⁷ 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.

²⁹ Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children.

¹⁵ But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. ¹⁶ For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”^[a]

¹³ For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight.

²⁶ I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray.