1 John 2:29
If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.
Bible in Basic English
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 13:23Is it possible for the skin of the Ethiopian to be changed, or the markings on the leopard? Then it might be possible for you to do good, who have been trained to do evil.
Matthew 7:16By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
John 3:3Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
Acts 10:35But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.
2 Corinthians 5:21For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Hebrews 1:8But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.
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 →