約翰一書 3

1 你們看父賜給我們的是何等的慈愛，讓我們得以稱為上帝的兒女；我們也真是他的兒女。世人不認識我們t的理由，是因他們未曾認識父。 2 親愛的，我們現在是上帝的兒女，將來如何還未顯明。我們所知道的是：基督顯現的時候，我們會像他，因為我們將見到他的本相。 3 凡對他有這指望的，就潔淨自己，像他是潔淨的一樣。

4 凡犯罪的，就是做違背律法的事；違背律法就是罪。 5 你們知道，基督曾顯現是要除掉罪t；在他並沒有罪。 6 凡住在他裏面的，不犯罪；凡犯罪的，未曾看見他，也未曾認識他。

7 孩子們哪，不要讓人迷惑了你們；行義的才是義人，正如基督是義的。 8 犯罪的是出於魔鬼，因為魔鬼從起初就犯罪。上帝的兒子顯現出來，是為了要毀滅魔鬼的作為。 9 凡從上帝生的，不犯罪，因上帝的道t存在他裏面，他也不能犯罪，因為他是由上帝所生的。 10 這就顯明誰是上帝的兒女，誰是魔鬼的兒女了。凡不行義的，不是出於上帝，不愛他弟兄的，也是如此。

彼此相愛

11 我們要彼此相愛。這就是你們從起初所聽到的信息。 12 不要像該隱；他是屬那邪惡者，殺了自己的弟弟。為甚麼殺了他呢？因為自己的行為是邪惡的，而弟弟的行為是正直的。

13 弟兄們，世人若恨你們，不要驚訝。 14 我們知道，我們已經出死入生了，因為我們愛弟兄。沒有愛心的，仍住在死中。 15 凡恨自己弟兄的，就是殺人的；你們知道，凡殺人的，沒有永生住在他裏面。 16 基督為我們捨命，我們從此就知道何為愛；我們也當為弟兄捨命。 17 凡有世上財物的，看見弟兄缺乏，卻關閉了惻隱的心，上帝的愛怎能住在他裏面呢？ 18 孩子們哪，我們相愛，不要只在言語或舌頭上，總要以行為和真誠表現出來。

在上帝面前坦然無懼

19 從這一點，我們會知道，我們是出於真理的，並且我們在上帝面前可以安心， 20 即使我們的心責備自己，上帝比我們的心大，他知道一切。 21 親愛的，我們的心若不責備我們，在上帝面前就可以坦然無懼了。 22 我們一切所求的，就從他得著，因為我們遵守他的命令，行他所喜悅的事。

23 上帝的命令就是：我們要信他兒子耶穌基督的名，並且照他所賜給我們的命令彼此相愛。 24 遵守上帝命令的，住在上帝裏面，而上帝也住在他裏面。從這一點，我們知道上帝住在我們裏面，這是由於他所賜給我們的聖靈。

1 JOHN 3

1  t Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. But since the people of this world did not know who Christt is, they don't know who we are. 2 My dear friends, we are already God's children, though what we will be hasn't yet been seen. But we do know when Christ returns, we will be like him, because we will see him as he truly is.

3 This hope makes us keep ourselves holy, just as Christt is holy.
4 Everyone who sins breaks God's law, because sin is the same as breaking God's law. 5 t You know Christ came to take away our sins. He isn't sinful,

6 and people who stay one in their hearts with him won't keep on sinning. If they do keep on sinning, they don't know Christ, and they have never seen him.
7 Children, don't be fooled. Anyone who does right is good, just like Christ himself. 8 Anyone who keeps on sinning belongs to the devil. He has sinned from the beginning, but the Son of God came to destroy all that he has done. 9 God's children cannot keep on being sinful. His life-giving powert lives in them and makes them his children, so they cannot keep on sinning.

10 You can tell God's children from the devil's children, because those who belong to the devil refuse to do right or to love each other.

Love Each Other

11  t From the beginning you were told we must love each other. 12 t Don't be like Cain, who belonged to the devil and murdered his own brother. Why did he murder him? He did it because his brother was good, and he was evil. 13 My friends, don't be surprised if the people of this world hate you.

14 t Our love for each other proves we have gone from death to life. But if you don't love each other, you are still under the power of death.
15 If you hate each other, you are murderers, and we know murderers do not have eternal life. 16 We know what love is because Jesus gave his life for us. This is why we must give our lives for each other. 17 If we have all we need and see one of our own people in need, we must have pity on that person, or else we cannot say we love God.

18 Children, you show love for others by truly helping them, and not merely by talking about it.
19 When we love others, we know we belong to the truth, and we feel at ease in the presence of God. 20 But even if we don't feel at ease, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends, if we feel at ease in the presence of God, we will have the courage to come near him. 22 He will give us whatever we ask, because we obey him and do what pleases him. 23 t God wants us to have faith in his Son Jesus Christ and to love each other. This is also what Jesus taught us to do. 24 If we obey God's commandments, we will stay one in our hearts with him, and he will stay one with us. The Spirit he has given us is proof that we are one with him.