11 translations · Greek
1 John 2:6
he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
1 John 2:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
- KJV King James Version
- He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
- ASV American Standard Version
- he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- He who is saying he remains in Him, himself ought to also walk according as He walked.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Whoever claims to be living in him should behave like Jesus.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that says he abides in him ought, even as he walked, himself also [so] to walk.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὁ | ho | Whoever | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| λέγων | legōn | claims | G3004 λέγω to say |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| αὐτῷ | autō | Him | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| μένειν | menein | to abide | G3306 μένω to stay |
| ὀφείλει | opheilei | must | G3784 ὀφείλω to owe |
| καθὼς | kathōs | as | G2531 καθώς as/just as |
| ἐκεῖνος | ekeinos | [Jesus] | G1565 ἐκεῖνος that |
| περιεπάτησεν | periepatēsen | walk | G4043 περιπατέω to walk |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| αὐτὸς | autos | — | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| οὕτως | houtōs | — | G3779 οὕτως thus(-ly) |
| περιπατεῖν | peripatein | walked | G4043 περιπατέω to walk |
Related verses
- 1 Peter 2:21
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,
- John 13:15
For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.
- 1 Corinthians 11:1
Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
- John 15:4–6
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
- 1 John 3:6
Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.
- Ephesians 5:2
Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
- Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
- 1 John 1:6–7
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
- 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 2:28
Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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 whoever keeps his word, God’s love has most certainly been perfected in him. 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.
Read all of 1 John 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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