the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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1 John 3:7
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Dear children, don't let anyone lead you into the wrong way. Christ always did what was right. So to be good like Christ, you must do what is right.
Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, as he is righteous.
Babes let no man deceave you He that doeth righteousnes is righteous even as he is righteous.
Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you the wrong way. Christ is righteous. So to be like Christ a person must do what is right.
[My] little children, let no man lead you astray: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Beloved children, let no one deceive you. He that practiseth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Dear children, let no one lead you astray. The man who acts righteously is righteous, just as He is righteous.
Litle sones, no man disseyue you; he that doith riytwysnesse, is iust, as also he is iust.
[My] little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:
Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
Children, don't be fooled. Anyone who does right is good, just like Christ himself.
Little children (believers, dear ones), do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who practices righteousness [the one who strives to live a consistently honorable life—in private as well as in public—and to conform to God's precepts] is righteous, just as He is righteous.
My little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:
My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;
Children, don't let anyone deceive you — it is the person that keeps on doing what is right who is righteous, just as God is righteous.
Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as *he* is righteous.
Little children, don't let anyone deceive you. The person who practices righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.Ezekiel 18:5-9; Romans 2:13; 1 John 2:26,29;">[xr]
My sons, let no man deceive you: he who worketh righteousness is righteous, as also the Meshiha himself is righteous.
My children, let no one deceive you: he that doeth righteousness, is righteous, as the Messiah also is righteous.
Little children, let no man deceiue you: he that doth righteousnes, is righteous, euen as he is righteous.
My children, let no one lead you in the wrong way. The man who does what is right, is right with God in the same way as Christ is right with God.
Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
Litle children, let no man deceiue you: he that doeth righteousnes, is righteous, as hee is righteous.
My children, let no man deceive you; he who does righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
Dear children! Let, no one, lead you astray! He that is doing righteousness, is, righteous, just as, He, is righteous:
Little children, let no man deceive you. He that doth justice is just, even as he is just.
Babes, let no man deceaue you: He that doeth righteousnes, is ryghteous, euen as he is righteous.
Let no one deceive you, my children! Whoever does what is right is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
Children, let no one deceive you. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Little children, let no one deceive you: the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as that one is righteous.
Little children, let no one lead you astray; the one practicing righteousness is righteous, even as that One is righteous.
Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,
Babes, let noman disceaue you. He that doeth righteousnes, is righteous, euen as he is righteous.
dear children, let no man deceive you: only he that acts justly is just, as he is just.
So, my dear children, don't let anyone divert you from the truth. It's the person who acts right who is right, just as we see it lived out in our righteous Messiah. Those who make a practice of sin are straight from the Devil, the pioneer in the practice of sin. The Son of God entered the scene to abolish the Devil's ways.
Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.
Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
Don't let anyone pull the wool over your eyes! If you do what is right then you are right, just like Jesus is.
Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
let: 1 John 2:26, 1 John 2:29, Romans 2:13, 1 Corinthians 6:9, Galatians 6:7, Galatians 6:8, Ephesians 5:6, James 1:22, James 2:19, James 5:1-3
he that: Psalms 106:3, Ezekiel 18:5-9, Matthew 5:20, Luke 1:75, Acts 10:35, Romans 2:6-8, Romans 2:13, Romans 6:16-18, Ephesians 5:9, Philippians 1:11, 1 Peter 2:24
even: 1 John 3:3, 1 John 2:1, Psalms 45:7, Psalms 72:1-7, Hebrews 1:8, Hebrews 7:2, 1 Peter 1:15, 1 Peter 1:16
Reciprocal: Exodus 38:8 - the laver Psalms 15:2 - worketh Psalms 112:4 - righteous Proverbs 11:19 - righteousness Proverbs 12:28 - General Isaiah 5:7 - he looked Isaiah 26:7 - way Isaiah 33:15 - that walketh Ezekiel 14:20 - by Ezekiel 18:9 - is just Ezekiel 18:22 - in his Luke 1:6 - walking Luke 6:47 - doeth Acts 24:25 - righteousness 2 Corinthians 6:13 - I speak 2 Timothy 2:19 - depart 1 John 3:10 - whosoever
Cross-References
Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.
"God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil."
He replied, "I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked."
"Who told you that you were naked?" the Lord God asked. "Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?"
You will go mad because of all the tragedy you see around you.
