Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
He saying he remains in him ought, as he walked about, so also he to walk about.
New American Standard Bible
the one who says he
King James Version
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Holman Bible
The one who says he remains in Him
International Standard Version
The one who says that he abides in him must live the same way he himself lived.
A Conservative Version
He who claims to abide in him he also ought so to walk just as that man walked.
American Standard Version
he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
Amplified
whoever says he lives in Christ [that is, whoever says he has accepted Him as God and Savior] ought [as a moral obligation] to walk and conduct himself just as He walked and conducted Himself.
An Understandable Version
The person who claims he is continuing to live in [fellowship with] Jesus should also live the way He did.
Anderson New Testament
He that says, he abides in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Bible in Basic English
He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.
Common New Testament
he who says he abides in him ought to walk as he walked.
Daniel Mace New Testament
he that says he is attach'd to Christ, ought to regulate his conduct by his example.
Darby Translation
He that says he abides in him ought, even as he walked, himself also so to walk.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
He who says he abides in him, ought, himself, also, so to walk even as he walked.
Godbey New Testament
The one saying that he abides in him ought himself so to walk about, as he also did walk about.
Goodspeed New Testament
whoever says, "I am always in union with him" must live just as he lived.
John Wesley New Testament
He that saith, he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
King James 2000
He that says he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The one who says [that he] resides in him ought also to walk just as that one walked.
Modern King James verseion
He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk even as He walked.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that saith he bideth in him, ought to walk even as he walked.
Moffatt New Testament
he who says he 'remains in him' ought to live as he lived.
Montgomery New Testament
By who says he "remains in him" ought to spend his life as he spent his.
NET Bible
The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.
New Heart English Bible
he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
Noyes New Testament
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Sawyer New Testament
He that says he continues in him, ought also himself so to walk as he walked.
The Emphasized Bible
He that saith, that, in him, he abideth, ought, just as He walked, himself also, to be walking.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
He who saith that he abideth in him, ought as he walked, even so himself to walk.
Twentieth Century New Testament
He who professes to maintain union with God is himself bound to live as Christ lived.
Webster
He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Weymouth New Testament
The man who professes to be continuing in Him is himself also bound to live as He lived.
Williams New Testament
Whoever claims, "I am always in union with Him," ought to live as He lived.
World English Bible
he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
Worrell New Testament
He who says that he is abiding in Him ought himself also to walk even as He walked.
Worsley New Testament
He that saith, he abideth in Him, ought himself also so to walk even as He walked.
Youngs Literal Translation
He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.
Themes
Believers » Walk » Christlikeness
Evangelism » What preachers should do
Christ, our example » Conformity to, required in » Righteousness
Holiness » The character of Christ, the standard of
Jesus Christ » Who is in jesus Christ
Nearness to God » Abiding in Christ (select reading john 15)
Union with Christ » They who have, ought to walk as he walked
Interlinear
Opheilo
References
Hastings
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 2:6
Images 1 John 2:6
Prayers for 1 John 2:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Commands
5 Whoever should keep his word, truly in him has the word of God been completed: in this we know that we are in him. 6 He saying he remains in him ought, as he walked about, so also he to walk about. 7 Brethren, I write no new command to you, but an old command which ye had from the beginning. The old command is the word which ye heard from the beginning.
Cross References
1 Peter 2:21
For to this were ye called: for also Christ suffered for you, leaving behind to you an underwriting, that ye should follow upon his footsteps:
Matthew 11:29
Lift up my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and humble in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls.
John 13:15
For I have given you a pattern, as I have done to you, also should ye do.
1 Corinthians 11:1
Be ye imitators of me, as I also of Christ.
John 15:4-6
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it remain not in the vine; so neither ye, if ye remain not in me.
Ephesians 5:2
And walk ye in love, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us a gift and sacrifice to God for a smell of sweet odor.
1 John 1:6-7
If we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we are deceived, and do not the truth:
1 John 2:4
He saying, I have known him, and not keeping his commands, is a liar, and in him is not the truth.
1 John 2:28
And now, little children, remain in him; that, when he be manifested, we might have freedom of speech, that we be not shamed from him in his presence.
1 John 3:6
Every one remaining in him sins not: every one sinning has not seen him, nor known him.
Psalm 85:13
Justice shall go before him, and shall set to the way of his steps.