1 John 3:7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

Cross References

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who does right has been born of him.

Romans 2:13

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God's sight, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

1 John 3:3

And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

1 John 2:26

I write these things to you concerning those who would deceive you.

1 John 2:1

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

Psalm 45:7

you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

Acts 10:35

but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

Ephesians 5:9

for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.

Psalm 106:3

Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times.

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites,

Luke 1:75

in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

James 2:19

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder.

Philippians 1:11

having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.

Matthew 5:20

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

James 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.

Hebrews 7:2

and to him Abraham apportioned “one-tenth of everything.” His name, in the first place, means “king of righteousness”; next he is also king of Salem, that is, “king of peace.”

Hebrews 1:8

But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on those who are disobedient.

1 John 3:18

Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.

1 John 4:17

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.