Three interpretative problems with 1 John 3.23 are addressed. First, it is suggested that the subject of the verse changes halfway through, from ‘God’ to ‘Jesus Christ’. Second, belief ‘in the name’ of Jesus is taken to mean the acknowledgement of Jesus’ ultimate significance. Third, the single command both to believe and to love one another is suggested to be a way of opening up the life of the disciple to the acceptance of Jesus’ ultimate significance and a way in which such acceptance can be measured or deduced.

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难解的经文：约翰一书 3.23 中诫命的作者和内容

解决了约翰一书 3.23 的三个解释问题。首先，这节经文的主题在中途发生了变化，从“上帝”变成了“耶稣基督”。其次，“奉耶稣的名”信仰意味着承认耶稣的终极意义。第三，相信和彼此相爱的单一命令被认为是开启门徒生活以接受耶稣终极意义的一种方式，也是一种可以衡量或推断这种接受的方式。