KJV King James Version
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him:
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Colossians 2:6
As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
WEB World English Bible
As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,
ASV American Standard Version
As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
as, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye,
Surrounding context — Colossians 2
3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
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Colossians 1:10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;1 John 2:6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.1 Thessalonians 4:1Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort [you] by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, [so] ye would abound more and more.Ephesians 5:1-2Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;Galatians 2:20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.2 Corinthians 5:7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)Colossians 3:17And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.Philippians 1:27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;2 John 1:8-9Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.Jude 1:3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort [you] that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.Ephesians 4:1I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.Hebrews 3:14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;Matthew 10:40He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.Isaiah 2:5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.1 John 5:11-12And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.John 13:20Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
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