约翰一书 3
1 你们看父赐给我们的是何等的慈爱，让我们得以称为上帝的儿女；我们也真是他的儿女。世人不认识我们t的理由，是因他们未曾认识父。 2 亲爱的，我们现在是上帝的儿女，将来如何还未显明。我们所知道的是：基督显现的时候，我们会像他，因为我们将见到他的本相。 3 凡对他有这指望的，就洁净自己，像他是洁净的一样。
4 凡犯罪的，就是做违背律法的事；违背律法就是罪。 5 你们知道，基督曾显现是要除掉罪t；在他并没有罪。 6 凡住在他里面的，不犯罪；凡犯罪的，未曾看见他，也未曾认识他。
7 孩子们哪，不要让人迷惑了你们；行义的才是义人，正如基督是义的。 8 犯罪的是出于魔鬼，因为魔鬼从起初就犯罪。上帝的儿子显现出来，是为了要毁灭魔鬼的作为。 9 凡从上帝生的，不犯罪，因上帝的道t存在他里面，他也不能犯罪，因为他是由上帝所生的。 10 这就显明谁是上帝的儿女，谁是魔鬼的儿女了。凡不行义的，不是出于上帝，不爱他弟兄的，也是如此。
彼此相爱
11 我们要彼此相爱。这就是你们从起初所听到的信息。 12 不要像该隐；他是属那邪恶者，杀了自己的弟弟。为什么杀了他呢？因为自己的行为是邪恶的，而弟弟的行为是正直的。
13 弟兄们，世人若恨你们，不要惊讶。 14 我们知道，我们已经出死入生了，因为我们爱弟兄。没有爱心的，仍住在死中。 15 凡恨自己弟兄的，就是杀人的；你们知道，凡杀人的，没有永生住在他里面。 16 基督为我们舍命，我们从此就知道何为爱；我们也当为弟兄舍命。 17 凡有世上财物的，看见弟兄缺乏，却关闭了恻隐的心，上帝的爱怎能住在他里面呢？ 18 孩子们哪，我们相爱，不要只在言语或舌头上，总要以行为和真诚表现出来。
在上帝面前坦然无惧
19 从这一点，我们会知道，我们是出于真理的，并且我们在上帝面前可以安心， 20 即使我们的心责备自己，上帝比我们的心大，他知道一切。 21 亲爱的，我们的心若不责备我们，在上帝面前就可以坦然无惧了。 22 我们一切所求的，就从他得着，因为我们遵守他的命令，行他所喜悦的事。
23 上帝的命令就是：我们要信他儿子耶稣基督的名，并且照他所赐给我们的命令彼此相爱。 24 遵守上帝命令的，住在上帝里面，而上帝也住在他里面。从这一点，我们知道上帝住在我们里面，这是由于他所赐给我们的圣灵。
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.