各位蒙爱的人哪,现在我们是神的儿女,将来会怎样,尚未显明。[a]我们已经知道的是:基督[b]显现的时候,我们就会像他,因为我们将看见他的本相。 每一个对基督[c]怀有这盼望的,都会使自己纯洁,正如基督[d]是纯洁的。

凡是犯罪的,也是行恶[e]的;罪就是恶[f]

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Footnotes

  1. 约翰一书 3:2 有古抄本附“但”。
  2. 约翰一书 3:2 基督——原文直译“他”。
  3. 约翰一书 3:3 基督——原文直译“他”。
  4. 约翰一书 3:3 基督——原文直译“那一位”。
  5. 约翰一书 3:4 恶——原文直译“不法”。
  6. 约翰一书 3:4 恶——原文直译“不法”。

When we feel like we are not good enough to be loved by God, we should remember that God’s love is greater than our doubts. We must silence the sounds of condemnation so we can hear the voice of God’s loving assurance and remember that He has selected us to be part of His family.

My loved ones, we have been adopted into God’s family; and we are officially His children now. The full picture of our destiny is not yet clear, but we know this much: when Jesus appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him just as He is. All those who focus their hopes on Him and His coming seek to purify themselves just as He is pure.

Everyone who lives a life of habitual sin is living in moral anarchy. That’s what sin is.

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