If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those
Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has be
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to de
because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His vo
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous a
It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the pres
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the h
But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope
Beloved, 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 s
Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of th
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advoca
We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one can
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to d
You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.