1 John 2:29

New Century Version

Since you know that Christ is righteous, you know that all who do right are God’s children.

Cross References

Jeremiah 13:23

Can a person from Cush change the color of his skin? Can a leopard change his spots? In the same way, Jerusalem, you cannot change and do good, because you are accustomed to doing evil.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, people of Jerusalem! Shout for joy, people of Jerusalem! Your king is coming to you. He does what is right, and he saves. He is gentle and riding on a donkey, on the colt of a donkey.

John 1:13

They did not become his children in any human way—by any human parents or human desire. They were born of God.

John 7:18

Those who teach their own ideas are trying to get honor for themselves. But those who try to bring honor to the one who sent them speak the truth, and there is nothing false in them.

Acts 10:35

In every country God accepts anyone who worships him and does what is right.

Acts 22:14

He said, ‘The God of our ancestors chose you long ago to know his plan, to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from him.

Acts 3:14

You did not want the One who is holy and good but asked Pilate to give you a murderer instead.

2 Corinthians 5:21

Christ had no sin, but God made him become sin so that in Christ we could become right with God.

Hebrews 7:2

and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything he had brought back from the battle. First, Melchizedek’s name means “king of goodness,” and he is king of Salem, which means “king of peace.”

Hebrews 7:26

Jesus is the kind of high priest we need. He is holy, sinless, pure, not influenced by sinners, and he is raised above the heavens.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth so we might be the most important of all the things he made.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born again, and this new life did not come from something that dies, but from something that cannot die. You were born again through God’s living message that continues forever.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In God’s great mercy he has caused us to be born again into a living hope, because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ himself suffered for sins once. He was not guilty, but he suffered for those who are guilty to bring you to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit.

2 Peter 1:4

Through these he gave us the very great and precious promises. With these gifts you can share in God’s nature, and the world will not ruin you with its evil desires.

1 John 2:1

My dear children, I write this letter to you so you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have a helper in the presence of the Father—Jesus Christ, the One who does what is right.

1 John 3:5

You know that Christ came to take away sins and that there is no sin in Christ.

1 John 3:7

Dear children, do not let anyone lead you the wrong way. Christ is righteous. So to be like Christ a person must do what is right.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has become God’s child and knows God.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is God’s child, and whoever loves the Father also loves the Father’s children.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who are God’s children do not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps them safe, and the Evil One cannot touch them.

1 John 5:4

because everyone who is a child of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world—our faith.

3 John 1:11

My dear friend, do not follow what is bad; follow what is good. The one who does good belongs to God. But the one who does evil has never known God.