2:18 小子們哪，如今是末時了。你們曾聽見說，那敵基督的要來；現在已經有好些敵基督的出來了，從此我們就知道如今是末時了。
2:19 他們從我們中間出去，卻不是屬我們的；若是屬我們的，就必仍舊與我們同在；他們出去，顯明都不是屬我們的。
Children,
it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now
many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They
went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they
would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain
that they all are not of us.
Chhîn-oi
ke chṳ́-ńg â, sṳ-kie ke ma̍t-khì to lé! Ngì-têu sṳt thâng-kóng,
thi̍t Kî-tuk ke-sà oi lòi; liá-ha, thi̍t Kî-tuk ke chhin-tô yí-kîn
chhut-hien lé, só-yî ngài-têu tî ma̍t-khì yí-kîn to lé. Liá-têu
ngìn pin m̀-he chṳn-kîn su̍k ngài-têu ke, só-yî lì-khôi ngài-têu;
kì-têu na-he su̍k ngài-têu, chhiu voi thùng ngài-têu khiung-ha.
Chúng-he, kì-têu lì-khôi lé, khó-kien kì-têu lûng-chúng m̀-he
chṳn-kîn su̍k ngài-têu ke.
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照使徒約翰講的「敵基督」，主要是諾斯底主義者。這一群人是看重「知識」勝於基督，他們認為人要得救，必須擁有特殊的「知識」，而不是靠基督。也因為如此，他們的邏輯思考與哲學分析，都是一等一的，甚至於使徒們都無法贏過他們。
這也讓我們想到在現今的世界中，許多自視自己有崇高的知識水準的人，認為提到宗教或信仰是落伍的，認為任何的學術領域或知識上的研究，都必須將「上帝」排除在外。雖然，這些人可能是自稱為基督徒、也參加教會的活動；但是，他們認為一提到「上帝」就不是學術，就沒有專業水準了！
之所以說這些，也是告訴大家這個世界、這個社會、現代的潮流是「敵基督」的，身為基督徒的人，要禁得起被人視為是落伍、是野蠻、沒有專業水準、是不客觀和有偏見的人！你願意為基督的緣故承受這些嗎？
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