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我們的維護者基督

我的孩子們,我寫這些給你們,是要你們不犯罪。如果有人犯了罪,在父的面前我們有一位維護者,就是那義者耶穌基督。 他為我們的罪作了贖罪祭,不僅為我們的罪,也為全人類的罪。 我們若遵守 神的命令,這樣,就知道我們已經認識他。 凡是說“我已經認識他”,卻不遵守他命令的,就是說謊的人,真理就不在他裡面了。 然而凡是遵守他的道的,他愛 神的心就的確在他裡面完全了。這樣,我們就知道我們是在 神裡面了。 凡說自己是住在他裡面的,就應該照著他所行的去行。

愛弟兄的就是住在光明中

親愛的,我寫給你們的,不是一條新命令,而是你們本來就有的舊命令。這舊命令就是你們聽過的道。 然而,因為黑暗漸漸消逝,真光已在照耀,我寫給你們的也是一條新命令,這在 神和在你們來說,都是真的。 凡是說自己在光明中,卻恨他的弟兄的,他到現在還在黑暗裡。 10 凡是愛弟兄的,就是住在光明中,在光明中他就不會跌倒。 11 凡是恨弟兄的,就是在黑暗裡,也在黑暗裡行事。他不知道往哪裡去,因為黑暗弄瞎了他的眼睛。

12 孩子們,我寫信給你們,

因為你們的罪因著主的名已經得到赦免。

13 父老們,我寫信給你們,

因為你們認識太初就存在的那一位。

青年們,我寫信給你們,

因為你們已經勝過那惡者。

14 孩子們,我寫信給你們,

因為你們認識父。

父老們,我寫信給你們,

因為你們認識太初就存在的那一位。

青年們,我寫信給你們,

因為你們強壯, 神的道在你們心裡,

你們也勝過了那惡者。

15 不要愛世界和世上的東西。人若愛世界,愛父的心就不在他裡面了。 16 原來世上的一切,就如肉體的私慾,眼目的私慾和今生的驕傲,都不是出於父,而是從世界來的。 17 這世界和世上的私慾都要漸漸過去,但那遵行 神旨意的卻存到永遠。

敵基督者否認耶穌是基督

18 孩子們,現在是末世的時候了。你們聽過敵基督者要來,現在已經有不少敵基督起來了;因此我們就知道這是末世的時候了。 19 他們從我們中間離去,這就表明他們是不屬於我們的。其實他們並不屬於我們,如果真的屬於我們,就一定會留在我們中間。 20 你們從那聖者得著膏抹,這是你們都知道的。 21 我寫信給你們,不是因為你們不明白真理,而是因為你們明白,又因為謊言絕不會出於真理的。 22 那麼,誰是說謊的呢?不就是那否認耶穌是基督的嗎?否認父和子的,他就是敵基督的。 23 凡否認子的,就沒有父;承認子的,連父也有了。 24 至於你們,總要把起初所聽見的存記在你們心裡;你們若把起初所聽見的存記在心裡,你們也就住在子和父裡面了。 25 他應許給我們的,就是永遠的生命。

26 我把這些事寫給你們,是指著那些欺騙你們的人說的。 27 你們既然在你們裡面有從主領受的膏抹,就不需要別人教導你們了,因為在一切事上有主的膏抹教導你們;這膏抹是真的,不是假的,你們應該按著他所教導的住在他裡面。

 神的兒女就不犯罪

28 孩子們,你們要住在主裡面。這樣,他若顯現,我們就可以坦然無懼;他來的時候,我們也不至慚愧地躲避他了。 29 你們既然曉得 神是公義的,就應當知道所有行公義的都是從他生的。

我的孩子們,我寫這些話給你們是為了叫你們不要犯罪。如果有人犯了罪,在父那裡我們有一位護慰者,就是那位義者——耶穌基督。 祂為我們的罪作了贖罪祭,不只是為我們的罪,也是為全人類的罪。

我們若遵行上帝的命令,就知道自己認識祂。 若有人說「我認識祂」,卻不遵行祂的命令,這人是說謊的,他心中沒有真理。 遵行主話語的人是真正全心愛上帝的人,我們藉此知道自己是在主裡面。 所以,自稱住在主裡面的,就該在生活中效法基督。

新命令

親愛的弟兄姊妹,我寫給你們的並不是一條新命令,而是你們起初接受的舊命令,這舊命令就是你們已經聽過的真道。 然而,我寫給你們的也是新命令,在基督和你們身上都顯明是真實的,因為黑暗漸漸過去,真光已經照耀出來。

