第六节 配领圣餐者须有信仰与仁义
722# 凡在对主的信仰中，并在对邻舍的仁义中，因而已经重生的人，才是配得其所而前来领受圣餐的人。
上帝、仁义与信仰是教会的三个普遍要素，因为它们是得救的普遍方法；这是每一个研读圣言的基督徒都知道、承认并领会的。人若要有宗教，并在他里面有教会的某种东西，就必须承认上帝；这一点，凡含有某种属灵成分的理性本身都会指出。因此，凡前来领受圣餐而不承认上帝的人，就是亵渎圣餐；因为他的眼睛看见饼和酒，舌头品尝它们，心智却思想：“这不过是无关紧要的东西罢了；它们和我桌上的同类食物有什么不同呢？我这样做，只是免得被圣职人员，并由此被民众指控为无神论者而受恶名。”
【2】承认上帝之后，仁义是使人配得其所而前来领受圣餐的第二个方法；这一点既可由圣言看出，也可由整个基督教世界在领受圣餐前所诵读的祷文看出。由圣言可知：首要的命令和诫命，是爱上帝超过万有，并爱邻舍如同自己（太22:34-39；路10:25-28）。又在保罗那里说，有三样有助于得救的事，其中最大的是爱，即仁义（林前13:13）。又可由以下经文看出：“我们知道上帝不听罪人；惟有敬奉上帝、遵行他旨意的，上帝才听他。”（约9:31）“凡不结好果子的树就砍下来，丢在火里。”（太7:19-20；路3:8-9）
【3】由整个基督教世界在领受圣餐前所诵读的祷文也可看出：在这些祷文中，各处都严肃劝诫人要借着和好与悔改而在仁义中。这里只摘录英国给领圣餐者的祷文中的这些话：“这是道路，也是方法，使人成为圣餐配得的参与者：首要的是，他要按照上帝诫命的准则，省察自己一生的行为与交往；凡他察觉自己在意愿、言语或行为上有所冒犯之处，就当为自己败坏的本性哀恸，并在全能的上帝面前认罪，立定完全改正生活的志向。若他察觉自己的冒犯不仅是得罪上帝，也得罪邻舍，就当与邻舍和好，并愿意尽自己一切能力，为他曾加于任何人的伤害与恶行作出赔偿和补偿；同样，也愿意饶恕别人对他的冒犯，正如他愿意自己的冒犯蒙上帝饶恕一样；否则，领受圣餐只会加重定罪。因此，你们中若有人是亵渎上帝者，毁谤并辱骂祂圣言者，或是奸淫者，或怀有恶意与怨恨者，或犯有其他严重罪行者，就当为罪悔改；若不悔改，就不可前来领受圣餐；否则，在领受圣餐之后，魔鬼将进入你里面，如同进入犹大里面一样，并要使你充满一切不义，毁灭你的身体和灵魂。”
【4】对主的信仰是配得其所享用圣餐的第三个方法；这是因为仁义与信仰构成一体，如同春天的热与光构成一体，一切树木都由这二者的结合而重生；同样，每一个人也都由属灵的热，即仁义，以及属灵的光，即信仰的真理而活。对主的信仰具有这样的作用，可由以下经文看出：“信我的人……永远不死。”（约11:25-26）“因为我父的意思，是叫一切见子而信的人得永生。”（约6:40）“上帝爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他的……得永生。”（约3:15-16）“信子的人有永生；不信子的人得不着永生，上帝的震怒常在他身上。”（约3:36）“我们也在那位真实的里面，就是在他儿子耶稣基督里面。这是真神，也是永生。”（约一5:20）
722# 凡研读圣言的基督徒都知道、承认和感知到，神、仁爱和信仰是教会的三个普遍性，因为它们是救赎的普遍方法。理性本身当有任何属灵之物在里面时，就会教导，必须承认神，以便人可以拥有宗教信仰，他里面也可以有教会的东西。因此，人若来领受圣餐，却不承认神，就是亵渎它；因为他用眼睛看到饼和酒，用舌头品尝它们，而在心智中却思想：“这不就是一个无用的仪式吗？这饼、这酒，和我自己桌子上的有什么不同？然而，我领受圣餐，是为了避免被神职人员，以及普通民众指控为臭名昭著的无神论者。”
承认神之后，仁爱是能使人配得上靠近圣餐的第二个方法，这一点从圣言和整个基督教界在靠近圣餐前宣读的劝诫明显看出来。这一点从圣言明显看出来：
第一条诫命是爱神高于一切，并爱邻如己。（马太福音22:34-39; 路加福音10:25-28）
保罗书信：
有助于救恩的有三样，其中最大的是爱或仁爱。（哥林多前书13:13）
约翰福音：
我们知道神不听罪人；但若有人是敬拜神的，又遵行祂的旨意，神才听他。（约翰福音9:31）
马太福音：
凡不结好果子的树，就砍下来丢在火里。（马太福音7:19，20; 路加福音3:8，9）
这一点从整个基督教界在参加圣餐前宣读的劝诫也明显看出来。人们到处都被如此郑重地告诫，要通过和解和悔改而处于仁爱。我只从英国教会对领受圣餐者的劝诫中引用下面这些话：“成为配得上领受圣餐者的‘途径和方法’是，首先按照神诫命的准则，检查自己生活中的言行；无论你们在哪里察觉自己冒犯了，要么通过意愿、话语，要么通过行为冒犯了，就在那里哀叹自己的罪恶，完全怀着纠正生活的目的而向全能的神忏悔。你们若察觉自己的冒犯是不仅得罪神，还得罪邻舍的那种，就要与他们和解，准备好为你们对他人所造成的一切伤害和错误而竭尽全力地作出赔偿和补偿；同样准备好饶恕别人的过犯，就像你们愿自己的过犯在神手里蒙饶恕一样；否则，领受圣餐只会加重你们的诅咒。因此，你们当中若有人亵渎神，阻碍或诽谤祂的圣言，通奸，或怀有恶意，或嫉妒，或犯下其它任何严重罪行，就请你悔改你的罪，否则不要到圣桌前；免得领受圣礼之后，魔鬼进入你，就像进入犹大一样，使你充满一切的罪孽，将你的身体和灵魂尽都毁灭。”
