1 John

我们的中保基督

1我小子们哪，我将这些话写给你们，是要叫你们不犯罪。若有人犯罪，在父那里我们有一位中保，就是那义者耶稣基督。

2他为我们的罪作了挽回祭，不是单为我们的罪，也是为普天下人的罪。

3我们若遵守他的诫命，就晓得是认识他。

4人若说「我认识他」，却不遵守他的诫命，便是说谎话的，真理也不在他心里了。

5凡遵守主道的，爱 神的心在他里面实在是完全的。从此，我们知道我们是在主里面。

6人若说他住在主里面，就该自己照主所行的去行。

新命令

7亲爱的弟兄啊，我写给你们的，不是一条新命令，乃是你们从起初所受的旧命令；这旧命令就是你们所听见的道。

8再者，我写给你们的，是一条新命令，在主是真的，在你们也是真的；因为黑暗渐渐过去，真光已经照耀。

9人若说自己在光明中，却恨他的弟兄，他到如今还是在黑暗里。

10爱弟兄的，就是住在光明中，在他并没有绊跌的缘由。

11惟独恨弟兄的，是在黑暗里，且在黑暗里行，也不知道往哪里去，因为黑暗叫他眼睛瞎了。

12小子们哪，我写信给你们， 因为你们的罪借着主名得了赦免。

13父老啊，我写信给你们， 因为你们认识那从起初原有的。 少年人哪，我写信给你们， 因为你们胜了那恶者。

14小子们哪，我曾写信给你们， 因为你们认识父。 父老啊，我曾写信给你们， 因为你们认识那从起初原有的。 少年人哪，我曾写信给你们； 因为你们刚强， 神的道常存在你们心里； 你们也胜了那恶者。

15不要爱世界和世界上的事。人若爱世界，爱父的心就不在他里面了。

16因为，凡世界上的事，就像肉体的情欲、眼目的情欲，并今生的骄傲，都不是从父来的，乃是从世界来的。

17这世界和其上的情欲都要过去，惟独遵行 神旨意的，是永远常存。

敌基督者

18小子们哪，如今是末时了。你们曾听见说，那敌基督的要来；现在已经有好些敌基督的出来了，从此我们就知道如今是末时了。

19他们从我们中间出去，却不是属我们的；若是属我们的，就必仍旧与我们同在；他们出去，显明都不是属我们的。

20你们从那圣者受了恩膏，并且知道这一切的事。

21我写信给你们，不是因你们不知道真理，正是因你们知道，并且知道没有虚谎是从真理出来的。

22谁是说谎话的呢？不是那不认耶稣为基督的吗？不认父与子的，这就是敌基督的。

23凡不认子的，就没有父；认子的，连父也有了。

24论到你们，务要将那从起初所听见的，常存在心里。若将从起初所听见的存在心里，你们就必住在子里面，也必住在父里面。

25主所应许我们的就是永生。

26我将这些话写给你们，是指着那引诱你们的人说的。

27你们从主所受的恩膏常存在你们心里，并不用人教训你们，自有主的恩膏在凡事上教训你们。这恩膏是真的，不是假的；你们要按这恩膏的教训住在主里面。

神的儿女

28小子们哪，你们要住在主里面。这样，他若显现，我们就可以坦然无惧；当他来的时候，在他面前也不至于惭愧。

29你们若知道他是公义的，就知道凡行公义之人都是他所生的。

Jesus Our Advocate

1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

2He Himself is the atoning sacrificefor our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

3By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.

4If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

5But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

6Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

A New Commandment

7Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

8Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

9If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.

10Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

12I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.

13I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.

14I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

17The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

Beware of Antichrists

18Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.

19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

21I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

22Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

Remain in Christ

24As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.

25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

26I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

27And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.

28And now, little children, remain in Christ,so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.

29If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.