1652英翻中(約壹第二課) WALKING AND TALKING 與主同行和交通 25/07/2026

1652英翻中(約壹第二課)       WALKING AND TALKING          與主同行和交通        25/07/2026

Lesson 2                          WALKING AND TALKING                                      1 John 1:5—2:6      
第二課                             與主同行和交通                                                         约翰一书1：5—2：6
 
Every form of life has its enemies. Insects have to watch out for hungry birds, and birds must keep an eye on hungry cats and dogs. Even human beings have to dodge automobiles and fight off germs.
任何類別的生命都有它的敌人。昆虫必须注意饥饿的鸟，鸟對饥饿的猫和狗必須提高警覺。甚至，人必须提防汽车，和防止细菌的侵入。
 
The life that is real also has an enemy, and we read about it in this section. This enemy is sin. Nine times in these verses John mentioned sin, so the subject is obviously not unimportant. John illustrated his theme by using the contrast between light and darkness: God is light; sin is darkness.
在研讀本段聖經時，並对实存的永遠生命(是真實並且存在)，进行讨论它也有敌人。這敌人是  “罪”。约翰在这段经文中，論到罪有九次之多，所以這主题显然很重要。约翰通过使用光明与黑暗的对比，阐述了這主题，：上帝是光;  而罪是黑暗。
 
But there is another contrast here too—the contrast between saying and doing. Four times John wrote, “If we say” or “He that saith” (1 John 1:6, 8, 10; 2:4). It is clear that our Christian life is to amount to more than mere “talk”; we must also “walk,” or live, what we believe. If we are in fellowship with God (if we are “walking in the light”), our lives will back up what our lips are saying. But if we are living in sin (“walking in darkness”), then our lives will contradict what our lips are saying, making us hypocrites.
但是，这里有 “说” 和 “做” 之间的另一種对比。约翰曾有四次談到，“若我们说” 或 “祂说過”（约壹1：6、8、10； 2：4）。這很清楚的表明基督徒生活，不只仅仅是 “說”；还必须 “行” 或活出我們所相信的。如果我们与上帝相交（若  “行在光明中”），我们的生活将支持嘴唇所说的。但是，如果活在罪恶中（“黑暗”），那么，我們的生活就会与嘴唇所说的相矛盾，就成为伪君子。
 
The New Testament calls the Christian life a “walk.” This walk begins with a step of faith when we trust Christ as our Savior. But salvation is not the end—it’s only the beginning—of spiritual life. “Walking” involves progress, and Christians are supposed to advance in the spiritual life. Just as a child must learn to walk and must overcome many difficulties in doing so, a Christian must learn to “walk in the light.” And the fundamental difficulty involved here is this matter of sin.
新约称基督徒生活为 “與主同行。”  当相信基督是我们的救主，就踏出與主同行的第一步。但是，救恩並未的结束，而仅仅是屬靈生活的开始。“行走” 是要向前进行，基督徒应该进一步在屬靈中生活。就像小孩在学会走路前，必须克服许多困难，因此，基督徒要  “行在光明中。”  他必须学会克服罪的基本困难。
 
Of course, sin is not simply outward disobedience; sin is also inner rebellion or desire. For example, we are warned about the desires of the flesh and of the eyes and about the pride of life (1 John 2:16), all of which are sinful. Sin is also transgression of the law (1 John 3:4), or literally, “lawlessness.” Sin is refusal to submit to the law of God. Lawlessness, or independence of the law, is the very essence of sin. If a believer decides to live an independent life, how can he possibly walk in fellowship with God? “Can two walk together except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3).
当然，罪不只是外表的不順服。它們也是内心的叛逆或慾望。例如，肉体的情慾，和眼目的情慾，及今生的骄傲（约壹2:16），所有这些都是罪。违反法律是罪（约壹3：4），或直說 “非法”。拒绝遵守上帝的律法是罪。不守法或與法律對立，是罪的本质。若信徒决定过着自己独立的生活，他怎么可能行在上帝的團契裡？ “两人若不同心，豈能同行呢？” （摩3：3）。
 
Neither in the Old Testament nor in the New does the Bible whitewash the sins of the saints. In escaping a famine, Abraham became weak in his faith and went down to Egypt and lied to Pharaoh (Gen. 12). Later, the patriarch tried to “help God” by marrying Hagar and begetting a son (Gen. 16). In both cases, God  forgave Abraham his sin, but Abraham had to reap what he had sowed. God can and will cleanse the record, but He does not change the results. No one can unscramble an egg.
在新約或旧约中都没有经節提到圣徒是沒有罪。亚伯拉罕因逃饥荒下到埃及变得軟弱，对法老撒谎（创12章）。后来，先祖试图通過娶夏甲来  “帮助上帝”達到欺騙祂，得到一個儿子（创16章）。上帝都原諒了亚伯拉罕這兩次的犯罪，但他不得不承擔後果。上帝可以清洗他的犯罪记录，但是，祂沒有改变他犯罪所造成的後果。生米已經煮成熟飯。
 
Peter denied the Lord three times and tried to kill a man in the garden when Jesus was arrested. Satan is a liar and a murderer (John 8:44), and Peter was playing right into his hands! Christ forgave Peter (see John 21), of course, but what Peter had done hurt his testimony greatly and hindered the Lord’s work.
彼得三次不认主，并试图在耶稣被捕时，在花园里杀死一个人。撒旦是骗子，是杀人犯（约8:44），而彼得正被牠玩弄在手掌中！  基督誠然饒恕了彼得（见  约21章），但是他所作所为大大地傷害了他的见证，并使主的工作受困。
 
The fact that Christians sin bothers some people— especially new Christians. They forget that their receiving the new nature does not eliminate the old nature they were born with. The old nature (which has its origin in our physical birth) fights against the new nature, which we receive when we are born again (Gal. 5:16–26). No amount of self-discipline, no set of man-made rules and regulations, can control this old nature. Only the Holy Spirit of God can enable us to “put to death” the old nature (Rom. 8:12–13) and produce the Spirit’s fruit (Gal. 5:22–23) in us through the new nature.
基督徒犯罪的確困扰一些人，尤其是對新信徒。他们忘记了承受新生命後，与生俱来的老我還在。老我（起源于我们的老袓宗的遺傳）常与重生時獲得的新天性斗争（加5：16-26）。老我因為没有對慾念的自律，没有人为的典章及制度可以來約束老的罪性。只有上帝的圣灵才能幫我们“制死”老我（罗8：12-13），并通过重生得來的新屬靈天性在我们心内結出圣灵的果子（加   5：22-23）。
 
