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I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning.
我写信给你们父老，因为你们认识那从起初就有的那一位。

I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one.
我写信给你们少年人，因为你们胜过了那恶者。

I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
我写信给你们小子们，因为你们认识了父。

I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning.
我已经写信给你们父老，因为你们认识那从起初就有的那一位。

I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.—1 JOHN 2:13, 14.
我已经写信给你们少年人，因为你们刚强，上帝的道常存在你们心里，你们也胜过了那恶者。——约翰一书二章十三至十四节。

The design of the apostle in the text explained.
解释使徒在这段经文中的用意。

The characters of the several ages of Christians are drawn from what is found as an excellency in each of these ages in men’s natural life.
基督徒各个年龄阶段的特征，是取自人在自然生命中各个年龄阶段所具有的卓越之处。

This holy apostle, who had an advantage for holiness in his life above many of his fellow-apostles, in that he lived the longest of them, and so to grow up therein;
这位圣洁的使徒，在生命的圣洁上比许多同为使徒的人更具优势，因为他活得最久，因此在其中得以不断长进；

and in the course of his life had run through all the several ages or seasons that any Christians do pass through;
并且在他一生的过程中，经历了任何基督徒都会经过的各样年龄或阶段；

and having had experience in other Christians of what was eminent in and proper unto each age of men in Christ,
又在其他基督徒身上经历并观察到，在基督里各个年龄阶段之人所特有并显著的特质；

writes distinctly unto all sorts accordingly,
于是他便按着这些分别，清楚地写信给各等人，

and sets down what eminency in things spiritual, and therewithal what duties, belonged unto these several ages.
并记述了在属灵之事上，各个年龄阶段所具有的卓越之处，以及与之相应的责任。

These ages in Christ he divides into three, according to what nature divides them into, though custom of speech speaks four.
他照着自然的划分，将在基督里的这些年龄分为三类，虽然日常的说法常常分为四类。

1. Fathers in Christ.
   一、在基督里的父老。
2. Men grown up, which is translated ‘young men.’
   二、已经长成的人，即被译为“少年人”。
3. Babes, or new converts not yet grown up, but true believers all.
   三、婴孩，或尚未长成的新近归信者，但都是真信徒。

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Table of Contents
目录

CHAPTER I: The characters of the Three Several Ages in Particular
第一章：三种不同年龄阶段的具体特征

CHAPTER II: Of Communion with the Two Persons of the Godhead, Father and Son
第二章：论与神格中两个位格——父与子——的相交

CHAPTER III: The Character of Young Men, or Middle-Aged Christians in Christ
第三章：少年人，或在基督里处于中间阶段之基督徒的特征