29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. …
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-29)From the blessing of the sacred unction the apostle proceeds in his advice and exhortation to constancy in and with Christ: And now, little children, abide in him , 1 John 2:28. The apostle repeats his kind appellation, little children , which I suppose does not so much denote their diminutiveness as his affection, and therefore, I judge, may be rendered dear children . He would persuade by love,…
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