对主的信仰，是配得上享用圣餐的第三个方法，因为仁爱和信仰构成一体，就像春天的热和光构成一体一样，每棵树都从两者的结合中拥有新的生命。同样，每个人都从属灵之热，即仁爱，和属灵之光，即信之真理中拥有生命。对主的信仰实现这一切，这一点从以下经文明显看出来；约翰福音：
凡信我的人，必永远不死，却要活着（约翰福音11:26）
又：
这是父的旨意，叫一切信子的人得永生。（约翰福音6:40）
又：
神爱世人，甚至赐下祂的独生子，叫一切信祂的得永生。（约翰福音3:15，16）
又：
信子的人有永生；不信子的人不得见永生，神的愤怒住在他身上。（约翰福音3:36）
约翰一书：
我们在那位真实的里面，就是在神的儿子耶稣基督里面。这是真神，也是永生。（约翰一书5:20）
722. We Come Forward Worthily to Take the Holy Supper When We Have Faith in the Lord and Goodwill toward Our Neighbor - That Is, When We Have Been Regenerated
Every Christian who studies the Word knows, acknowledges, and perceives that the three universal elements of the church are God, goodwill, and faith. These are universal elements because they are the universal means of being saved.
Before we can be said to be religious and before anything of the church can be established in us we have to acknowledge the existence of God; any reasoning that has anything spiritual within it affirms the necessity of this. Therefore if we come forward to take the Holy Supper but do not acknowledge the existence of God, we desecrate the Holy Supper. We see the bread and wine with our eyes and we taste them with our tongue, but our mind is thinking, "This ritual is pointless. How do these elements differ from what I have on my table at home? I am only going through this to avoid the shame of being accused of being an atheist, first by the priest and then by everyone else. "
[2] Once we have come to acknowledge the existence of God, goodwill is the second means that allows us to take the Holy Supper worthily. This is clear both from the Word and from the statements that are read throughout the Christian world before people come forward for the Holy Supper.
As for the Word, it teaches that the first commandment and rule is to love God above all and to love our neighbor as ourselves (Matthew 22:35-40; Luke 10:25-28). Paul teaches that there are three things that contribute to our salvation, and the greatest of these is goodwill (1 Corinthians 13:13). "We know that God does not hear sinners, but if people worship God and do his will, he hears them" (John 9:31). "Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire" (Matthew 7:19-20; Luke 3:8-9).
