22五章二十节说,神的儿子已经来到,且将悟性赐给我们,使我们可以认识那位真实的;我们也在那位真实的里面,也就是说,我们在祂儿子耶稣基督里面。当我们在那真实者与耶稣基督里面,“这”(包括我们在祂们里面的事实)是真神。……我们若不在神里面,我们就无法从经历中说,祂对我们是真实的。当然,祂在祂自己里面还是真实的。但我们不能见证,祂在我们里面是真实的。但我们既在那位真实的里面,祂对我们就是真神。不仅如此,基督对我们乃是永远的生命。我们若不在祂里面,基督在祂自己里面还是永远的生命,但祂对我们却不是永远的生命。因为我们现今在祂里面,所以耶稣基督对我们乃是永远的生命(约翰一书生命读经,四二八至四三○页)。
22Verse 20 says that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding so that we may know the true One, and we are in the true One, which means that we are in His Son Jesus Christ. When we are in the true One and Jesus Christ, this, including the fact that we are in Them, is the true God. If we are not in God, we cannot say from experience that to us He is true. Of course, He would still be true in Himself, but we could not testify that in us He is true. But since we are in the true One, to us He is the true God. Furthermore, Christ is eternal life to us. If we were not in Him, Christ would still be eternal life in Himself, but He would not be eternal life to us. Because we are now in Him, to us Jesus Christ is eternal life. (Life-study of 1 John, pp. 350-351)