Sinning saints are not mentioned in the Bible to discourage us, but to warn us.
圣经中没有提到有罪的圣徒會影響我们的信心, 只是向我们警告。
 
“Why do you keep preaching to us Christians about sin?” an angry church member said to her pastor. “After all, sin in the life of a Christian is different from sin in the life of an unsaved person!”
教會裡有位憤憤不平的教友，她對牧师说，“你为什么老是講基督徒犯罪的事？毕竟，基督徒生命中的罪与未得救者生命中的罪是不同的！”
 
“Yes,” replied the pastor, “it is different. It’s much worse!”
牧师回答说，“是，它們是不同。却是更糟！”
 
All of us, therefore, must deal with our sins if we are to enjoy the life that is real. In this section, John explained three approaches to sin.
因此，若要享受实存的生命，所有人都必须解決我們的罪。在本段經节中，约翰解释了三种引人犯罪的途徑。
 
1    We Can Try to Cover Our Sins (1:5–6, 8, 10; 2:4)
1.   試圖设法掩盖我们所犯的罪（1：5–6，8，10; 2：4）
 
“God is light, and in him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). When we were saved, God called us out of darkness into His light (1 Peter 2:9). We are children of light (1 Thess. 5:5). Those who do wrong hate light (John 3:19–21). When light shines in on us, it reveals our true nature (Eph. 5:8–13).
“上帝是光，在祂里肯定没有黑暗”（约壹1：5）。当得救时，上帝呼召我们脱离黑暗进入祂的光明中（彼前2：9）。我们是光明之子（帖前5：5）。那些做错事的人讨厌光（约3：19-21）。当光照射在我们身上时，它揭示了我们真實的本性（弗   5：8-13）。
 
Light produces life and growth and beauty, but sin is darkness; and darkness and light cannot exist in the same place. If we are walking in the light, the darkness has to go. If we are holding to sin, then the light goes. There is no middle ground, no vague “gray” area, where sin is concerned.
光带来生命，成长与美丽，而罪却是黑暗。黑暗与光明不可能共存。若我们行在光明中，黑暗就必须被趕走。若我们坚持犯罪，那光就会消失。談到罪惡，就沒有中間，及模糊的 “灰色” 的地帶。
 
How do Christians try to cover up their sins? By telling lies! First, we tell lies to others (1 John 1:6). We want our Christian friends to think  we are “spiritual,” so we lie about our lives and try to make a favorable impression on them. We want them to think that we are walking in the light, though in reality we are walking in the darkness.
基督徒怎能試著去掩饰他們的罪？ 用说谎！ 首先，我们向別人撒谎（约壹1：6）。想要基督徒朋友认为我们是 “屬靈的”，因此，对自己的生活撒谎，并试图给他们留下良好的印象。希望他们认为我们是行在光明中，尽管实際却行在黑暗中。
 
Once one begins to lie to others, he will sooner or later lie to himself, and our passage deals with this (1 John 1:8). The problem now is not deceiving others, but deceiving ourselves. It is possible for a believer to live in sin yet convince himself that everything is fine in his relationship to the Lord.
一旦人開始对别人撒谎，他遲早會轉變对自己撒谎，而這段聖經就是針对它說的（约壹1：8）。现在的问题不是骗别人，而是自欺。信徒有可能生活在罪中，但又自欺的說服自己，与主的关系一切都很好。
 
Perhaps the classic example of this is King David (2 Sam. 11—12). First David lusted after Bathsheba. Then he actually committed adultery. Instead of openly admitting what he had done, he tried to cover his sin. He tried to deceive Bathsheba’s husband, made him drunk, and had him killed. He lied to himself and tried to carry on his royal duties in the usual way. When his court chaplain, the prophet Nathan, confronted him with a similar hypothetical situation, David condemned the other man, though he felt no condemnation at all for himself. Once we begin to lie to others, it may not be long before we actually believe our lie.
也许最典型的例子就是大卫王（撒下11-12章）。大卫首先愛上了拔示巴。然后，實質上他犯了通奸罪。他没有公开承认自己的所作所为，而是试图掩饰自己的罪。他试图欺骗拔示巴的丈夫，使他喝醉，并杀死了他。大衛自欺，并试圖照常的履行王的职责。当他的宮廷牧师， 先知内森（Nathan）以类似的假设故事對他講时，大卫就谴责先知所談論的那人，對他自己毫無任何谴责。一旦我们开始对別人撒谎，不久之后，就会真正相信自己的谎言。
 
But the spiritual decline becomes still worse: the next step is trying to lie to God (1 John 1:10). We have made ourselves liars; now we try to make God a liar!  We contradict His Word, which says that “all have sinned,” and we maintain that we are exceptions to the
rule. We apply God’s Word to others but not to ourselves. We sit through church services or Bible studies and are not touched by the Bible’s teachings. Believers who have reached this low level are usually highly critical of other Christians, but they strongly resist
applying the Word to their own lives.
但是，在靈性上的衰落就更加严重：下一步是试图向上帝撒谎（约壹1：10）。我们使自己成為騙子，现在又试图使上帝成为骗子！  因為上帝說過， “世人都犯罪” ，我们却坚称是例外。我们将上帝的话只适用于別人，而不适用于自己。我们通常坐在教堂或主日學中， “圣经” 的教導，並未進入我們的內心。信徒的心態达到这樣低的水平，通常对其他基督徒却持以高水平批評的态度，但他们坚决不願意将圣言应用到自己的生活中。
 
