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1 John 2:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If
ean (Greek #1437)
a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
KJV usage: before, but, except, (and) if, (if) so, (what-, whither-)soever, though, when (-soever), whether (or), to whom, (who-)so(-ever). See 3361.
Pronounce: eh-an'
Origin: from 1487 and 302
ye know
eido (Greek #1492)
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
KJV usage: be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: i'-do
Origin: a primary verb
that
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
he is
esti (Greek #2076)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
KJV usage: are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
Pronounce: es-tee'
Origin: third person singular present indicative of 1510
righteous
dikaios (Greek #1342)
equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively)
KJV usage: just, meet, right(-eous).
Pronounce: dik'-ah-yos
Origin: from 1349
, δye know
ginosko (Greek #1097)
to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
KJV usage: allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.
Pronounce: ghin-oce'-ko
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb
that
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
t every one
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
that
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
doeth
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
righteousness
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
dikaiosune (Greek #1343)
equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
KJV usage: righteousness.
Pronounce: dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay
Origin: from 1342
is born
gennao (Greek #1080)
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
KJV usage: bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.
Pronounce: ghen-nah'-o
Origin: from a variation of 1085
of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
him
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
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or, know ye.
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Jer. 13:23• 23Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil. (Jer. 13:23)
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Matt. 7:16‑18• 16By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?
 17So every good tree produces good fruits, but the worthless tree produces bad fruits.
 18A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits. (Matt. 7:16‑18)

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Ministry on This Verse

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he is.
1 John 2:1• 1My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; (1 John 2:1)
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1 John 3:5• 5And ye know that *he* has been manifested that he might take away our sins; and in him sin is not. (1 John 3:5)
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Zech. 9:9• 9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh to thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass. (Zech. 9:9)
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Acts 3:14• 14But *ye* denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man that was a murderer should be granted to you; (Acts 3:14)
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Acts 22:14• 14And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth; (Acts 22:14)
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2 Cor. 5:21• 21Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that *we* might become God's righteousness in him. (2 Cor. 5:21)
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Heb. 1:8‑9• 8but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
 9Thou hast loved righteousness and hast hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with oil of gladness above thy companions. (Heb. 1:8‑9)
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Heb. 7:2,26• 2to whom Abraham gave also the tenth portion of all; first being interpreted King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is King of peace;
 26For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens: (Heb. 7:2,26)
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1 Peter 3:18• 18for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in the Spirit, (1 Peter 3:18)
ye know.
or, know ye.
that every.
1 John 3:7,10• 7Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as *he* is righteous.
 10In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, and he who does not love his brother. (1 John 3:7,10)
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Jer. 13:23• 23Can an Ethiopian change his skin, or a leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, who are accustomed to do evil. (Jer. 13:23)
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Matt. 7:16‑18• 16By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or from thistles figs?
 17So every good tree produces good fruits, but the worthless tree produces bad fruits.
 18A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits. (Matt. 7:16‑18)
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Acts 10:35• 35but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him. (Acts 10:35)
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Titus 2:12‑14• 12teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,
 13awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
 14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works. (Titus 2:12‑14)
is born.
1 John 3:9• 9Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God. (1 John 3:9)
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1 John 4:7• 7Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God. (1 John 4:7)
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1 John 5:1• 1Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him. (1 John 5:1)
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John 1:13• 13who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of God. (John 1:13)
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John 3:3‑5• 3Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born anew he cannot see the kingdom of God.
 4Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be born being old? can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born?
 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (John 3:3‑5)
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James 1:18• 18According to his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a certain first-fruits of *his* creatures. (James 1:18)
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1 Peter 1:3,23• 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,
 23being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the living and abiding word of God. (1 Peter 1:3,23)
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2 Peter 1:4• 4through which he has given to us the greatest and precious promises, that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. (2 Peter 1:4)
• It is because we know that He is righteous that we know that “he who doeth righteousness is born of him.” It is the same nature demonstrated by the same fruits. (“1 John 2” by J.N. Darby)
• We get in Christ what the character and nature of God is, in a man as living in this world; and then he shows that it is true of us too, as having the same life. (“Notes on 1 John 2:28-29 and 3:1-11” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If ye knowe that he is righteous, knowf that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him.

JND Translation Notes

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Here eidete from oida, conscious knowledge; then ginoskete from ginosko, knowledge of something from without, from witness to us.
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Or "ye know."

W. Kelly Translation

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Ifa ye know that he is righteous, knowb that every one that doeth righteousness hath been begotten of himc.

WK Translation Notes

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a
The word "if" is better than "when," as the question is one of contingent consequence, and not exactly time.
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The imperative form of the margin "know ye" (ginōskete) is better than the indicative of the RV; but there is no indication of the difference between the two words for "know," (eidēte and ginōskete). The Revisers adopted the word "also" in the last clause; but in this epistle we have the older authorities agreeing in strange readings.
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2:29: The expressions, "hath been begotten," "hath been born" (3:9), "is begotten" (5:1, 4, 9) is the same word gegennētai which is indifferently translated "born," and "begotten." The true distinction, I apprehend, is that the aorist is purely the historical fact, the perfect adds the idea of a certain condition or state resulting from that fact. In this instance, it seems to me, that both could be and are said of the same persons.