1 John 2:29
if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.
Young's Literal Translation
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
Jeremiah 13:23Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
Matthew 7:16From their fruits ye shall know them; do [men] gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?
John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, 'Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'
Acts 10:35but in every nation he who is fearing Him, and is working righteousness, is acceptable to Him;
2 Corinthians 5:21for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.
Hebrews 1:8and unto the Son: 'Thy throne, O God, [is] to the age of the age; a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy reign;
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 →