聖經365恩典之旅

本日經文提要  ( 約翰一書 4:1~5:21)

 

   

 

約一4:1親愛的弟兄阿，一切的靈，你們不可都信，總要試驗那些靈是出於神的不是，因為世上有許多假先知已經出來了。
約一4:2凡靈認耶穌基督是成了肉身來的，就是出於神的，從此你們可以認出神的靈來。
約一4:3凡靈不認耶穌，就不是出於神，這是那敵基督者的靈，你們從前聽見他要來，現在已經在世上了。
約一4:4小子們哪，你們是屬神的，並且勝了他們，因為那在你們裡面的，比那在世界上的更大。
約一4:5他們是屬世界的，所以論世界的事，世人也聽從他們。
約一4:6我們是屬神的，認識神的就聽從我們，不屬神的就不聽從我們，從此我們可以認出真理的靈，和謬妄的靈來。
約一4:7親愛的弟兄阿，我們應當彼此相愛，因為愛是從神來的，凡有愛心的，都是由神而生，並且認識神。
約一4:8沒有愛心的，就不認識神，因為神就是愛。
約一4:9神差他獨生子到世間來，使我們藉著他得生，神愛我們的心，在此就顯明了。
約一4:10不是我們愛神，乃是神愛我們，差他的兒子，為我們的罪作了挽回祭，這就是愛了。
約一4:11親愛的弟兄阿，神既是這樣愛我們，我們也當彼此相愛。
約一4:12從來沒有人見過神，我們若彼此相愛，神就住在我們裡面，愛他的心在我們裡面得以完全了。
約一4:13神將他的靈賜給我們，從此就知道我們是住在他裡面，他也住在我們裡面。
約一4:14父差子作世人的救主，這是我們所看見且作見證的。
約一4:15凡認耶穌為神兒子的，神就住在他裡面，他也住在神裡面。
約一4:16神愛我們的心，我們也知道也信。神就是愛，住在愛裡面的，就是住在神裡面，神也住在他裡面。
約一4:17這樣，愛在我們裡面得以完全，我們就可以在審判的日子，坦然無懼，因為他如何，我們在這世上也如何。
約一4:18愛裡沒有懼怕，愛既完全，就把懼怕除去，因為懼怕裡含著刑罰，懼怕的人在愛裡未得完全。
約一4:19我們愛，因為神先愛我們。
約一4:20人若說：我愛神，卻恨他的弟兄，就是說謊話的，不愛他所看見的弟兄，就不能愛沒有看見的神。〔有古卷作怎能愛沒有看見的神呢〕
約一4:21愛神的，也當愛弟兄，這是我們從神所受的命令。

約一5:1凡信耶穌是基督的，都是從神而生，凡愛生他之神的，也必愛從神生的。
約一5:2我們若愛神，又遵守他的誡命，從此就知道我們愛神的兒女。
約一5:3我們遵守神的誡命，這就是愛他了，並且他的誡命不是難守的。
約一5:4因為凡從神生的，就勝過世界，使我們勝了世界的，就是我們的信心。
約一5:5勝過世界的是誰呢，不是那信耶穌是神兒子的麼。
約一5:6這藉著水和血而來的就是耶穌基督，不是單用水，乃是用水又用血。
約一5:7並且有聖靈作見證，因為聖靈就是真理。
約一5:8作見證的原來有三，就是聖靈，水，與血這三樣也都歸於一。
約一5:9我們既領受人的見證，神的見證更該領受了，〔該領受原文作大〕因神的見證，是為他兒子作的。
約一5:10信神兒子的，就有這見證在他心裡，不信神的，就是將神當作說謊的，因不信神為他兒子作的見證。
約一5:11這見證，就是神賜給我們永生，這永生也是在他兒子裡面。
約一5:12人有了神的兒子就有生命，沒有神的兒子就沒有生命。
約一5:13我將這些話寫給你們信奉神兒子之名的人，要叫你們知道自己有永生。
約一5:14我們若照他的旨意求甚麼，他就聽我們，這是我們向他所存坦然無懼的心。
約一5:15既然知道他聽我們一切所求的，就知道我們所求於他的無不得著。
約一5:16人若看見弟兄犯了不至於死的罪，就當為他祈求，神必將生命賜給他，有至於死的罪，我不說當為這罪祈求。
約一5:17凡不義的事都是罪，也有不至於死的罪。
約一5:18我們知道凡從神生的必不犯罪，從神生的必保守自己，〔有古卷作那從神生的必保護他〕那惡者也就無法害他。
約一5:19我們知道我們是屬神的，全世界都臥在那惡者手下。
約一5:20我們也知道神的兒子已經來到，且將智慧賜給我們，使我們認識那位真實的，我們也在那位真實的裡面，就是在他兒子耶穌基督裡面。這是真神，也是永生。

約一5:21小子們哪，你們要自守，遠避偶像。

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

 

4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from the world 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. This is how we recognize the Spirit[a] of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

 

God’s Love and Ours

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

 

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

 

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, 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. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.

 

 

 

5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes 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.

 

6 This is the one who came by water and blood—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. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9 We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, 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, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

 

Concluding Affirmations

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

 

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. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.

 

18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them. 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

 

21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.