1 John 3:7
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
6Everyone who abides in Him does not sin; everyone who sins has not seen Him nor has he known Him.
Cross References
Luke 1:75In holiness and righteousness before Him 1 All the days of our life. 1
Romans 2:6who “ will recompense to each one according to his works”:
Romans 6:16Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to whom you obey, whether of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?
Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man sows, this also will he reap.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:5-11
The Mark of God's Children. ( a. d. 80.) 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this… Read the whole commentary →