1 John 2:29
If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him.
Darby Translation
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 an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? [Then] may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
Matthew 7:16By their fruits ye shall know them. Do [men] gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?
John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born anew he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Acts 10:35but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
2 Corinthians 5:21Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that *we* might become God's righteousness in him.
Hebrews 1:8but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, [is] to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom.
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 →