1 John 2:6 KJV — MannaFest

1 John 2:6

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

KJV

Parallel translations

4 additional translations

▾

ASV

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

WEB

Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

YLT

He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.

DBT

He that says he abides in him ought, even as he walked, himself also [so] to walk.

About this book

New Testament

▾

1 John — The aged apostle writes to churches in Asia Minor facing docetic teachers who deny the incarnation. Three tests interweave through five short chapters: walk in the light, love the brethren, confess Jesus come in the flesh.

Author: The apostle John — same author as the Gospel of John and 2/3 John; early church unanimous
Date: Late 1st century, c. AD 85–95, likely written from Ephesus

Book overview →Read full book →Read chapter 2 →

⋯

Commentary voices

loading…

Featured studies

loading…

Cross-references

26 verses on the floor

John 15:4
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Philippians 2:5
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
1 Peter 2:21
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
Colossians 2:6
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
John 13:15
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

Show all 26 cross-references ▾

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Cross-references

loading…

Voices2

On this verse

Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

11 ), and the old commandment, 2 John 5 . Now, while the apostle addresses himself to the recommendation of such a practice, he is ready to give an instance thereof in his affectionate appellation: " Brethren, you who are dear to me in the bond of that love to which I would solicit you;" and so the precept of fraternal love is recommended, I.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

"Even as He walked" when on earth, especially in respect to love. John delights in referring to Christ as the model man, with the words, "Even as He," &c. "It is not Christ's walking on the sea, but His ordinary walk, that we are called on to imitate" [LUTHER].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

On this verse

loading…

Words5

Word trails from this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G378435× in canon G404394× in canon G3306118× in canon G2531182× in canon G1565260× in canon

The quotation web

loading…

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

1JN 2:61CO 11:1 PHP 3:17
1JN 2:61CO 11:1 1TH 1:6
1JN 2:61PE 2:21 EPH 5:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1JN 2:61CO 11:1 EPH 5:1-2
1JN 2:61CO 11:1 1CO 4:16
1JN 2:61CO 11:1 HEB 6:12
1JN 2:61PE 2:21 MAT 16:24
1JN 2:61JN 3:6 3JN 1:11

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

Where the connections lead

loading…

Continue: 1 John 2 →