The Holy Spirit’s inspired picture of the human heart is devastating indeed! A believer lies about his fellowship (1 John 1:6); about his nature—“I could never do a thing like that!” (1 John 1:8) and about his actions (1 John 1:10).
圣灵啟發人內心的畫面已壞到極處！信徒對他团契撒谎（约壹1：6）;  對他的良心自欺，說，“我從未曾做過这样的事！” （约壹1：8）及對他的行为也是如此（约壹1:10）。
 
Sin has a deadly way of spreading, doesn’t it?   
罪像瘟疫般的传播，不是吗？
 
At this point we must discuss an extremely important factor in our experience of the life that is real. That factor is honesty. We must be honest with ourselves, honest with others, and honest with God. Our passage describes a believer who is living a dishonest life: he is
a phony. He is playing a role and acting a part, but is not living a genuine life. He is insincere.
論及这点，必须讨论對实存生命中，我們所体验到的极其重要的因素。那就是 “诚实” 這因素。我们必须对自己诚实，对別人诚实，並且对上帝诚实。這段信息是描述信徒如何过着不诚实的生活：他是假信徒。他正在表演戲中的角色，但不是他純真生命所表現的生活。他是不真實的。
 
What losses does this kind of person experience?
这類人經歷著到的损失是什么呢？
 
For one thing, he loses the Word. He stops “doing the truth” (1 John 1:6); then the truth is no longer in him (1 John 1:8); and then he turns the truth into lies (1 John 1:10)! “Thy word is truth” (John 17:17), said Jesus, but a person who lives a lie loses the Word. One
of the first symptoms of walking in darkness is a loss of blessing from the Bible. You cannot read the Word profitably while you are walking in the dark.
至少他失去了上帝的道。他停止 “行真理”（约壹1：6）；然後，真理就不再在他裡面（约壹1：8）;  並且，他把真理变成谎言（约壹1:10）！ 耶稣說，“祢的话就是真理”
（约17:17），但说谎的人会失去耶穌的話。 行在黑暗中的人，最初的症状是失去圣经的祝福。當你行在黑暗中时，就看不懂聖經中對你有益的言詞。
 
But a dishonest person loses something else: he loses his fellowship with God and with God’s people (1 John 1:6–7). As a result, prayer becomes an empty form to him. Worship is dull routine. He becomes critical of other Christians and starts staying away from church: “What communion hath light with darkness?” (2 Cor. 6:14).
但是，不诚实的人会失去其他东西：他失去了与上帝和祂子民的团契（约壹1：6-7）。结果，祈祷对他变成空虚的形象。崇拜成為无聊的循環的活动。他成為批評別的基督徒的人，并开始远离教堂：“光明與黑暗有什麼相通呢？”（林後6:14）。
 
A backslidden husband, for example, who is walking in spiritual darkness, out of  fellowship with God, can never enjoy full fellowship with his Christian wife, who is walking in the light. In a superficial way, the couple can have companionship; but true spiritual fellowship is impossible. This inability to share spiritual  experiences causes many personal problems in homes and between members of local churches.  
举例来说，行在属灵的黑暗中，退縮的丈夫，沒有參與上帝的团契，他就永远无法与他有基督信仰，且行在光明中的妻，共享真正的屬靈团契。从表面上看，夫妻可以结伴；但是共同參與真正的属灵团契是不可能的。无法分享屬靈经验，会在家中以及当地教会會友之间，造成许多个人之間的问题。
 
A group of church members were discussing their new pastor.
教会的會友們正在讨论他们的新牧师。
 
“For some reason,” said one man, “I really don’t feel at ease with him. I believe he’s a good man, all right— but something seems to stand between us.”
某人说，“出于某种原因，我真的对他不放心。我相信他是好人，總之，我们之间似乎有些什麼不對勁。”
 
Another member replied, “Yes, I think I know what you mean. I used to have that same problem with him, but now I don’t have it anymore. The pastor and I have great fellowship.”
另一位會友回答，“是的，我了解你的意思。我以前对他也有同样的问题，但是现在我再也没有了。牧师和我有很好的团契。”
 
“What did he do to make things better?”
“他如何使事情好化起來？”
 
“He didn’t do anything,” said the friend. “I did the changing.”
朋友说，“他什么也没做。是我改变了。”
 
“You did the changing?”
“你真的改变了吗？”
 
“Yes, I decided to be open and honest about things, the way our pastor is. You see, there isn’t one stain of hypocrisy in his life, and there was so much pretending in my life that we just didn’t make it together. He and I both knew I was a phony. Since I’ve started to live an honest Christian life, everything is better.”
“是的，我决定对事情保持开放和诚实，就像我们的牧师所做的一样。你会发现，他的生活中没有伪善的污点，而是在我的生活中有太多伪装，我们只是没有在一起。他和我都知道我是偽裝的人。自从我开始过诚实的基督徒生活以来，一切都改变得好些。”
 
One problem with dishonesty is that just keeping a record of our lies and pretenses is a full-time job! Abraham Lincoln used to say that if a man is going to be a liar, he had better have a good memory! When a person uses up all his energy in pretending, he has nothing left for living, and life becomes shallow and tasteless. A person who pretends not only robs himself of reality, but he keeps himself from growing: his true self is smothered under the false self.
不诚实帶來的一個问题，就是它记录我们的谎言和虛假的行作為全時間的職責！亚伯拉罕·林肯（Abraham Lincoln）常常说，人若要想成为骗子，他最好有好的記忆！当人盡全力的去装假，他就沒有精力去過活，因此，就活得无精打釆，生活变得肤浅乏味。假装的人不仅抢夺了自己的实存生命，而且還抑止了自己的成长：他的真实自我被虚假的自我弄成平淡無味。
 
The third loss is really the result of the first two: the believer loses his character (1 John 2:4). The process starts out with his telling lies and it ends up with his becoming a liar! His insincerity, or lack of truthfulness, is at first a role that he plays. Then it is no longer a role—it has become the very essence of his life. His character has eroded. He is no longer a liar because he tells lies; he now tells lies because he is a confirmed liar.
第三種损失实际上是前两個损失的累積：信徒的人格被腐蝕（约壹2：4）。腐蝕自己人格，开始于他的说谎，最后变成了骗子！ 起初他扮演的偽善或缺乏真实性格的角色。然后他不再扮演，却成为道道地地的終生的騙子的人。他的人格被腐蝕了。不再是因為说谎而成為说谎者。现在是公认的骗子而说谎。
 
