1 John 2:29
Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
Open English Bible (UK)
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
Matthew 7:16By the fruit of their lives you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
John 3:3‘In truth I tell you,’ exclaimed Jesus, ‘unless a person is reborn, they cannot see the kingdom of God.’
Acts 10:35but that in every nation he who reverences him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
2 Corinthians 5:21For our sake God made Christ, who was innocent of sin, one with our sinfulness, so that in him we might be made one with the righteousness of God.
Hebrews 1:8while of the Son he said – “God, your throne is for ever and ever; the sceptre of his kingdom is the sceptre of Justice;
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 →