1 John 2:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk in the same way as he walked.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Whoever says he abides in Him ought [as a personal debt] to walk and conduct himself in the same way in which He walked and conducted Himself.

American Standard Version (1901)

he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

Common English Bible

The one who claims to remain in him ought to live in the same way as he lived.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever declares himself to remain in him, ought to walk just as he himself walked.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked.

1 John 2:6 Cross References

Psalm 85:13

Righteousness will go before him and will make a path for his steps.

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

John 13:15

For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.

John 15:10

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

1 Peter 2:21

For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps.

1 John 2:28

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.

1 John 2:4

Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist;

1 John 3:24

All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.

1 John 3:6

No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.

1 John 4:17

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.