Is it any wonder that God warns, “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper” (Prov. 28:13)? David tried to cover his sins and it cost him his health (Ps. 32:3–4), his joy (Ps. 51), his family, and almost his kingdom. If we want to enjoy the life that is real, we must never cover our sins.
上帝说，“掩盖自己罪孽的人必不享通”（箴28:13） ，這難道不是祂的奇妙？大卫试图掩饰自己的罪，使他丧失了健康（诗32：3-4），喜乐（诗51），他的家人，几乎喪失他的国度。如果我们想享受实存的生命(永生)，绝不能掩饰自己的罪。
 
What should we do?
我们该做些什么？
 
2    We Can Confess Our Sins (1:7, 9)
2.   我们可以认罪（1：7，9）
 
John gave two interesting titles to Jesus Christ: “advocate” and “propitiation” (1 John 2:1–2). It’s important that we understand these two titles because they stand for two ministries that only the Lord Himself performs.
约翰给耶稣基督按上两个有趣的头衔：“辯護師” 和 “中保”（约壹2：1-2）。了解它們是很重要，因为它们代表只有主才能亲自执行的两項職事。
 
Let’s begin with “propitiation.” If you look this word up in the dictionary, you may get the wrong idea of its meaning. The dictionary tells us that “to propitiate” means “to appease someone who is angry.” If you apply this to Christ, you get the horrible picture of an angry God, about to destroy the world, and a loving Savior giving Himself to appease the irate God—and this is not the Bible picture of salvation! Certainly God is angry at sin; after all, He is infinitely holy. But the Bible reassures us that “God so loved [not hated] the world” (John 3:16, italics mine).
让我们从“中保”來开始。如果在字典中你查此单词，可能会误解其含义。字典告诉我们，“中保” 意味着 “安抚生气的人”。如果将其应用到基督身上，將得到一幅愤怒的上帝的畫像，顯示祂即将毁灭這世界，並且仁慈的救主自己献身，来平息憤怒的上帝 --- 这不是圣经上記載救赎的图畫！的確，上帝对罪很生气；毕竟，祂是極度的圣洁。但是，圣经對我们再次保证  “上帝是如此的爱（不恨）这世界”（约3:16）。   
 
No, the word propitiation does not mean the appeasing of an angry God. Rather, it means the satisfying of God’s holy law. “God is light” (1 John 1:5), and therefore He cannot close His eyes to sin. But “God is love” (1 John 4:8) too and wants to save sinners.
不，“中保”  不是說要平息上帝的怒气。相反，它意味着满足上帝圣洁律法的要求。 “上帝是光”（约壹1：5），因此祂无法不照射罪惡。但  “上帝就是爱” ， 祂無時無刻不想到拯救罪人（约壹4：8）。
 
How, then, can a holy God uphold His own justice and still forgive sinners? The answer is in the sacrifice of Christ. At the cross, God in His holiness judged sin. God in His love offers Jesus Christ to the world as Savior. God was just in that He punished sin, but He is also loving in that He offers free forgiveness through what Jesus did at Calvary. (Read 1 John 4:10, and also give some thought to Rom. 3:23–26.)
那么，圣洁的上帝如何才能维护祂的公义，并仍然能拯救罪人？答案在于基督的捨命獻身在十字架上，上帝以祂的圣洁审判了罪。上帝在祂的爱中，差遣耶稣基督道成肉身到世上作为救世主。上帝只是因为祂要惩罚罪恶，但祂也因为愛，通过耶稣在各各他山上的作为，提供了免费的饒恕。 （读  约壹4:10，並且也思想   罗3：23-26。）
 
Christ is the Sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, but He is Advocate only for believers. “We [Christians] have an advocate with the Father.” The word advocate used to be applied to lawyers. The word John used is the very same word Jesus used when He was talking about the coming of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16, 26; 15:26). It means, literally, “one called alongside.” When a man was summoned to court, he took an advocate (lawyer) with him to stand at his side and plead his case.
基督是為世人贖罪而捨命，但祂只为信徒作辯護師。 “我们（基督徒）在天父那裡有位辯护師。”   辩护師曾经用來指律师。约翰所用這词，与耶稣谈论圣灵的到来时，所用的词完全相同（约14:16，26; 15:26）。从字面上讲，它的意思是 “并排站立”。当罪人被召唤出庭时，他带着辩护師（律师）并排站在他身旁为他的案件辩护。
 
Jesus finished His work on earth (John 17:4)—the work of giving His life as a sacrifice for sin. Today He has an “unfinished work” in heaven. He represents us before God’s throne. As our High Priest, He sympathizes with our weaknesses and temptations and gives us grace (Heb. 4:15–16; 7:23–28). As our Advocate, He helps us when we sin. When we confess our sins to God, because of Christ’s advocacy God forgives us.
耶稣完成了祂在地上，为贖世人的罪，而捨命的職事（约17：4）。今天，在天堂祂仍有 “未完成的工作”。祂在上帝宝座前代表我们。作为我们的大祭司，祂同情我们的软弱和受試探，并赐予我们恩典（来4：15-16； 7：23-28）。作为我们的中保，在我们犯罪时，祂幫助我们。当我们向上帝认罪时，由于基督是我們的中保，上帝就原谅我们。
 
