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1 John 2:6

Whoever claims to be living in him should behave like Jesus.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5But those who follow God's word have his love totally fill their minds. This is how we know that we live in him.

7My friends, I'm not writing to you giving some new commandment, but an old commandment you've had from the beginning. This old commandment is one you have already heard.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:29Accept my yoke, and learn from me. For I am kind and have a humble heart, and in me you will find the rest you need.

John 15:4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as a branch cannot produce fruit unless it remains part of the vine, so it is for you: you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.

Ephesians 5:2Live in love, just as Christ loved you. He gave himself for us, a gift and sacrificial offering to God like a sweet-smelling perfume.

1 John 1:6If we claim to share this friendship with him and yet go on living in darkness, we're lying, and not living in the truth.

1 John 2:28Now, my dear friends, continue to live in Christ, so that when he appears, we can be confident and not feel ashamed before him at his coming.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:4-7

The Believer's Duty. ( a. d. 80.) 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. These verses may seem to relate to the seventh verse of the former chapter , between which and these verses there… Read the whole commentary →

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