1See what kind of ahavah HaAv has given to us, that yeladim of Elohim we should be called. And so we are. Therefore, the Olam Hazeh does not have da'as of us, because it did not have da'as of Him.

2Chaverim, 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. ²³

3And everyone having this tikvah (hope) in Him keeps himself in tohorah (purification, keeps himself pure), even as that One is tahor. ²⁴

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

5And you have da'as that that One niglah (is revealed) that chata'einu (our sins) He might take away, ²⁵and chet in Him is not. ²⁶

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

7Yeladim, let no ²⁷deceive you; the one practicing tzedek is tzodek, even as that One is Tzaddik.

8The 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.

9Everyone 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. ²⁸

10By 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.

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

12Not 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. ²⁹

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

14We 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.

15Everyone 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.

16By this we have had da'as of ahavah, because that One on behalf of us laid down his nefesh; ³⁰and we ought, on behalf of the Achim b'Moshiach, to lay down our nefashot.

17Now 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 ³¹and refuses gemilut Chesed, how does the ahavas Hashem make ma'on in him?

18Yeladim, let us not have ahavah in dvar or in lashon but in ma'aseh and in Emes. ³²

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

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

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

22And whatever we request, we receive from Him, because we are shomer of His mitzvot and the things pleasing before Him we practice.

23And this is the mitzvah of Him, that we have emunah b'Shem of the Ben HaElohim, Yehoshua, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and that we have ahavah one for another, as He gave mitzvah to us.

24And the one being shomer of His mitzvot makes his ma'on in Him and He makes His ma'on in him; and by this we have da'as that He abides in us, by the Ruach Hakodesh whom He gave to us. ³³