Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in 1 John 3:7

“Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.”

1 John 3:7 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in 1 John 3:7, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of 1 John 3. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • 1 John 2:29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
  • 1 Peter 1:15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
  • Romans 2:13(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
  • 1 John 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
  • 1 John 2:26These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
  • Acts 10:35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
  • Psalms 45:7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
  • 1 John 2:1My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
  • Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
  • Ephesians 5:9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
  • Psalms 106:3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
  • Romans 6:16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
  • Psalms 72:1Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
  • Luke 1:75In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

More to meet God in 1 John

1 John 1:91 John 4:191 John 4:181 John 3:11 John 5:141 John 4:81 John 5:201 John 2:11 John 5:61 John 5:111 John 1:31 John 3:221 John 2:161 John 2:13

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.