As newborn babes, desire the unadulterated milk of the Word, in order that

you grow by it, if indeed you have tasted that the Master is good. Drawing

near to Him, a living Stone rejected indeed by men, but chosen by Elohim

and precious –  you also, as living stones, are being built up, a spiritual

house, a set-apart priesthood, to offer up spiritual slaughter offerings

acceptable to Elohim through יהושע Messiah. For indeed, although by this

time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first

elements of the Words of Elohim. And you have become such as need milk

and not solid food.  For everyone partaking of milk is inexperienced in the

word of righteousness, for he is a babe.  But solid food is for the mature

whose senses have been trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

Therefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Messiah, let us go on

to perfection, as your Father in the heavens is perfect not laying again the

foundation of repentance from dead works, and of belief toward Elohim,.

of the teaching of immersions, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection

of the dead, and of everlasting judgment. And this we shall do, if Elohim

indeed permits.  For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened,

and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Set-

apart Spirit,  and have tasted the good Word of Elohim and the powers of the

age to come,  and fall away, to renew them again to repentance – having

impaled for themselves the Son of Elohim again, and put Him to open

shame. For if we sin purposely after we have received the knowledge of the

truth, there no longer remains a slaughter offering for sins, but some

fearsome anticipation of judgment, and a fierce fire which is about to

consume the opponents. Anyone who has disregarded the Torah of Mosheh

dies without compassion on the witness of two or three witnesses.  How

much worse punishment do you think shall he deserve who has trampled

the Son of Elohim underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he

was set apart as common, and insulted the Spirit of favour?  For we know

Him who has said, “Vengeance is Mine, I shall repay, says יהוה.” And again,

“יהוה shall judge His people.”

It is fearsome to fall into the hands of the living Elohim.

The seed is the word of Elohim. “And those by the wayside are the

ones who hear, then the devil comes and takes away the word from their

hearts, lest having believed, they should be saved.  “And those on the rock

are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. And these have no

root, who believe for a while and in time of trial fall away. “And that which

fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are

choked with worries, and riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to

perfection.  “And that on the good soil are those who, having heard the word

with a noble and good heart, retain it, and bear fruit with endurance.

That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of

Elohim, but the children of the promise are reckoned as the seed. You do the works of your father.” Then they said to Him,

“We were not born of whoring, we have one Father: Elohim.”

יהושע said to them, “If Elohim were your Father, you would love Me, for I came forth from Elohim, and am here. For I have not come of Myself, but He sent Me.  “Why do you not know what I say? Because you are unable to hear My Word.  “You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.  “And because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.  “Who of you proves Me wrong concerning sin? And if I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?

“He who is of Elohim hears the Words of Elohim,

therefore you do not hear because you are not of Elohim.”

And His mother and brothers came to Him, and were unable to get to Him

because of the crowd.  And it was reported to Him, saying, “Your mother and

Your brothers are standing outside, wishing to see You.”  And He answering,

said to them,

“My mother and My brothers are those who are hearing the Word of Elohim and doing it.”

“For whoever does the desire of My Father who is in the heavens is My

brother and sister and mother.” “For whoever does the desire of Elohim is My

brother and My sister and mother.

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For as many as are led by the Spirit of Elohim, these are sons of Elohim.

There is, then, now no condemnation to those who are in Messiah יהושע, who

do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. Because the

mind of the flesh is enmity towards Elohim, for it does not subject itself to

the Torah of Elohim, neither indeed is it able, I am the vine, you are the

branches. He who stays in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit. Because

without Me you are able to do naught! ou are of Elohim, little children, and

have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in

the world. veryone having been born of Elohim does not sin, because His

seed stays in him, and he is powerless to sin, because he has been born of

Elohim. We know that everyone having been born of Elohim does not sin,

but the one having been born of Elohim guards himself, and the wicked one

does not touch him Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves

servants for obedience, you are servants of the one whom you obey, whether

of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?  But thanks to Elohim that

you were servants of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of teaching

to which you were entrusted.  And having been set free from sin, you became

servants of righteousness.  I speak as a man, because of the weakness of

your flesh. For even as you did present your members as servants of

uncleanness, and of lawlessness resulting in lawlessness, so now present

your members as servants of righteousness resulting in set-apartness.  For

when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.  What

fruit, therefore, were you having then, over which you are now ashamed? For

the end thereof is death.  But now, having been set free from sin, and having

become servants of Elohim, you have your fruit resulting in set-apartness,

and the end, everlasting life.

For the wages of sin is death, but the favourable gift of Elohim is everlasting life in Messiah יהושע our Master.

For you are all sons of Elohim through belief in Messiah יהושע.

For as many of you as were immersed into Messiah have put on Messiah.

Blessed are the peacemakers, because they shall be called sons of Elohim.

