1 John 3:7

My children, let no one deceive you; he who is working righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.

Montgomery New Testament

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

6Whoever continually abides in him does not habitually sin; whoever lives in sin has not seen him, nor come to know him.

8He who is committing sin is of the devil, because from the beginning of the devil is sinning. It was for this cause that the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

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Cross References

Luke 1:75"In holiness and righteousness before him All our days.

Romans 2:6For He will render to every man according to his works;

Romans 6:16Do you not know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to any one to obey him, you are his slaves whom you obey; whether it be sin, whose end is death, or obedience, whose end is righteousness?

Galatians 6:7Be not deceived. God is not mocked. Whatever a man sows, that will he also reap.

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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