American Standard Version
1 John 2:29
29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.
1 John 2:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
- New International Version (NIV)If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.
Context of 1 John 2:29
27And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him. 28And now, my little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.
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ἐὰν εἰδῆτε ὅτι δίκαιός ἐστιν, γινώσκετε ὅτι καὶ πᾶς ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην ἐξ αὐτοῦ γεγέννηται.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 John 2:29
- 1 John 2:1My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
- 1 John 3:5And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.
- Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
- Acts 3:14But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,
- Acts 22:14And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
- Hebrews 1:8but of the Sonhe saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
- Hebrews 7:2to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
- 1 Peter 3:18Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
- 1 John 3:7My little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:
- Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
- Matthew 7:16By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
- Acts 10:35but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.
- 1 John 3:9Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.
- 1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
- 1 John 5:1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
Commentaries on 1 John 2:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29If ye know that he is righteous - That God is a holy God, ye know also, that every one who doeth righteousness - who lives a holy life, following the commandments of God, is born of him, Begotten of him - is made a partaker of the Divine nature, without which he could neither have a holy heart, nor live a holy life. This verse properly belongs to the following chapter, and should not be separated from it. The subject is the same, and does not stand in any…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29If ye know that he is righteous - This is not said as if there could be any doubt on the subject, but merely to call their attention to it as a well-known truth, and to state what followed from it. Everyone who has any true acquaintance with God, must have the fullest conviction that he is a righteous Being. But, if this be so, John says, then it must follow that only those who are truly righteous can regard themselves as begotten of Him. Ye know…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-29Verses 24-29 The truth of Christ, abiding in us, is a means to sever from sin, and unites us to the Son of God, Joh 15:3, 4. What value should we put upon gospel truth! Thereby the promise of eternal life is made sure. The promise God makes, is suitable to his own greatness, power, and goodness; it is eternal life. The Spirit of truth will not lie; and he teaches all things in the present dispensation, all things necessary to our knowledge of God in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-29To remain in Christ means, in part, not being misled by any kind of false teaching. If those John is writing to follow false teachers, they will not be in fellowship with Christ. They will have reason to be ashamed when he returns because they will experience judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. The heading of the second division of the Epistle: "God is righteous; therefore, every one that doeth righteousness is born of Him." Love is the grand feature and principle of "righteousness" selected for discussion, 1Jo 2:29-3:3. If ye know ... ye know--distinct Greek verbs: "if ye are aware (are in possession of the knowledge) ... ye discern or apprehend also that," &c. Ye are already aware that God ("He" includes both "the Father," of whom the…Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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