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1Jo 4:1-21.
英文原文
1Jo 4:1-21.
TESTS OF FALSE PROPHETS. LOVE, THE TEST OF BIRTH FROM GOD, AND THE NECESSARY FRUIT OF KNOWING HIS GREAT LOVE IN CHRIST TO US.
1. Beloved--the affectionate address wherewith he calls their attention, as to an important subject.
every spirit--which presents itself in the person of a prophet. The Spirit of truth, and the spirit of error, speak by men's spirits as their organs. There is but one Spirit of truth, and one spirit of Antichrist.
try--by the tests
(1Jo 4:2, 3).
All believers are to do so: not merely ecclesiastics. Even an angel's message should be tested by the word of God: much more men's teachings, however holy the teachers may seem.
because, &c.--the reason why we must "try," or test the spirits.
many false prophets--not "prophets" in the sense "foretellers," but organs of the spirit that inspires them, teaching accordingly either truth or error: "many Antichrists."
are gone out--as if from God.
into the world--said alike of good and bad prophets
(2Jo 7).
The world is easily seduced
(1Jo 4:4, 5).
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2. 藉此——「在此中」。
認出神的靈——他是否在那些聲稱被聖靈感動的教師裏面。
凡靈——即每一個教師，自稱受聖靈默示。
認——真理被視為已確立。人被要求承認它，即在其教導中公開宣認。
耶穌基督是成了肉身來的——承認雙重真理：耶穌是基督，且祂已經來了（希臘文完成式不僅暗示簡過去式所暗示的過去歷史事實，也暗示此事實及其福祉效果現在的延續）成了肉身（「穿上肉身」：非如幻影說者後來所教導的僅表面的人性：故祂先前是遠超肉身之上的）。祂的肉身暗示祂為我們的死，因唯有取了肉身祂才能死（作為神祂不能死），
來二9、10、14、16；
而祂的死暗示祂對我們的愛
（約十五13）。
否認祂肉身的實在就是否認祂的愛，因而丟棄那在信徒方面結出一切真愛的根
（約壹四9-11、19）。
羅馬教會因童貞女馬利亞無玷成孕的教義，否認基督真正的人性。
英文原文
2. Hereby--"Herein."
know . . . the Spirit of God--whether he be, or not, in those teachers professing to be moved by Him.
Every spirit--that is, Every teacher claiming inspiration by the HOLY SPIRIT.
confesseth--The truth is taken for granted as established. Man is required to confess it, that is, in his teaching to profess it openly.
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh--a twofold truth confessed, that Jesus is the Christ, and that He is come (the Greek perfect tense implies not a mere past historical fact, as the aorist would, but also the present continuance of the fact and its blessed effects) in the flesh ("clothed with flesh": not with a mere seeming humanity, as the Docetæ afterwards taught: He therefore was, previously, something far above flesh). His flesh implies His death for us, for only by assuming flesh could He die (for as God He could not),
Heb 2:9, 10, 14, 16;
and His death implies His LOVE for us
(Joh 15:13).
To deny the reality of His flesh is to deny His love, and so cast away the root which produces all true love on the believer's part
(1Jo 4:9-11, 19).
Rome, by the doctrine of the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary, denies Christ's proper humanity.
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3. 不認耶穌基督是成了肉身來的——愛任紐〔3.8〕、路西非爾（Lucifer）、俄利根論
太二十五14，
以及《武加大譯本》（Vulgate）讀作「凡拆毀耶穌（基督）的靈」，即「廢除、廢棄」。居普良與坡旅甲支持英文版經文。現存最古抄本——雖較坡旅甲晚數世紀——讀作「凡不認（即拒絕承認）耶穌的靈」，省略「成了肉身來的」。「耶穌」包含其位格、一切職分與神性。
你們聽見過——從你們的基督徒教師。
現在已經在世上了——在假先知
（約壹四1）
的位格之中。
英文原文
3. confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh--IRENÆUS [3.8], LUCIFER, ORIGEN, on
Mt 25:14,
and Vulgate read, "Every spirit which destroys (sets aside, or does away with) Jesus (Christ)." CYPRIAN and POLYCARP support English Version text. The oldest extant manuscripts, which are, however, centuries after POLYCARP, read, "Every spirit that confesseth not (that is, refuses to confess) Jesus" (in His person, and all His offices and divinity), omitting "is come in the flesh."
ye have heard--from your Christian teachers.
already is it in the world--in the person of the false prophets
(1Jo 4:1).
