作恶的不爱光 — 约翰福音读经随笔 第3章

约翰福音第三章第14—21节，耶稣说神是如此的爱世界以至于将他的独生子耶稣赐给他们，叫一切信他的不灭亡而是有永生。神差遣他的儿子来到世界，不是要定世人的罪，而是要叫世人因他得救。耶稣降世就是光来到世间。有些人被定罪是因为他们不来就光，依然我行我素，但行真理的必来就光，要显明他所做的是在耶稣基督里做的。

 

约3:14 摩西在旷野怎样举蛇、人子也必照样被举起来．

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

约3:15 叫一切信他的都得永生。〔或作叫一切信的人在他里面得永生〕

that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

约3:16 　神爱世人、甚至将他的独生子赐给他们、叫一切信他的、不至灭亡、反得永生。

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

约3:17 因为神差他的儿子降世、不是要定世人的罪、〔或作审判世人下同〕乃是要叫世人因他得救。

For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

约3:18 信他的人、不被定罪．不信的人、罪已经定了、因为他不信　神独生子的名。

He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

约3:19 光来到世间、世人因自己的行为是恶的、不爱光倒爱黑暗、定他们的罪就是在此。

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

约3:20 凡作恶的便恨光、并不来就光、恐怕他的行为受责备。

For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

约3:21 但行真理的必来就光、要显明他所行的是靠　神而行。

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."