So that, my beloved, as you always obeyed – not only in my presence, but

now much rather in my absence – work out your own deliverance with fear

and trembling,  for it is Elohim who is working in you both to desire and to

work for His good pleasure. Do all matters without grumblings and

disputings, in order that you be blameless and faultless, children of Elohim

without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among

whom you shine as lights in the world,

Everyone staying in Him does not sin. Everyone sinning has neither seen

Him nor known Him. The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard

His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1 Beloved ones, do not

imitate the evil, but the good. The one who is doing good is of Elohim, but he

who is doing evil has not seen Elohim Little children, let no one lead you

astray. The one doing righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteousIf

you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone doing righteousness

has been born of Him. The one doing sin is of the devil, because the devil has

sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of Elohim was

manifested: to destroy the works of the devilwho gave Himself for us, to

redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a people, His own

possession, ardent for good works. Everyone having been born of Elohim

does not sin, because His seed stays in him, and he is powerless to sin,

because he has been born of Elohim.  In this the children of Elohim and the

children of the devil are manifest: Everyone not doing righteousness is not of

Elohim, neither the one not loving his brother.

‘And it is righteousness for us when we guard to do all this command before יהוה our Elohim, as He has commanded us.’

My tongue sings of Your word, For all Your commands are righteousness.

Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, a people in whose heart is My

Torah: do not fear the reproach of men, nor be afraid of their revilings. In His

days Yehuḏah shall be saved, and Yisra’ĕl dwell safely. And this is His Name

whereby He shall be called: ‘יהוה our Righteousness.’

“The one who overcomes shall inherit all this, and I shall be his Elohim and he shall be My son.

who in past generations allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways, “Truly, then, having overlooked these times of ignorance, Elohim now commands all men everywhere to repent, though, indeed, He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good – giving us rain from heaven and fruit-bearing seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. so that you become sons of your Father in the heavens. Because He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. “Rather, love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting none in return. And your reward shall be great, and you shall be sons of the Most High. Because He is kind to the thankless and wicked ones.

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Again, the devil took Him up on a very high mountain, and showed Him all

the reigns of the world, and their esteem,  and said to Him, “All these I shall

give You if You fall down and worship me.” Do not lay up for yourselves

treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in

and steal,  but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth

nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.  “For where

your treasure is, there your heart shall be also. יהושע said to him, “If you wish

to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you shall have

treasure in heaven. And come, follow Me.”  And when the young man heard

the word, he went away sad, because he had many possessions.  And יהושע

said to His taught ones, “Truly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to

enter into the reign of the heavens.  And again I say to you, it is easier for a

camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the

reign of Elohim.” nd He, lifting up His eyes toward His taught ones, said,

“Blessed are the poor, because yours is the reign of Elohim. But with

righteousness He shall judge the poor, and shall decide with straightness for

the meek ones of the earth, and shall smite the earth with the rod of His

mouth, and slay the wrong with the breath of His lips. Listen, my beloved

brothers: Has Elohim not chosen the poor of this world, rich in belief and

heirs of the reign which He promised to those who love Him? “Blessed are

you who hunger now, because you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who

weep now, because you shall laugh.  “Blessed are you when men shall hate

you, and when they shall cut you off, and shall reproach you, and cast out

your name as wicked, for the sake of the Son of Aḏam.  “Rejoice in that day

and leap for joy, for look, your reward is great in the heaven, for that is how

their fathers treated the prophets.  “But woe to you who are rich, because

you are receiving your comfort.  “Woe to you who have been filled, because

you shall hunger. Woe to you who are laughing now, because you shall

mourn and weep.  Come now, rich ones, weep, crying aloud over the

hardships coming upon you! Your riches have rotted, and your garments

have become moth-eaten.  Your gold and silver have become rusty, and their

rust shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh like fire. You

have laid up treasure in the last days.  See, the wages of the workmen who

mowed your fields, which you kept back, cry out. And the cries of the

reapers have reached the ears of יהוה of hosts. “Woe to him who builds his

house without righteousness and his rooms without right-ruling, who uses

his neighbour’s service without wages and does not give him his wages,

You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury, you have fattened your

hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Do not love the world nor that which is in

the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world

is enmity with Elohim?¹ Whoever therefore intends to be a friend of the world

makes himself an enemy of Elohim. And that sown among the thorns is he

who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceit of riches choke

the word, and it becomes fruitless “And take heed to yourselves, lest your

hearts be weighed down by gluttony, and drunkenness, and worries of this

life, and that day come on you suddenly. betrayers, reckless, puffed up,

lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of Elohim, And the devil, taking Him up

on a high mountain, showed Him all the reigns of the world in a moment of

time. And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I shall give You, and their

esteem, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. And

do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of

your mind, so that you prove what is that good and well-pleasing and perfect

desire of Elohim.  Because all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the

lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world.

And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but the one doing the desire of Elohim remains forever.

Righteous are You, O יהוה, when I plead with You. Indeed, let me speak with

You about right-rulings.