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4. 你們——強調：你們這認耶穌的，與「他們」即假教師相對。
勝了他們——
（約壹五4、5）；
與被他們「制伏、陷於（屬靈）奴役」相反
（彼後二19）。
約十8、5，「羊不聽從他們」：「羊不跟著生人，倒要逃跑，因為不認得生人的聲音。」
在你們裏面的——神，就是你們所屬的那位。
在世界上的——敵基督的靈，即魔鬼、「這世界的王」。
英文原文
4. Ye--emphatical: YE who confess Jesus: in contrast to "them," the false teachers.
overcome them--
(1Jo 5:4, 5);
instead of being "overcome and brought into (spiritual) bondage" by them
(2Pe 2:19).
Joh 10:8, 5,
"the sheep did not hear them": "a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers."
he that is in you--God, of whom ye are.
he that is in the word--the spirit of Antichrist, the devil, "the prince of this world."
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5. 屬世界的——他們從世界，即「未重生的本性，為這世界的王撒但所統治並轄制的本性」〔阿爾福德〕，取得其靈與教訓。
講論世界的——他們從世界的生活、意見與情感汲取其言談的題材。
世人也聽從他們——
（約十五18、19）。
世界愛屬自己的。
英文原文
5. of the world--They derive their spirit and teaching from the world, "unregenerate human nature, ruled over and possessed by Satan, the prince of this world" [ALFORD].
speak they of the word--They draw the matter of their conversation from the life, opinions, and feelings of the world.
the world heareth them--
(Joh 15:18, 19).
The world loves its own.
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6. 我們——基督的真教師：與他們相對照。
是屬神的——故講論屬神的事：與
約壹四5
「他們講論屬世界的」
相對照。
認識神的——作為「屬神的」兒女，以神為其父
（約壹二13、14）。
聽從我們——比較
約十八37
「凡屬真理的人就聽我的聲音。」
藉此——
（約壹四2-6）；
藉著他們是否承認耶穌，以及認識神的人與屬世界、不屬神的人各自如何接待他們。
真理的靈——那從神而來、教導真理的靈。
謬妄的靈——那從撒但而來、引人入錯謬的靈。
英文原文
6. We--true teachers of Christ: in contrast to them.
are of God--and therefore speak of God: in contrast to "speak they of the world,"
1Jo 4:5.
knoweth God--as his Father, being a child "of God"
(1Jo 2:13, 14).
heareth us--Compare
Joh 18:37,
"Every one that is of the truth, heareth My voice."
Hereby--
(1Jo 4:2-6);
by their confessing, or not confessing, Jesus; by the kind of reception given them respectively by those who know God, and by those who are of the world and not of God.
spirit of truth--the Spirit which comes from God and teaches truth.
spirit of error--the spirit which comes from Satan and seduces into error.
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7. 回到主題
（約壹二29）。
愛——義的總綱，是我們從神生的試驗。愛源於體會神對我們的愛：比較
約壹四9
與
約壹三16，
而
約壹四9
接續
約壹三16
的內容；又比較
約壹四13
與
約壹三24，
而
約壹四13
同樣接續
約壹三24。
同時，
約壹四7-21
與緊鄰的上下文相連：
約壹四2
陳明基督的成為肉身——神之愛的大證據
（約壹四10）。
親愛的弟兄啊——適合其主題「愛」的稱呼。
愛——一切的愛都以神為其源頭而出；特別是愛的具體化身——在肉身中顯現的神。父也是愛
（約壹四8）。
聖靈將其首果子——愛——澆灌在人心裏。
認識神——屬靈地、經歷地、習慣地。
英文原文
7. Resumption of the main theme
(1Jo 2:29).
Love, the sum of righteousness, is the test of our being born of God. Love flows from a sense of God's love to us: compare
1Jo 4:9 with 1Jo 3:16,
which
1Jo 4:9
resumes; and
1Jo 4:13 with 1Jo 3:24,
which similarly
1Jo 4:13
resumes. At the same time,
1Jo 4:7-21
is connected with the immediately preceding context,
1Jo 4:2
setting forth Christ's incarnation, the great proof of God's love
(1Jo 4:10).
