1 John 2:29
if you know that He is righteous, know that everyone doing righteousness, has been begotten of Him.
Literal 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 13:23“Does a Cushite change his skin? And a leopard his spots? Can you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil?
Matthew 7:16From their fruits you will know them; do [men] gather grapes from thorns? Or figs from thistles?
John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone may not be born from above, he is not able to see the Kingdom of God”;
Acts 10:35but in every nation he who is fearing Him, and is working righteousness, is acceptable to Him;
2 Corinthians 5:21He made Him having not known sin [to be] sin in our behalf, that we may become the righteousness of God in Him.
Hebrews 1:8but to the Son: “Your throne, O God, [is] throughout the age of the age; The scepter of righteousness [is the] scepter of Your 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 →