1 The Father has loved us so much, that we are allowed to be called children of YAHUAH. And we really are His children. But the people in the world don’t understand that we are His children, because they have never known Him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of YAHUAH. We have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we know that when Messiah comes again, we will be like Him. We will see Him just as He is. 3 He is pure, and everyone who has this great expectation and hope in Him keeps themselves pure just like He is.
4 Anyone who behaves sins is doing lawless, for sinning is the same as living against YAHUAH’S Divine Laws. 5 You know that Messiah came to take away people’s sins. There is no sin in Messiah. 6 So whoever lives in Messiah does not continue to sin. If they continue to sin, they have never really understood Messiah and have never known Him.
7 Dear children, don’t let anyone lead you astray. Messiah was always obedient and behaved right, therefore everyone who behaves obediently is right. 8 But the Devil has been sinning since the beginning, and anyone who continues to sin belongs to the Devil. And this is why the Son of YAHUAH appeared in the world: to destroy the Devil’s works.
9 Everyone who’s been born of YAHUSHA doesn’t sin, because His incorruptible seed stays in him, and he is powerless to sin, because he has been born of YAHUSHA. 10 So we can see who YAHUSHA’S children are and who the Devil’s children are. These are the ones who are not YAHUSHA’S children: those who refuse to do what’s right and those who won’t love their brothers and sisters in YAHUSHA.
11 This is the message you’ve heard from the beginning: We must love each other. 12 Don’t be like Cain. He belonged to the Evil One. Cain killed his brother. But why did he kill him? Because what Cain did was evil, and what his brother did was obedient.
13 Brothers and sisters, don’t be surprised and marvel in shock-horror when the people of this world hate you. 14 We know that we have left death and have come into life, because we love each other as brothers and sisters. Anyone who does not love is still in death. 15 Anyone who hates a fellow believer is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has eternal life.
16 This is how we know what real love is: YAHUSHA gave His life for us. So we should give our lives for each other as brothers and sisters. 17 Suppose a believer who is rich enough to have all the necessities of life sees a fellow believer who is poor and does not have even basic needs. What if the rich believer does not help the poor one? Then it is clear that YAHUSHA’S love is not in that person’s heart. 18 My children, our love should not be only words and talk. No, our love must be a real, active behaviour. We must show our love by the choices we make and the things we do.
19-20 That’s how we know we belong to the way of truth. And when our hearts make us feel guilty, we can still have peace before YAHUSHA, because YAHUSHA is greater than our hearts. He knows everything.
21 My dear friends, if we don’t feel that we are doing wrong, we can be without fear when we come to YAHUSHA. 22 And YAHUSHA gives us what we ask for. We receive it because we obey YAHUSHA’S Commands and behave in a way that pleases Him. 23 This is what YAHUSHA Commands: that we believe in Him and that we love each other as He commanded. 24 All who obey YAHUSHA’S Commands live in Him. And YAHUSHA lives in them. How do we know that YAHUSHA lives in us? We know because of the Spirit He gave us.
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