6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
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For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-6)These verses may seem to relate to the 1 John 1:7; between which and these verses there occurred an incidental discourse concerning the believer’s duty and relief in case of sin, occasioned by the mention of one of the believer’s privileges—his being cleansed from sin by the Mediator’s blood. In that verse the apostle asserts the beneficial consequence of walking in the light: “We have then fellow…
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