Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
1 John 3:7 - Revised Standard Version Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, as he is righteous. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Boys (lads), let no one deceive and lead you astray. He who practices righteousness [who is upright, conforming to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action, living a consistently conscientious life] is righteous, even as He is righteous. American Standard Version (1901) My little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous: Common English Bible Little children, make sure no one deceives you. The person who practices righteousness is righteous, in the same way that Jesus is righteous. Catholic Public Domain Version Little sons, let no one deceive you. Whoever does justice is just, even as he also is just. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Little children, let no man deceive you. He that doth justice is just, even as he is just. |
Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows;
For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
but in every nation any one who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts,
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is because of these things that the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
But of the Son he says, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever, the righteous scepter is the scepter of thy kingdom.
and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that every one who does right is born of him.
Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth.
In this is love perfected with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so are we in this world.