1 John 2:6 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.
English ASV
he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
English Amplified
Whoever says he abides in Him ought [as a personal debt] to walk and conduct himself in the same way in which He walked and conducted Himself.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Whoever says he abides in Him ought [as a personal debt] to walk and conduct himself in the same way in which He walked and conducted Himself.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
The one who says he remains in him should walk just as he walked.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
He that says he abides in him ought, even as *he* walked, himself also [so] to walk.
English EASY 2024
If we say that we are living in God's true way, then we must live in the way that Jesus lived.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
If we say we live in God, we must live like Jesus lived.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
if we say that we remain in union with God, we should live just as Jesus Christ did.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Those who say that they live in him must live the same way he lived.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
the one who says he remains in Him should walk just as He walked.
English KJV 1611
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
English LSB
the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Whoever says he remains in Him ought to walk as He walked.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
whoever claims to abide in him ought to live (just) as he lived.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Those who claim to belong to him must live just as Jesus did.
English NIV
Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
English NKJ 1982
He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
English NLT
Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Christ did.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
whoever says, "I abide in him," ought to walk just as he walked.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
not just by saying, “I am intimate with God,” but by walking in the footsteps of Jesus.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
he who says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Anyone who says he is a Christian should live as Christ did.
English Tyndale 1537
He that saith he bideth in him, ought to walk even as he walked.