The Old Testament contains a beautiful picture of this. Joshua (Zech. 3:1–7) was the Jewish high priest after the Jews returned to their land following their captivity in Babylon. (Don’t confuse this Joshua with the Joshua who conquered the Promised Land.) The nation had sinned; to symbolize this, Joshua stood before God in filthy garments and Satan stood at Joshua’s right hand to accuse him (cf. Rev. 12:10). God the Father was the Judge; Joshua, representing the people, was the accused; Satan was the prosecuting attorney. (The Bible calls him the accuser of the brethren.) It looked as if Satan had an open-and-shut case. But Joshua had an Advocate who stood at God’s right hand and this changed the situation. Christ gave Joshua a change of garments and silenced the accusations of Satan.
旧约有幅美丽的图画。犹太人在巴比伦被囚禁后，返回自己的土地后，约书亚（亞3：1–7）是犹太大祭司。 （这约书亚不是征服迦南应许之地的那位约书亚。）以色列國犯了罪，约书亚穿着肮脏的衣服站在上帝面前，撒但站在约书亚的右边控告他（参见   启12:10）。父神是审判官。约书亚是代表人民的被告。撒旦是起诉律师 （圣经称牠为弟兄的控告者。）  撒但似乎有件公开open-and-shut的案件。但是约书亚的中保站在上帝的右边，这改变了局势。作為中保的基督给约书亚换了衣服，并使撒但的控告沉默。
 
This is what is in view when Jesus Christ is called our “advocate.” He represents believers before God’s throne, and the merits of His sacrifice make possible the forgiveness of the believer’s sin. Because Christ died for His people, He satisfied the justice of God. (“The wages of sin is death.”) Because He lives for us at God’s right hand, He can apply His sacrifice to our needs day by day.
耶穌在上帝宝座前衛護信徒，而祂牺牲的血使信徒的罪得洗淨，這就是耶稣基督称为我们的 “中保”的意思。因为基督为祂的子民而死，所以，满足了上帝的公义。 （“罪的工價是死。”）因祂为我们活，而靠近上帝的右手，所以，耶穌可以将祂的捨己獻上，逐日应用于我们的身上。
 
All He asks is that when we have failed, we confess our sins.
祂所要的一切，只是当我们失败时，要承认自己的罪。
 
What does it mean to “confess”? Well, to confess sins means much more than simply to “admit” them. The word confess actually means “to say the same thing [about].” To confess sin, then, means to say the same thing about it that God says about it.
“认罪” 是什么意思？ 认罪不仅是單单地 “承認” 它們。 “坦白” 实际上的意思是 “说同样有關的事情（有关于）”。 因此，认罪意味着对上帝说，祂同样要說的话。
 
A counselor was trying to help a man who had come forward during an evangelistic meeting. “I’m a Christian,” the man said, “but there’s sin in my life, and I need help.” The counselor showed him 1 John 1:9 and suggested that the man confess his sins to God.
辅导员试图帮助在布道会上挺身而出的一个人。他说：“我是基督徒，但我的生活中有罪，我需要帮助。”  辅导员向他打開约翰一书1章9節，并建议那人向上帝认罪。
 
“O Father,” the man began, “if we have done anything wrong—”
那人开始说，“天父，如果我们做错了什么事 --- ”
 
“Just a minute!” the counselor interrupted. “Don’t drag me into your sin! My brother, it’s not ‘if’ or ‘we’— you’d better get down to business with God!”
辅导员打断了他的話，說，“等一下！不要把我也拖入你犯的罪中！我的兄弟，不應該用“如果”  或  “我们”，你与上帝談生意比較好些！”
 
The counselor was right.
辅导员是对的。
 
Confession is not praying a lovely prayer, or making pious excuses, or trying to impress God and other Christians. True confession is naming sin—calling it by name what God calls it: envy, hatred, lust, deceit, or whatever it may be. Confession simply means being honest with ourselves and with God, and if others are involved, being honest with them too. It is more than admitting sin. It means judging sin and facing it squarely.
自白認罪不是在作优美詞令的祈祷，不是在找虔诚的借口，也不是要打动上帝和其他基督徒的心。真正的认罪就是說出所犯的是什麼罪，用上帝称罪的名字來招認：嫉妒，仇恨，情欲，欺骗或其他可能的罪名。自白簡單的說，是对自己和上帝诚实，如果涉及其他人，也对他们诚实。它遠超過认罪。它是判断罪，并且正视罪。
 
When we confess our sins, God promises to forgive us (1 John 1:9). But this promise is not a “magic rabbit’s foot” that makes it easy for us to disobey God!
当我们承认自己的罪过时，上帝应许饒恕我们（约壹1：9）。但是，这种应许不是让我们容易再次违抗上帝的“魔兔脚(magic rabbit’s foot)”！
 
“I went out and sinned,” a student told his campus chaplain, “because I knew I could come back and ask God to forgive me.”  
一位学生对校园牧师说：“我出去犯罪，因为知道可以回来，并懇求上帝原谅我。”
 
“On what basis can God forgive you?” the chaplain asked, pointing to 1 John 1:9.
牧师问， “上帝可以根據什么基本條例來饒恕你？”，他指着约翰一书1章9節。
 
“God is faithful and just,” the boy replied.
男孩回答，“上帝是信实，並且公義的。”
 
“Those two words should have kept you out of sin,” the chaplain said. “Do you know what it cost God to forgive your sins?”
牧师说：“信實和公義必定使你脱离罪。你知道上帝宽恕你的罪要付出多么大的代价嗎？”
 
The boy hung his head. “Jesus had to die for me.”
男孩低下了头說， “耶稣必须为我死。”
 
Then the chaplain zeroed in. “That’s right—forgiveness isn’t some cheap sideshow trick God performs. God is faithful to His promise, and God is just, because Christ died for your sins and paid the penalty for you. Now, the next time you plan to sin, remember that you are going to sin against a faithful, loving God!”
然后，牧师針對這點加重語氣說，“是的，宽恕不是上帝作的廉价表演。上帝的应许是信實和公義，因为基督为贖你的罪而死，祂为你付出了罪的惩罚。现在，下次你再打算犯罪时，请记住，是对一位信实而有爱心的上帝犯罪！”
 
Of course, cleansing has two sides to it: the judicial and the personal. The blood of Jesus Christ, shed on the cross, delivers us from the guilt of sin and gives us right standing (“justification”) before God. God is able to forgive because Jesus’ death has satisfied His holy law.
当然，洗罪有两方面：用司法和个人。耶稣基督的血流在十字架上，使我们从罪中解脱，使我们在上帝面前有正确的地位（“称义”）。上帝能够宽恕，因为耶稣的死满足了祂的圣洁的律法。
 
