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你们看,父赐给我们的是怎样的爱,就是让我们可以称为 神的儿女,我们也真是他的儿女。因此,世人不认识我们,是因为他们不认识父。 亲爱的,现在我们是 神的儿女,将来怎样,还没有显明;然而我们知道:主若显现,我们必要像他,因为我们必要看见他本来是怎样的。 凡对他存着这盼望的,就洁净自己,像他一样的洁净。

凡是犯罪的,就是作了不法的事;罪就是不法。 你们知道主曾经显现,为要除掉罪,他自己却没有罪。 凡是住在他里面的,就不犯罪;凡犯罪的,是未曾见过他,也不认识他。 孩子们,不要受人欺骗,行义的才是义人,正如主是公义的。 犯罪的是出于魔鬼,因为魔鬼从起初就犯罪。因此, 神的儿子显现了,是要除灭魔鬼的作为。 凡是从 神生的,就不犯罪,因为 神的生命(“ 神的生命”原文作“种子”)在他里面;他也不能犯罪,因为他是从 神生的。 10 这样,谁是 神的儿女,谁是魔鬼的儿女,就很明显了。凡不行义的,就不是出于 神,不爱弟兄的,也是这样。

应当彼此相爱

11 我们应当彼此相爱,因为这是你们从起初听见的信息。 12 不要像该隐,他是属于那恶者的,他又杀了自己的弟弟。为甚么杀他呢?因为他自己的行为是恶的,弟弟的行为是义的。 13 弟兄们,世人若恨你们,不要希奇。 14 我们因为爱弟兄,就知道我们已经出死入生了;不爱弟兄的,仍然住在死中。 15 凡恨弟兄的,就是杀人的。你们知道,杀人的在他里面没有永生。 16 主为我们舍命,这样,我们就知道甚么是爱;我们也应当为弟兄舍命。 17 凡有世上财物的,看见弟兄穷乏,却硬着心肠不理,他怎能说他心里有 神的爱呢? 18 孩子们,我们爱人,不要只在言语和舌头上,总要在行动和真诚上表现出来。

在 神面前可以坦然无惧

19-20 这样,我们就知道我们是属于真理的。即使我们的心责备我们,在 神面前我们也可以心安理得,因为他比我们的心大,他知道一切。 21 亲爱的,我们的心若不责备我们,在 神面前我们就可以坦然无惧了。 22 凡我们所求的,就必从他得着,因为我们遵守他的命令,作他所喜悦的事。 23  神的命令,就是要我们信他的儿子耶稣基督的名,并且照着他的吩咐彼此相爱。 24 凡是遵守 神命令的,就住在 神里面, 神也住在他里面。凭着 神所赐给我们的圣灵,我们就可以知道 神住在我们里面。

We Are God’s Children

See what great love the Father has for us that He would call us His children. And that is what we are. For this reason the people of the world do not know who we are because they did not know Him. Dear friends, we are God’s children now. But it has not yet been shown to us what we are going to be. We know that when He comes again, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is. The person who is looking for this to happen will keep himself pure because Christ is pure.

The person who keeps on sinning is guilty of not obeying the Law of God. For sin is breaking the Law of God. You know that Christ came to take away our sins. There is no sin in Him. The person who lives by the help of Christ does not keep on sinning. The person who keeps on sinning has not seen Him or has not known Him. My children, let no one lead you in the wrong way. The man who does what is right, is right with God in the same way as Christ is right with God. The person who keeps on sinning belongs to the devil. The devil has sinned from the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil. No person who has become a child of God keeps on sinning. This is because the Holy Spirit is in him. He cannot keep on sinning because God is his Father. 10 This is the way you can know who are the children of God and who are the children of the devil. The person who does not keep on doing what is right and does not love his brother does not belong to God. 11 This is what you have heard from the beginning, that we should love each other. 12 Do not be like Cain. He was a child of the devil and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? It was because he did what was sinful and his brother did what was right.

13 Do not be surprised if the world hates you, Christian brothers. 14 We know we have passed from death into life. We know this because we love the Christians. The person who does not love has not passed from death into life. 15 A man who hates his brother is a killer in his heart. You know that life which lasts forever is not in one who kills.

16 We know what love is because Christ gave His life for us. We should give our lives for our brothers. 17 What if a person has enough money to live on and sees his brother in need of food and clothing? If he does not help him, how can the love of God be in him? 18 My children, let us not love with words or in talk only. Let us love by what we do and in truth. 19 This is how we know we are Christians. It will give our heart comfort for sure when we stand before Him. 20 Our heart may say that we have done wrong. But remember, God is greater than our heart. He knows everything. 21 Dear friends, if our heart does not say that we are wrong, we will have no fear as we stand before Him. 22 We will receive from Him whatever we ask if we obey Him and do what He wants. 23 This is what He said we must do: Put your trust in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love each other. Christ told us to do this. 24 The person who obeys Christ lives by the help of God and God lives in him. We know He lives in us by the Holy Spirit He has given us.

Božja djeca

Zamislite samo kakvu nam je ljubav iskazao Otac: da se zovemo Božjom djecom. A mi to zaista i jesmo! No ljudi ovoga svijeta ne razumiju da smo Božja djeca jer nisu upoznali Boga. Dragi prijatelji, sada smo Božja djeca, a što ćemo biti u budućnosti, još nam nije pokazano. Ali znamo da ćemo, kada Krist dođe, biti poput njega, jer ćemo ga vidjeti onakvog kakav jest. Svatko tko je položio nadu u njega, čuva sebe čistim baš kao što je Krist čist.

Tko god griješi, krši Božji zakon. Grijeh je kršenje Božjeg zakona. Znate da se Krist pojavio da uzme grijehe i znate da u njemu nema grijeha. Tko god živi u Kristu, ne nastavlja griješiti. Tko god nastavlja griješiti, njega nije niti vidio niti upoznao.

Draga dječice, ne dajte se zavesti! Tko čini što je pravedno, pravedan je kao i Krist. Tko nastavlja griješiti, pripada đavlu, koji griješi od početka. Božji Sin pojavio se da uništi đavolska djela.

Oni koji su Božja djeca[a] više ne griješe jer je Božja narav[b] u njima. Oni ne mogu ostati u grijehu jer su postali Božja djeca. 10 Božja djeca i đavlova djeca prepoznaju se po ovome: oni koji ne čine što je pravedno i ne ljube svoju braću i sestre, ne pripadaju Bogu.

Voljeti jedni druge

11 Ovo je poruka koju ste čuli od početka: volite jedni druge! 12 Ne budimo poput Kaina! On je pripadao Zlom i ubio je svoga brata. A zašto ga je ubio? Zato što je činio zla djela, a njegov brat pravedna.

13 Braćo i sestre, nemojte se čuditi ako vas mrzi svijet. 14 Mi znamo da smo prešli iz smrti u život jer volimo svoju braću i sestre. Tko ne voli, ostaje duhovno mrtav. 15 Tko god mrzi svoga brata ili sestru, ubojica je, a znate da ni jedan ubojica nema u sebi vječni život. 16 Po ovome znamo što je prava ljubav: Isus je položio svoj život za nas. Tako i mi trebamo položiti svoj život za braću i sestre. 17 Za onoga tko posjeduje zemaljska dobra, a vidi svoga brata u oskudici i ne pomogne mu, ne može se reći da ima Božju ljubav u svom srcu. 18 Draga dječice, nemojte voljeti samo riječima i pričanjem nego pravom ljubavlju koja se iskazuje djelima.

19 Po tome ćemo znati da pripadamo istini i umirit ćemo savjest pred Bogom kada osjećamo krivnju. 20 Jer, Bog je veći od naše savjesti. On zna sve.

21 Dragi moji prijatelji, ako ne osjećamo krivnju u srcu[c], možemo bez straha doći pred Boga. 22 I od njega ćemo primiti štogod ga tražimo jer izvršavamo njegove zapovijedi i činimo što mu je ugodno. 23 A Božja je zapovijed da vjerujemo u njegovog Sina Isusa Krista i da volimo jedni druge, kako nam je naredio. 24 Tko vrši Božje zapovijedi, živi u Bogu i Bog živi u njemu. I po Duhu kojeg nam je dao znamo da Bog živi u nama.

Footnotes

  1. 3,9 Božja djeca Doslovno: »rođeni od Boga«.
  2. 3,9 narav Doslovno: »sjeme«.
  3. 3,21 ako ne osjećamo krivnju u srcu Doslovno: »ako nas savjest ne osuđuje«.

See what great love(A) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(B) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(C) Dear friends,(D) now we are children of God,(E) and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a](F) we shall be like him,(G) for we shall see him as he is.(H) All who have this hope in him purify themselves,(I) just as he is pure.(J)

Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.(K) But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.(L) And in him is no sin.(M) No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.(N) No one who continues to sin has either seen him(O) or known him.(P)

Dear children,(Q) do not let anyone lead you astray.(R) The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.(S) The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,(T) because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God(U) appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.(V) No one who is born of God(W) will continue to sin,(X) because God’s seed(Y) remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 This is how we know who the children of God(Z) are and who the children of the devil(AA) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love(AB) their brother and sister.(AC)

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11 For this is the message you heard(AD) from the beginning:(AE) We should love one another.(AF) 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one(AG) and murdered his brother.(AH) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.(AI) 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,[b] if the world hates you.(AJ) 14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(AK) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(AL) 15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister(AM) is a murderer,(AN) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.(AO)

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

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,(AV) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(AW) 22 and receive from him anything we ask,(AX) because we keep his commands(AY) and do what pleases him.(AZ) 23 And this is his command: to believe(BA) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(BB) and to love one another as he commanded us.(BC) 24 The one who keeps God’s commands(BD) lives in him,(BE) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(BF)

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:2 Or when it is made known
  2. 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.