约翰一书 4-5
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
怎樣認出 神的靈
4 親愛的,不要每個靈都信,總要試驗那些靈是否出於 神,因為有許多假先知已經來到世上了。 2 你們可以這樣認出 神的靈:凡是承認耶穌基督是成了肉身來的,那靈就是出於 神。 3 凡是不承認耶穌基督是成了肉身來的,那靈就不是出於 神,而是敵基督者的靈;你們聽過他要來,現在他已經在世上了。 4 孩子們,你們是屬於 神的,並且已經勝過他們,因為那在你們裡面的比那在世上的更大。 5 他們是屬於世界的,因此講論屬世的事,世界也就聽從他們。 6 我們是屬於 神的,認識 神的就聽從我們,不屬於 神的就不聽從我們。這樣,我們就可以辨別真理的靈和謬妄的靈了。
神是愛
7 親愛的,我們應當彼此相愛,因為愛是從 神那裡來的。凡是愛人的,都是從 神生的,並且認識 神。 8 不愛人的,就不認識 神,因為 神就是愛。 9 神差遣他的獨生子到世上來,要使我們藉著他而活; 神的愛就在我們中間顯明了。 10 不是我們愛 神,而是 神愛我們,差遣他的兒子為我們的罪作了贖罪祭,這就是愛了。 11 親愛的, 神既然這樣愛我們,我們也應當彼此相愛。 12 從來沒有人見過 神,我們若彼此相愛, 神就住在我們裡面,他的愛也在我們裡面得到成全了。
13 神把他的靈賜給我們,我們就知道我們是住在他裡面,他也住在我們裡面。 14 父差遣子作世人的救主,這是我們見過的,並且現在作見證。 15 凡承認耶穌是 神的兒子的, 神就住在他裡面,他也住在 神裡面。 16 神對我們的愛,我們已經明白了,而且相信了。
神就是愛;住在愛裡面的,就住在 神裡面, 神也住在他裡面。 17 這樣,愛在我們裡面就得到成全,使我們在審判的日子,可以坦然無懼。因為他怎樣,我們在這世上也怎樣。 18 愛裡沒有懼怕,完全的愛可以把懼怕驅除,因為懼怕含有刑罰,懼怕的人在愛裡還沒有完全。 19 我們愛,因為 神先愛我們。 20 人若說“我愛 神”,卻恨他的弟兄,就是說謊的。不愛看得見的弟兄,就不能愛看不見的 神。 21 愛 神的,也應當愛弟兄,這就是我們從 神領受的命令。
信心使我們勝過世界
5 凡信耶穌是基督的,都是從 神生的,凡愛那生他的,也必愛那從他而生的。 2 我們若愛 神,並且遵行他的命令,就知道我們是愛 神的兒女了。 3 我們遵守 神的命令,就是愛他了;而且他的命令是不難遵守的, 4 因為凡從 神生的就勝過世界。使我們勝過世界的,就是我們的信心。 5 勝過世界的是誰呢?不就是那信耶穌是 神的兒子的嗎?
神為他兒子作的見證
6 那藉著水和血來的就是耶穌基督,不是單用水,而是用水又用血;作見證的是聖靈,因為聖靈就是真理。 7 原來作見證的有三樣, 8 就是聖靈、水和血,這三樣是一致的。 9 我們若接受人的見證, 神的見證就更強而有力了,因為這是 神為他的兒子作的見證。 10 信 神的兒子的,就有這見證在他心裡;不信 神的,就是把 神當作說謊的,因為他不信 神為他兒子所作的見證。 11 這見證就是 神已經把永遠的生命賜給我們,這生命是在他兒子裡面的。 12 凡有 神兒子的,就有生命;沒有 神兒子的,就沒有生命。
要照 神的旨意祈求
13 我把這些事寫給你們信 神的兒子之名的人,是要你們知道自己有永生。 14 如果我們照著 神的旨意祈求,他必聽我們;這就是我們對 神所存的坦然無懼的心。 15 既然我們知道他聽我們的祈求,我們就知道,我們無論求甚麼,他必賜給我們。
16 如果有人看見弟兄犯了不至於死的罪,他就要祈求, 神必因他的緣故,把生命賜給那些犯了不至於死的罪的人;有至於死的罪,我不說他應當為那罪祈求。 17 一切不義都是罪,但也有不至於死的罪。
18 我們知道凡從 神生的就不犯罪,而且從 神生的那一位也必保守他,連那惡者也不能碰他。 19 我們知道我們是屬於 神的,而整個世界是伏在那惡者手下。 20 我們知道 神的兒子已經來了,並且賜給我們悟性,使我們能認識那位真實者。我們也在那位真實者裡面,就是在他兒子耶穌基督裡面。這一位就是真神,也是永遠的生命。 21 孩子們,你們要保守自己遠離偶像。
1 John 4-5
New International Version
On Denying the Incarnation
4 Dear friends,(A) do not believe every spirit,(B) but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.(C) 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh(D) is from God,(E) 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist,(F) which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.(G)
4 You, dear children,(H) are from God and have overcome them,(I) because the one who is in you(J) is greater than the one who is in the world.(K) 5 They are from the world(L) and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.(M) This is how we recognize the Spirit[a] of truth(N) and the spirit of falsehood.(O)
God’s Love and Ours
7 Dear friends, let us love one another,(P) for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God(Q) and knows God.(R) 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.(S) 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(T) into the world that we might live through him.(U) 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(V) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(W) 11 Dear friends,(X) since God so loved us,(Y) we also ought to love one another.(Z) 12 No one has ever seen God;(AA) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.(AB)
13 This is how we know(AC) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.(AD) 14 And we have seen and testify(AE) that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.(AF) 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,(AG) God lives in them and they in God.(AH) 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love.(AI) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.(AJ) 17 This is how love is made complete(AK) among us so that we will have confidence(AL) on the day of judgment:(AM) In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear,(AN) because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
19 We love because he first loved us.(AO) 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister(AP) is a liar.(AQ) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,(AR) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.(AS) 21 And he has given us this command:(AT) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.(AU)
Faith in the Incarnate Son of God
5 Everyone who believes(AV) that Jesus is the Christ(AW) is born of God,(AX) and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.(AY) 2 This is how we know(AZ) that we love the children of God:(BA) by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.(BB) And his commands are not burdensome,(BC) 4 for everyone born of God(BD) overcomes(BE) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.(BF)
6 This is the one who came by water and blood(BG)—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.(BH) 7 For there are three(BI) that testify: 8 the[b] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9 We accept human testimony,(BJ) but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God,(BK) which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.(BL) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,(BM) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,(BN) and this life is in his Son.(BO) 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(BP)
Concluding Affirmations
13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God(BQ) so that you may know that you have eternal life.(BR) 14 This is the confidence(BS) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.(BT) 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know(BU) that we have what we asked of him.(BV)
16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life.(BW) I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death.(BX) I am not saying that you should pray about that.(BY) 17 All wrongdoing is sin,(BZ) and there is sin that does not lead to death.(CA)
18 We know that anyone born of God(CB) does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one(CC) cannot harm them.(CD) 19 We know that we are children of God,(CE) and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.(CF) 20 We know also that the Son of God has come(CG) and has given us understanding,(CH) so that we may know him who is true.(CI) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(CJ)
Footnotes
- 1 John 4:6 Or spirit
- 1 John 5:8 Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)
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