約翰一書 4:7-19

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

上帝是愛

⁷親愛的弟兄姊妹，我們應當彼此相愛，因為愛是從上帝來的。凡有愛心的人都是從上帝生的，並且認識上帝。 ⁸沒有愛心的人不認識上帝，因為上帝就是愛。 ⁹上帝差遣祂獨一的兒子到世上來，是為了叫我們靠著祂得到生命。這就顯明了上帝對我們的愛。 ¹⁰不是我們愛上帝，而是上帝愛我們，並且差遣祂兒子為我們的罪作了贖罪祭，這就是愛。

¹¹親愛的弟兄姊妹，上帝既然這樣愛我們，我們也應該彼此相愛。 ¹²從來沒有人見過上帝，如果我們彼此相愛，上帝就住在我們裡面，祂的愛就在我們裡面得到成全。

¹³上帝將祂的靈賜給了我們，所以我們知道自己住在祂裡面，祂也住在我們裡面。 ¹⁴我們看見過，現在做見證：父差遣了祂的兒子成為世人的救主。 ¹⁵無論是誰，他若承認耶穌是上帝的兒子，上帝必住在他裡面，他也住在上帝裡面。 ¹⁶我們已經認識並且相信了上帝對我們的愛。

上帝就是愛，住在愛中的，就是住在上帝裡面，上帝也住在他裡面。 ¹⁷這樣，愛在我們裡面得到成全，使我們在審判的日子可以坦然無懼，因為我們在這世上以基督為榜樣。 ¹⁸愛裡沒有恐懼，純全的愛能驅除恐懼，因為恐懼意味著怕受懲罰。人若心裡恐懼，就表示他尚未明白那純全的愛。

¹⁹我們愛，因為上帝先愛了我們。

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1 John 4:7-19

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God’s Love and Ours

⁷Dear friends, let us love one another,^(A) for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God^(B) and knows God.^(C) ⁸Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.^(D) ⁹This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son^(E) into the world that we might live through him.^(F) ¹⁰This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us^(G) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.^(H) ¹¹Dear friends,^(I) since God so loved us,^(J) we also ought to love one another.^(K) ¹²No one has ever seen God;^(L) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.^(M)

¹³This is how we know^(N) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.^(O) ¹⁴And we have seen and testify^(P) that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.^(Q) ¹⁵If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,^(R) God lives in them and they in God.^(S) ¹⁶And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love.^(T) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.^(U) ¹⁷This is how love is made complete^(V) among us so that we will have confidence^(W) on the day of judgment:^(X) In this world we are like Jesus. ¹⁸There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear,^(Y) because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.