1 John 2:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. ”

1 John 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He that saith, he abideth in him - Greek, “remains” in him; that is, abides or remains in the belief of his doctrines, and in the comfort and practice of religion. The expression is one of those...
1 John 2:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. (5) He that is one with Christ, must live his life, that is, must walk in his steps.
1 John 2:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Obedience the Proof of Fellowship. Here John repeats in a positive way the teaching of the previous section. Conduct cannot be, as the false teachers claimed, a matter of indifference, for true kno...
1 John 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

abideth. See p. 1511. even as . Greek. kathos . The expression "as He", referring to the Son, Occurs six times in this epistle. See 1 John 3:2 ; 1 John 3:3 ; 1 John 3:7 1 John 3:23 . 1 Joh...
1 John 2:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6 He that saith he abideth in him As he has before set before us God as light for an example, he now calls us also to Christ, that we may imitate him. Yet he does not simply exhort us to imi...
1 John 2:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2435 CHRIST AN EXAMPLE TO HIS FOLLOWERS 1 John 2:6 . He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked . AMONG the various excellencies which distingui...
1 John 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. Abideth in him - He who not only professes to have known Christ, but also that he has communion with him, and abides...
1 John 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. Abideth - a condition lasting, without intermission and end. He that saith ... ought. So that his deeds m...
1 John 2:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Advocacy of Christ and the Obligations of Believers 1. My little children] The diminutive implies the fatherly care which the aged Apostle felt for his disciples. Advocate ] The word thus tra...
1 John 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The fourth inference from the doctrine that God is Light analyses more accurately the general expression of 1 John 1:7 , walking in the light. If Christ is, as in 1 John 2:1-2 , the Paraclete and...
1 John 2:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 9 THE INFLUENCE OF THE GREAT LIFE WALK A PERSONAL INFLUENCE 1 John 2:6 THIS verse is one of those in reading which we may easily fall into the fallacy of mistaking familiarity for know...
1 John 2:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Keeping His Commandment of Love 1 John 2:1-11 It is clearly possible to be kept from known and presumptuous sin. We shall be tempted, for that is an inevitable experience of life in this world;...
1 John 2:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Affirming that the purpose of his writing is that we sin not, the writer declared that even if we sin, provision is made by which it may be put away. The tests whereby we may know our relation to lig...
1 John 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. (4) He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. (5) But whoso keepeth his...
1 John 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He that saith he abideth in him ,.... As all do that are in him; once in Christ, and always in Christ; they are set as a seal on his arm and heart, which can never be removed; they are in his arms,...
1 John 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. Ver. 6. To walk even as he walked ] This is the same with that Colossians 2:6 , to walk in Christ; and with that...
1 John 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hereby we do know that we , truly and savingly, know him As he is the Advocate, the righteous One, the Propitiation; if we keep his commandments Particularly those of faith and love. He that sa...
1 John 2:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

“My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if anyone sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (JND). If we have seen some absolute, positive...
1 John 2:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Believer's Duty. A. D. 80. 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his comm...
1 John 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And this proof we ought to give. For whereas our Lord Jesus Christ was not only our Lawgiver, but our pattern, and practised himself what he commanded us; if indeed we have an abiding, real union wit...
1 John 2:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

How Then Can We Know That We Truly Know Christ? ( 1 John 2:3-6 ). Many were claiming that they knew God, that they had special knowledge of Him, that through their own particular religious ordinan...
1 John 2:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

PROVISION FOR THE SINNING OF BELIEVERS CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES FIRMLY does St. John declare that the Christian should not sin, and must not sin. But he clearly recognises that Christians...
1 John 2:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 2:3-7 Doing and Knowing. I. St. John assumes that the knowledge of God is as possible, is as real, for human beings as any knowledge they can have of each other. Nay, he goes further than...
1 John 2:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:1 . My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. That you may abstain from it, and abhor it, and not indulge in anything that would lead you towards it. 1 John 2...
1 John 2:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:2 . He is the propitiation for our sin: ιλασμος, a ram, or other victim offered as an atoning sacrifice for sin. On Genesis 15:9 , the rabbins make a distinction between the heifer, the...
1 John 2:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 John 2:1 , 1 John 2:2 Moreover, walking in the light involves accepting the propitiation wrought through Jesus Christ the Righteous. The connexion with the preceding is c...
1 John 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Keeping Christ's commandments:
1 John 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:1 ; 1 John 1:6 ; 1 John 1:7 ; 1 John 2:28 ; 1 John 2:4 ; 1 John 3:6 ; 1 Peter 2:21 ; Ephesians 5:2 ; John 13:15 ; John 15:4-6 ; Matthew 11:29 ; Psalms 85:13
1 John 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He that saith he abideth in him — which implies a durable state; a constant, lasting knowledge of, and communion with, him. Ought himself — Otherwise they are vain words. So to walk, even as he wal...

1 John 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 2:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 2:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 2:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 John 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 2:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 John 2:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 2:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 2:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 2:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes