1 John 3:7

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Summary

1 John 3:7

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

Let

He that

Even

1 Peter 1:15

General references

Proverbs 12:28

Bible References

Let

I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.

For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.

Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

He that

Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,

For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.

In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.

But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.

Who will give to every man his right reward:

Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.

(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),

Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

Even

And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.

And to whom Abraham gave a tenth part of everything which he had, being first named King of righteousness, and then in addition, King of Salem, that is to say, King of peace;

But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;

General references

In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.