1653英翻中(約壹三課) Something old, somthing new. 有些是舊物, 有些是新物. 26/07/2026
Lesson 3 SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW 1 John 2:7–11 第三課 有些是舊物, 有些是新物 约翰一书2：7-11
“I just love that hat!”
我就是喜欢那顶帽子！”
“Man, I really love the old-fashioned kind of baked beans!”
“老兄，我真的很喜欢老式的烘烤豆！”
“But, Mom, don’t you realize that Tom and I love each other?”
“但是，妈妈，您知不知道汤姆和我彼此相爱吗？”
Words, like coins, can be in circulation for such a long time that they start wearing out. Unfortunately, the word love is losing its value and is being used to cover a multitude of sins.
語言有如硬币，它們可能会流行很长的一段时间，才开始磨損。不幸的是，“爱” 这词正在失去其意義，并被用来掩盖许多罪恶。
It is really difficult to understand how a man can use the same word to express his love for his wife as he uses to tell how he feels about baked beans! When words are used that carelessly, they really mean little or nothing at all. Like the dollar, they have been devalued.
真的很难理解，人能用同一个單词来表达对妻子的爱，就像他用来表达对烘烤豆的感觉一样！当粗心地使用詞藻时，就使它们的含义实际上模糊或根本没有。像美元的贬值一样。
As John described the life that is real, he used three words repeatedly: life, love, and light. In fact, he devoted three sections of his letter to the subject of Christian love. He explained that love, life, and light belong together. Read these three sections (1 John 2:7–11; 3:10–24; 4:7–21) without the intervening verses, and you will see that love, life, and light must not be separated.
像约翰描述实存的生命时，他反复的使用了三个單词：生命，爱和光。实际上，在他的信中，他将這三段致力用于基督教之爱。他解释说，爱，生命和光是在一起的。读这三段經节（约壹2：7-11； 3：10-24; 4：7-21），不要讀中间插入经文，你会发现，爱，生命，和光绝對不能分开。
In our present study (1 John 2:7–11), we learn how Christian love is affected by light and darkness. A Christian who is walking in the light (which simply means he is obeying God) is going to love his brother Christian. In 1 John 3:10–24, we are told that Christian love is a matter of life or death: to live in hatred is to live in spiritual death. In 1 John 4:7–21 we see that Christian love is a matter of truth or error (cf. 1 John 4:6): because we know God’s love toward us, we show God’s love toward others.
在我们目前這一課的研究中（约壹2：7-11），我们了解到基督徒的爱如何受到光明与黑暗的影响。行在光明中的基督徒（这仅仅意味着他順服上帝）爱他的基督徒兄弟。在约翰一书3章10至24等節中，我们得知基督徒的爱是生死攸关的问题：生活在仇恨中就是生活在属灵的死亡中。在约翰一书4章7至21等節中，我们看到基督徒的爱是有關真理或謬误的问题（参见 约壹4：6）：因为我们知道上帝对我们的爱，我们对他人表现出上帝的爱。
In these three sections, then, we find three good reasons why Christians should love one another:
然后，在这三段經節中，我们找到了基督徒应该彼此相爱的三个很好的理由：
1. God has commanded us to love (1 John 2:7–11).
2. We have been born of God and God’s love lives in us (1 John 3:10–24).
3. God first revealed His love to us (1 John 4:7–21). “We love … because He first loved us.”
1.上帝命令我们相爱（约壹2：7-11）。
2.我们是上帝所生的，祂的爱生活在我们里面（约壹3：10-24）。
3.上帝首先向我们启示了祂的爱（约壹4：7-21）。“我们爱....因为祂首先爱了我们。”
John not only wrote about love but also practiced it. One of his favorite names for his readers was “Beloved.” He felt love for them. John is known as the “apostle of love” because in his gospel and his epistles he gives such prominence to this subject. However, John was not always the apostle of love. At one time Jesus gave John and his brother James, both of whom had hot tempers, the nickname “Boanerges” (Mark 3:17), which means “sons of thunder.” On another occasion these two brothers wanted to call down fire from heaven to destroy a village (Luke 9:51–56).
约翰不仅写了約翰壹書 “爱” 的书，而且还实践了它。該“爱” 的书读者最喜欢他的另一名
字 “主爱的”。他能感覺他们的爱。约翰被称为“爱的使徒”，因为在他的福音和书信中，愛是如此突出的主题。但是，约翰并不总是如此。有一次，耶稣给了约翰和他的兄弟雅各一個绰号 “ 雷子(Boanerges)”（可3:17），意思是 “雷的兒子”。在另外一个场合，这两个兄弟想从天上下火来烧毁一个村庄（路9：51-56）。
Since the New Testament was written in Greek, the writers were often able to use more precise language. It is unfortunate that our English word love has so many shades of meaning (some of them contradictory). When we read in 1 John about “love,” the Greek word used is agape (ah-GAH-pay), the word for God’s love toward man, a Christian’s love for other Christians, and God’s love for His church (Eph. 5:22–33).
由于新约圣经是用希腊语写的，所以作家通常能够使用更精确的语言。不幸的是，我们的英语 “爱” 有很多含义（其中有些是互相矛盾的）。当我们在约翰一书中读到 “爱” 时，是希腊语 “神聖的愛(agape)”（ah-GAH-pay），是指的上帝对人的爱，基督徒相互的爱，以及上帝教会的爱（弗5 ：22–33）。
Another Greek word for love, philia (fee-LEE-ah), used elsewhere, carries the idea of “friendship love,” which is not quite as profound or divine as agape love. (The Greek word for sensual love, eros, from which we get our word erotic, is not used at all in the New Testament.)
在希腊语中另一个表示爱的词是 “入相互的愛(philia)”（fee-LEE-ah），用在很多處，带有 “友谊之爱” 的意思，它不像上帝的爱那么深刻或神圣。 （新约中根本没有使用希腊语中的 “性爱” 这个表示色情的字）。
The amazing thing is that Christian love is both old and new (1 John 2:7–8). This seems to be a contradiction. Love itself, of course, is not new, nor is the commandment—that men love God and each other— a new thing. Jesus Himself combined two Old Testament commandments, Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18, and said (Mark 12:28–34) that these two commandments summarize all the law and the prophets. Loving God and loving one’s neighbor were old, familiar responsibilities before Jesus ever came to earth.
