Bible verses about "christlikeness" | Worrell

²¹ "Not every one who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he that does the will of My Father in Heaven.

¹ Become imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. ² Now I praise you, that you remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

⁶ Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the instruction which ye received from us.

¹ My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin. And, if any one sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous. ² And He is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world. ³ And in this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments. ⁴ He who says, "I have known Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; ⁵ but whosoever keeps His word, truly in him the love of God has been perfected: in this we know that we are in Him. ⁶ He who says that he is abiding in Him ought himself also to walk even as He walked. ⁷ Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but and old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye heard. ⁸ Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. ⁹ He who says that he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now. ¹⁰ He that loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. ¹¹ But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he is going, because the darkness blinded his eyes. ¹² I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name's sake. ¹³ I write to you, fathers, because ye have known Him Who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have conquered the evil one. I wrote to you, little children, because ye have known the Father. ¹⁴ I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have known Him Who is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have conquered the evil one. ¹⁵ Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him; ¹⁶ because all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the vain-glory of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world. ¹⁷ And the world is passing away, and the desire thereof; but be that does the will of God abides forever. ¹⁸ Little children, it is the last hour; and, as ye heard that Anti-Christ is coming, even now many anti-christs have arisen; whence we know that it is the last hour. ¹⁹ They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out, that they might be made manifest, that they are not all of us. ²⁰ And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye all know Him. ²¹ I did not write to you because ye know not the truth; but because ye know it, and because no falsehood is of the truth. ²² Who is the liar, but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Anti-Christ, he that denies the Father and the Son. ²³ Every one who denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also. ²⁴ As for you, let that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son and in the Father. ²⁵ And this is the promise which He Himself promised us, the eternal life. ²⁶ These things I wrote to you concerning those who would deceive you. ²⁷ And the Anointing which ye received from Him abideth in you, and ye have no need that anyone teach you; but as His Anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as He taught you, ye abide in Him. ²⁸ And now, little children, abide in Him; that, if He shall be manifested, we may have confidence, and not be put away from Him with shame at His coming. ²⁹ If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one that does righteousness has been begotten of Him.

⁹ But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if, indeed, the Spirit of God is dwelling in you. And, if any one has not the spirit of Christ, he is not His.

¹⁵ but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him, Who is the Head, Christ;

¹² So then, my beloved, as ye always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; ¹³ for it is God Who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

²⁹ because whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren.

¹⁸ But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever.

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

¹⁸ But we all, with unveiled face, reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transfigured into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.