2 John 1:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

for to welcome is to participate in the evil deeds of such a person.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For he who wishes him success [who encourages him, wishing him Godspeed] is a partaker in his evil doings.

American Standard Version (1901)

for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.

Common English Bible

because welcoming people like that is the same thing as sharing in their evil actions.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For whoever speaks a greeting to him, is speaking with his evil works.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For he that saith unto him, God speed you, communicateth with his wicked works.

2 John 1:11 Cross References

Psalm 50:18

You make friends with a thief when you see one, and you keep company with adulterers.

Ephesians 5:11

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness; rather, expose them.

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not ordain anyone hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

Hebrews 5:13

for everyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is unskilled in the word of righteousness.

Jude 1:23

save others by snatching them out of the fire; and have mercy on still others with fear, hating even the tunic defiled by their bodies.

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you do not take part in her sins and so that you do not share in her plagues,