Children of God
1 John 3:7
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.NA Young children in trainingLiterally He is righteous
- KJV
- Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
- WEB
- Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
- ASV
- My little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:
- LSV
- Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous,
- YLT
- Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,
- DBY
- Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
- DRC
- Little children, let no man deceive you. He that doth justice is just, even as he is just.
- GNV
- Litle children, let no man deceiue you: he that doeth righteousnes, is righteous, as hee is righteous.
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- NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Τεκνία (“little children”); NA28 read Παιδία (“little children”).
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- SBLGNT: τεκνία. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 27th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read τεκνία; Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Westcott and Hort (margin) read παιδία.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- τεκνία, μηδεὶς πλανάτω ὑμᾶς· ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην δίκαιός ἐστιν, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος δίκαιός ἐστιν·
- RP2018
- Τεκνία, μηδεὶς πλανάτω ὑμᾶς· ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην δίκαιός ἐστιν, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος δίκαιός ἐστιν·
- TR-Boyd
- Τεκνία, μηδεὶς πλανάτω ὑμᾶς· ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην δίκαιός ἐστι, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος δίκαιός ἐστιν·
- SCR1894
- τεκνια μηδεις πλανατω υμας ο ποιων την δικαιοσυνην δικαιος εστιν καθως εκεινος δικαιος εστιν
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
RighteousnessDeceivableness; DeceiveEthicsPerfectionHolinessRighteousJohannine TheologyWicked (People)ChurchJohn, the Epistles of
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 John 2:29If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- 1 Peter 1:15–16But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
- Romans 2:13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
- 1 John 3:3And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
- Acts 10:35but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
- 1 John 2:1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
- 1 John 2:26I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
- Psalms 45:7You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- Galatians 6:7–8Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the…
- Romans 6:16–18Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness? But thanks be to God…
- Ephesians 5:9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
- Psalms 106:3Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
- 1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Luke 1:75in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
- Psalms 72:1–7Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness. May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice. May the mountains bring peace to the people, and…
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
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