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1 John 2:6 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked. "

1 John 2:6

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4 One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.

5 But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:

6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

7 Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

8 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines.

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1 John 2:1

"My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous."

1 John 2:2

"And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world."

1 John 2:3

"This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments."

1 John 2:4

"One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him."

1 John 2:5

"But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:"

1 John 2:7

"Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning."

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