Can the Ethiopian change his skin? Or the leopard his spots? So, could you do good, that are accustomed to doing evil?
1 John 2:29 - Tree of Life Version If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who does what is right is 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 Ethiopian change his skin? Or the leopard his spots? So, could you do good, that are accustomed to doing evil?
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you, a righteous one bringing salvation. He is lowly, riding on a donkey— on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
They were born not of a bloodline, nor of human desire, nor of man’s will, but of God.
Whoever speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
but in every nation the one who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him.
“And he said, ‘The God of our fathers handpicked you to know His will—to see the Righteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth.
But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you.
He made the One who knew no sin to become a sin offering on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth of everything. First, by the translation of his name, he is “King of Righteousness”; and then also King of Salem, which is “King of Shalom.”
For such a Kohen Gadol was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
By His will, He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all He created.
You have been born again—not from perishable seed but imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah! In His great mercy He caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Messiah Yeshua from the dead.
For Messiah once suffered for sins also—the righteous for the unrighteous—in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Ruach.
Through these things He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, since you have escaped the corruption that evil desires have brought into the world.
My children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Intercessor with the Father—the righteous Messiah Yeshua.
You know that Yeshua appeared in order to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
Children, let no one mislead you! The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Yeshua is righteous.
Loved ones, let us love one another, for love is from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
Everyone who believes that Yeshua is the Messiah is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves the one born of Him.
We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; rather, the One born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot touch him.
For everyone born of God overcomes the world. And the victory that has overcome the world is this—our faith.
Loved ones, 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.