[3] As for the statements that are read throughout the Christian world before people come forward for the Holy Supper, these statements sternly warn people to find goodwill through reconciliation and repentance first. The only example that I will copy out here is the statement read in England to people about to partake of the Holy Supper:
The way and means of becoming a worthy partaker in the Holy Supper is first to examine your life and your conversations by the rule of God's commandments. In whatever regard you notice that you have committed an offense of will, speech, or act, then bewail your own sinfulness and confess yourselves to Almighty God, with full purpose of amending your life. If you observe that your offenses are not only against God but also against your neighbors, you shall reconcile yourselves to them, being ready to make restitution and satisfaction to the utmost of your power for all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other, and being likewise ready to forgive others who have offended you, just as you wish to have forgiveness from God for your offenses. Otherwise receiving the Holy Supper does nothing but increase your damnation. Therefore if any of you is a blasphemer of God, or a hinderer or slanderer of his Word, [or an adulterer,] or someone taken with malice or ill will, or involved in any other grievous crime, repent of your sins. Or else do not come to the Holy Supper; otherwise, after you take it the Devil may enter into you as he entered into Judas, fill you with all wickedness, and bring you to destruction of both body and soul.
[4] Faith in the Lord is the third means of worthily enjoying the Holy Supper, because goodwill and faith act as one, like heat and light in spring; every type of tree comes back to life when heat and light work together. Likewise, it is spiritual heat (goodwill) and spiritual light (truth related to faith) that bring us all to life.
The following passages make it clear that faith in the Lord has this effect:
Those who believe in me will never die; they will live. (John 11:25-26)
This is the will of the Father, that all who believe in the Son should have eternal life. (John 6:40)
God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son so that everyone who believes in him would have eternal life. (John 3:16)
Those who believe in the Son have eternal life. Those who do not believe in the Son will not see life; instead God's anger will remain upon them. (John 3:36)
We are in the truth in Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He is the true God and eternal life. (1 John 5:20)
722. VI. The people who worthily approach the Holy Supper are those who have faith in the Lord and charity towards the neighbour, so those who have been regenerated.
God, charity and faith are the three universals of the church, because they are the universal means to salvation. This is known, acknowledged and grasped by any Christian who studies the Word. Reason itself, at least if it contains any spirituality, insists that God must be acknowledged, if a person is to have any religion and any part of the church in him. If therefore anyone approaches the Holy Supper without acknowledging God, he profanes it. His eye sees the bread and wine, he tastes them on his tongue; but his mind is thinking: 'This is surely a matter of indifference. How are the bread and wine any different from what I have on my table? However, I do this to avoid being blamed by the priesthood, and so by the common people, as being an atheist.'
[2] After the acknowledgment of God the second means which makes one worthy to approach is charity. This fact is established both from the Word and from the exhortations read before people approach throughout the Christian world. We learn from the Word that the leading injunction and commandment is to love God before all else and one's neighbour as oneself (Matthew 22:35-40; Luke 10:25-28). Also in the epistles of Paul, there are three things which contribute to salvation, and the greatest of these is charity (1 Corinthians 13:13). Also:
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone worships God and does His will, He listens to him, John 9:31.
Everyone who 1 does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire, Matthew 7:19-20; Luke 3:8-9.
[3] The exhortations read throughout the Christian world before people approach the Holy Supper show that everywhere they are sternly admonished to be in a state of charity by reconciliation and repentance. I will quote only the following passage from the prayer read to communicants in England:
The way and means to become worthy partakers of the Holy Supper is this. First, to examine one's life and conversations by the rule of God's commandments; and whereinsoever one perceives oneself to have offended, either by will, word or deed, there to bewail one's own sinfulness, and to confess oneself to Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of life. And if one perceives one's offences to be such as are not only against God, but also against the neighbour, then one shall reconcile oneself unto him, being ready to make restitution and satisfaction to the uttermost of one's powers, for all injuries and wrongs done by one to any other; and being likewise ready to forgive others that have offended one, as one would have forgiveness of one's offences at God's hand; for otherwise the receiving of the holy Communion cloth nothing else but increase one's own damnation. Therefore if any of you be a blasphemer of God, an hinderer or slanderer of His Word, [an adulterer,] or be in malice, or envy, or in any other grievous crime, repent you of your sins, or else come not to that holy Supper; lest, after taking of that holy Supper, the devil enter into you, as he entered into Judas, and fill you full of all iniquities, and bring you to destruction both of body and soul. 2
[4] The third means to the worthy enjoyment of the Holy Supper is faith in the Lord. This is because charity and faith make one, as heat and light do in springtime, so that their combination makes every tree to be reborn. Likewise it is spiritual heat, which is charity, and spiritual light, which is the truth of faith, which make everyone alive. It is established from the following passages that faith in the Lord has this result:
He who believes in me will never die, but will live, John 11:25-26.
