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1 John 3:7
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KJ21
Little children, let no man deceive you. He that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous.
ASV
My little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:
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.
AMPC
Boys (lads), let no one deceive and lead you astray. He who practices righteousness [who is upright, conforming to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action, living a consistently conscientious life] is righteous, even as He is righteous.
BRG
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
CSB
Little children, let no one deceive you. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
CSBA
Little children, let no one deceive you. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
CEB
Little children, make sure no one deceives you. The person who practices righteousness is righteous, in the same way that Jesus is righteous.
CJB
Children, don’t let anyone deceive you — it is the person that keeps on doing what is right who is righteous, just as God is righteous.
CEV
Children, don't be fooled. Anyone who does right is good, just like Christ himself.
DARBY
Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as *he* is righteous.
DLNT
Little-children, let no one be deceiving you— the one doing righteousness is righteous, just as that One is righteous.
DRA
Little children, let no man deceive you. He that doth justice is just, even as he is just.
ERV
Dear children, don’t let anyone lead you into the wrong way. Christ always did what was right. So to be good like Christ, you must do what is right.
EASY
My little children, do not let anyone deceive you about sin. It is people who live in a good way that God accepts as right. In the same way, Jesus did only what is good and right.
EHV
Dear children, do not let anyone deceive you. Whoever does what is right is righteous just as Jesus is righteous.
ESV
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
ESVUK
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practises righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
EXB
Dear children [2:1], do not let anyone ·lead you the wrong way [deceive you]. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as ·Christ [L he] is righteous.
GNV
Little children, let no man deceive you, he that doeth righteousness, is righteous, as he is righteous.
GW
Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you. Whoever does what God approves of has God’s approval as Christ has God’s approval.
GNT
Let no one deceive you, my children! Whoever does what is right is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
HCSB
Little children, let no one deceive you! The one who does what is right is righteous, just as He is righteous.
ICB
Dear children, do not let any person lead you the wrong way. Christ is righteous. To be like Christ, a person must do what is right.
ISV
Little children, don’t let anyone deceive you. The person who practices righteousness is righteous, just as the Messiah is righteous.
PHILLIPS
You, my children, are younger than I am, and I don’t want you to be taken in by any clever talk just here. The man who lives a consistently good life is a good man, as surely as God is good. But the man whose life is habitually sinful is spiritually a son of the devil, for the devil is behind all sin, as he always has been. Now the Son of God came to earth with the express purpose of liquidating the devil’s activities. The man who is really God’s son does not practise sin, for God’s nature is in him, for good, and such a heredity is incapable of sin.
JUB
Little children, let no one deceive you; he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he also is righteous.
KJV
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
AKJV
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
LSB
Little children, let no one deceive you. The one who does righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
LEB
Little children, let no one deceive you: the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as that one is righteous.
TLB
Oh, dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you about this: if you are constantly doing what is good, it is because you are good, even as he is.
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.
MEV
Little children, let no one deceive you. The one who does righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
MOUNCE
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever makes it a practice to do what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
NOG
Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you. Whoever does what God approves of has God’s approval as Christ has God’s approval.
NABRE
Children, let no one deceive you. The person who acts in righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.
NASB
Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;
NASB1995
Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;
NCB
Dear children, do not let anyone deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
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.
NET
Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.
NIRV
Dear children, don’t let anyone lead you astray. The person who does what is right is holy, just as Christ is holy.
NIV
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
NIVUK
Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
NKJV
Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
NLV
My children, let no one lead you in the wrong way. The man who does what is right, is right with God in the same way as Christ is right with God.
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.
NMB
Babes, let no one deceive you. He who does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.
NRSVA
Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
NRSVACE
Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
NRSVCE
Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
NRSVUE
Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
NTFE
Children, don’t let anyone deceive you. The person who does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.
OJB
Yeladim, let no [navi sheker, 1Y 4:1] deceive you; the one practicing tzedek is tzodek, even as that One is Tzaddik.
RGT
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous (as He is righteous).
RSV
Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, as he is righteous.
RSVCE
Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, as he is righteous.
TLV
Children, let no one mislead you! The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Yeshua is righteous.
VOICE
Children, don’t let anyone pull one over on you. The one doing the right thing is just imitating Jesus, the Righteous One.
WEB
Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
WE
My children, do not let anyone fool you. Anyone who does what is good, is good just as Christ is good.
WYC
Little sons, no man deceive you; he that doeth rightwiseness, is just, as also he is just.
YLT
Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,
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