1 John 2:29
Knowing him to be righteous, you realise that every one who lives righteously has received the new Life from him.
Twentieth Century 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 7:16By the fruit of their lives you will know them. Do people gather grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
John 3:3“In truth I tell you,” exclaimed Jesus, “unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
Acts 10:35But that in every nation he who reverences him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
2 Corinthians 5:21Him who never knew sin God made to be Sin, on our behalf; so that we, through union with him, might become the Righteousness of God.
Hebrews 1:8while of the Son he said — ‘God is thy throne for ever and ever; The sceptre of his Kingdom is the sceptre 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 →