1 John 2:29

Since Christ is righteous, everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him. Righteous living evidences the new birth.

Cross-references · 27

• John 3:3–5Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
• 1 Jn 3:7Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
• John 1:13who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
• 1 Jn 5:1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
• 1 Jn 4:7Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.
• 1 Jn 3:9–10Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.
• Jas 1:18Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
• Acts 10:35but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
• 1 Jn 5:4For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.
• 1 Pet 3:18Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
• Titus 2:12–14instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;
• 1 Pet 1:23having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
• Heb 1:8–9But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.
• 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• 3 Jn 1:11Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.
• Acts 22:14He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
• 2 Cor 5:21For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
• 2 Pet 1:4by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.
• Heb 7:26For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
• Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
• Heb 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 means “king of peace”;
• 1 Jn 5:18We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.
• 1 Jn 2:1My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
• Matt 7:16–18By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
• 1 Jn 3:5You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
• Jer 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
• Acts 3:14But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

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