1 John 2:29

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

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 John 2:29 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
  2. Zechariah 9:9Rejoice 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.
  3. Matthew 7:16By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
  4. John 1:13children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
  5. John 3:3Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
  6. Acts 3:14You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
  7. Acts 10:35but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
  8. Acts 22:14Then 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.
  9. 2 Corinthians 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
  10. Titus 2:12It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
  11. Hebrews 1:8But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
  12. Hebrews 7:2and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
  13. Hebrews 7:26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
  14. James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
  15. 1 Peter 1:3Blessed 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,
  16. 1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
  17. 1 Peter 3:18For 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,
  18. 2 Peter 1:4Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
  19. 1 John 2:1My 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.
  20. 1 John 3:5But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
  21. 1 John 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
  22. 1 John 3:9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
  23. 1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
  24. 1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

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