Yuēhànfúyīn 13:35

35 Nǐmen ruò yǒu bǐcǐ xiāng aì de xīn , zhòngrén yīncǐ jiù rèn chū nǐmen shì wǒde méntǔ le .

Yuēhànfúyīn 13:35 Meaning and Commentary

John 13:35

By this shall all men know
Not only by this you yourselves will know that ye have passed from death to life, that the true work of grace is begun upon your hearts; nor only by this will you know one another to be Christians; but by this all men, even the men of the world will know,

that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another:
and own and acknowledge it, as Tertullian ^F14 says the very Heathens did in his time; who would say, when they saw the Christians pass along the streets, and meet and express their affection to each other, "see how they love one another": would to God the same was as observable now. The distinguishing badge and character of a disciple of Christ, is not any outward garb, or any austerities of life, by which the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were known; nor were the ordinary nor extraordinary gifts of the Spirit, bestowed upon the disciples of Christ, what distinguished them as such; since those who were not truly his disciples, had these bestowed on them; but love to one another, brotherly love was the distinguishing character, and this is another reason or argument enforcing a regard unto it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Apolog. c. 39.

Yuēhànfúyīn 13:35 In-Context

33 Xiǎozi men , wǒ hái yǒu bù duō de shíhou , yǔ nǐmen tóng zaì . hòulái nǐmen yào zhǎo wǒ , dàn wǒ suǒ qù de dìfang , nǐmen bùnéng dào . zhè huà wǒ céng duì Yóutaìrén shuō guō , rújīn yĕ zhàoyàng duì nǐmen shuō .

34 Wǒ cìgĕi nǐmen yī tiaó xīn mìnglìng , nǎi shì jiào nǐmen bǐcǐ xiāng aì . wǒ zĕnyàng aì nǐmen , nǐmen yĕ yào zĕnyàng xiāng aì .

35 Nǐmen ruò yǒu bǐcǐ xiāng aì de xīn , zhòngrén yīncǐ jiù rèn chū nǐmen shì wǒde méntǔ le .

36 Xīmén Bǐdé wèn Yēsū shuō , zhǔ wàng nàli qù . Yēsū huídá shuō , wǒ suǒ qù de dìfang , nǐ xiànzaì bùnéng gēn wǒ qù . hòulái què yào gēn wǒ qù .

37 Bǐdé shuō , Zhǔ a , wǒ wèishénme xiànzaì bùnéng gēn nǐ qù . wǒ yuànyì wèi nǐ shĕmìng .