1 John 3:7
1 John 3:7-8 The Message (MSG)
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.
1 John 3:7 King James Version (KJV)
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
1 John 3:7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous
1 John 3:7 New Century Version (NCV)
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.
1 John 3:7 American Standard Version (ASV)
My little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous
1 John 3:7 New International Version (NIV)
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
1 John 3:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
1 John 3:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
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.
1 John 3:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you about this: When people do what is right, it shows that they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous.