1 John 3:7

My sons, let no man deceive you: he who worketh righteousness is righteous, as also the Meshiha himself is righteous.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

6And every one who in him abideth, sinneth not. And every one who sinneth, hath not seen him, nor known him.

8And he who doeth sin is of Satana, because that from the commencement Satana was a sinner. And for this cause did the Son of Aloha appear, that he might destroy the works of Satana.

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Cross References

Luke 1:75All our days in righteousness.

Romans 2:6who rendereth to every man according to his works.

Romans 6:16Know you not, that to whomsoever you prepare yourselves to obey him unto service, of him you are the servants, of him whom you obey; whether of sin, or of the hearing of the ear of righteousness?

Galatians 6:7Do not err. Aloha is not mocked: for whatever a man soweth, that he reapeth.

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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