1 John 2:29
If you know that he is just, then know, too, that all who do what is just are born of him.
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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 13:23If the Ethiopian is able to change his skin, or the leopard is able to change his spots, then you also may be able to do well, though you have learned evil.
Matthew 7:16You shall know them by their fruits. Can grapes be gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
John 3:3Jesus responded and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.”
Acts 10:35But within every nation, whoever fears him and works justice is acceptable to him.
2 Corinthians 5:21For God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the justice of God in him.
Hebrews 1:8But about the Son: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of equity.
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 →