Beloved--an address appropriate to his subject, "love."
love--All love is from God as its fountain: especially that embodiment of love, God manifest in the flesh. The Father also is love
(1Jo 4:8).
The Holy Ghost sheds love as its first fruit abroad in the heart.
knoweth God--spiritually, experimentally, and habitually.
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8. 不認識——希臘文簡過去式：不僅現在不認識，更從未認識過、未曾一勞永逸地認識神。
神就是愛——希臘文在愛之前無冠詞，在神之前有冠詞；故不能譯作愛就是神。神在本質上就是愛：不僅是慈愛的，否則約翰的論證不能成立；因為那樣從前提出發的結論只會是：這人不慈愛，神是慈愛的，故他就神之為慈愛的而言不認識神；他仍可能在神的其他屬性上認識祂。但當我們以愛為神的本質，論證就站得住：這人不愛，故不認識愛；神在本質上就是愛，故他不認識神。
英文原文
8. knoweth not--Greek aorist: not only knoweth not now, but never knew, has not once for all known God.
God is love--There is no Greek article to love, but to God; therefore we cannot translate, Love is God. God is fundamentally and essentially LOVE: not merely is loving, for then John's argument would not stand; for the conclusion from the premises then would be this, This man is not loving: God is loving; therefore he knoweth not God IN SO FAR AS GOD IS LOVING; still he might know Him in His other attributes. But when we take love as God's essence, the argument is sound: This man doth not love, and therefore knows not love: God is essentially love, therefore he knows not God.
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9. 向我們——希臘文「在我們的事上」。
差——希臘文「已經差」。
到世間——證明聖子在「被差到世間」之前即已存在，是反駁蘇西尼派（Socinians）的證據。否則祂也不能作我們的生命
（約壹四9）、
我們的「挽回祭」
（約壹四10）、
或我們的「救主」
（約壹四14）。
祂「差祂的獨生子，使我們藉著祂得生」——祂是生命，並救贖了我們喪失的生命——這是神的愛的最大證明，也是我們彼此相愛的最大動機。
英文原文
9. toward us--Greek, "in our case."
sent--Greek, "hath sent."
into the world--a proof against Socinians, that the Son existed before He was "sent into the world." Otherwise, too, He could not have been our life
(1Jo 4:9),
our "propitiation"
(1Jo 4:10),
or our "Saviour"
(1Jo 4:14).
It is the grand proof of God's love, His having sent "His only-begotten Son, that we might live through Him," who is the Life, and who has redeemed our forfeited life; and it is also the grand motive to our mutual love.
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10. 愛就在此——愛的抽象意義：作為其最高理想的愛就在此。愛完全在神一方，在我們一方則毫無。
不是我們愛神——雖然祂完全配受愛。
神愛我們——雖然我們完全不配受愛。希臘文簡過去式表達：不是我們曾向神行過任何時候的愛的行動，而是祂行了愛的行動——差遣基督。
英文原文
10. Herein is love--love in the abstract: love, in its highest ideal, is herein. The love was all on God's side, none on ours.
not that we loved God--though so altogether worthy of love.
he loved us--though so altogether unworthy of love. The Greek aorist expresses, Not that we did any act of love at any time to God, but that He did the act of love to us in sending Christ.
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11. 神對我們的愛是我們彼此相愛的大動機
（約壹三16）。
既然——正如我們都承認為事實。
我們……也——因我們是從神生的，故像我們那為愛的父。我們體會神對我們的愛到何種程度，就在何種程度上愛祂並愛弟兄——這些弟兄是（藉重生而生的）同一位神的兒女、是那位不可見之神的代表。
英文原文
11. God's love to us is the grand motive for our love to one another
(1Jo 3:16).
if--as we all admit as a fact.
we . . . also--as being born of God, and therefore resembling our Father who is love. In proportion as we appreciate God's love to us, we love Him and also the brethren, the children (by regeneration) of the same God, the representatives of the unseen God.