As soon as they had entered Samaria, Elisha prayed, "O Lord , now open their eyes and let them see." So the Lord opened their eyes, and they discovered that they were in the middle of Samaria.
The bed you have made is too short to lie on. The blankets are too narrow to cover you.
Their webs can't be made into clothing, and nothing they do is productive. All their activity is filled with sin, and violence is their trademark.
and he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Little children, let no man deceive you,.... Neither by these doctrines, nor by wicked practices, drawing into the belief of the one, or into the performance of the other; suggesting, as the Gnostics did, that knowledge without practice was enough, and that it was no matter how a man lived, provided his notions of the Gospel were right:
he that doeth righteousness, is righteous; not that any man is made righteous by the works of the law, or by his obedience to the law of works, for this is contrary to the express word of God; and besides, the best righteousness of man is imperfect, and can never constitute or denominate him righteous before God; and was he justified by it; it would not only lay a foundation for boasting in him, which ought not to be, but would make the death, the sacrifice, and righteousness of Christ, to be in vain; men are only made righteous by the righteousness of Christ, which be has wrought out which is revealed in the Gospel, and received by faith, and which God imputes without works; so that he that doeth righteousness is he that being convinced of the insufficiency of his own righteousness, and of the excellency and suitableness of Christ's righteousness, renounces his own, and submits to his; who lays hold upon it, receives it, and exercises faith on it, as his justifying righteousness; and, in consequence of this, lives in a course of holiness and righteousness, in opposition to, and distinction from one that commits sin, or lives a sinful course of life; which, though it does not make him righteous in the sight of God, yet it shows him to be righteous in the sight of men, and proves that faith to be right which lays hold on the righteousness of Christ, by which he is truly righteous:
even as he is righteous; as Christ himself is righteous; and so the Syriac version reads; not as personal, or as he is personally and essentially righteous as God; but as mystical, every member of his body being clothed with the same robe of righteousness the whole body of Christ is, and indeed justified by the same righteousness that he as Mediator was, when he rose from the dead, as the representative of his people: moreover, as Christ showed himself to be righteous as man, by doing good, so believers in him, by imitating him, and walking as he walked, show themselves to be good and righteous, like, though not equal to him; for as a tree is known by its fruits, so is a good man by his good works, and a righteous man by doing righteousness; and as good fruit does not make a good tree, but shows it to be good, so good works do not make a good man, nor a man's own righteousness make him a righteous man, but show him to be so.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Little children - Notes at 1 John 2:1.
Let no man deceive you - That is, in the matter under consideration; to wit, by persuading you that a man may live in sinful practices, and yet be a true child of God. From this it is clear that the apostle supposed there were some who would attempt to do this, and it was to counteract their arts that he made these positive statements in regard to the nature of true religion.
He that doeth righteousness is righteous - This is laid down as a great and undeniable principle in religion - a maxim which none could dispute, and as important as it is plain. And it is worthy of all the emphasis which the apostle lays on it. The man who does righteousness, or leads an upright life, is a righteous man, and no other one is. No matter how any one may claim that he is justified by faith; no matter how he may conform to the external duties and rites of religion; no matter how zealous he may be for orthodoxy, or for the order of the church; no matter what visions and raptures he may have, or of what peace and joy in his soul he may boast; no matter how little he may fear death, or hope for heaven - unless he is in fact a righteous man, in the proper sense of the term, he cannot be a child of God. Compare Matthew 7:16-23. If he is, in the proper sense of the word, a man who keeps the law of God, and leads a holy life, he is righteous, for that is religion. Such a man, however, will always feel that his claim to be regarded as a righteous man is not to be traced to what he is in himself, but to what he owes to the grace of God.
Even as he is righteous - See the notes at 1 John 3:3. Not necessarily in this world to the same degree, but with the same kind of righteousness. Hereafter he will become wholly free from all sin, like his God and Saviour, 1 John 3:2.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 7. Let no man deceive you — Either by asserting that "you cannot be saved from sin in this life," or "that sin will do you no harm and cannot alter your state, if you are adopted into the family of God; for sin cannot annul this adoption." Hear God, ye deceivers! He that doeth righteousness is righteous, according to his state, nature, and the extent of his moral powers.
Even as he is righteous. — Allowing for the disparity that must necessarily exist between that which is bounded, and that which is without limits. As God, in the infinitude of his nature, is righteous; so they, being filled with him, are in their limited nature righteous.
