1 John 2:29

If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is born of him.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

28And now, my dear children, abide in him; that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be put to shame by him at his coming.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:16By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Acts 10:35but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.

2 Corinthians 5:21For he hath made him, who knew no sin, to be a sin offering for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Hebrews 1:8But to the Son, “Thy throne, O God, is unto eternity; a sceptre of rectitude 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 →

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