1 John 2:29
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.
American Standard 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 may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Matthew 7:16By their fruits ye shall know them. Do [men] gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
John 3:3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Acts 10:35but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.
2 Corinthians 5:21Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Hebrews 1:8but of the Son [he saith,] Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the 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 →