1 John 3

1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

1 你们看，父上帝何等爱我们，称我们为祂的儿女！我们也实在是祂的儿女，世人之所以不认识我们，是因为他们不认识父上帝。

2 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

2 亲爱的弟兄姊妹，我们现在是上帝的儿女，将来如何还未显明。但我们知道，当基督显现的时候，我们会像祂，因为我们必见到祂的本相。

3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

3 凡心存这种盼望的人都会自洁，因为祂是圣洁的。

4 Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.

4 人犯罪就是违背上帝的律法，违背上帝的律法就是犯罪。

5 But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

5 你们知道，耶稣降世是为了除掉罪，祂里面毫无罪恶。

6 No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

6 住在祂里面的人不会犯罪；不断犯罪的人既没见过祂，也不认识祂。

7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

7 孩子们，不要受人诱骗，行义的才是义人，正如耶稣是公义的。

8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

8 一直犯罪的人是属魔鬼的，因为魔鬼从起初便犯罪，但上帝儿子的显现是为了摧毁魔鬼的工作。

9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

9 从上帝生的人不会继续犯罪，因为他里面有上帝的生命 。他不能继续犯罪，因为他是从上帝生的。

10 By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

10 这样，就可以看出谁是上帝的儿女，谁是魔鬼的儿女。凡不行义、不爱弟兄姊妹的人，都不是上帝的儿女。

11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

11 我们应当彼此相爱，这是你们起初听见的信息。

12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

12 不要步该隐的后尘。他属于那恶者，杀害了自己的弟弟。他为什么要杀害自己的弟弟呢？因为他行为邪恶，他弟弟却秉行公义。

13 So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

13 弟兄姊妹，世人若恨你们，不要惊奇。

14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

14 我们因爱弟兄姊妹，便知道自己已经出死入生了。不爱弟兄姊妹的，仍然陷在死亡中。

15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

15 恨弟兄姊妹的就是杀人的，你们知道：杀人者里面没有永生。

16 By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

16 耶稣为我们舍命，我们由此便知道什么是爱，我们也理当为弟兄姊妹舍命。

17 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

17 如果一个丰衣足食的人看见贫穷的弟兄姊妹，却毫无怜悯之心，怎能说他爱上帝呢？

18 Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

18 所以，孩子们啊，不要单在言语和口头上说爱人，总要按真理行出来。

19 And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:

19–20 这样，我们必知道自己属于真理，即使我们心中自责，也可以在上帝面前安心，因为上帝比我们的心大，祂洞悉一切。

20 Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,

21 亲爱的弟兄姊妹，我们若能凡事问心无愧，就可以在上帝面前坦然无惧。

22 and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

22 这样，我们无论向上帝祈求什么，都必得到，因为我们遵守祂的命令，做祂喜悦的事。

23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

23 上帝的命令是：我们要信祂儿子耶稣基督的名，遵照祂的命令彼此相爱。

24 Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

24 遵行上帝命令的人就住在上帝里面，上帝也住在他里面。我们借着上帝赐给我们的圣灵知道：祂住在我们里面。