1 John 3:7

Good News Translation

Let no one deceive you, my children! Whoever does what is right is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

Cross References

Psalm 106:3

Happy are those who obey his commands, who always do what is right.

Psalm 45:7

you love what is right and hate what is evil. That is why God, your God, has chosen you and has poured out more happiness on you than on any other king.

Matthew 5:20

I tell you, then, that you will be able to enter the Kingdom of heaven only if you are more faithful than the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees in doing what God requires.

Luke 1:75

so that we might be holy and righteous before him all the days of our life.

Acts 10:35

Those who fear him and do what is right are acceptable to him, no matter what race they belong to.

Romans 2:13

For it is not by hearing the Law that people are put right with God, but by doing what the Law commands.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Surely you know that the wicked will not possess God's Kingdom. Do not fool yourselves; people who are immoral or who worship idols or are adulterers or homosexual perverts

Ephesians 5:6

Do not let anyone deceive you with foolish words; it is because of these very things that God's anger will come upon those who do not obey him.

Ephesians 5:9

for it is the light that brings a rich harvest of every kind of goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Philippians 1:11

Your lives will be filled with the truly good qualities which only Jesus Christ can produce, for the glory and praise of God.

Hebrews 1:8

About the Son, however, God said: “Your kingdom, O God, will last forever and ever! You rule over your people with justice.

Hebrews 7:2

and Abraham gave him one tenth of all he had taken. (The first meaning of Melchizedek's name is “King of Righteousness”; and because he was king of Salem, his name also means “King of Peace.”)

James 1:22

Do not deceive yourselves by just listening to his word; instead, put it into practice.

James 2:19

Do you believe that there is only one God? Good! The demons also believe—and tremble with fear.

1 Peter 2:24

Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been healed.

1 John 2:1

I am writing this to you, my children, so that you will not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have someone who pleads with the Father on our behalf—Jesus Christ, the righteous one.

1 John 2:26

I am writing this to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

1 John 2:29

You know that Christ is righteous; you should know, then, that everyone who does what is right is God's child.

1 John 3:18

My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.

1 John 3:3

Everyone who has this hope in Christ keeps himself pure, just as Christ is pure.

1 John 4:17

Love is made perfect in us in order that we may have courage on the Judgment Day; and we will have it because our life in this world is the same as Christ's.