This is the will of the Father, that everyone who believes in the Son should have everlasting life, John 6:40.
God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in Him should have everlasting life, John 3:15-16.
He who believes in the Son has everlasting life. But he who does not believe the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him, John 3:36.
We are in the truth, in the Son of God, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and everlasting life. 1 John 5:20.
Footnotes:
1. The original in both Gospels has 'Every tree which,' and elsewhere it is so quoted by the author.
2. This passage is given in Latin in the original, but is a fairly close translation from the Book of Common Prayer, the language of which is here followed.
722. VI. THOSE COME TO THE HOLY SUPPER WORTHILY WHO HAVE FAITH IN THE LORD AND CHARITY TOWARD THE NEIGHBOR, THAT IS, WHO ARE REGENERATE.
That God, charity, and faith are the three universals of the church, because they are the universal means of salvation, is known, acknowledged, and perceived by every Christian who studies the Word. That God must be acknowledged in order that one may have religion, or that anything of the church may be in him, is declared by reason itself when there is anything spiritual in it; consequently, if one comes to the holy supper without acknowledging God, he profanes it; for he sees the bread and wine with the eye and tastes them with the tongue, while the thought of the mind is, "What is this but a useless ceremony, and how do this bread and wine differ from that on my own table? Nevertheless I partake of them, lest I be charged by the priesthood, and so also by the common people, with the infamy of being an atheist."
[2] That after the acknowledgment of God, charity is the second means which enables one to come to the holy supper worthily is evident both from the Word and from the exhortations read before approaching the communion in the whole Christian world. It is evident from the Word in this:
That the first command or precept is to love God above all things, and the neighbor as oneself (Matthew 22:34-39; Luke 10:25-28).
Again in Paul:
That there are three things that contribute to salvation, and the greatest of these is charity (1 Corinthians 13:13).
Also from these passages:
We know that God heareth not sinners; but if any man is a worshiper of God and doeth His will, him He heareth (John 9:31).
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire (Matthew 7:19, 20; Luke 3:8, 9).
[3] It appears also from the exhortations read throughout the whole Christian world before coming to the holy supper. Everywhere men are thus earnestly admonished to be in charity by reconciliation and repentance. From these I will only quote the following passage from the exhortation read to communicants in England:
"The way and means" to be worthy partakers of the holy supper "is, first to examine your lives and conversations by the rule of God's commandments; and whereinsoever ye shall perceive yourselves to have offended, either by will, word, or deed, there to bewail your own sinfulness, and to confess yourselves to Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of life. And if ye shall perceive your offences to be such as are not only against God but also against your neighbors, then ye shall reconcile yourselves unto them, being ready to make restitution and satisfaction, according to the uttermost of your powers, for all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other; and being likewise ready to forgive others who have offended you, as ye would have forgiveness of your offences at God's hand; for otherwise the receiving of the holy communion doth nothing else but increase your damnation. Therefore if any of you be a blasphemer of God, a hinderer or slanderer of His Word, an adulterer, or be in malice, or envy, or in any other grievous crime, repent ye of your sins, or else come not to that holy table; lest, after the taking of that holy sacrament, the devil enter into you as he entered into Judas, and fill you full of all iniquities, and bring you to destruction both of body and soul."
[4] Faith in the Lord is the third means of worthily enjoying the holy supper, because charity and faith make one, like heat and light in spring, from which two conjoined every tree is born anew; so from spiritual heat, which is charity, and from spiritual light, which is the truth of faith, every man has life. That faith in the Lord effects this is evident from the following passages:
he that believeth in Me shall never die, but shall live (John 11:26).
This is the will of the Father that everyone that believeth on the Son shall have eternal life (John 6:40).