令人惊讶的是，基督教的爱是新旧共存的（约壹2：7-8） 。这似乎有些矛盾。誠然，爱本身不是新鲜的事物，人们的爱上帝和彼此相愛的诫命也是早就有的事。耶稣结合了旧约的两个诫命，申命记6章5節和利未记19章18節，并在登山寶訓中说（可12：28-34）这两个诫命概括了所有律法和先知書。在耶稣降世之前，爱上帝和爱邻居是人古老常新的熟悉责任。
In what sense, then, is “love one another” a “new” commandment (1 John 2:8)? Again, a look at the Greek helps to answer the question.
“彼此相爱” 在什麼理念下是 “新的” 诫命呢（约壹2：8）？同样的，再看希腊文有助于回答这个问题。
The Greeks had two different words for “new.” One means “new in time,” and the other means “new in quality.” For example, you would use the first word to describe the latest car, a recent model. But if you purchased a car that was so revolutionary that it was radically different, you would use the second word— new in quality. (Our English words recent and fresh just about make this distinction: “recent” means new in time, “fresh” means new in character.)
希腊語使用两个不同的單词来表示 “新”。一是表示 “时间上的新”，另一則是表示 “质量上的新”。例如，你将使用“时间上的新”来描述你現在正使用的汽车，最近的车型。但是，若你要购买的汽车是非常具有革命性的，以至于与以往的車截然不同，那么你将使用质量上的新來形容。 （時近使用的英文形容新的英文词彚 “ 新(news)” 和 “ 新鮮(fresh)”几乎就是这样的区别：“新近” 表示时间上的新事物，“新鲜” 表示性質上的新事物。）
The commandment to love one another is not new in time, but it is new in character. Because of Jesus Christ, the old commandment to “love one another” has taken on new meaning. We learn in these five brief verses (1 John 2:7–11) that the commandment is new in three important ways.
彼此相爱的诫命不是时间上的新事物，但是在質量上却是新特性。由于耶稣基督的缘故，“彼此相爱” 的旧诫命有了新的含义。我们从这五个简短的经文（约壹2：7-11）中得知，诫命在三个重要方面是新的。
1. It Is New in Emphasis (2:7)
1. 重点是新的（2：7）
In the previous paragraph (1 John 2:3–6), John had been talking about “the commandments” in general, but now he narrowed his focus down to one single commandment. In the Old Testament, the command that God’s people love one another was only one of many, but now this old commandment is lifted out and given a place of preeminence.
在上一章節中（约壹2：3-6）中，约翰一直在谈论 “诫命”，但现在他将注意力集中到在僅僅的一条诫命上。在旧约中，上帝的子民彼此相爱的命令所有诫命中的一條，但是现在，这条古老的诫命被提昇了，赋予它优越的地位。
How is it possible for one commandment to stand head and shoulders above all the others? This is explained by the fact that love is the fulfillment of God’s law (Rom. 13:8–10).
怎麼樣可能使一条诫命超越其他之上？爱是上帝律法成全的解釋（罗13：8-10）。
Parents must care for their children according to law. Child neglect is a serious crime. But how many parents have a conversation like this when the alarm clock goes off in the morning?
父母必须依法律照顾子女。虐待儿童是严重的罪行。当闹钟在早上不響时，會有多少父母仍舊如下一像交谈？
She: “Honey, you’d better get up and go to work. We don’t want to get arrested.”
她：“亲爱的，你最好起床去上班。我们不想被捕。”
He: “Yeah, and you’d better get up and get breakfast for the kids, and get their clothes ready. The cops might show up and put us both in jail.”
他：“是的，您最好起床给孩子们預備早餐，并准备好他们的衣服。警察可能会出现并将我们俩关进监狱。”
She: “You’re right. Boy, it’s a good thing they have a law, or we’d stay in bed all day!”
她：“你是对的。真是，有法律是件好事，否则我们将整日躺在床上！”
It’s doubtful that the fear of the law is often the motive behind earning a living or caring for one’s children. Parents fulfill their responsibilities (even if grudgingly on occasion) because they love each other and their children. To them, doing the right thing is not a matter of law—it’s a matter of love.
令人怀疑的是，对法律的恐惧往往是谋生或照顾孩子的动机。父母履行彼此的责任（即使偶尔有些勉强），因为他们彼此相爱，且爱他們的孩子。对他们而言，做正确的事不是因為法律，而是與爱有关。
The commandment “Love one another” is the fulfillment of God’s law in the same way. When you love people, you do not lie about them or steal from them. You have no desire to kill them. Love for God and love for others motivates a person to obey God’s commandments without even thinking about them! When a person acts out of Christian love he obeys God and serves others—not because of fear, but because of his love.
This is why John said that “Love one another” is a new commandment—it is new in emphasis. It is not simply one of many commandments. No, it stands at the top of the list!
这就是為什麼约翰说，“彼此相爱” 是条新命令的原因 — 强调新的這點。这不單單指它是许多诫命之一。不，它位于所有誡命列出表的首位！
But it is new in emphasis in another way too. It stands at the very beginning of the Christian life. “The old commandment is the word which ye had from the beginning” (1 John 2:7). This phrase “from the beginning” is used in two different ways in John’s letter, and it is important that you distinguish them. In 1 John 1:1, describing the eternality of Christ, we read that He existed “from the beginning.” In John 1:1—a parallel verse—we read, “In the beginning was the Word.”
