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| [1]And see how great is the love of the Father toward us, that sons he hath called us, and also made us! Therefore the world doth not know us, because that it hath also not known him. |
[1]See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him; |
| [2]MY beloved, now are we the sons of Aloha; and it is not manifest, as yet, what we are to become, but we know, that when he is manifested, in his likeness we are and see him, according to that which he is. |
[2]beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is; |
| [3]And every one who hath in him this hope, purifieth himself, as He is pure. |
[3]and every one who is having this hope on him, doth purify himself, even as he is pure. |
| [4]But whoever committeth sin doeth iniquity; for all sin is iniquity. |
[4]Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness, |
| [5]And you know that he was manifested to bear our sins, and sin in him is not. |
[5]and ye have known that he was manifested that our sins he may take away, and sin is not in him; |
| [6]And every one who in him abideth, sinneth not. And every one who sinneth, hath not seen him, nor known him. |
[6]every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him. |
| [7]My sons, let no man deceive you: he who worketh righteousness is righteous, as also the Meshiha himself is righteous. |
[7]Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous, |
| [8]And he who doeth sin is of Satana, because that from the commencement Satana was a sinner. And for this cause did the Son of Aloha appear, that he might destroy the works of Satana. |
[8]he who is doing the sin, of the devil he is, because from the beginning the devil doth sin; for this was the Son of God manifested, that he may break up the works of the devil; |
| [9]Every one who is born of Aloha, sin doth not work, because that his seed is in him, and he cannot sin, because of Aloha he is born. |
[9]every one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because his seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten. |
| [10]In this are distinguished the sons of Aloha from the sons of Satana; every one who doeth not righteousness, nor loveth his brother, is not of Aloha. |
[10]In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother, |
| [11]For this is the commandment which you have heard from before, that you love one another. |
[11]because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another, |
| [12]Not as Koen, who was from the Evil, and killed his brother. And on what account killed he him? unless that his own works were evil and his brother's righteous. |
[12]not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous. |
| [13]Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world hate you. |
[13]Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you; |
| [14]We know that we have passed from death unto life, by this, that we love our brethren. He who loveth not his brother, in death continueth. |
[14]we -- we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death. |
| [15]For every one who hateth his brother is a man-killer; and we know that in no man-killer can abide the life which is eternal. |
[15]Every one who is hating his brother -- a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining, |
| [16]In this we know His love toward us, that he gave himself for us; [so] also it is right for us for the sake of our brethren to give ourselves. |
[16]in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down; |
| [17]And he who hath the possession of the world, and shall see his brother that he needeth, and shall shut his compassions from him, how is there in him the love of Aloha? |
[17]and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him -- how doth the love of God remain in him? |
| [18]My sons, let us not love one another in words and in tongue, but in works and in truth. |
[18]My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth! |
| [19]And by this we make known that we are of the truth, and before that he cometh we make confident our hearts. |
[19]and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts, |
| [20]And if our heart condemn us, how much [more] Aloha, who is greater than our heart, and knoweth every thing! |
[20]because if our heart may condemn -- because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things. |
| [21]My beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have openness of face before Aloha. |
[21]Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God, |
| [22]And whatever we ask, we shall receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things which are beautifulⓘ before him. |
[22]and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do, |
| [23]And this is his commandment, That we believe in the name of his Son Jeshu Meshiha, and love one another, as he hath commanded us. |
[23]and this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us, |
| [24]And he who keepeth his commandments, is kept by him, and he dwelleth in him: and by this we perceive that he dwelleth in us, by his Spirit whomⓘ he hath given to us. |
[24]and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us. |