1 John 3:7
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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.
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1 Peter 1:15-16
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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]
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- 1:16 Lev 11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7.
1 John 2:29
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29 Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children.
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Romans 2:13
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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.
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1 John 3:3
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3 And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.
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1 John 2:26
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26 I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray.
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1 John 2:1
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2 My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.
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Psalm 45:7
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7 You love justice and hate evil.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you,
pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.
Galatians 6:7-8
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7 Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. 8 Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.
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Acts 10:35
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35 In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right.
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Ephesians 5:9
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9 For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.
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Romans 6:16-18
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16 Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. 17 Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you. 18 Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.
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Psalm 106:3
New Living Translation
3 There is joy for those who deal justly with others
and always do what is right.
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