但是，也有另一种方法強調它是新的。它是基督徒生活的真正的开始。 “旧的诫命是从一开始你们就有”（约壹2：7）。在约翰的书信中，“从一开始” 這词有两种不同的用法，能区分它们是很重要。在约翰一书1章1節中，描述基督的永恒，我们读到 “从一开始祂就存在”。在约翰福音1章1節 — 我们读到平行的经文，“論到從起初原有的生命之道道。”
But in 1 John 2:7, the subject is the beginning of the Christian life. The commandment to love one another is not an appendix to our Christian experience, as though God had an afterthought. No! It is in our hearts from the very beginning of our faith in Jesus Christ. If this were not so, John could not have written, “We know that we have passed out of death into life because we love the brethren” (1 John 3:14 nasb). And Jesus said, “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35 nasb)
但是在约翰一书2章7節中，主题是基督徒生活的开始。彼此相爱的诫命，并不是我们基督徒经验的附录，好像是上帝有事后的想法。不！从一开始信靠耶稣基督，基督就在我们心中。如果不是这样，约翰就不会写：“我们知道我们已经死了，因为我们爱弟兄而死入了生命”（约壹3:14 新美國標準版）。耶稣说：“到此，如果你们彼此相爱，所有人都将知道您是我的门徒”（约13:35新美國標準版）
By nature, an unsaved person may be selfish and even hateful. As much as we love a newborn baby, we must confess that the infant is self-centered and thinks the whole world revolves around his crib. The child is typical of an unsaved person. “We ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another” (Titus 3:3). This unretouched photo of the unbeliever may not be beautiful, but it is certainly accurate! Some unregenerate persons do not display the traits here mentioned, but the works of the flesh (Gal. 5:19–21) are always potentially present in their dispositions.
从本质上说，未得救的人可能是自私的，甚至是恨人的。就像爱新生婴儿一样，我们必须承认婴儿是以自我為中心的，并认为整个世界都围绕着婴儿床旋转。孩子是典型的未得救的人。 “我们自己有时也愚蠢，不順從，欺骗，服侍各式各樣的欲望和娱乐，生活在恶毒和嫉妒中，仇恨和彼此仇恨”（多3：3）。这张未经修饰的未信者的照片，可能并不漂亮，但绝对准确！一些没有重生的人，雖然没有表现出这里所提到的特征，但是其肉体情慾的行为（加5：19–21）总是潜在地存在于他们的性癖之中。
When a sinner trusts Christ, he receives a new life and a new nature. The Holy Spirit of God comes to live in him and the love of God is “shed abroad in [his] heart” by the Spirit (Rom. 5:5). God does not have to give a new believer a long lecture about love! “For ye yourselves are taught of God [i.e., by the Holy Spirit within you] to love one another” (1 Thess. 4:9). A new believer discovers that he now hates what he used to love, and that he loves what he used to hate!
当罪人信靠基督时，他就会获得新的生命，和新的人性。上帝的圣灵活在他里面，上帝的爱，被圣灵 “澆灌在他的心中”（罗5：5）。上帝不必要给新信徒，长的有关于爱的訓導！ “因为你们自己被上帝所教導（就是内住的圣灵）彼此相爱”（帖前4：9）。新信徒发现他现在讨厌曾经他爱过的东西，并且喜欢他曾经讨厌的东西！
So the commandment to love one another is new in emphasis: it is one of the most important commandments Christ gave us (John 13:34). In fact, “love one another” is repeated at least a dozen times in the New Testament (John 13:34; 15:9, 12, 17; Rom. 13:8; 1 Thess. 4:9; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 John 3:11, 23; 4:7, 11–12; 2 John 5). And there are many other references to brotherly love.
因此，彼此相爱的诫命是被强调為新的：这是基督赐给我们的最重要的诫命之一
（约13:34）。实际上，“彼此相爱”在新约中，至少重复出現過十二次（约13：34； 15：9、12、17；罗13：8；帖前4：9；彼后1： 22; 约壹3:11，23; 4：7，11-12; 约二5）。还有很多其他兄弟之爱的有关記載。
It is important that we understand the meaning of Christian love. It is not a shallow sentimental emotion that Christians try to “work up” so they can get along with each other. It is a matter of the will rather than an emotion—an affection for and attraction to certain persons. It is a matter of determining—of making up your mind—that you will allow God’s love to reach others through you, and then of acting toward them in loving ways. You are not to act “as if you loved them,” but because you love them. This is not hypocrisy—it is obedience to God.
重要的是我们了解基督教之爱的含义。基督徒尝试 “漸漸形成” 以使彼此和睦相处，這并並不是浅薄的情感的激動。它是有關意志，而不是情感 — 是对某些人的喜爱和吸引力。这是下定决心有關意志決定的事 — 這樣上帝的爱通过你可以到达他人，然后以爱心对他们行為互動。你的行为不是 “好像爱他们”，而是因为你爱他们。这不是伪善，而是对上帝的順服。
Perhaps the best explanation of Christian love is 1 Corinthians 13. You should read a modern translation of this chapter to get the full force of its message: the Christian life without love is NOTHING!
哥林多前书13章也许是对基督的爱最好詮釋。应该阅读聖經现代译本的哥林多前书13章，以获取信息全部真實的含义：没有爱的基督徒生活是空虛的！
But the commandment “Love one another” is not only new in emphasis. It is new in another way.
但是“彼此相爱”的诫命不仅強調它是新的。它在另方面也是新的。
2. It Is New in Example (2:8)
2. 在範例中是新的（2：8）
“Love one another,” John pointed out, was first true in Christ, and now it is true in the lives of those who are trusting Christ. Jesus Himself is the greatest Example of this commandment.
约翰指出，“彼此相爱” 首先在基督里是真实的，现在，在凡信靠基督的人的生活中也是如此。耶稣自己就是这诫命的最大典型。
Later on we will think about that great statement “God is love” (1 John 4:8), but it is anticipated here. When one looks at Jesus Christ, one sees love embodied and exemplified. In commanding us to love, Jesus does not ask us to do something that He has not already done Himself. The four gospel records are the account of a life lived in the spirit of love—and that life was lived under conditions far from ideal. Jesus says to us, in effect, “I lived by this great commandment, and I can enable you to follow My example.”
稍后，我们将思考 “上帝就是爱” 這伟大宣告（约壹4：8），但在这裡是可以料想到的。当人们仰望耶稣基督时，就看到爱的化身和典型。耶稣吩咐我们去爱，並不是要求我们做祂自己还没有做過的。四福音书记载了爱的屬靈生活 — 并且该生活遠远离開理想的条規。耶稣实际上是对我们说，“我遵守了这伟大的诫命，可以使你們效法我的榜样。”
Jesus illustrated love by the very life that He lived. He never showed hatred or malice. His righteous soul hated all sin and disobedience, but He never hated the people who committed such sins. Even in His righteous announcements of judgment, there was always an undercurrent of love.
耶稣以祂愛的生命來活出祂的生活中的爱。祂从未顯出過仇恨或恶意。祂公義的靈仇恨一切罪和不順服，但祂从未恨过犯下这种罪的人。即使在他公義的審判中，常常总会暗暗的流露出爱。
It is encouraging to think of Jesus’ love for the twelve disciples. How they must have broken His heart again and again as they argued over who was the greatest or tried to keep people from seeing their Master. Each of them was different from the others, and Christ’s love was broad enough to include each one in a personal, understanding way. He was patient with Peter’s impulsiveness, Thomas’s unbelief, and even Judas’s treachery. When Jesus commanded His disciples to love one another, He was only telling them to do as He had done.
想到耶稣对十二个门徒的爱總是會得著鼓舞。当祂的門徒在争论谁為大，或试图阻止人與他們的主见面时，他们是如何一次又一次地剌伤祂的心。他们每人之間都互相不同，基督的爱何其廣闊，它包含對所有門徒的個人的理解及處理方法。祂对彼得的冲动，多馬的不信，甚至犹大的背叛都以耐心待之。耶稣命令门徒彼此相爱时，祂只是告诉他们照著祂所做過的去做。
Consider too our Lord’s love for all kinds of people. The publicans and sinners were attracted by His love (Luke 15:1), and even the lowest of the low could weep at His feet (Luke 7:36–39). Spiritually hungry rabbi Nicodemus could meet with Him privately at night (John 3:1–21), and four thousand of the “common people” could listen to His teaching for three days (Mark 8:1–9) and then receive a miraculous meal from Him. He held babies in His arms. He spoke about children at play. He even comforted the women who wept as the soldiers led Him out to Calvary.
也要考虑我们的主对各种人的爱。稅吏和罪人被祂的爱所吸引（路15：1），即使是下層中的最低者，也可能在主的脚前哭泣（路7：36-39）。屬靈饥饿的拉比尼哥底母可以在晚上祂私下会面（约3：1-21），而四千 “普通百姓” 听祂的教导三天（可8：1-9），然后从祂那里得到神迹的夠飽晚餐。祂怀抱婴儿。他與在玩耍的孩子们谈話。当羅馬士兵将祂带到骷髅地时，祂甚至安慰那些哭泣的妇女。
Perhaps the greatest thing about Jesus’ love was the way it touched even the lives of His enemies. He looked with loving pity on the religious leaders who in their spiritual blindness accused Him of being in league with Satan (Matt. 12:24). When the mob came to arrest Him, He could have called on the armies of heaven for protection, but He yielded to His enemies. And then He died for them—for His enemies! “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). But Jesus died not only for His friends, but also for His foes! And as they crucified Him, He prayed for them: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
耶稣的爱中，最伟大的事也许是祂摸著仇敌的生命。祂满怀怜悯地看着宗教领袖，他们在属灵上的盲目中，控告祂与撒但同盟（太12:24）。当暴民来逮捕耶穌时，祂本可以呼吁天上的军队加以保护，但祂却屈服于敌人。然后祂为他们而死 — 为祂的敌人而死！ “世上再没有比这更伟大的愛，一人为自己的朋友献出生命”（约15:13）。但是耶稣不仅为朋友而死，也为祂的敌人而死！当祂钉在十字架上时，祂为釘祂的敵人祈祷：“天父，请原谅他们，因为他们不知道自己在做的是什么。”
In His life, in His teachings, and in His death, Jesus is the perfect Example of this new commandment, “Love one another.” And this is what helps to make the commandment “new.” In Christ we have a new illustration of the old truth that God is love and that the life of love is the life of joy and victory.
在祂的一生，祂的教導以及祂的死中，耶稣對这新诫命 “彼此相爱” 都是的完美典型。这就是使诫命变得“新”的原因。在基督里，我们對古老的真理的新例证，那就是上帝是爱，爱的生命就是喜悦和胜利的生命。
What is true in Christ ought to be true in each believer. “As he is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17). A believer should live a life of Christian love “because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining” (1 John 2:8 nasb). This reminds us of the emphasis on walking in the light (1 John 1). Two ways of life are contrasted: those who walk in the light practice love; those who walk in the darkness practice hatred. The Bible repeatedly emphasizes this truth. 在基督里的真理對其信徒都应该是真理。 “因為祂如何，我们在这世界上也如何”（约壹4:17）。信徒应该过基督徒愛的生活，“因为黑暗已经过去，真光已经照耀”（约壹2：8 新美國標準版）。这使我们想起行在光中的重要（约壹1章）。有两种生活方式形成对比：那些行在光明中的人操练爱；那些行在黑暗中的人操練仇恨。圣经反复强调这真理。
“The darkness is passing away,” but the light does not yet shine fully all over the world, nor does it penetrate every area of even a believer’s life.
“黑暗正在消失，”但是光还没有在世界上完全照耀，甚至没有進入到信徒生活的每个角落。
When Christ was born, “the dayspring from on high” visited the world (Luke 1:78). “Dayspring” means sunrise. The birth of Christ was the beginning of a new day for mankind! As He lived before men, taught them, and ministered to them, He spread the light of life and love. “The people who sat in darkness saw a great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up” (Matt. 4:16).
基督出生时，“叫清晨的日光，从高天臨到我們” 照亮了全世界（路1:78）。 “清晨(Dayspring)” 是指日出。基督的诞生是世人新的一天的开始！当祂在世人面前生活，教导他们并服侍他们时，祂传播了生命和爱的光芒。 “坐在黑暗中的人们看到了大光。 致於坐在那里的人，死的光的影子就跳躍起来了”（太4:16）。
But there is a conflict in this world between the forces of light and the forces of darkness. “And the light is shining in the darkness, and the darkness is not able to put it out” (John 1:5, literal translation). Satan is the Prince of darkness, and he extends his evil kingdom by means of lies and hatred. Christ is the “Sun of righteousness” (Mal. 4:2), and He extends His kingdom by means of truth and love.
但是，在这世界上，光的力量和黑暗的力量之间存在冲突。 “光在黑暗中照耀，黑暗却无法熄灭光”（约1：5，直译）。撒但是黑暗之王子，牠用谎言和仇恨扩大牠的邪恶王国。基督是 “公義的太阳”（玛4：2），祂通过真理和爱心扩展祂的国度。
The kingdoms of Christ and of Satan are in conflict today, but “the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day” (Prov. 4:18). The darkness is passing away little by little, and the True Light is shining brighter and brighter in our hearts.
基督的国度和撒但的王国，在今天处于冲突中，但 “義人的道路如同光照耀越来越多，直到完美的日子”（箴4:18）。黑暗渐渐消失，但真光照在我们的心中越来越亮。
Jesus Christ is the standard of love for Christians. “A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another,” He said, “as I have loved you, that ye also love one another” (John 13:34). And He repeated: “This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you” (John 15:12, ). We are not to measure our Christian love against the love of some other Christian (and we usually pick somebody whose life is more of an excuse than an example!) but against the love of Jesus Christ our Lord. The old commandment becomes “new” to us as we see it fulfilled in Christ. 耶稣基督是基督徒的爱的准繩。祂说，“我给你们一條新诫命，就是你们要彼此相爱。正如我爱你们一样，你们也彼此相爱”（约13:34）。耶稣又说，“这是我的命令，你们要彼此相爱，就像我爱你們一样”（约15:12）。我们不要将基督徒的爱与其他一些基督徒的爱來相比较（因為我们總会挑选一些人的生活帶更多借口; 而不是榜样！），是敵对主耶稣基督的爱。当我们看到旧的诫命在基督里應驗时，旧的诫命对我们就成为 “新的” 了。
So the commandment “Love one another” is new in emphasis and new in example. It is also new in a third way.
因此，“彼此相爱” 在強調诫命上是新的，在诫命舉例上是新的。在这第三种體驗上也是新的。
3. It Is New in Experience (2:9–11)
3. 彼此相愛在體验上是新的（2：9-11）
Our passage continues the illustration of light and darkness. If a Christian walks in the light and is in fellowship with God, he will also be in fellowship with others in God’s family. Love and light go together, much as hatred and darkness go together.
我们的章節继续在顯示光明与黑暗比照的範例。如果基督徒行在光明中并与上帝相交，他也与上帝家庭中的其他人相交。爱与光是并存的，就像仇恨与黑暗会并存一樣。
It is easy to talk about Christian love, but much more difficult to practice it. For one thing, such love is not mere talk (1 John 2:9). For a Christian to say (or sing!) that he loves the brethren while he actually hates another believer is for him to lie. In other words (and this is a sobering truth), it is impossible to be in fellowship with the Father and out of fellowship with another Christian at the same time.
說說基督徒的爱很容易，但要实践起来却非常困难。一方面，这样的爱不只是谈談的（约壹2：9）。以基督徒來論（或唱歌！）他爱弟兄，而同時又实际上却恨另一个信徒，對他是撒谎。换句话说（並且是嚴謹的真理），不可能与天父相交，而同時却不与另一位基督徒相交。
This is one reason why God established the local church, the fellowship of believers. “You can’t be a Christian alone”; a person cannot live a complete and developing Christian life unless he is in fellowship with God’s people. The Christian life has two relationships: the vertical (Godward) and the horizontal (man-ward). And what God has joined together, man must not put asunder! And each of these two relationships is to be one of love， one for the other.
这就是上帝建立地方教会，信徒团契的原因之一。 “你不能單獨一人成为基督徒”；人除非与上帝的子民也相交，否则就无法生活完整，而发展性的基督徒的生活。基督徒生活有两种关系：垂直关系（向上帝）和水平的人際关系（與世人）。上帝所連在一起的，人绝不能把它分開！这两种关系中的每一种的組成 : 一是愛，另一是彼此相爱。
Jesus dealt with this matter in the Sermon on the Mount (see Matt. 5:21–26). A gift on the altar was valueless as long as the worshipper had a dispute to settle with his brother. Note that Jesus did not say that the worshipper had something against his brother, but that the brother had something against the worshipper. But even when we have been offended, we should not wait for the one who has offended us to come to us; we should go to him. If we do not, Jesus warned us that we will end up in a prison of spiritual judgment where we will have to pay the last penny (Matt. 18:21–35). In other words, when we harbor an unforgiving, unloving spirit, we harm ourselves most.
耶稣在登山寶訓中已經处理此事（见 太5：21–26）。只要基督徒在敬拜上帝前，与他的兄弟有争执，那麼放在祭坛上祭物就毫无价值。请注意，耶稣并没有说獻祭者，对他的兄弟有什么冒犯的事，或是兄弟有对獻祭者有什么冒犯的事。但是，即使我们被冒犯了，我们也不应等待冒犯我们的那人来到我们身边; 我们应该先去找他。如果我们不这样做，耶稣警告我们，将最终我們像是，被关在屬靈审判的监狱中，直到我们在那里必須付出最后欠的一分钱（太18：21-35）。换句话说，当我们隱匿在不饒恕，沒有爱的靈性裡时，最受伤害的還是自己。
The contrast between “saying” and “doing” is one we have met before (1 John 1:6, 8, 10; 2:4, 6). It is easy to practice a Christianity of “words”—singing the right songs, using the right vocabulary, praying the right prayers—and, through it all, deceiving ourselves into thinking we are spiritual. This mistake also ties into something Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5:33–37). What we say should be the true expression of our character. We should not need extra words (“oaths”) to fortify what we say. Our yes should mean yes, and our no should mean no. So, if we say we are in the light, we will prove it by loving the brethren. Many Christians urgently need to be accepted, loved, and encouraged.
