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Yochanan 1 3:10-21 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

10. By this is made hisgalus of the yeladim of Hashem and the yeladim of Hasatan: everyone not practicing tzedek is not of Hashem; also the one not having ahavah for his Ach b'Moshiach.

11. Because this is the divrei Torah which we heard from the beginning, that we have ahavah one for another,

12. Not as Kayin, who was of the evil one, and slaughtered the ach of him; and for what cause did he slaughter him? Because the ma'asim of him were ra'im and the ma'asim of the ach of him were ma'asei tzedek. [BERESHIS 4:8; TEHILLIM 38:20; MISHLE 29:10]

13. And, Achim b'Moshiach, do not marvel if the Olam Hazeh hates you.

14. We have da'as that we have made our histalkus (passing) out of Mavet into Chayyim, because we have ahavah for the Achim b'Moshiach; the one not having ahavah makes his ma'on in death.

15. Everyone hating his Ach b'Moshiach is a rotzeach (murderer). And you have da'as that every rotzeach does not have Chayyei Olam making a ma'on in him.

16. By this we have had da'as of ahavah, because that One on behalf of us laid down his nefesh [YESHAYAH 53:10]; and we ought, on behalf of the Achim b'Moshiach, to lay down our nefashot.

17. Now whoever has vital possessions of the Olam Hazeh and sees the Ach b'Moshiach of him being nitzrach (needy) and has no rachamim (mercy) on him [DEVARIM 15:7,8] and refuses gemilut Chesed, how does the ahavas Hashem make ma'on in him?

18. Yeladim, let us not have ahavah in dvar or in lashon but in ma'aseh and in Emes. [YECHEZKEL 33:31]

19. And by this we will have da'as that we are of HaEmes, and before Him we will persuade our levavot,

20. That if our levavot condemn us, Hashem is greater than our levavot, and He has da'as of all things.

21. Chaverim, if our levavot do not bring us under the gezar din (verdict) of ashem (guilty), we have bitachon before Hashem.

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