the Fourth Week of Advent
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Etheridge Translation
1 John 4
1 MY beloved, believe not all spirits, but discern the spirits whether they be from Aloha; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.2 By this we know the Spirit of Aloha: Every spirit who confesseth that Jeshu Meshiha hath come in the flesh, is from Aloha.3 And every spirit who confesseth not that Jeshu hath come in the flesh, is not from Aloha: but this is from that false meshiha, of whom you have heard that he cometh, and now is in the world already.
4 But you of Aloha are the children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is with you, than he who is in the world.5 And these are of the world, therefore the world heareth them. But we are of Aloha; and he who knoweth Aloha heareth us;6 and he who is not of Aloha heareth us not. In this itself we perceive the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
7 my beloved, let us love one another, because love is of Aloha; and every one who loveth from Aloha is born, and knoweth Aloha.8 For Aloha is Love; and every one who loveth not, knoweth not Aloha.9 In this was made known the love of Aloha towards us, that Aloha sent his only Son into the world that we might live by him.10 In this is love: it was not that we had loved Aloha, but that Aloha himself loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.11 MY beloved, if Aloha so hath loved us, we also are indebted to love one another.12 Aloha no man hath seen but if we love one another, Aloha in us abideth, and his love is fulfilled in us.13 And by this we know that in him we abide, and he abideth in us, because of his Spirit he hath given us.
14 And we have seen and we testify that the Father hath sent his Son, the Redeemer of the world.15 Whosoever confesseth Jeshu that he is the Son of Aloha, in him Aloha abideth, and he abideth in Aloha.16 And we have believed and known the love which Aloha hath toward us; for Aloha is Love. And every one who abideth in love in Aloha abideth.
17 And in this is his love perfected with us, that openness of face we might have in the day of judgment; because that as He was, so also we are in this world.18 18 Fear in love is not: but perfect love hath cast out fear, because fear is in terror [fn] He who feareth is not perfect in love. 19 We then will love Aloha, because he hath first loved us.20 But if one shall say, I love Aloha, and his brother he hateth, he is a liar. For he who his brother whom he hath seen loveth not, how can he love Aloha himself whom he hath not seen?21 And this commandment we have received from him, That every one who loveth Aloha shall love also his brother.