“说”与“做”之间的对比是我们之前遇到的（约壹1：6、8、10； 2：4、6）。操練基督徒的習語很容易 — 唱正确的歌，使用合適的词汇，用正确的祷告詞祈禱 — 并通过所有这些來欺骗自己，使我们认为自己是很属灵。这種错误，耶稣在登山寶訓已經有关的提及（太5：33-37）。凡我们所说的应该是我们品格的真实表达。不需要多余的言词（如 “誓言”）来加强我们所说的。“是” 就该說 “是”，“不是” 就說 “否”。因此，如果我们说自己行在光明中，通过爱弟兄的事實可以证明。许多基督徒迫切需要被接納，爱，和鼓励。
Contrary to popular opinion, Christian love is not “blind.” When we practice true Christian love, we find life getting brighter and brighter. Hatred is what darkens life! When true Christian love flows out of our hearts, we will have greater understanding and perception in spiritual things. This is why Paul prayed that our love may grow in knowledge and perception, “that ye may distinguish the things that differ” (see Phil. 1:9–10). A Christian who loves his brother is a Christian who sees more clearly.
与流行观点相反，基督徒的爱不是 “盲目的”。当我们操練真正的基督徒爱时，发现生活越来越光明。仇恨使我們的生活变得暗淡！当真正的基督徒爱从我们心中流出时，對属灵的事物，我們會更容易見識和洞悉。这就是为什么保罗在祈祷中求，就是要我们的爱心，在知识和各樣見識上，多而又多，“使你们能分別是非”（见 腓1：9-10）。爱他兄弟的基督徒就是能分辨是非的基督徒。
No book in the Bible illustrates the blinding power of hatred like the book of Esther. The events recorded there take place in Persia, where many of the Jews were living after the captivity. Haman, one of the king’s chief men, had a burning hatred for the Jews. The only way he could satisfy this hatred was to see the whole nation destroyed. He plunged ahead in an evil plot, completely blind to the fact that the Jews would win and that he himself would be destroyed. 圣经中没有那一本书能像以斯帖记，那样記載仇恨的盲目力量。事件是发生在波斯，许多被捉拿的犹太人居住在那里。国王的首領之一哈曼（Haman）对犹太人怀有强烈的仇恨。满足他的仇恨的唯一方法，是看到整个国家的滅亡。他陷入了邪恶的阴谋中，对犹太人將获胜，而他本人将被摧毁这一事实完全瞎眼。
Hatred is blinding people today too.
仇恨也使今天的人瞎眼。
Christian love is not a shallow sentiment, a passing emotion that we perhaps experience in a church service. Christian love is a practical thing; it applies in the everyday affairs of life. Just consider the “one another” statements in the New Testament and you will see how practical it is to love one another. Here are just a few (there are over twenty such statements):
基督徒的爱并不是一种浅薄的情操，或是在教堂礼拜中，可能经历的短暫的情感。基督徒的爱是务实的事；它适用于日常生活的事。只要考虑新约聖經中的 “彼此” 陈述，就会體會到彼此相爱是多么的实在。这里只是提出几件（有超过二十多种这样的语句）：
Wash one another’s feet (John 13:14). 彼此洗脚（约13:14）。
Prefer one another (Rom. 12:10). 彼此喜爱（罗12:10）。
Be of the same mind one to another (Rom. 12:16). 彼此同心（罗12:16）。
Do not judge one another (Rom. 14:13). 不要彼此判斷（罗14:13）。
Receive one another (Rom. 15:7). 彼此接待（罗15：7）。
Admonish one another (Rom. 15:14). 彼此告诫（罗15：14）。
Edify [build up] one another (1 Thess. 5:11). 彼此培养[建立]（帖前5:11）。
Bear one another’s burdens (Gal. 6:2). 承担彼此的重担（加6：2）。
Confess your faults to one another (James 5:16). 互相承认自己的过错（雅5:16）。
Use hospitality one to another (1 Peter 4:9). 彼此款待（彼前4：9）。
In short, to love other Christians means to treat them the way God treats them—and the way God treats us. Christian love that does not show itself in action and in attitude is spurious (see 1 Cor. 13:4–7).
简言之，爱其他基督徒意味着像上帝对待他们一樣，以及上帝对待我们的方式一樣。没有行动和心态的基督徒的爱是虚假的（见 林前13：4-7）。
What happens to a believer who does not love the brethren? We have already seen the first tragic result: he lives in the darkness, though he probably thinks he is living in the light (1 John 2:9). He thinks he sees, but he is actually blinded by the darkness of hatred. This is the kind of person who causes trouble in Christian groups. He thinks he is a “spiritual giant,” with great understanding, when actually he is a babe with very little spiritual perception. He may read the Bible faithfully and pray fervently, but if he has hatred in his heart, he is living a lie.
不爱弟兄的信徒会怎样？我们已经看到了第一个悲剧性的後果：他生活在黑暗中，尽管他可能认为自己行在光明中（约壹2：9）。他认为自己看到了，但实际上他对仇恨的黑暗视而不见。这种人在基督徒团体中造成麻烦。他认为自己是 “屬靈巨人”，很有洞悉力，而实际上他是一个很少有屬靈體念的小孩子氣。他可以忠实地阅读圣经，并热切地祈祷，但是如果在他内心疾恨，他就是在撒谎。
The second tragic result is that such a believer becomes a cause of stumbling (see 1 John 2:10). It is bad enough when an unloving believer hurts himself (1 John 2:9), but when he starts to hurt others the situation is far more serious. It is serious to walk in the darkness. It is dangerous to walk in the darkness when stumbling blocks are in the way! An unloving brother stumbles himself, and in addition he causes others to stumble.