But God is also interested in cleansing a sinner inwardly. David prayed, “Create in me a clean heart, O God” (Ps. 51:10). When our confession is sincere, God does a cleansing work (1 John 1:9) in our hearts by His Spirit and through His Word (John 15:3).
但是上帝也有兴趣清洗罪人的內心。大卫祷告说，“上帝啊，求你为我造清洁的心”（诗51：10）。当我们坦白地认罪时，上帝就会借着祂的灵和話語（约15：3）在我们心中作洁淨工作（约壹1：9）。
 
The great mistake King David made was in trying to cover his sins instead of confessing them. For perhaps a whole year he lived in deceit and defeat. No wonder he wrote that a man should pray “in a time of finding out” (Ps. 32:6, literal translation).
大卫王犯下的重大错误，是他试图掩盖自己的罪行，而不是认罪。他也许整整一年都生活在欺骗和失败中。难怪他写道，人应该 “在发现罪之时” 就祈祷（诗32：6，直译）。
 
When should we confess our sin? Immediately when we discover it! “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy” (Prov. 28:13). By walking in the light, we are able to see the “dirt” in our lives and deal with it immediately. This leads to a third way to deal with sins.
我们什么时候应该认罪？当我们发现自己犯了罪时，立即！ “掩盖自己罪的人不会亨通；但承认和脫弃罪的人，必蒙有怜悯”（箴28:13）。行在光明中，可以看到我們生活中的“污垢”，就立即对其清洗它。这帶進了第三种处理罪的方法。
 
3   We Can Conquer Our Sins (2:1–3, 5–6)
3.  我们能克服罪孽（2：1-3，5-6）
 
John makes it clear that Christians do not have to sin. “I am writing these things to you that you may not sin” (1 John 2:1 nasb, italics mine).
约翰清楚地記載，基督徒必不犯罪。 “我正在写这些事给你們，以免你們犯罪”（约壹2：1  新美國標準版）。
 
The secret of victory over sin is found in the phrase “walk in the light” (1 John 1:7).
战胜罪恶的秘诀可在 “行在光明中” 短語中找到（约壹1：7）。
 
To walk in the light means to be open and honest, to be sincere. Paul prayed that his friends might “be sincere and without offense” (Phil. 1:10). The word sincere comes from two Latin words, sine and cera, which mean “without wax.” It seems that in Roman days, some sculptors covered up their mistakes by filling the defects in their marble statues with wax, which was not readily visible—until the statue had been exposed to the hot sun awhile. But more dependable sculptors made certain that their customers knew that the statues they sold were sine cera—without wax.
走在光明中是表明要坦白，真诚，實在。保罗祈祷，他的朋友们或許可以“诚實无過”（腓1:10）。 “真诚”短語来自两个拉丁词合成，sincere(sine 和cera)表示 “不含蜡”。在罗马时代，似乎有雕刻家用蜡填充入大理石雕像中，以補其缺陷，掩盖自己的错误，这种蜡不大容易被看见，直到雕像暴露在烈日之下才會被發現。但是，可靠的雕刻家向顾客肯定，他们出售的雕像是好的大理石，没有用蜡。
 
It is unfortunate that churches and Bible classes have been invaded by insincere people, people whose lives cannot stand to be tested by God’s light. “God is light,” and when we walk in the light, there is nothing we can hide. It is refreshing to meet a Christian who is open and sincere and is not trying to masquerade!
不幸的是，教会和圣经班有假教師入侵，他們的生活无法经受上帝之光的考验。 “上帝是光”，当我们行在光中时，就无法隱藏。认识开放，真诚，不虛假的真基督徒，真是令人心中爽快！
 
To walk in the light means to be honest with God, with ourselves, and with others. It means that when the light reveals our sin to us, we immediately confess it to God and claim His forgiveness. And if our sin injures another person, we ask his forgiveness too.
走在光明中是对上帝，我们自己和他人都要诚实。当上帝的光照向我们，揭示我们的罪时，立即應向上帝認罪，并懇求祂的饒恕。若我们的罪是伤害別人，就要请求他的宽恕。
 
But walking in the light means something else: it means obeying God’s Word (1 John 2:3–4). “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path” (Ps. 119:105). To walk in the light means to spend time daily in God’s Word, discovering His will; and then obeying what He has told us.
但是，走在光明中还有其他的意義：要服从上帝的圣言（约壹2：3-4）。 “祢的話是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光”（诗119：105）。走在光明中表示每天活在上帝的话语中，了解祂的旨意。然后，順从祂告诉我们的话。
 
Obedience to God’s Word is proof of our love for Him. There are three motives for obedience. We can obey because we have to, because we need to, or because we want to.
順从上帝的话，是表示我们愛上帝的证明。服从有三个动机。我们能服从，因为必须这样做，我们需要去做，或者因为我们想要去做。
 
A slave obeys because he has to. If he doesn’t obey he will be punished. An employee obeys because he needs to. He may not enjoy his work, but he does enjoy getting his paycheck! He needs to obey because he has a family to feed and clothe. But a Christian is to obey his heavenly Father because he wants to—for the relationship between him and God is one of love. “If you love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15).
奴隶服从主人，是因为他必须这样做。如果他不听话，将受到惩罚。员工服从是因为他需要這樣做。可能不喜欢他的工作，但他确实需要薪供應全家吃饭和穿衣服。但是基督徒要服从天父，是因为他愿意，因为愛是他与上帝的关系之一。 “你們若爱我，就必遵守我的命令”（约14:15）。
 
This is the way we learned obedience when we were children. First, we obeyed because we had to. If we didn’t obey, we were spanked! But as we grew up, we discovered that obedience meant enjoyment and reward; so we started obeying because it met certain needs in our lives. And it was a mark of real maturity when we started obeying because of love.
这是我们從小就学会顺服的方式。首先，服从是因为我们必须要去做。要是我们不听话，就會挨打屁股！但是随着時日长大，我们发现服从意味着享受和报酬。於是开始因要满足我们生活中的需求而服从。当我们因为爱而开始服从时，这才是真正成熟的标志。
 
