Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
even as he is righteous: Jesus is the perfect model of righteousness. As He said to John the Baptist, "thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness" (Matthew 3:15). The Amplified Bible translates Jesus’ words, "to perform completely whatever is right." This philosophy was the order of Jesus’ life; He always did what was right. What was right was God’s will. "Thy will be done" was the guiding principle in His earthly existence. "Lo, I come to do thy will, O God" (Hebrews 10:9) were the words He lived by when He came to this earth. And thus, He left "us an example that we should follow His steps" (1 Peter 2:21). Jesus is the only man Who ever lived Who could say without any reservation, "Follow me." We will never achieve the sinless perfection He exhibited, but we can aspire to follow Him and never be satisfied with less than total imitation of the greatest life ever lived.