1st John Chapter 3 verse 7 Holy Bible
`My' little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:
read chapter 3 in ASV
My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;
read chapter 3 in BBE
Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as *he* is righteous.
read chapter 3 in DARBY
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
read chapter 3 in KJV
read chapter 3 in WBT
Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
read chapter 3 in WEB
Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,
read chapter 3 in YLT
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - St. John repeats his declaration with emphasis and fresh considerations; hence the repetition of the tender address (1 John 2:1), "Little children, let no one ever seduce you into the belief that character and practice can be separated. He that doeth righteousness is righteous; for a righteous man inevitably practices righteousness." There are always persons who endeavour to reconcile religion with moral laxity, and in St. John's day some Gnostics definitely taught that conduct was immaterial to the spiritual man, for no external acts could defile such. "The external acts," says St. John, "prove the man's spiritual character and origin. He that doeth righteousness is righteous and is of God: he that doeth sin is of the devil." Note the difference between "even as" in verses 3 and 7. There καθώς introduces a pattern as a fresh motive for self-purification; here it introduces a comparison. Christ is righteous, and his character produces nothing but righteousness; so also is it with the righteous Christian.