“Baby Christians” must constantly be warned or rewarded. Mature Christians listen to God’s Word and obey it simply because they love Him.
 “小基督徒” 必须不断警告或奖励。成熟的基督徒听了上帝的话，就听進去了，他们只是單單的因为爱上帝。
 
Walking in the light involves honesty, obedience, and love; it also involves following the example of Christ and walking as He walked (1 John 2:6). Of course, nobody ever becomes a Christian by following Christ’s example, but after we come into God’s family, we are to look to Jesus Christ as the one great Example of the kind of life we should live.
行在光明中與诚实，服从和爱有關。它也與效法基督的榜样，像祂一樣的行在光中（约壹2：6）。当然，没有人会因效法基督的榜样成为基督徒，但是，当我们进入上帝的家，就以耶稣基督過的那种生活的伟大榜样，為我們生活的樣式。
 
This means “abiding in Christ.” Christ is not only the Propitiation (or sacrifice) for our sins (1 John 2:2) and the Advocate who represents us before God (1 John 2:1), but He is also the perfect Pattern (He is “Jesus Christ the righteous”) for our daily life.
这就是 “住在基督裡”意義。基督不仅是為贖我们罪捨命與上帝和解（或牺牲）（约壹2：2），而且是在上帝面前作我们的中保（约壹2：1），但祂也是我們生活的完美榜样（祂是 “那義者耶稣基督”）。
 
The key statement here is “even as He ” (v. 6) “Because as he is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17 ). We are to walk in the light “as he is in the light” (1 John 1:7 ). We are to purify ourselves “even as he is pure” (1 John 3:3 ). “He that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous” (1 John 3:7 ). Walking in the light means living here on earth the way Jesus lived when He was here and the way He is right now in heaven.
这是关键說明，“照祂样式” (第六節)。 “因为祂如何，我们在这世界也如何”（约壹4:17）。我们行在光中 “像祂在光中”（约壹1：7）。我们要純潔 “甚至於像祂是洁淨一樣”（约壹3：3）。 “行义的才是义人，甚至於像祂是义者一樣”（约壹3：7）。在光中行走意味着在地上的生活，就像耶稣在世时的生活方式，以及他现在在天堂的方式一样。
 
This has extremely practical applications in our daily lives. For example, what should a believer do when another believer sins against him? The answer is that believers should forgive one another “even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” (Eph. 4:32, italics mine; cf. Col. 3:13).
这在我们的日常生活中具有极其实际的应用。例如，当另一个信徒对他犯罪时，该信徒应该怎么做？答案是信徒应该互相“原谅，即使是出于基督的缘故，上帝已经宽恕了你”（弗4:32；参见西3:13）。
 
Walking in the light—following the example of Christ—will affect a home. Husbands are supposed to love their wives “even as Christ also loved the church” (Eph. 5:25). Husbands are supposed to care for their wives “even as the Lord” cares for the church (Eph. 5:29). And wives are to honor and obey their husbands (Eph. 5:22–24).
跟随基督的榜样，在光明中行走将影响家庭。丈夫应该“像基督爱教堂的榜样”爱他们的妻子（弗5:25）。丈夫应该“照主基督愛教會”一樣的照顾妻子（弗5:29）。妻子要尊敬并顺服丈夫（弗5：22-24）。无论生活在什么领域，我们的责任都是做耶稣將做的事。 “我们在这个世界上就像祂一样。”  我们应该“即使活着，也要像祂活着一樣”。
 
No matter what area of life it may be, our responsibility is to do what Jesus would do. “As he is, so are we in this world.” We should “walk [live] even as He walked [lived].”
无论生活在什么领域，我们的责任是做耶稣会做的事。 “就像他一样，我们在这个世界上也是如此。” 我们应该“即使活着，也要活着”。
 
It is impossible to imitate the life of Jesusu Christ with the poor equipment we have as more human being.  The effort would be similar to a cripple’s trying to play baseball like big league star.  We would give the cripple an “E for effort,” but he would nevertheless fail in his attempt.  This is why John uses the word “abide” (1 John 2:6).  The only way to walk as Christ walked is to abide in Him.
我们无法像人类一样拥有贫穷的设备来模仿耶稣基督的生活。 这种努力类似于a子试图像大联盟球星一样打棒球。 我们给残障人士一个“努力的E”，但他仍然会失败。 这就是约翰使用“遵守”一词的原因（约翰一书2：6）。 基督走路的唯一途径就是住在他里面。
 
This is the secret of victory over sin.  
这是战胜罪恶的秘密。
 
Jesus Himself taught His disciples what it means to abide in Him. He explained it in His illustration of the vine and its branches (John 15). Just as the branch gets its life by remaining in contact with the vine, so believers receive their strength by maintaining fellowship with Christ.
耶稣亲自教导他的门徒遵守他的意思。他在关于葡萄树及其分支的插图中对此进行了解释（约翰福音15章）。正如树枝通过与葡萄树保持接触而获得生命一样，信徒也通过与基督保持团契来获得力量。
 
To abide in Christ means to depend completely on Him for all that we need in order to live for Him and serve Him. It is a living relationship. As He lives out His life through us, we are able to follow His example and walk as He walked. Paul expressed this experience perfectly: “Christ liveth in me” (Gal. 2:20).
遵守基督意味着我们完全需要依靠他来为他生活和服侍他。这是一种活生生的关系。当他通过我们过着他的生活时，我们能够效法他的榜样并在他走路时走路。保罗完美地表达了这种经历：“基督在我里面活了”（加2:20）。
 
This is a reference to the work of the Holy Spirit. Christ is our Advocate in heaven (1 John 2:1), to represent us before God when we sin. The Holy Spirit is God’s Advocate for us here on earth. Christ is making intercession for us (Rom. 8:34), and the Holy Spirit is also making intercession for us (Rom. 8:26–27). We are part of a fantastic “heavenly party line”: God the Son prays for us in heaven, and God the Spirit prays for us in our hearts. We have fellowship with the Father through the Son, and the Father has fellowship with us through the Spirit
这是对圣灵的工作的引用。基督是我们在天上的倡导者（约翰一书2：1），当我们犯罪时，在上帝面前代表我们。圣灵是上帝在我们这里为我们提倡的。基督在为我们代祷（罗8：34），圣灵也在为我们代祷（罗8：26-27）。我们是一个梦幻般的“天堂派对线”的一部分：子上帝在天堂为我们祈祷，圣灵在我们心中为我们祈祷。我们通过子与父相交，而父通过圣灵与我们相交
 