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12. 從來沒有人看見過的神，將祂的兒女設立為我們那從對祂的愛所流出的外在恩慈的可見對象——「我們雖然沒有看見過祂，卻愛祂」，比較註釋，
約壹四11、
約壹四19、20。
故
約壹四12
解釋了為何他沒有說「神既這樣愛我們，我們也當愛神」
（如在
約壹四11），
而是說「我們也當彼此相愛」。
我們若彼此相愛，神就住在我們裏面——因為神就是愛；我們對弟兄所懷的真實的愛，必定是從住在我們裏面的祂那裏汲取的
（約壹四8、16）。
約翰在
約壹四13-16
討論此事。
祂的愛——更當作「對祂的愛」，即「向祂的愛」
（約壹二5），
藉我們對祂的代表——我們的弟兄——的愛得以證實。
在我們裏面得以完全——約翰在
約壹四17-19
討論此事。比較
約壹二5
「得以完全」，即達到其當有的成熟。
英文原文
12. God, whom no man hath seen at any time, hath appointed His children as the visible recipients of our outward kindness which flows from love to Himself, "whom not having seen, we love," compare Notes,
1Jo 4:11,
1Jo 4:19, 20.
Thus
1Jo 4:12
explains why, instead (in
1Jo 4:11)
of saying, "If God so loved us, we ought also to love God," he said, "We ought also to love one another."
If we love one another, God dwelleth in us--for God is love; and it must have been from Him dwelling in us that we drew the real love we bear to the brethren
(1Jo 4:8, 16).
John discusses this in
1Jo 4:13-16.
his love--rather, "the love of Him," that is, "to Him"
(1Jo 2:5),
evinced by our love to His representatives, our brethren.
is perfected in us--John discusses this in
1Jo 4:17-19.
Compare
1Jo 2:5,
"is perfected," that is, attains its proper maturity.
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13. 藉此——「在此中」。神住（希臘文「住」）在我們裏面——雖我們看不見祂——所賜給我們的憑據是：祂將「祂的聖靈」賜給我們
（約壹三24）。
神的靈在哪裏，神就在哪裏。一位聖靈住在教會中：每位信徒按神看為合宜的比例，領受那位聖靈「中」的一份。愛是祂初熟的果子
（加五22）。
唯獨在耶穌裏，聖靈是無限量地居住
（約三34）。
英文原文
13. Hereby--"Herein." The token vouchsafed to us of God's dwelling (Greek, "abide") in us, though we see Him not, is this, that He hath given us "of His Spirit"
(1Jo 3:24).
Where the Spirit of God is, there God is. ONE Spirit dwells in the Church: each believer receives a measure "of" that Spirit in the proportion God thinks fit. Love is His first-fruit
(Ga 5:22).
In Jesus alone the Spirit dwelt without measure
(Joh 3:34).
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14. 我們——首先是指基督所設立、為有關祂的事實作見證的目擊者使徒——我們使徒。內住的聖靈的內在見證
（約壹四13）
由目擊者關於父「差祂兒子作世人的救主」這事實的外在見證所印證。
看見過——希臘文「注視過」、「留心地觀看過」（見
約壹一1
註釋）。
差——希臘文「已經差」：非完全是過去的事實（簡過去式），而是其效果持續的事實（完成式）。
英文原文
14. And we--primarily, we apostles, Christ's appointed eye-witnesses to testify to the facts concerning Him. The internal evidence of the indwelling Spirit
(1Jo 4:13)
is corroborated by the external evidence of the eye-witnesses to the fact of the Father having "sent His Son to be the Saviour of the world."
seen--Greek, "contemplated," "attentively beheld" (see on
1Jo 1:1).
sent--Greek, "hath sent": not an entirely past fact (aorist), but one of which the effects continue (perfect tense).
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15. 凡認——一勞永逸地：希臘文簡過去式的含義。
耶穌為神兒子的——故祂是「世人的救主」
（約壹四14）。
英文原文
15. shall confess--once for all: so the Greek aorist means.
that Jesus is the Son of God--and therefore "the Saviour of the world"
(1Jo 4:14).
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16. 我們——約翰與他的讀者（不像
約壹四14
僅指使徒們）。
知道並信了——照約翰所言，真正的信是認識與經歷的信；真正的認識是信的認識〔呂克〕。
我們——希臘文「在我們的事上」（見
約壹四9
註釋）。
住——希臘文「住」。本節當與
約壹四7
比較。
英文原文
16. And we--John and his readers (not as
1Jo 4:14,
the apostles only).
known and believed--True faith, according to John, is a faith of knowledge and experience: true knowledge is a knowledge of faith [LUECKE].
to us--Greek, "in our case" (see on
1Jo 4:9).
dwelleth--Greek, "abideth." Compare with this verse,
1Jo 4:7.
