1 John 2:29 BSB — MannaFest

1 John 2:29

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Clement of Alexandria

From the Latin Translation of Cassiodorus (215)

"Every one," he says, "who does righteousness is born of God;" being regenerated, that is, according to faith.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Everyone - And none else. Who practiceth righteousness - From a believing, loving heart. Is born of him - For all his children are like himself.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

If 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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐὰν	ean	If	G1437 →
εἰδῆτε	eidēte	you know
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
δίκαιός	dikaios	righteous	G1342 →
ἐστιν,	estin	He is,	G1510 →
γινώσκετε	ginōskete	you know	G1097 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
πᾶς	pas	everyone	G3956 →
ὁ	ho	who	G3588 →
ποιῶν	poiōn	is practicing	G4160 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
δικαιοσύνην	dikaiosunēn	righteousness	G1343 →
ἐξ	ex	of	G1537 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	Him	G846 →
γεγέννηται.	gegennētai	has been begotten.	G1080 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 1:13
children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
leads to
- James 1:18
  He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
- 1 John 3:9
  Anyone 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.
- 1 Peter 1:23
  For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- 1 Peter 1:3
  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,
- John 3:5–8
  Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
Through
1 John 5:1
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.
leads to
- John 1:12–13
  But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
Through
1 John 3:7
Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
leads to
- Romans 2:13
  For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
- 1 Peter 1:15–16
  But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 John