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怎样缔造没有阶级偏见的社会？问题是，在人类世界里，终有一天会出现一个没有阶级的社会吗？会的。大约2 000年前，当耶稣还在地上的时候，一个平等社会的根基就奠定了。耶稣牺牲生命，为所有顺服的人类献出赎价，“好叫凡信从他的人都不致灭亡，反得永生”。──约翰福音3：16。耶稣想让门徒明白，在他们当中，谁也不该抬高自己，凌驾于其他信徒之上。他说：“你们不要接受‘老师’的尊称，因为只有一位是你们的‘老师’，你们全都是弟兄。你们也不要尊称地上的人为‘父’，因为只有一位是你们的‘父’，就是天父。你们也不要接受‘领袖’的尊称，因为你们的‘领袖’只有一位，就是基督。你们中间最大的，就必须做你们的仆人。谁高举自己，就必降为卑。”（马太福音23：8-12）在上帝眼中，耶稣所有真正的门徒，在信仰里都是平等的。早期的基督徒认为彼此都是平等的吗？明白耶稣教导的人都有这个看法，认为自己跟其他信徒都是平等的，所以彼此用“弟兄”相称。（腓利门书1，7，20）他们没有自命不凡的态度。请考虑一下彼得的例子。他在彼得后书，用谦卑的言词形容自己：“耶稣基督的奴隶和使徒西门彼得，写信给那些跟我们一样有幸获得这信仰的人。”（彼得后书1：1）彼得虽然曾经受耶稣亲自教导，又是使徒，身负重要的职责，但他自视为奴隶，意识到自己跟其他基督徒一样，有幸认识真理，享有同样的殊荣。或许有人会说，上帝拣选以色列人作他的子民，仿佛以色列人比其他民族优越，岂不违背了平等的理念？（出埃及记19：5，6）但事实并非如此。诚然，以色列人身为亚伯拉罕的后代，跟上帝享有特殊的关系，上帝也任用他们启露自己的旨意。（罗马书3：1，2）可是，上帝这样做，并不是要提高他们的地位，而是为了通过他们使万国得福。──创世记22：18；加拉太书3：8。大部分以色列人都没有效法祖先亚伯拉罕的信心，他们变得不忠，并且拒绝承认耶稣就是弥赛亚。所以，上帝也弃绝了他们。（马太福音21：43）不过，那些谦卑的人却没有失去上帝所应许的福分。在公元33年的五旬节，基督徒会众诞生了。这个受圣灵所膏的基督徒团体被称为“上帝的以色列”。上帝通过这个团体，继续赐下他应许的福分。──加拉太书6：16。当时，有些基督徒会众的成员仍需受教，学习怎样平等待人。例如，有些人尊重富有的信徒，过于尊重贫穷的同工。这是不对的，所以门徒雅各劝谕他们不要这样做。（雅各书2：1-4）使徒保罗也曾指出，外邦基督徒绝不比犹太基督徒差，基督徒妇女也绝不比基督徒男子低等。他写道：“你们所有人凭着对基督耶稣的信心，都成了上帝的儿子。因为你们所有受浸归入基督的人，都穿上基督了。你们不分犹太人或希腊人，奴隶或自由人，男人或女人，凡跟基督耶稣联合的，就都是一体的了。”──加拉太书3：26-28。 

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English translation:

A Classless Society—How? Still, is there any hope that some day there will be a society among the living where social class will not be important? Yes, there is. Almost 2,000 years ago when Jesus was on the earth, the groundwork was laid for such a society. Jesus gave his life as a ransom sacrifice for all believing mankind so that "everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life."—John 3:16. To show that none of his followers should elevate themselves above fellow believers, Jesus said: "You, do not you be called Rabbi, for one is your teacher, whereas all you are brothers. Moreover, do not call anyone your father on earth, for one is your Father, the heavenly One. Neither be called ‘leaders,’ for your Leader is one, the Christ. But the greatest one among you must be your minister. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled." (Matthew 23:8-12) In God’s eyes, all of Jesus’ true disciples are equal in the faith. Did the early Christians view themselves as equal? Those who got the sense of Jesus’ teaching did. They viewed one another as equal in the faith and showed this by addressing one another as "brother." (Philemon 1, 7, 20) Nobody was encouraged to view himself as being better than others. Consider, for example, the humble way in which Peter described himself in his second letter: "Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith, held in equal privilege with ours." (2 Peter 1:1) Peter had personally been instructed by Jesus, and as an apostle, he held an important position of responsibility. Yet, he considered himself to be a slave and recognized that other Christians held the faith in equal privilege with him. Some may say that the ideal of equality is contradicted by the fact that in pre-Christian times God made Israel his special nation. (Exodus 19:5, 6) They may claim that this is an example of racial superiority, but that is not so. It is true that the Israelites, as descendants of Abraham, enjoyed a special relationship with God and were used as the channel for divine revelations. (Romans 3:1, 2) But the purpose of this was not to put them on a pedestal. Rather, it was in order that ‘all nations would be blessed.’—Genesis 22:18; Galatians 3:8. It turned out that most Israelites did not imitate the faith of their forefather Abraham. They were unfaithful and rejected Jesus as the Messiah. Because of that, God rejected them. (Matthew 21:43) However, the meek among mankind did not lose out on the promised blessings. At Pentecost 33 C.E., the Christian congregation was born. This organization of Christians who were anointed by holy spirit was called "the Israel of God," and it proved to be the channel through which those blessings would come.—Galatians 6:16. Some members of that congregation needed educating in the matter of equality. For example, the disciple James counseled those who were treating wealthy Christians with more honor than poorer ones. (James 2:1-4) That was wrong. The apostle Paul showed that Gentile Christians were in no way inferior to Jewish Christians, and female Christians were in no way inferior to males. He wrote: "You are all, in fact, sons of God through your faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor freeman, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one person in union with Christ Jesus."—Galatians 3:26-28.

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