1 John 2:29
If ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every man doing righteousness has been begotten of him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then ye also may do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
Matthew 7:16From their fruits ye will know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Acts 10:35but in every nation, he who fears him, and works righteousness, is acceptable to him.
2 Corinthians 5:21For the man who knew no sin was made sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Hebrews 1:8But toward the Son, Thy throne, O God, is into the age of the age. The scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of straightness.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:29
Christ's Second Appearance. ( a. d. 80.) 28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. From the blessing of the sacred unction the apostle proceeds in his advice and exhortation to constancy in and with Christ: And now, little children, abide in him, v. 28 . The apostle repeats his kind appellation, little children, which I… Read the whole commentary →