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Yochanan 1 3:2-15 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

2. Chaverim, now yeladim of Elohim we are, and not yet it is niglah (is revealed) what we will be. We have da'as that when He is niglah, like Him we will be, because we will see Him as He is. [TEHILLIM 17:15]

3. And everyone having this tikvah (hope) in Him keeps himself in tohorah (purification, keeps himself pure), even as that One is tahor. [TEHILLIM 18:26]

4. Everyone practicing chet also does averah, and chet is averah al HaTorah.

5. And you have da'as that that One niglah (is revealed) that chata'einu (our sins) He might take away [YESHAYAH 53:4,12], and chet in Him is not. [YESHAYAH 53:9]

6. Everyone making his maon in Him does not go on sinning; everyone sinning has not seen Him nor has had da'as of Him.

7. Yeladim, let no [navi sheker, 1Y 4:1] deceive you; the one practicing tzedek is tzodek, even as that One is Tzaddik.

8. The one practicing averos is of Hasatan, because from the beginning Hasatan sins. For this tachlis was made hisgalus of the Ben HaElohim, that he might destroy the pe'ulot Hasatan.

9. Everyone having been born of Hashem is not practicing chet, because His Zera makes maon in him, and he cannot abide sinning, because he is born of Hashem. [TEHILLIM 119:3]

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.

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