27“那位真实的”一辞是什么意思?尤其“真实的”一辞是什么意思?〔在约壹五章二十节,〕“真实的”原文意真正的、实际的(和约一14,十四6、17之“实际”同源的形容词),与虚假的、假冒的相对。事实上,那位真实的就是实际。神的儿子已经将悟性赐给我们,使我们可以认识—就是经历、享受并拥有—这神圣的实际。因此,认识那位真实的,意即借着经历、享受并拥有这实际,而认识这实际。……约壹五章二十节指明,神在我们的经历中已成为我们的实际。神的儿子已经借着成为肉体、借着死与复活来到,且将悟性赐给我们,使我们可以经历、享受并拥有这实际,就是神自己。现今那曾经对我们是客观的神,已经成为我们主观的实际。 27What is the meaning of the expression the true One? In particular, what does the word true mean? The Greek word translated “true” [v. 20] is alethinos, “genuine, real” (an adjective akin to aletheia, “truth, verity, reality”—John 1:14; 14:6, 17), as opposed to false and counterfeit. Actually, the true One is the reality. The Son of God has given us an understanding so that we may know—that is, experience, enjoy, and possess—this divine reality. Therefore, to know the true One means to know the reality by experiencing, enjoying, and possessing this reality. First John 5:20 indicates that God has become our reality in our experience. The Son of God has come through incarnation and through death and resurrection and has given us an understanding so that we may experience, enjoy, and possess the reality, which is God Himself. Now the God who once was objective to us has become our subjective reality.