1 John 2:29 “If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who prac…”

1 John 2:29

If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

World English Bible

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

American Standard Version

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.

Geneva Bible 1599

If ye know that he is righteous, know ye that he which doeth righteously, is borne of him.

Darby Translation

If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him.

Young's Literal Translation

if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.

Bible in Basic English

If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.

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Cross references

“he is”

1 Peter 3:18 Zechariah 9:9 Acts 22:14 2 Corinthians 5:21 Hebrews 7:26 1 John 2:1

1 Peter 3:18 · BSB

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

Zechariah 9:9 · BSB

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Acts 22:14 · BSB

Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.

2 Corinthians 5:21 · BSB

God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Hebrews 7:26 · BSB

Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

1 John 2:1 · BSB

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

“that every”

1 John 3:7 Acts 10:35 Titus 2:12–14 Matthew 7:16–18 Jeremiah 13:23 1 John 3:10

1 John 3:7 · BSB

Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

Acts 10:35 · BSB

but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.

Titus 2:12–14 · BSB

It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Matthew 7:16–18 · BSB

By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

Jeremiah 13:23 · BSB

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.

1 John 3:10 · BSB

By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

“is born”

John 3:3–5 1 John 5:1 John 1:13 1 John 4:7 James 1:18 1 Peter 1:3

John 3:3–5 · BSB

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. ”

1 John 5:1 · BSB

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

John 1:13 · BSB

children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

1 John 4:7 · BSB

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

James 1:18 · BSB

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

1 Peter 1:3 · BSB

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Also

1 John 5:4 3 John 1:11 1 John 5:18

1 John 5:4 · BSB

because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

3 John 1:11 · BSB

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

1 John 5:18 · BSB

We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

28And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.

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