1 John 2:29
If you know that he is righteous, know also that every one who doeth righteousness is of him.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 their fruits you shall know them. Do they gather from thorns grapes, or from briers figs?
John 3:3Jeshu answered and said to him, Amen, amen, I say to thee, Except a man be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of Aloha.
Acts 10:35but in all nations whoever feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted of him.
2 Corinthians 5:21For Him who knew not sin, on our account hath he made sin, that we might be in him the righteousness of Aloha.
Hebrews 1:8But concerning the Son he hath said, Thy throne, Aloha, (is) for ever and ever, a right sceptre (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 →