Do Not Be Yoked Together with Unbelievers 2

“Do Not Be Yoked Together with Unbelievers” “不要与不信的同負一軛” 林後 2 Cor 6: 14 -7: 1

林後 2 Cor 6: 14– 15 (NIV) • Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 14 • 14 你們和不信的原不相配，不要同負一軛‧ 義和不義有什麼相交呢‧光明和黑暗有什麼 相通呢‧ 15 基督和彼列﹝彼列就是撒但的 別名﹞有什麼相和呢‧信主的和不信主的有 什麼相干呢‧

林後 2 Cor 6: 16 (NIV) • What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. ” 16 • 16 神的殿和偶像有什麼相同呢‧因為我 們是永生神的殿‧就如神曾說，『我要在 他們中間居住，在他們中間來往‧我要作 他們的神，他們要作我的子民‧』

林後 2 Cor 6: 17 -7: 1 (NIV) • “Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you. ” 18 “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. ” 1 Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God. 17 • 17 又說，『你們務要從他們中間出來，與他們分 別，不要沾不潔淨的物，我就收納你們‧ 18 我要 作你們的父，你們要作我的兒女‧』這是全能的主 說的‧ … 1 親愛的弟兄阿，我們既有這等應許， 就當潔淨自己，除去身體靈魂一切的污穢，敬畏 神，得以成聖‧

I. Corinthian believers’ pagan past. 哥林多信徒的異教的背景. (林後 2 Cor 5: 17; 約 John 3: 3, 7; 彼前 1 Pet 1: 3, 23; 西 Col 1: 13; 約壹 1 John 2: 15 -16; 雅 James 4: 4) • 雅 James 4: 4 (NIV 84) • You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. • 你們這些淫亂的人哪，﹝淫亂的人原文作淫婦﹞ 豈不知與世俗為友，就是與 神為敵麼‧所以凡想 要與世俗為友的，就是與 神為敵了‧

約壹 1 John 2: 15– 16 (NIV) • Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. 15 • 15 不要愛世界，和世界上的事‧人若愛世界， 愛父的心就不在他裡面了‧ 16 因為凡世界上的 事，就像肉體的情慾，眼目的情慾，並今生的 驕傲，都不是從父來的，乃是從世界來的‧ •

林後 2 Cor 5: 17 (NIV) • Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! • 若有人在基督裡，他就是新造的 人‧舊事已過，都變成新的了‧

II. The meaning of “yoke together” “同負一軛”的意義 (6: 14 a; 申 Deut 22: 10) • 林後 2 Cor 6: 14 a (NIV) • Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. • 你們和不信的原不相配，不要同 負一軛‧

Realm: Spiritual Life 主要範疇: 属灵生命

Unevenly Yoked Deut 22: 10

III. “Not to be yoked together with unbelievers” is God’s command. “不要与不信的同負一軛” 是神的命令. (6: 14 a; 彼前 1 Pet 1: 15 -16; 3: 15; 弗 Eph 1: 4; 2: 21; 羅 Rom 12: 1 -2) • 林後 2 Cor 6: 14 a (NIV) • Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. • 你們和不信的原不相配，不要同負一軛‧

IV. The reasons for this command 神給這的命令的原因 (6: 14 -18) • • • Irrational/Incompatible (6: 14 b-15) (不合身份) Sacrilegious (6: 16) (褻瀆聖職) Disobedient (6: 17 a) (不順服神) Unprofitable (6: 17 b-18) (沒有益處) Ungrateful (7: 1) (不感恩)

A. Irrational / Incompatible 不合理 / 不合身份 (6: 14 b-15) • Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 14 • 14 你們和不信的原不相配，不要同負一軛‧義和 不義有什麼相交呢? 光明和黑暗有什麼相通呢? 15 基督和彼列﹝彼列就是撒但的別名﹞有什麼 相和呢? 信主的和不信主的有什麼相干呢?

B. Sacrilegious 褻瀆聖職 (6: 16) • What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. ” • 神的殿和偶像有什麼相同呢‧因為我們是永生神 的殿‧就如神曾說，『我要在他們中間居住，在 他們中間來往‧我要作他們的神，他們要作我的 子民‧』

C. Disobedient 不順服神 (6: 17 a) • “Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you. ” • 又說，『你們務要從他們中間出來，與 他們分別，不要沾不潔淨的物，我就收 納你們‧

D. Unprofitable 沒有益處 (6: 17 b-18) • “Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you. ” 18 “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. ” 17 • 17 又說，『你們務要從他們中間出來，與他 們分別，不要沾不潔淨的物，我就收納你們‧ 18 我要作你們的父，你們要作我的兒女‧』這 是全能的主說的‧

E. Ungrateful 不感恩 (7: 1) • 1 Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God. • 親愛的弟兄阿，我們既有這等應許，就當 潔淨自己，除去身體靈魂一切的污穢，敬 畏神，得以成聖‧

V. We are the temple of the Living God. 我們是永生神的殿. (6: 16; 林前 1 Cor 3: 16; 6: 19) • 林後 2 Corinthians 6: 16 (NIV 84) • 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. ” • 神的殿和偶像有什麼相同呢‧因為我們是永生神 的殿‧就如神曾說，『我要在他們中間居住，在 他們中間來往‧我要作他們的神，他們要作我的 子民‧』

林前 1 Cor 3: 16 (NIV) • Don’t you know that yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? • 豈不知你們是神的殿，神的靈 住在你們裡頭麼?

VI. God’s special promises and blessings for those who abide by this command 神對遵行這命令者的特別 應許与祝福 (6: 16 b, 18; 利 Lev 26: 12; 耶 Jer 32: 38; 結 Ezek 37: 27) • 林後 2 Corinthians 6: 16 (NIV 84) • 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people. ” • 神的殿和偶像有什麼相同呢‧因為我們是永生神的殿‧就如 神曾說，『我要在他們中間居住，在他們中間來往‧我要作 他們的神，他們要作我的子民‧』

林後 2 Cor 6: 17– 18 (NIV) • 17 “Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you. ” 18 “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. ” • 17 又說，『你們務要從他們中間出來， 與他們分別，不要沾不潔淨的物，我就收 納你們‧ 18 我要作你們的父，你們要作 我的兒女‧』這是全能的主說的‧

VII. Personal response: Actions we must take. 個人回應: 我們須有的行動. (6: 17; 撒下 2 Sam 7: 14, 8; 賽 Isaiah 52: 11; 結 Ezek 20: 34, 41) • 林後 2 Corinthians 6: 17 (NIV 84) • “Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you. ” • 又說，『你們務要從他們中間出來，與他們分 別，不要沾不潔淨的物，我就收納你們‧

林後 2 Cor 7: 1 (NIV) • Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God. • 親愛的弟兄阿，我們既有這等應許， 就當潔淨自己，除去身體靈魂一切的 污穢，敬畏神，得以成聖‧

VII. Personal response: Actions we must take. 個人回應: 我們須有的行動. (6: 17; 撒下 2 Sam 7: 14, 8; 賽 Isaiah 52: 11; 結 Ezek 20: 34, 41) • • Come out from them and be separate. 從他們中間出來, 与他們分別. Touch no unclean things. 不要沾不潔淨的物. Purify ourselves. 潔淨自己. Perfecting holiness. 在敬虔上努力操練, 得以成聖(成熟).