Remain in Christ

1 John 2:29

In 9 translations

BSB: If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
KJV: If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
WEB: If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
ASV: If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.
LSV: if you know that He is righteous, know that everyone doing righteousness, has been begotten of Him.
YLT: if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.
DBY: If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him.
DRC: If you know, that he is just, know ye, that every one also, who doth justice, is born of him.
GNV: If ye know that he is righteous, know ye that he which doeth righteously, is borne of him.

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In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Tregelles include καὶ (“also”); SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.

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SBLGNT: ὅτι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Robinson–Pierpont read ὅτι; Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Tregelles add καὶ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: ἐὰν εἰδῆτε ὅτι δίκαιός ἐστιν, γινώσκετε ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην ἐξ αὐτοῦ γεγέννηται.
RP2018: Ἐὰν εἰδῆτε ὅτι δίκαιός ἐστιν, γινώσκετε ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην ἐξ αὐτοῦ γεγέννηται.
TR-Boyd: Ἐὰν εἰδῆτε ὅτι δίκαιός ἐστι, γινώσκετε ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην ἐξ αὐτοῦ γεγέννηται.γεγέννηται ¦ γεγένηται ST
SCR1894: εαν ειδητε οτι δικαιος εστιν γινωσκετε οτι πας ο ποιων την δικαιοσυνην εξ αυτου γεγεννηται

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Regeneration Righteousness Bear; Born Begotten Gnosticism New Birth, The Holiness John, the Epistles of Johannine Theology Jesus, the Christ

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

John 3:3–5Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”…
1 John 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
John 1:13children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 3:9–10Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil:…
James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
1 John 5:4because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
Acts 10:35but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
Acts 22:14Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
3 John 1:11Beloved, 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.
1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
2 Peter 1:4Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Hebrews 7:26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

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