1 John 2:29
If ye know that he is righteous, ye also know, that whoever doeth righteousness, is from him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 7:16And from their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes; or figs from thistles?
John 3:3Jesus replied, and said to him: Verily, verily, I say to thee, That, unless a man be born anew, he cannot behold the kingdom of God.
Acts 10:35but, among all the nations, he who feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable with him.
2 Corinthians 5:21For, on your account, he hath made him who knew no sin to be sin, that we might by him become the righteousness of God.
Hebrews 1:8But of the Son he said: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a righteous 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 →