1 John 3:7

Little children, let no one deceive you: Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

In Context

6No one who abides in him continues in sin; no one who continues in sin has either seen him or known him.

8Whoever practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

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Cross References

Luke 1:75in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our lives.

Romans 2:6who will repay each person according to his works.

Romans 6:16Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

Galatians 6:7Do not be misled: God is not mocked. A person reaps what he sows.

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 →

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