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should have eternal life (John 3:15, 16).
He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life but he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him (John 3:36).
We are in the truth, in the Son of God, Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life (1 John 5:20).
722. VI. THOSE WORTHILY APPROACH THE HOLY SUPPER WHO HAVE FAITH IN THE LORD AND CHARITY TOWARDS THE NEIGHBOR; THUS THOSE WHO ARE REGENERATE.
Every Christian who studies the Word knows, acknowledges and perceives that God, charity and faith are the three universals of the Church, because they are the universal means of salvation. Reason itself, if there is anything spiritual in it, teaches that God must be acknowledged in order that a man may have religion and anything of the Church in him. Therefore, whoever comes to the Holy Supper and does not acknowledge God profanes it; for he sees with his eyes the bread and wine, and tastes them with his tongue, but in his mind he thinks, "This is but a profitless ceremony. How do the bread and wine differ from their like on my own table? Yet I do this, lest I should be accused by the priesthood, and then by the common people, of the infamous crime of being an atheist."
[2] After the acknowledgment of God, charity is the second means whereby one worthily approaches the Holy Supper. This is evident from the Word and also from the exhortations that are read throughout the whole Christian world before coming to it. It is clear from this passage in the Word:
The first commandment and precept is, that men should love God above all things, and the neighbor as themselves, Matthew 22:34-39; Luke 10:25-28;
And in Paul it is said,
That there are three things profitable to salvation, and the greatest of these is charity, 1 Corinthians 13:13.
Also from these passages:
"We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him He heareth" John 9:31.
"Every [tree] that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire" Matthew 7:19-20; Luke 3:8-9.
[3] It is evident, too, from the exhortations that are read throughout the whole Christian world before coming to the Holy Supper; for in these people everywhere are earnestly admonished to be in charity by reconciliation and repentance. I will quote only the following words from the exhortation to communicants in the Church of England:
"That the way and means for any one to become a worthy partaker of the Holy Supper is, first to examine the deeds and conversations of his life by the rule of God's commandments; and whereinsoever he perceives that he has offended either by will, word, or deeds, there to bewail his own sinfulness and make confession to Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of life. And if he perceives his offences to be such as are not only against God, but also against the neighbor, then he shall reconcile himself to him; being ready to make restitution and satisfaction to the uttermost of his power, for wrongs and injuries done to any other; and being likewise ready to forgive others their offences, as he would have forgiveness of his offences at God's hand; for otherwise the receiving of the Holy Communion doth nothing else but increase his damnation. Therefore, if any of you be a blasphemer of God, a hinderer or slanderer of His Word, [an adulterer], or be in malice or envy, or in any other grievous crime, repent of your sins, or else come not to the Holy Supper; lest, after the taking of the Holy Supper, the devil enter into you, as he entered into Judas, and fill you full of all iniquity, and bring you to destruction both of body and soul."
[4] Faith in the Lord is the third means whereby one may worthily obtain the benefits of the Holy Supper, because charity and faith make one, like the heat and light of springtime, from the union of which every tree has new life. In like manner every man lives from spiritual heat, which is charity, and from spiritual light, which is the truth of faith. That faith in the Lord effects this is evident from these passages:
"He that believeth in me... shall never die," yet shall he live. John 11:25-26.
This is the will of the Father, that every one which believeth on the Son, may have everlasting life, John 6:40.
"God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should have everlasting life" John 3:16.
"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: but he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him" John 3:36.
"We are in the truth, in the Son of God, Jesus Christ. (A.V., in Him that is truth, even in His Son, Jesus Christ). This is the true God, and eternal life" 1 John 5:20.
722. Quod illi ad Sanctam Coenam digne accedant, qui in fide in Dominum et in charitate erga proximum sunt, ita qui regenerati sunt.
Quod Deus, Charitas et Fides, sint tria universalia Ecclesiae, quia sunt universalia media salutis, scitur, agnoscitur et percipitur a quovis Christiano, qui studet Verbo. Quod Deus agnoscendus sit, ut alicui sit Religio, et in illo aliquid Ecclesiae, ipsa Ratio in qua aliquid spirituale est, dictat; quare qui ad Sanctam 1 Coenam accedit, et Deum non agnoscit, illam profanat, oculo enim videt Panem et Vinum, et lingua gustat illa, at mens cogitat, quid hoc nisi adiaphoron, et quid differunt a similibus 2 super mea mensa, quod tamen facio, ne a Sacerdotio, et inde a vulgo infamiae, quod atheus sim, inculper.
