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Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.

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Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(A)

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21 For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered[a] for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:21 Some manuscripts read died.

21 To this(A) you were called,(B) because Christ suffered for you,(C) leaving you an example,(D) that you should follow in his steps.

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15 I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.

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15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.(A)

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11 And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

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11 Follow my example,(A) as I follow the example of Christ.(B)

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Anyone who continues to live in him will not sin. But anyone who keeps on sinning does not know him or understand who he is.

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No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.(A) No one who continues to sin has either seen him(B) or known him.(C)

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Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.

“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.

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Remain in me, as I also remain in you.(A) No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;(B) apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.(C)

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Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us[a] and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:2 Some manuscripts read loved you.

and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us(A) and gave himself up for us(B) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(C)

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29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

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29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,(A) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(B)

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So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

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If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,(A) we lie and do not live out the truth.(B) But if we walk in the light,(C) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[a] sin.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 1:7 Or every

If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth.

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Whoever says, “I know him,”(A) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(B)

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Living as Children of God

28 And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame.

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God’s Children and Sin

28 And now, dear children,(A) continue in him, so that when he appears(B) we may be confident(C) and unashamed before him at his coming.(D)

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13 Righteousness goes as a herald before him,
    preparing the way for his steps.

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13 Righteousness goes before him
    and prepares the way for his steps.

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