與基督的結合更加緊密，並且與人類婚姻不同，會持續到永恆。保羅最後告誡丈夫愛他的妻子，妻子敬畏（尊重）她的丈夫，這兩者都需要聖靈的能力。
If
Christian husbands and wives have the power of the Spirit to enable them, and
the example of Christ to encourage them, why do too many Christian marriages
fail? Somebody is out of the will of God. Just because two Christians know each
other and get along together does not mean they are supposed to get married. In
fact, not every believer is supposed to marry. It is sometimes God’s will for a
Christian to remain single (Matt. 19:12; 1 Cor. 7:7–9). It is wrong for a
believer to marry an unbeliever, but it is also wrong for two Christians to
marry out of the will of God.
如果基督徒夫妻有聖靈的能力扶持，有基督的榜樣鼓勵他們，為什麼會有太多基督徒婚姻失敗？有些人是出於上帝的旨意。僅僅因為兩個基督徒彼此認識並相處融洽，並不意味著他們應該結婚。事實上，並不是每個信徒都應該結婚。有時，上帝的旨意是讓基督徒保持單身（馬太福音 19:12；林前書 7:7-9）。信徒與非信徒結婚是錯誤的，但兩個基督徒不是出於上帝的旨意而結婚也是錯誤的。
But
even if two Christians marry in the will of God, they must stay in God’s will
if their home is to be the creative fellowship God wants it to be. “The fruit
of the Spirit is love” (Gal. 5:22), and unless both husband and wife are
walking in the Spirit they cannot share the love of Christ, the love that is so
beautifully described in 1 Corinthians 13. The root of most marital problems is
sin, and the root of all sin is selfishness. Submission to Christ and to one
another is the only way to overcome selfishness, for when we submit, the Holy
Spirit can fill us and enable us to love one another in a sacrificial,
sanctifying, satisfying way—the way Christ loves the church.
但是，即使兩個基督徒按照上帝的旨意結婚，如果他們的家要成為上帝希望的創造性團契，他們也必須留在上帝的旨意中。 “聖靈所結的果子就是愛”（加拉太書 5:22），除非丈夫和妻子都在聖靈中行事，否則他們就無法分享基督的愛，哥林多前書 13 章對這種愛進行如此美妙的描述。根源大多數婚姻問題都是罪，而所有罪的根源是自私。順服基督並彼此順服是克服自私的唯一方法，因為當我們順服時，聖靈可以充滿我們，使我們能夠以一種犧牲、成聖、令人滿意的方式彼此相愛 — 就像基督愛教會的方式。
To
experience the fullness of the Spirit a person must first possess the Spirit—be
a Christian. Then there must be a sincere desire to glorify Christ, since this
is why the Holy Spirit was given (John 16:14). We do not use the Holy Spirit;
He uses us. There must be a deep thirst for God’s fullness, a confession that
we cannot do His will apart from His power. We must claim the promise of John
7:37–39: “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink!” By faith yield
yourself to Christ; by faith ask Him for the fullness of the Spirit. By faith
receive. When you find yourself joyful, thankful, and submissive, you will know
that God has answered.
要經歷聖靈的豐滿，人必須首先擁有聖靈 — 成為基督徒。然後必須真誠地渴望榮耀基督，因為這就是賜予聖靈的原因（約翰福音 16:14）。我們不能使用聖靈；而是祂使用我們。必須深切渴慕祂的豐滿，承認離開了上帝的能力，我們就無法遵行祂的旨意。我們必須承認約翰福音 7：37-39 的應許：“人若渴了，可以到我這裡來喝！”憑著信心將自己交給基督；憑著信心祈求聖靈的充滿。憑著信心來接受祂。當你發現自己喜樂、感恩和順服時，你就會知道上帝已經回答了。
One
more important factor should be considered. The Spirit of God uses the Word of
God to work in our lives. Read Colossians 3:16—4:1 and you will see a parallel
to our Ephesians passage. And you will note that to be filled with the Word of
God produces joy, thanksgiving, and submission. In other words, when you are
controlled by the Word of God, you are filled with the Spirit of God. Not only
husbands and wives, but all Christians need to spend time daily letting the
Word of Christ dwell in them richly, for then the Spirit of God can work in our
lives to make us joyful, thankful,
and submissive. And this means heaven in the home—or wherever God may put us.
應該考慮一個更重要的因素。上帝的靈使用上帝的話語在我們的生活中工作。閱讀歌羅西書 3:16-4:1，你會看到與我們以弗所書相似的段落。你會注意到被祂的話語充滿會產生喜樂、感恩和順服。換句話說，當你被祂的話控制時，你就會被神的靈充滿。不僅丈夫和妻子，所有基督徒都需要每天花時間讓基督的話語豐豐富富地住在他們裡面，因為這樣上帝的靈就會在我們的生活中工作，使我們喜樂、感恩和順服。這意味著天堂在你家中 — 或上帝可能安置天堂在我們的任何地方。
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