Christ lives out His life through us by the power of the Spirit, who lives within our bodies. It is not by means of imitation that we abide in Christ and walk as He walked. No, it is through incarnation: through His Spirit, “Christ liveth in me.” To walk in the light is to walk in the Spirit and not fulfill the lusts of the flesh (see Gal. 5:16).
基督借着我们生活在我们体内的圣灵的能力，通过我们过着他的生命。 我们不是借着模仿住在基督里，而是按照祂的步伐走。 不，这是通过化身：通过他的灵，“基督在我里面活了”。 在光明中行事就是在圣灵中行事，而不是满足肉身的情欲（见加5:16）。
 
God has made provisions for us in these ways to conquer sin. We can never lose or change the sin nature that we were born with (1 John 1:8), but we need not obey its desires. As we walk in the light and see sin as it actually is, we will hate it and turn from it. And if we sin, we immediately confess it to God and claim His cleansing. By depending on the power of the indwelling Spirit, we abide in Christ and “walk as he walked.”
上帝已经以这些方式为我们征服了罪恶。 我们永远不会失去或改变我们与生俱来的罪恶本质（约翰一书1：8），但是我们不必遵守它的欲望。 当我们在光明中行走，看到罪恶的真相时，我们会恨恶它并摆脱它。 如果我们犯罪，我们会立即向上帝承认，并要求他清洗。 通过依靠内在圣灵的能力，我们遵守基督并“在他走路时走路”。
 
But all this begins with openness and honesty before God and men. The minute we start to act a part, to pretend, to impress others, we step out of the light and into shadows. Sir Walter Scott put it this way:
 
Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive!
 
The life that is real cannot be built on things that are deceptive. Before we can walk in the light, we must know ourselves, accept ourselves, and yield ourselves to God. It is foolish to try to deceive others, because God already knows what we really are!
但是所有这一切都始于在神和人面前公开和诚实。当我们开始发挥作用，假装，打动他人的那一刻，我们就从光明中步入阴影。沃尔特·斯科特爵士（Sir Walter Scott）这样说：
哦，编织的网是什么
当我们第一次练习欺骗！
 
真实的生活不能建立在具有欺骗性的事物上。在我们可以走在光明之前，我们必须了解自己，接受自己并屈服于上帝。试图欺骗别人是愚蠢的，因为上帝已经知道我们的真实面目！
 
All this helps to explain why walking in the light makes life so much easier and happier. When you walk in the light, you live to please only one Person—God. This really simplifies things! Jesus said, “I do always those things that please him” (John 8:29, italics mine). We “ought to walk and to please God” (1 Thess. 4:1). If we live to please ourselves and God, we are trying to serve two masters, and this never works. If we live to please men, we will always be in trouble because no two men will agree and we will find ourselves caught in the middle. Walking in the light—living to please God—simplifies our goals, unifies our lives, and gives us a sense of peace and poise.
所有这些都有助于解释为什么在光明中行走会使生活变得如此轻松和快乐。当你在光明中行走时，你的生活只能取悦一个人-上帝。这确实简化了事情！耶稣说：“我总是做那些使他满意的事”（约翰福音8:29，我的斜体字）。我们“应当行走并取悦上帝”（帖1：4：1）。如果我们生活是为了取悦自己和上帝，我们将努力为两位主人服务，这永远行不通。如果我们为了取悦男人而生活，我们将永远陷入麻烦，因为没有两个男人会同意，我们会陷入困境。在光明中走来走-为了取悦上帝-简化了我们的目标，统一了我们的生活，并给我们一种和平与平静的感觉。
 
John makes it clear that the life that is real has no love for sin. Instead of trying to cover sin, a true believer confesses sin and tries to conquer it by walking in the light of God’s Word. He is not content simply to know he is going to heaven. He wants to enjoy that heavenly life right here and now. “As he is, so are we in this world.” He is careful to match his walk and his talk. He does not try to impress himself, God, or other Christians with a lot of “pious talk.”
约翰明确指出，真实的生活不爱罪恶。真正的信徒并没有试图掩盖罪恶，而是承认自己的罪恶，并通过照着上帝的圣言行事来征服它。他不仅仅满足于知道自己要去天堂。他想从现在开始享受这种天堂般的生活。 “就像他一样，这个世界上的我们也是如此。”他小心翼翼地配合自己的走路和讲话。他不会试图通过大量“虔诚的谈话”来打动自己，上帝或其他基督徒。
 
A congregation was singing as a closing hymn the familiar song “For You I Am Praying.” The speaker turned to a man on the platform and asked quietly, “For whom are you praying?”
一群会众在唱赞美的歌曲“ For You I Praying”作为最后的赞美诗。演讲者转向平台上的一个人，静静地问：“你为谁祈祷？”
 
The man was stunned. “Why, I guess I’m not praying for anybody. Why do you ask?”
那人惊呆了。“为什么，我想我不是在为任何人祈祷。你为什么要问？”
 
“Well, I just heard you say, ‘For you I am praying,’ and I thought you meant it,” the preacher replied.
传道人回答：“好吧，我只是听你说，‘我为你祈祷，’我以为你是认真的。
 
“Oh, no,” said the man. “I’m just singing.”
“哦，不，”那人说。 “我只是在唱歌。
 
Pious talk! A religion of words! To paraphrase James 1:22, “We should be doers of the Word as well as talkers of the Word.” We must walk what we talk. It is not enough to know the language; we must also live the life. “If we say—” then we ought also to do!
”虔诚的讲话！语言的信仰！用雅各书1：22来解释：“我们既要成为道的施行者，又要成为道的讲者。”我们必须遵守我们所说的。仅仅知道这种语言是不够的。我们也必须过生活。 “如果我们说-”那么我们也应该这样做！