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1 John 2:6–7

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6whoever says he gabides in him hought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

The New Commandment

7Beloved, I am writing you ino new commandment, but jan old commandment kthat you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.

Read in Logos
1 John 2:6: …whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

Cross references

  1. gJohn 15:4, 5, 7
  2. hSee Matt. 11:29
  3. i2 John 5
  4. jLev. 19:18
  5. k[ver. 24; ch. 3:11; 2 John 5, 6]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The one who says he remains in him should walk just as he walked.

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the word you have heard.

NLTNew Living Translation

Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.

Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The one who says that he resides in him ought also to walk just as that one walked.

Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message which you have heard.

KJV 1900King James Version

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.