John 3:21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.”

Cross References

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true;

3 John 1:11

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.

Ephesians 5:9

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

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Philippians 2:13

for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Galatians 6:8

If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh, but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

Psalm 119:80

May my heart be blameless in your statutes, so that I may not be put to shame.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.

Hebrews 13:21

make you complete in everything good so that you may do his will, as he works among us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen.

Colossians 1:29

For this I toil and strive with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.

Philippians 1:11

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

John 5:39

“You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, and it is they that testify on my behalf.

John 1:47

When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”

2 Corinthians 1:12

Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me.

Hosea 14:8

O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; your fruit comes from me.

Isaiah 26:12

O Lord, may you ordain peace for us, for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us.

Revelation 3:15

“I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot.

Isaiah 8:20

for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!

John 3:20

For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.

John 7:17

Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.