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17、18. （比較
約壹三19-21。）
這樣——更按希臘文：「愛（抽象地，愛的原則〔阿爾福德〕）在我們裏面得以完全（就其關係而言）。」住在我們裏面的愛「與我們一起」—即就其涉及我們而言—邁向其成全；希臘文如此。
路一58，
「向她（按字面『與她一起』）施憐憫」；
約貳2，
真理「必永遠與我們同在」。
坦然無懼的心——「確信」：與
約壹三21
同一希臘文，本段與之平行。是
約壹四18
「懼怕」的反面。
愛在我們裏面得以完全，就是在於神住在我們裏面、我們住在神裏面
（約壹四16），
其結果是「我們在審判的日子可以坦然無懼（或確信）」（這日子對其他一切人是可怕的，
徒二十四25；
羅二16）。
因為等——我們「確信」的根基是「因為祂如何（基督），我們在這世上也如何」（那日祂不會定罪那些像自己的人），即我們是義的如祂是義的，特別在於那作為義的總綱的愛上
（約壹三14）。
基督如今在天上是義的，也是愛本身；我們——祂仍「在這世上」的肢體——也如此。我們如今已在祂被高舉的地位上與祂合一
（弗二6），
故屬於祂的義等一切，也藉著完全的歸算與漸進的分享屬於我們，這是我們的愛得以完全、使我們在審判日可以坦然無懼的根基。我們在這世界之中，卻不屬這世界。
英文原文
17, 18. (Compare
1Jo 3:19-21.)
our love--rather as the Greek, "LOVE (in the abstract, the principle of love [ALFORD]) is made perfect (in its relations) with us." Love dwelling in us advances to its consummation "with us" that is, as it is concerned with us: so Greek.
Lu 1:58,
"showed mercy upon (literally, 'with') her":
2Jo 2,
the truth "shall be with us for ever."
boldness--"confidence": the same Greek as
1Jo 3:21,
to which this passage is parallel. The opposite of "fear,"
1Jo 4:18.
Herein is our love perfected, namely, in God dwelling in us, and our dwelling in God
(1Jo 4:16),
involving as its result "that we can have confidence (or boldness) in the day of judgment" (so terrible to all other men,
Ac 24:25; Ro 2:16).
because, &c.--The ground of our "confidence" is, "because even as He (Christ) is, we also are in this world" (and He will not, in that day, condemn those who are like Himself), that is, we are righteous as He is righteous, especially in respect to that which is the sum of righteousness, love
(1Jo 3:14).
Christ IS righteous, and love itself, in heaven: so are we, His members, who are still "in this world." Our oneness with Him even now in His exalted position above
(Eph 2:6),
so that all that belongs to Him of righteousness, &c., belongs to us also by perfect imputation and progressive impartation, is the ground of our love being perfected so that we can have confidence in the day of judgment. We are in, not of, this world.
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18. 懼怕在愛裏沒有地位。基於愛的坦然無懼的確信
（約壹四17）
不能與懼怕並存。愛在得以完全時賜下坦然無懼的確信，就驅除懼怕（比較
來二14、15）。
基督挽回祭之死的目的是要救人脫離這懼怕的奴役。
但——「不」〔阿爾福德〕。
懼怕裏含著刑罰——希臘文「刑罰」。懼怕常在心思中盤算所當受的刑罰〔埃斯提烏〕。懼怕因預期刑罰（由於意識到當受），如今已經有了它——即其預嘗。完全的愛與這種自我懲罰性的懼怕不能並存。恐怕得罪神的敬虔的懼怕，與意識到當受刑罰的奴僕式的懼怕完全不同。後者這種懼怕在愛將其驅逐之前，是我們眾人本性中所有的。「人的狀態各有不同：有人無懼無愛；有人有懼無愛；有人有懼有愛；有人有愛無懼」〔本格爾〕。
英文原文
18. Fear has no place in love. Bold confidence
(1Jo 4:17),
based on love, cannot coexist with fear. Love, which, when perfected, gives bold confidence, casts out fear (compare
Heb 2:14, 15).
