彼此相爱

11 我们应当彼此相爱,这是你们起初听见的信息。 12 不要步该隐的后尘。他属于那恶者,杀害了自己的弟弟。他为什么要杀害自己的弟弟呢?因为他的行为邪恶,而他弟弟秉行公义。

13 弟兄姊妹,世人若恨你们,不要惊奇。 14 我们因爱弟兄姊妹,便知道自己已经出死入生了。不爱弟兄姊妹的,仍然陷在死亡中。 15 恨弟兄姊妹的就是杀人的,你们知道杀人的没有永生。 16 主耶稣为我们舍命,我们由此便知道什么是爱,我们也应当为弟兄姊妹舍命。 17 如果一个丰衣足食的人看见贫穷的弟兄姊妹,却毫无怜悯之心,怎能说他爱上帝呢? 18 所以,孩子们啊,不要单在口头上说爱人,总要以真诚的行动表现出来。

19-20 这样,我们必知道自己属于真理,即使我们心中自责,也可以在上帝面前心安,因为上帝比我们的心大,祂知道一切。

21 亲爱的弟兄姊妹,我们若能凡事问心无愧,就可以在上帝面前坦然无惧。 22 这样,我们无论向上帝祈求什么,都必得到,因为我们遵守祂的命令,做祂喜悦的事。 23 其实上帝的命令是:我们要信祂儿子耶稣基督的名,遵照祂的命令彼此相爱。 24 遵行上帝命令的人就住在上帝里面,上帝也住在他里面。我们借着上帝赐给我们的圣灵知道:祂住在我们里面。

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11 For this is the message you heard(A) from the beginning:(B) We should love one another.(C) 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one(D) and murdered his brother.(E) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.(F) 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,[a] if the world hates you.(G) 14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(H) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(I) 15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister(J) is a murderer,(K) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.(L)

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.(M) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.(N) 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,(O) how can the love of God be in that person?(P) 18 Dear children,(Q) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.(R)

19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends,(S) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(T) 22 and receive from him anything we ask,(U) because we keep his commands(V) and do what pleases him.(W) 23 And this is his command: to believe(X) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(Y) and to love one another as he commanded us.(Z) 24 The one who keeps God’s commands(AA) lives in him,(AB) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(AC)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.

彼此相爱

11 我们应当彼此相爱,这是你们起初听见的信息。 12 不要步该隐的后尘。他属于那恶者,杀害了自己的弟弟。他为什么要杀害自己的弟弟呢?因为他的行为邪恶,而他弟弟秉行公义。

13 弟兄姊妹,世人若恨你们,不要惊奇。 14 我们因爱弟兄姊妹,便知道自己已经出死入生了。不爱弟兄姊妹的,仍然陷在死亡中。 15 恨弟兄姊妹的就是杀人的,你们知道杀人的没有永生。 16 主耶稣为我们舍命,我们由此便知道什么是爱,我们也应当为弟兄姊妹舍命。 17 如果一个丰衣足食的人看见贫穷的弟兄姊妹,却毫无怜悯之心,怎能说他爱上帝呢? 18 所以,孩子们啊,不要单在口头上说爱人,总要以真诚的行动表现出来。

19-20 这样,我们必知道自己属于真理,即使我们心中自责,也可以在上帝面前心安,因为上帝比我们的心大,祂知道一切。

21 亲爱的弟兄姊妹,我们若能凡事问心无愧,就可以在上帝面前坦然无惧。 22 这样,我们无论向上帝祈求什么,都必得到,因为我们遵守祂的命令,做祂喜悦的事。 23 其实上帝的命令是:我们要信祂儿子耶稣基督的名,遵照祂的命令彼此相爱。 24 遵行上帝命令的人就住在上帝里面,上帝也住在他里面。我们借着上帝赐给我们的圣灵知道:祂住在我们里面。

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More on Love and Hatred

11 For this is the message you heard(A) from the beginning:(B) We should love one another.(C) 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one(D) and murdered his brother.(E) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.(F) 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,[a] if the world hates you.(G) 14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(H) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(I) 15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister(J) is a murderer,(K) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.(L)

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.(M) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.(N) 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,(O) how can the love of God be in that person?(P) 18 Dear children,(Q) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.(R)

19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends,(S) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(T) 22 and receive from him anything we ask,(U) because we keep his commands(V) and do what pleases him.(W) 23 And this is his command: to believe(X) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(Y) and to love one another as he commanded us.(Z) 24 The one who keeps God’s commands(AA) lives in him,(AB) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(AC)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.