Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
Parallel translations
- WEB As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,
- KJV As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
- NKJV As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,
- NASB Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,
- NLT And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him.
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As they received Christ Jesus as Lord, they must continue to live in Him. The Christian life continues the way it began, in Christ.
Overview
This is a pivotal verse: 'as therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him.' They received Christ by faith, and they must keep walking by that same faith and submission to His lordship. Progress in the Christian life is not moving beyond Christ but going deeper into Him.
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- Col 1:10so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
- 1 Jn 2:6Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
- 1 Th 4:1Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
- Eph 5:1–2Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
- Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
- 2 Cor 5:7For we walk by faith, not by sight.
- Col 3:17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
- Phil 1:27Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
- 2 Jn 1:8–9Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
- Jude 1:3Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
- 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- Eph 4:1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
- Heb 3:14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
- Matt 10:40He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
- 1 Jn 5:11–12And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- Isa 2:5Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
- Mic 4:2And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
- 1 Cor 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- John 13:20Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”
- John 1:12–13But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
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