The design of Christ's propitiatory death was to deliver from this bondage of fear.
but--"nay" [ALFORD].
fear hath torment--Greek, "punishment." Fear is always revolving in the mind the punishment deserved [ESTIUS]. Fear, by anticipating punishment (through consciousness of deserving it), has it even now, that is, the foretaste of it. Perfect love is incompatible with such a self-punishing fear. Godly fear of offending God is quite distinct from slavish fear of consciously deserved punishment. The latter fear is natural to us all until love casts it out. "Men's states vary: one is without fear and love; another, with fear without love; another, with fear and love; another, without fear with love" [BENGEL].
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19. 祂——最古抄本省略。譯作：我們（強調：在我們方面）愛（一般而言：同樣愛祂、弟兄們與我們的鄰舍），因為祂（強調：與「我們」相對應；因為正是祂）先愛我們——藉著差遣祂的兒子（希臘文簡過去式，指一個確定時點的一次行動）。祂先愛我們：這思想當在我們裏面產生驅除懼怕的愛
（約壹四18）。
英文原文
19. him--omitted in the oldest manuscripts. Translate, We (emphatical: WE on our part) love (in general: love alike Him, and the brethren, and our fellow men), because He (emphatical: answering to "we"; because it was He who) first loved us in sending His Son (Greek aorist of a definite act at a point of time). He was the first to love us: this thought ought to create in us love casting out fear
(1Jo 4:18).
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20. 不愛……他所看見的弟兄，怎能愛沒有看見的神呢——我們在此受感官影響，將愛導向感官範圍內的對象，比導向那唯獨藉信心才能領會的不可見者，更為容易。「本性在恩典之先；我們在本性上先愛可見的事物，後愛不可見的事物」〔埃斯提烏〕。眼目是我們在愛中的引導者。「看見是激發愛的動機」〔俄厄庫美紐（OEcumenius）〕。我們若不愛神可見的代表——弟兄，怎能愛那不可見的神——他們的父呢？人在亞當裏失去的人類真正理想，在基督裏得以實化——在基督裏，神如祂所是地被啟示，人也如其所當然地被顯明。故我們藉著信基督，學會愛真神也愛真人，因而愛那具有祂形像的弟兄。
看見過——並且繼續看見。
英文原文
20. loveth not . . . brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen--It is easier for us, influenced as we are here by sense, to direct love towards one within the range of our senses than towards One unseen, appreciable only by faith. "Nature is prior to grace; and we by nature love things seen, before we love things unseen" [ESTIUS]. The eyes are our leaders in love. "Seeing is an incentive to love" [ŒCUMENIUS]. If we do not love the brethren, the visible representatives of God, how can we love God, the invisible One, whose children they are? The true ideal of man, lost in Adam, is realized in Christ, in whom God is revealed as He is, and man as he ought to be. Thus, by faith in Christ, we learn to love both the true God, and the true man, and so to love the brethren as bearing His image.
hath seen--and continually sees.
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21. 愛人的，就行其所愛之對象所願望的。
愛神的——願被神視為愛祂的人。
英文原文
21. Besides the argument
(1Jo 4:20)
from the common feeling of men, he here adds a stronger one from God's express commandment
(Mt 22:39).
He who loves, will do what the object of his love wishes.
he who loveth God--he who wishes to be regarded by God as loving Him.
約壹四1-21。
試驗假先知。愛是從神生的試驗，也是認識祂在基督裏向我們所顯之大愛的必備果子。
1. 親愛的弟兄啊——這是他喚起他們注意重大主題時所用的親切稱呼。
一切的靈——指在先知的位格中彰顯自己的靈。真理的靈與謬妄的靈藉人的靈為器皿說話。真理的靈只有一位，敵基督的靈也只有一位。
試驗——以
約壹四2、3
的試驗為準。
一切信徒都當如此行：不僅是教職人員。即使是天使的信息也當以神的話試驗；人的教訓更當如此，無論教師看來多麼聖潔。
因為等——我們必須「試驗」或查驗諸靈的理由。
許多假先知——此處「先知」並非「預言未來者」之意，而是指那感動他們的靈的器皿，教導真理或錯謬：「許多敵基督」。
已經出來了——彷彿從神而出。
進入世界——對先知與假先知同樣使用之詞
（約貳7）。
世界容易被引誘
（約壹四4、5）。