1 John 2:29

If ye know that he is just, know ye that also each that doeth rightwiseness, is born of him. (If ye know that he is just or is righteous, know also that each one who doeth righteousness, is his child.)

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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, ye little sons, dwell ye in him, that when he shall appear, we have trust, and be not confounded of him in his coming. (And now, ye little sons, remain in him, so that when he shall appear, we have trust, and be not ashamed of him at his coming.)

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Cross References

Jeremiah 13:23If a man of Ethiopia may change his skin (colour), either a leopard may change his diversities, and ye may do well, when ye have learned evil. (Only if a man of Ethiopia can change his skin colour, or if a leopard can change his spots, then can ye still do good, after all the evil that ye have learned.)

Matthew 7:16of their fruits ye shall know them. Whether men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of briers? (by their fruits ye shall know them. Do people gather grapes from thorns, or figs from briars?)

John 3:3Jesus answered, and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, [no] but a man be born again, he may not see the kingdom of God, (or Truly, I tell thee the truth, unless a man is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God).

Acts 10:35but in each folk he that dreadeth God, and worketh rightwiseness, is accept (able) to him. (but among all people and every nation, he who hath fearful reverence for God, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.)

2 Corinthians 5:21God the Father made him sin for us, which knew not sin, (so) that we should be made [the] rightwiseness of God in him.

Hebrews 1:8But to the Son he saith, God, thy throne is into the world of world (s), (or thy kingdom, or thy rule, is forever and ever); a rod of equity is the rod of thy realm;

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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