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1 John 2:6

Verse 6 of 29. The 2nd of 5 chapters in 1 John, in The General Letters.

2And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

3This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

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

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

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

7Brothers, 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.

8Again, 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.

9He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.

10He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.