the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.
Righteousness will go before Him And will establish the way of His steps.
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.
For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.
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.
Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
and walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.
For to this you have been called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in His steps,
And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He is manifested, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.
The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
And the one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He gave us.
No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or has come to know Him.
By this, love has been perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because as He is, so also are we in this world.