Can the Cushite change his skin, or a leopard his spots? If so, you might be able to do what is good, you who are instructed in evil.
1 John 2:29 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If you know that he is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right has been born of him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you know (perceive and are sure) that He [Christ] is [absolutely] righteous [conforming to the Father's will in purpose, thought, and action], you may also know (be sure) that everyone who does righteously [and is therefore in like manner conformed to the divine will] is born (begotten) of Him [God]. American Standard Version (1901) If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him. Common English Bible If you know that he is righteous, you also know that every person who practices righteousness is born from him. Catholic Public Domain Version If you know that he is just, then know, too, that all who do what is just are born of him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If you know, that he is just, know ye, that every one also, who doth justice, is born of him. |
Can the Cushite change his skin, or a leopard his spots? If so, you might be able to do what is good, you who are instructed in evil.
Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem! Look, your King is coming to you; he is righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.
The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
And he said, “The God of our ancestors has appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the words from his mouth,
You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer released to you.
He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means king of righteousness, then also, king of Salem, meaning king of peace.
For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
because you have been born again #– #not of perishable seed but of imperishable #– #through the living and enduring word of God.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh , but made alive by the Spirit,
By these he has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.
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 one.
You know that he was revealed so that he might take away sins, , and there is no sin in him.
Little children, let no one deceive you. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of him.
We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the one who is born of God keeps him, , and the evil one does not touch him.
because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.