January 10, 2015

Reading

The First Letter of St. John 5: 14-21

5:14	And this is the confidence which we have toward God: that no matter what we shall request, in accord with his will, he hears us.
5:15	And we know that he hears us, no matter what we request; so we know that we can obtain the things that we request of him.
5:16	Anyone who realizes that his brother has sinned, with a sin that is not unto death, let him pray, and life shall be given to him who has sinned not unto death. There is a sin which is unto death. I am not saying that anyone should ask on behalf of that sin.
5:17	All that is iniquity is sin. But there is a sin unto death.
5:18	We know that everyone who is born of God does not sin. 相反, rebirth in God preserves him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
5:19	We know that we are of God, and that the entire world is established in wickedness.
5:20	And we know that the Son of God has arrived, and that he has given us understanding, so that we may know the true God, and so that we may remain in his true Son. This is the true God, and this is Eternal Life.
5:21	Little sons, keep yourselves from false worship. 阿門.

Gospel

John 3: 22-30

3:22 喺呢啲事情之後, 耶穌和他的門徒進入猶太地. 佢同佢哋住喺嗰度並施洗.

3:23 而家約翰都喺施洗, 喺萨利姆附近嘅埃农, 因為嗰個地方有好多水. 佢哋到達並受洗.

3:24 因為約翰未有被投入監獄.

3:25 然後約翰嘅門徒同猶太人之間發生爭執, 關於純化.

3:26 佢哋去搵約翰，對佢講: 拉拉比, 嗰個和你一起穿越约旦河嘅人, 你為誰提供了證詞: 看, 佢施洗緊，個個都要去搵佢。

3:27 約翰回應說: 徜徉一個人無法接受任何嘢, 除非係天上賜畀佢嘅.

3:28 你哋自己為我作證，我說過, “我唔係基督,'但我被派到佢面前.

3:29 抱住新娘嘅人就係新郎. 但係新郎嘅朋友, 邊個企住聽佢講嘢, 為新郎嘅聲而懽訢皷. 所以, 這, 我嘅喜悅, 已實現.

3:30 佢必須增加, 而我必須減少.