John 3:21

Those who live by the truth come to the light so their deeds are seen as done in God. Genuine faith welcomes the light rather than fleeing it.

Cross-references · 29

• 1 Jn 1:6If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
• Ps 139:23–24Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
• 3 Jn 1:11Beloved, 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.
• Eph 5:9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
• Phil 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
• Ps 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
• 1 Jn 4:15–16If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
• 1 Jn 2:27–29And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
• Gal 6:8The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
• Phil 1:11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
• Ps 119:80May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
• John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
• 1 Pet 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
• Heb 13:21equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
• 1 Jn 4:12–13No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
• John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
• Gal 5:22–23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• Col 1:29To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
• Isa 26:12O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.
• John 15:4–5Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
• Acts 17:11–12Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
• 2 Cor 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
• 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
• Ps 1:1–3Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
• Hos 14:8O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
• 2 Pet 1:5–10For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
• Isa 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
• Rev 3:1–2“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.
• Rev 3:15I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!

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