约翰一书 5
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胜了世界的就是信心
5 凡信耶稣是基督的，都是从神而生；凡爱生他之神的，也必爱从神生的。 2 我们若爱神，又遵守他的诫命，从此就知道我们爱神的儿女。 3 我们遵守神的诫命，这就是爱他了，并且他的诫命不是难守的。 4 因为凡从神生的，就胜过世界。使我们胜了世界的，就是我们的信心。 5 胜过世界的是谁呢？不是那信耶稣是神儿子的吗？ 6 这借着水和血而来的，就是耶稣基督；不是单用水，乃是用水又用血。 7 并且有圣灵作见证，因为圣灵就是真理。 8 作见证的原来有三，就是圣灵、水与血，这三样也都归于一。 9 我们既领受人的见证，神的见证更该领受[a]了，因神的见证是为他儿子作的。 10 信神儿子的，就有这见证在他心里；不信神的，就是将神当做说谎的，因不信神为他儿子作的见证。 11 这见证就是神赐给我们永生，这永生也是在他儿子里面。 12 人有了神的儿子，就有生命；没有神的儿子，就没有生命。
若照着主的旨意求主就听我们
13 我将这些话写给你们信奉神儿子之名的人，要叫你们知道自己有永生。 14 我们若照他的旨意求什么，他就听我们，这是我们向他所存坦然无惧的心。 15 既然知道他听我们一切所求的，就知道我们所求于他的，无不得着。 16 人若看见弟兄犯了不至于死的罪，就当为他祈求，神必将生命赐给他；有至于死的罪，我不说当为这罪祈求。 17 凡不义的事都是罪，也有不至于死的罪。
当远避偶像
18 我们知道凡从神生的，必不犯罪，从神生的必保守自己[b]，那恶者也就无法害他。 19 我们知道我们是属神的，全世界都卧在那恶者手下。 20 我们也知道神的儿子已经来到，且将智慧赐给我们，使我们认识那位真实的；我们也在那位真实的里面，就是在他儿子耶稣基督里面。这是真神，也是永生。 21 小子们哪，你们要自守，远避偶像。
1 John 5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 5
Faith Is Victory over the World. 1 [a]Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God, and everyone who loves the father loves [also] the one begotten by him.(A) 2 In this way we know that we love the children of God when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For the love of God is this, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,(B) 4 for whoever is begotten by God conquers the world. And the victory that conquers the world is our faith.(C) 5 Who [indeed] is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?(D)
6 This is the one who came through water and blood,[b] Jesus Christ, not by water alone, but by water and blood. The Spirit is the one that testifies, and the Spirit is truth.(E) 7 So there are three that testify, 8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and the three are of one accord.(F) 9 If we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is surely greater. Now the testimony of God is this, that he has testified on behalf of his Son.(G) 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar by not believing the testimony God has given about his Son.(H) 11 And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.(I) 12 Whoever possesses the Son has life; whoever does not possess the Son of God does not have life.
IV. Epilogue[c]
Prayer for Sinners. 13 I write these things to you so that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.(J) 14 And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.(K) 15 And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, we know that what we have asked him for is ours. 16 If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray.(L) 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly.
18 We know that no one begotten by God sins; but the one begotten by God he protects, and the evil one cannot touch him. 19 We know that we belong to God, and the whole world is under the power of the evil one. 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us discernment to know the one who is true. And we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(M) 21 Children, be on your guard against idols.
Footnotes
- 5:1–5 Children of God are identified not only by their love for others (1 Jn 4:7–9) and for God (1 Jn 5:1–2) but by their belief in the divine sonship of Jesus Christ. Faith, the acceptance of Jesus in his true character and the obedience in love to God’s commands (1 Jn 5:3), is the source of the Christian’s power in the world and conquers the world of evil (1 Jn 5:4–5), even as Christ overcame the world (Jn 16:33).
- 5:6–12 Water and blood (1 Jn 5:6) refers to Christ’s baptism (Mt 3:16–17) and to the shedding of his blood on the cross (Jn 19:34). The Spirit was present at the baptism (Mt 3:16; Mk 1:10; Lk 3:22; Jn 1:32, 34). The testimony to Christ as the Son of God is confirmed by divine witness (1 Jn 5:7–9), greater by far than the two legally required human witnesses (Dt 17:6). To deny this is to deny God’s truth; cf. Jn 8:17–18. The gist of the divine witness or testimony is that eternal life (1 Jn 5:11–12) is given in Christ and nowhere else. To possess the Son is not acceptance of a doctrine but of a person who lives now and provides life.
- 5:13–21 As children of God we have confidence in prayer because of our intimate relationship with him (1 Jn 5:14–15). In love, we pray (1 Jn 5:16–17) for those who are in sin, but not in deadly sin (literally, “sin unto death”), probably referring to apostasy or activities brought on under the antichrist; cf. Mk 3:29; Hb 6:4–6; 10:26–31. Even in the latter case, however, prayer, while not enjoined, is not forbidden. The letter concludes with a summary of the themes of the letter (1 Jn 5:18–20). There is a sharp antithesis between the children of God and those belonging to the world and to the evil one. The Son reveals the God of truth; Christians dwell in the true God, in his Son, and have eternal life. The final verse (1 Jn 5:21) voices a perennial warning about idols, any type of rival to God.
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