若有人說自己在光明中,卻恨他的弟兄姊妹,他就仍然活在黑暗裡。 10 愛弟兄姊妹的人活在光明中,沒有什麼可以絆倒他[a] 11 恨弟兄姊妹的人活在黑暗中,走在黑暗中,不知何去何從,因為黑暗弄瞎了他的眼睛。

12 孩子們,我寫信給你們,因為靠著祂的名,你們的罪已經得到赦免。 13 父老們,我寫信給你們,因為你們認識了從太初就存在的那位。年輕人,我寫信給你們,因為你們已經戰勝了那惡者。

14 孩子們,我曾寫信給你們,因為你們認識了父。父老們,我曾寫信給你們,因為你們認識了從太初就存在的那位。年輕人,我曾寫信給你們,因為你們剛強,上帝的道常存在你們心裡,並且你們戰勝了那惡者。

15 不要愛世界和世上的事,因為人若愛世界,就不會再有愛父的心了。 16 凡屬世界的,如肉體的私慾、眼目的私慾和今生的驕傲都不是從父那裡來的,而是從世界來的。 17 這世界和其中一切的私慾都要過去,但遵守上帝旨意的人永遠長存。

防備敵基督者

18 孩子們,現在是末世了。你們從前聽說敵基督者要來,其實現在許多敵基督者已經出現了,由此可知,現在是末世了。 19 這些人是從我們中間出去的,但他們不屬於我們。他們如果屬於我們,就會留在我們當中了。他們的離去表明他們都不屬於我們。

20 你們從那位聖者領受了聖靈[b],所以你們明白真理。 21 我寫信給你們不是因為你們不明白真理,而是因為你們明白真理,並且知道真理裡面絕對沒有謊言。 22 誰是說謊的呢?不就是那否認耶穌是基督的嗎?那不承認父和子的就是敵基督者。 23 凡否認子的,也否認了父;凡承認子的,也承認了父。

24 你們務要把起初所聽見的教導謹記在心,這樣,你們必住在子和父裡面。 25 主應許給我們的是永生。 26 以上的話是針對那些引誘你們離開正道的人寫的。

順從聖靈

27 你們既然從主領受了聖靈,聖靈又住在你們心中,就不需要其他人來教導你們,因為聖靈必會在一切事上指引你們。聖靈的教導是真實的,沒有虛假,你們要按聖靈的教導住在主裡面。 28 孩子們,你們要住在主裡面。這樣,當主顯現的時候,就是祂再來的時候,我們便能坦然無懼,不會在祂面前羞愧。 29 既然你們知道主是公義的,也該知道所有按公義行事的人都是上帝的兒女。

Footnotes

  1. 2·10 沒有什麼可以絆倒他」或譯「他也不會絆倒別人」。
  2. 2·20 聖靈」希臘文指「膏抹」。

My dear children,(A) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate(B) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,(C) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.(D)

Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

We know(E) that we have come to know him(F) if we keep his commands.(G) Whoever says, “I know him,”(H) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(I) But if anyone obeys his word,(J) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(K) This is how we know(L) we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(M)

Dear friends,(N) I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.(O) This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command;(P) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing(Q) and the true light(R) is already shining.(S)

Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[b](T) is still in the darkness.(U) 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[c] lives in the light,(V) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.(W) 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister(X) is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.(Y) They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.(Z)

Reasons for Writing

12 I am writing to you, dear children,(AA)
    because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.(AB)
13 I am writing to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.(AC)
I am writing to you, young men,
    because you have overcome(AD) the evil one.(AE)

14 I write to you, dear children,(AF)
    because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.(AG)
I write to you, young men,
    because you are strong,(AH)
    and the word of God(AI) lives in you,(AJ)
    and you have overcome the evil one.(AK)

On Not Loving the World

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world.(AL) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[d] is not in them.(AM) 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(AN) the lust of the eyes,(AO) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away,(AP) but whoever does the will of God(AQ) lives forever.

Warnings Against Denying the Son

18 Dear children, this is the last hour;(AR) and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming,(AS) even now many antichrists have come.(AT) This is how we know it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us,(AU) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(AV)

20 But you have an anointing(AW) from the Holy One,(AX) and all of you know the truth.[e](AY) 21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it(AZ) and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.(BA) 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.(BB)

24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning(BC) remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.(BD) 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life.(BE)

26 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.(BF) 27 As for you, the anointing(BG) you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things(BH) and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.(BI)

God’s Children and Sin

28 And now, dear children,(BJ) continue in him, so that when he appears(BK) we may be confident(BL) and unashamed before him at his coming.(BM)

29 If you know that he is righteous,(BN) you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.(BO)

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
  2. 1 John 2:9 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
  3. 1 John 2:10 The Greek word for brother and sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.
  4. 1 John 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love
  5. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things