1 John 2:29
If you know that he is righteous you know also that every one who habitually practises righteousness has been born of him.
Montgomery 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
Cross References
Matthew 7:16"By their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered of thorns, or figs of thistles?
John 3:3"In very truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Acts 10:35"but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
2 Corinthians 5:21Him who knew no sin, in our behalf he has made to be sin; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Hebrews 1:8But to the Son he says. Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever, And the scepter of thy kingdom is the scepter 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 →