[2] Quod post agnitionem Dei, Charitas sit alterum medium, quod facit ut quis digne accedat, constat tam ex Verbo, quam ex orationibus praelectis ante accessionem in toto Christiano Orbe; ex VERBO, Quod primarium mandatum et praeceptum sit, ut Deum super omnia ament, et proximum sicut seipsum, Matthaeus 22:34-38, 3 Luca 10:25-28. Tum apud Paulum, quod sint tria, quae conferunt ad salutem, et quod illorum maxima sit Charitas, 1 Corinthios 13:13, ut et ex his, Scimus quod peccatores Deus non audiat, sed si quis Deum colit, et voluntatem Ejus facit, hunc audit, 4 Johannes 9:31. Omnis qui non facit fructum bonum, exscinditur et in ignem conjicitur, Matthaeus 7:19-20; Luca 3:8-9:
[3] ex ORATIONIBUS PRAELECTIS ANTE ACCESSIONEM AD SANCTAM COENAM IN TOTO CHRISTIANO ORBE; in illis ubivis serio admonentur ut sint in charitate per reconciliationem et poenitentiam, ex quibus hic solum transcribam haec ex Oratione ad communicantes in Anglia. 5 "Haec est via, et hoc est medium, ut quis fiat dignus particeps Sanctae Coenae: primarium est, ut exploret suae vitae facta et commercia secundum normam praeceptorum Dei; et in quibuscunque animadvertit se offendisse voluntate et loquela, aut factis, tunc deploret vitiosam suam naturam, et confessionem faciat coram Omnipotente Deo, cum pleno proposito emendandi vitam; et si animadvertit offensas ejus esse tales, ut non modo sint contra Deum, sed etiam contra proximum, tunc reconciliabit se illi, et promptus erit ad restitutionem et satisfactionem ex omni potentia sua, propter injurias et mala alicui facta, et similiter 6 promptus erit ad remittendum aliis offensas, quemadmodum vult ut offensae suae remittantur a Deo; alioquin receptio Sanctae Coenae non facit nisi quam aggravet damnationem. Quapropter si quis vestrum est blasphemator Dei, obtrectator et sugillator Verbi Ipsius, [aut adulter,] 7 aut in malitia vel in malevolentia, aut in alio enormi crimine, poenitentiam a peccatis age; si non, ad Sanctam Coenam ne accedas: alioquin post receptionem Sanctae Coenae diabolus intraturus est in te, sicut intravit in Judam, et impleturus te omni iniquitate, et destructurus et corpus et animam."
[4] Quod Fides in Dominum sit tertium Medium dignae fruitionis Sanctae Coenae, est quia charitas et fides unum faciunt, sicut calor et lux tempore veris, ex quibus duobus conjunctis renascitur omnis arbor; similiter ex calore spirituali, qui est charitas, et ex luce spirituali, quae est 8 veritas fidei, vivit omnis homo. Quod fides in Dominum hoc faciat constat ex his locis, Qui credit in Me, non morietur in aeternum, sed vivet, Johannes 11:25-26. Haec est voluntas Patris, ut omnis qui credit in Filium, habeat vitam aeternam, Johannes 6:40. Adeo dilexit Deus Mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum dederit, ut omnis qui credit in Ipsum habeat vitam aeternam, Johannes 3:15-16. Qui credit in Filium, habet vitam aeternam; qui vero non credit Filio, non videbit vitam, sed ira Dei manet super illo, Johannes 3:36. Sumus in veritate, in Filio Dei Jesu Christo; Hic est verus Deus et vita aeterna, 1 Johannes 5:20. 9
Footnotes:
1. Prima editio: Sanctum.
2. Prima editio: simillbus.
3. Sic Schmidt, sed 22:35-40 apud Novum Testamentum Graecum and Biblia Anglica. Prima editio: 22:34-39.
4. Prima editio: audiat.
5. In prima editione hic textus totus signis citationis inclusus est.
6. Prima editio: sinaliter.
7. Sic Vera Christiana Religio 526 et DVit 6.
8. Prima editio: et [symbol].
9. Prima editio: I Johannes 5:20, 21.