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1 John 2:6-8
Lexham English Bible
1 John 2:6-8
Lexham English Bible
6 The one who says that he resides in him ought also to walk[a] just as that one walked.
7 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. 8 Again, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because[b] the darkness is passing away and the true light already is shining.
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- 1 John 2:6 Some manuscripts have “to walk in this way”
- 1 John 2:8 Or perhaps “that”
1 John 2:6-8
New International Version
1 John 2:6-8
New International Version
6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(A)
7 Dear friends,(B) I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.(C) This old command is the message you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new command;(D) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing(E) and the true light(F) is already shining.(G)
1 John 2:6-8
King James Version
1 John 2:6-8
King James Version
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7 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.
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
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