第二个悲惨的后果，是这样的信徒構成绊脚石的原因（见 约壹2:10）。当不敬虔的信徒伤害自己时，这已经很糟糕了（约壹2：9），但是当他开始伤害別人时，情况就更加严重。在行黑暗中很严重。在有绊脚石的黑暗中行走是危险的！不讨人喜欢的兄弟绊倒了自己，此外，他还绊倒别人。
A man who was walking down a dark street one night saw a pinpoint of light coming toward him in a faltering way. He thought perhaps the person carrying the light was ill or drunk, but as he drew nearer he could see a man with a flashlight carrying a white cane.
一天晚上，一个人在黑暗的街道上行走，看见一道细微的亮光以步履蹒跚的方式向他扑来。他以为携带亮光的人病了或喝醉了，但是当他走近时，他可以看到拿着手电筒里和白色的拐杖的人。
“Why would a blind man be carrying a light?” the man wondered, and then he decided to ask.
这人想知道，“为什么盲人会带著手電筒？” 然后他决定问那拿著手電筒的人。
The blind man smiled. “I carry my light, not so I can see, but so that others can see me. I cannot help being blind,” he said, “but I can help being a stumbling block.”
瞎子笑了。 “我帶着這亮光，不是為我看见，而是让别人能看见我。他繼續说，“我無法幫助自己的看不見，但我却可不成为绊脚石。”
The best way to help other Christians not to stumble is to love them. Love makes us stepping-stones; hatred (or any of its “cousins,” such as envy or malice) makes us stumbling blocks. It is important that Christians exercise love in a local church, or else there will always be problems and disunity. When we are falling over each other, instead of lifting each other higher, we will never become a truly happy spiritual family.
最好帮助其他基督徒的方法是爱他们，不要绊倒他們。爱使我们成为踏脚石; 仇恨（或任何它的“表兄弟” 嫉妒或恶毒）都是绊脚石。基督徒在当地的教堂里行使爱很重要，否则，总会有问题和不团结。更重要的是，当我们只是互相絆腳跌倒，而不是互相提攜，那麼，我们永远不会成为真正幸福的屬靈家庭。
Apply this, for instance, to the delicate matter of “questionable things” (Rom. 14—15). Since believers come from different backgrounds, they do not always agree. In Paul’s day, they differed on such matters as diets and holy days. One group said it was unspiritual to eat meat offered to idols. Another group wanted strict observance of the Sabbath. There were several facets to the problem, but basic to its solution was “Love one another!” Paul put it this way: “Let us not, therefore, judge one another anymore; but judge this, rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.… But if thy brother be grieved with thy food, now walkest thou not in love” (Rom. 14:13, 15 sco).
例如，将其应用于微妙 “可疑事物”的问题上（罗14-15）。由于信徒来自不同的背景，他们的意見并不总是一致的。在保罗时代，在食物潔淨和圣日等问题上存在分歧。一幫人说吃拜偶像肉是不屬靈的。另一幫人說，希望严格遵守安息日。这问题是多面的，但基本解决方案是 “彼此相爱！” 保罗这样说，“所以，我们不再彼此論斷；寧可定意誰也不給弟兄放下绊倒祂兄弟的物。……但是，你若因食物叫你弟兄憂愁，就不是按照愛弟兄的道理行”（罗14:13，15 司可福聖經）。
A third tragic result of hatred is that it retards a believer’s spiritual progress (1 John 2:11). A blind man—a person who is walking in darkness—can never find his way! The only atmosphere that is conducive to spiritual growth is the atmosphere of spiritual light—of love. Just as the fruits and flowers need sunshine, so God’s people need love if they are going to grow.
仇恨的第三个悲剧性结果，是它阻碍了信徒的灵命进深（约壹2：11）。瞎子，在黑暗中行走的人，永远找不到路！ 唯一有助于他靈命成长的气氛，是爱的屬靈的光照。正如水果和花朵需要阳光一样，上帝的子民若要成长，就需要爱。
The commandment “Love one another” becomes new to us in our own day-by-day experience. It is not enough for us to recognize that it is new in emphasis and say, “Yes, love is important!” Nor is it enough for us to see God’s love exemplified by Jesus Christ. We must know this love in our own experience. The old commandment “Love one another” becomes a new commandment as we practice God’s love in daily life.
在我们自己的日常生活的经验中，“彼此相爱”的诫命对我们来说是新的。我们还不夠去意识到強調它是新的， 就说，“是的，爱很重要！” 同時，还不够让我们看到上帝以耶稣基督所代表的，祂的爱。我们必须要自己來经历體念这种爱。当我们在日常生活中实践上帝的爱时，旧的诫命 “彼此相爱” 就变成了新的诫命。
Thus far, we have seen the negative side of 1 John 2:9–11; now let’s look at the positive. If we practice Christian love, what will the wonderful results be?
到目前为止，我们已经看到了约翰一书2章9至11等節的消极面。现在让我们看一下它的極積面。如果我们实践基督徒的爱，那么美好的後果将会是什么？
First of all, we will be living in the light—living in fellowship with God and with our Christian brothers.
首先，我们将生活在光明中，与上帝和我们的基督徒兄弟在團契裡。
Second, we will not stumble or become stumbling blocks to others.
第二，我们不会绊倒，或成为别人的绊脚石。
And, third, we will grow spiritually and will progress toward Christlikeness.
第三，我们将在灵命上成长，并朝着基督的樣式漸漸接近。
At this point, we should think about the contrast between the ugly “works of the flesh” (Gal. 5:19–21) and the beautiful fruit of the Spirit—“Love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, and self-control” (Gal. 5:22–23).
在这一点上，我们应该考虑丑陋的 “肉体慾火”（加5：19-21）和圣灵所結的美丽果子 ---“仁爱，喜乐，和平，忍耐，恩慈，良善，信實 ，温柔和節制”（加5：22-23）。
When we are walking in the light, the “seed of the Word” (Luke 8:11) can take root and bear fruit. And the first cluster the Spirit produces is love!
