Bible verses about "christlikeness" | CLV

²¹ Not everyone saying to Me 'Lord! Lord!' will be entering into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who is doing the will of My Father Who is in the heavens."

¹ Become imitators of me, according as I also am of Christ." ² Now I am applauding you that you remember all of mine, and are retaining the traditions according as I give them over to you."

⁶ Now we are charging you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to be putting yourselves from every brother who is walking disorderly and not in accord with the tradition which they accepted from us."

¹ My little children, these things am I writing to you that you may not be sinning. And if anyone should be sinning, we have an Entreater with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Just." ² And He is the propitiatory shelter concerned with our sins, yet not concerned with ours only, but concerned with the whole world also." ³ And in this we know that we know Him, if we should be keeping His precepts." ⁴ He who is saying that "I know Himand is not keeping His precepts, is a liar, and the truth of God is not in this one." ⁵ Yet whoever may be keeping His word, truly in this one the love of God is perfected. " ⁶ In this we know that we are in Him: he who is saying that he is remaining in Him ought also himself to be walking according as He walks. ⁷ Beloved, I am not writing a new precept to you, but an old precept, which you had from the beginning. The old precept is the word which you hear." ⁸ Again, a new precept am I writing to you, which is true in Him and in you, for the darkness is passing by, and the true light already is appearing." ⁹ He who is saying that he is in the light and is hating his brother is a liar and is in darkness hitherto. ¹⁰ He who is loving his brother is remaining in the light, and there is no snare in him." ¹¹ Yet he who is hating his brother is in darkness and in darkness is walking, and is not aware whither he is going, for the darkness blinds his eyes." ¹² I am writing to you, little children, seeing that your sins have been forgiven you through His name." ¹³ I am writing to you, fathers, seeing that you know Him Who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, youths, seeing that you have conquered the wicked one. I write to you, little children, seeing that you know the Father." ¹⁴ I write to you, fathers, seeing that you know Him Who is from the beginning. I write to you, youths, seeing that you are strong and the word of God is remaining in you, and you have conquered the wicked one." ¹⁵ Be not loving the world, neither that which is in the world. If ever anyone is loving the world, the love of the Father is not in him, ¹⁶ for everything that is in the world, the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of living, is not of the Father, but is of the world." ¹⁷ And the world is passing by, and its desire, yet he who is doing the will of God is remaining for the eon." ¹⁸ Little children, it is the last hour, and, according as you hear that the antichrist is coming, now also there have come to be many antichrists, whence we know that it is the last hour." ¹⁹ Out of us they come, but they were not of us, for if they were of us, they would have remained with us. But it was that they may be manifested that they are not all of us. " ²⁰ And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all are aware." ²¹ I write not to you seeing that you are not acquainted with the truth, but that you are acquainted with it, and that no lie at all is of the truth." ²² Who is the liar, if not he who is denying, saying that "Jesus in not the Christ"? This one is the antichrist, who is disowning the Father and the Son." ²³ Everyone who is disowning the Son, neither has the Father. He who is avowing the Son has the Father also." ²⁴ Let that which you hear from the beginning be remaining in you. If ever that which you hear from the beginning should be remaining in you, you, also, will be remaining in the Son and in the Father." ²⁵ And this is the promise which He promises us: the life eonian. ²⁶ These things I write to you concerning those who are deceiving you. ²⁷ And the anointing which you obtained from Him is remaining in you, and you have no need that anyone may be teaching you, but as His anointing is teaching you concerning all, and is true, and is no lie, according as it teaches you also, remain in Him." ²⁸ And now, little children, remain in Him, that, if He should be manifested, we should be having boldness and not be put to shame by Him in His presence." ²⁹ If you should be perceiving that He is just, you know that everyone also who is doing righteousness is begotten of Him."

¹⁵ Now, being true, in love we should be making all grow into Him, Who is the Head - Christ"

¹² So that, my beloved, according as you always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, with fear and trembling, be carrying your own salvation into effect, ¹³ for it is God Who is operating in you to will as well as to work for the sake of His delight.

⁹ Yet you are not in flesh, but in spirit, if so be that God's spirit is making its home in you. Now if anyone has not Christ's spirit, this one is not His."

²⁹ that, whom He foreknew, He designates beforehand, also, to be conformed to the image of His Son, for Him to be Firstborn among many brethren."

¹⁸ Yet be growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be glory now, as well as for the day of the eon. Amen!"

¹ Become imitators of me, according as I also am of Christ."

¹⁸ Now we all, with uncovered face, mirroring the Lord's glory, are being transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the spirit."