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1 Yochanan 2:3-17

1 Yochanan 2:3-17 TOJB2011

And by this we have da'as that we have da'as of Him, if over the mitzvot of Him we are shomer. The one making the claim, “I have da'as of Him” and not being shomer over His mitzvot is a shakran (liar) and in this one HaEmes is not. But whoever over the dvar of Him is shomer, beemes in this one the ahavas HASHEM has been made shleimah. By this we have da'as that in Him we are. The one claiming to make his maon in Him ought with the halakhah of that One so he should have his derech. Chaverim, I do not write you a mitzvah chadasha, but a mitzvah yashanah, which you were having from the beginning: the mitzvah yashanah is the dvar which you heard. Again a mitzvah chadasha I write to you, which is HaEmes in Him, and in you, because the choshech is making its histalkus (passing away) and the Ohr HaAmitti (the True Light) already is shining. The one claiming in the Ohr (Light) to be and the Ach b'Moshiach of him hating, is in the choshech still. The one with ahavah for the Ach b'Moshiach of him makes his maon (dwelling, permanent residence) in the Ohr (Light), and a cause for michshol (stumbling, falling) is not in him. But the one hating the Ach b'Moshiach of him is in the choshech and walks his derech in the choshech and does not have da'as where he goes, because the choshech blinded his eyes. I write to you, yeladim, because your averos have been granted selicha (forgiveness) because of SHMO (His Name). I write to you, avot, because you have had da'as of the One Who is Bereshis; I write to you, yunge Leit (young people), because you have conquered the evil one. I wrote to you, yeladim, because you have had da'as of HaAv; I wrote to you, avot, because you have had da'as of the One Bereshis. I wrote to you, yunge Leit (young people), because you are chazakim (strong ones) and the Dvar HASHEM makes His maon in you and you have conquered the evil one. Do not have ahavah for the Olam Hazeh, neither the things in the Olam Hazeh. If anyone has ahavah for the Olam Hazeh, the Ahavas [Elohim] HaAv is not in him. For all that is in the Olam Hazeh, the ta'avah (lust) of the basar and the ta'avah of the eyes and the gaa'vah (pride) in the chashuve (prominence) of what one has in this life, oneʼs vital possessions, all this is not of HaAv but is of the Olam Hazeh. And the Olam Hazeh is making its histalkus (passing away) and the ta'avah (lust) of it, but the one doing the ratzon HASHEM has his maon lanetzakh (permanent dwelling place to remain for ever).

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