当我们行在光明中时，“圣言的种子”（路8:11）可以生根結果。圣灵結的第一个果子是仁爱！
But love does not live alone. Love produces joy! Hatred makes a man miserable, but love always brings him joy.
但是仁爱并不孤单。仁爱生喜乐！仇恨使人痛苦不堪，但爱总是帶給他喜乐。
A Christian couple came to see a pastor because their marriage was beginning to fall apart. “We’re both saved,” the discouraged husband said, “but we just aren’t happy together. There’s no joy in our home.” As the pastor talked with them and they considered together what the Bible has to say, one fact became clear: both the husband and wife were nursing grudges. Each recalled many annoying little things the other had done!
一对婚姻开始破裂的基督徒夫妇来找牧师。灰心丧气的丈夫说，“我们俩都得救，但我们在一起并不开心。我们的家没有喜乐。” 当牧师与他们交谈时，與他们一起思考圣经所说的话，一件事实变得很清楚：夫妻双方都有怀恨的心。每个人都回想起对方所做的许多烦擾對方的小事!
“If you two really loved each other,” said the pastor, “you wouldn’t file these hurts away in your hearts. Grudges fester in our hearts like infected sores and poison the whole system.”
牧师说，“如果你们雙方真的彼此相爱，您們就不会把这些伤害埋在心里。像感染的毒疮一样使我们的心烦恼，使整个身體中毒。”
Then he read, “[Love] thinketh no evil” (1 Cor. 13:5). He explained, “This means that love never keeps records of things others do that hurt us. When we truly love someone, our love covers their sins and helps to heal the wounds they cause.” Then he read, “And above all things have fervent love among yourselves; for love shall cover the multitude of sins” (1 Peter 4:8 sco). 然后，牧師读，“ [爱]不計算人的恶”（林前13：5）。他解释说，“它的意思是，爱永远不会保留别人伤害我们的事放在自己心裡。当我们真正爱一个人时，我们的爱掩盖了他的过錯，并幫助治愈他们所造成的创伤。” 然后又读到，“最要緊的，是你们切實相爱。因為爱能掩盖許多的罪”（彼前4：8 司可福聖經）。
Before the couple left, the pastor counseled them: “Instead of keeping records of the things that hurt, start remembering the things that please. An unforgiving spirit always breeds poison, but a loving spirit that sees and remembers the best always produces health.”
在这对夫妇离开之前，牧师劝告他们，“与其记著受伤害的事，不如记起那些令人愉悦的事。无情的惡靈总会滋生毒素，而愛的靈總看是到，并记住最好的事，常常生長健康。”
A Christian who walks in love is always experiencing some new joy because the “fruit of the Spirit” is love and joy. And when we blend “love” and “joy,” we will have “peace”—and peace helps to produce “patience.” In other words, walking in the light, walking in love, is the secret of Christian growth, which nearly always begins with love.
帶爱心的基督徒总是遇到一些新的快乐，因为“圣灵的果实”就是爱与快乐。当我们将“爱”与“喜悦”融合在一起时，我们将拥有“和平”-而和平有助于产生“耐心”。换句话说，走在光明中，走在爱中，是基督徒成长的秘诀，这几乎总是从爱情开始。
Now, all of us must admit that we cannot generate Christian love under our own power. By nature, we are selfish and hateful. It is only as God’s Spirit floods our hearts with love that we, in turn, can love one another. “The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us” (Rom. 5:5). The Spirit of God makes the commandment “Love one another” into a new and exciting day-by-day experience. If we walk in the light, God’s Spirit produces love. If we walk in darkness, our own selfish spirit produces hatred.
现在，我们所有人都必须承认，我们无法凭自己的力量产生基督徒的爱。从本质上讲，我们是自私的和可恨的。只有当上帝的灵充满爱时，我们才能彼此相爱。 “上帝的爱被赐予我们的圣灵在我们心中散布在国外”（罗5：5）。上帝的灵使诫命“彼此相爱”成为新的令人兴奋的日常体验。如果我们在光明中行走，上帝的灵就会产生爱。如果我们在黑暗中行走，我们自己的自私精神就会产生仇恨。
The Christian life—the life that is real—is a beautiful blending of “something old, something new.” The Holy Spirit takes the “old things” and makes them “new things” in our experience. When you stop to think about it, the Holy Spirit never grows old! He is always young! And He is the only Person on earth today who was here centuries ago when Jesus lived, taught, died, and rose again. He is the only One who can take “old truth” and make it fresh and new in our daily experience at this present time.
基督徒生活-真实的生活-是“旧事物，新事物”的完美融合。在我们的经验中，圣灵接受“旧事物”并使它们成为“新事物”。当您停止思考时，圣灵永远不会变老！祂总是年轻！耶稣是当今地球上唯一的一个世纪以来，耶稣在世的人生活，教导，死亡和复活。祂是目前唯一能够接受“古老的真理”并使之在我们的日常经验中新鲜和新的人。
There are other exciting truths in the rest of John’s letter, but if we fail to obey in this matter of love, the rest of the letter may well be “darkness” to us. Perhaps the best thing we can do, right now, is to search our hearts to see if we hold anything against a brother, or if someone has anything against us. The life that is real is an honest life—and it is a life of doing, not merely saying. It is a life of active love in Christ. This means forgiveness, kindness, longsuffering. But it also means joy and peace and victory.
约翰书信的其余部分还有其祂令人振奋的真理，但是如果我们在爱情问题上未能服从，书信的其余部分很可能对我们来说是“黑暗”。也许我们现在能做的最好的事情是，发掘自己的内心，看看我们是否对兄弟持反对态度，或者有人对我们持反对态度。真实的生活是诚实的生活，而且是做事的生活，而不仅仅是说。这是在基督里积极爱的生活。这意味着宽恕，友善和忍耐。但这也意味着欢乐，和平与胜利。
The love life is the only life, because it is the life that is real!
爱情生活是唯一的生活，因为这是真实的生活！
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