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Ifἐὰνyou knowεἰδῆτεthatὅτιhe isἐστινrighteous,δίκαιόςknowγινώσκετεthatὅτιeveryoneπᾶςwhoὁdoesποιῶνrighteousnessτὴν δικαιοσύνηνhas been bornγεγέννηταιofἐξhim.αὐτοῦ
1 John 2:29
Study it in the app“If you know that he is righteous, know that everyone who does righteousness has been born of him.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 2:29, word by word
- you knowεἰδῆτεeidēte
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “eidēte” appears- he isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- righteousδίκαιόςdikaios
Righteous One
Jesus or God, the Righteous One.
Where else “dikaios” appears- knowγινώσκετεginōskete
find out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “ginōskete” appears- doesποιῶνpoiōn
practice
To put into practice, like God's will.
Where else “poiōn” appears- righteousnessδικαιοσύνηνdikaiosynēn
righteousness
Doing what is just, living as God wants.
Where else “dikaiosynēn” appears- has been bornγεγέννηταιgegennētai
be begotten
Giving life as God does: becoming God's children.
Where else “gegennētai” appears
The context
28And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not shrink away in shame from him at his coming.
29 · This verse (above)
To study 1 John 2 in a group
1. What it says
What does John say about the one who says "I have known him" but does not keep his commandments, and about the one who keeps his word (v. 3-6)?
2. What it means
John says the commandment is both old and new (v. 7-8). How does he explain it?
3. How I live it
John warns about loving the world (v. 15-17). What today competes for your attention against what really matters?