2 John 1:11 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹¹ For the person who greets him [with approval] participates in his evil deeds [i.e., in his false teaching].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ For he who wishes him success [who encourages him, wishing him Godspeed] is a partaker in his evil doings.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.

Common English Bible

¹¹ because welcoming people like that is the same thing as sharing in their evil actions.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ For whoever speaks a greeting to him, is speaking with his evil works.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ For he that saith unto him, God speed you, communicateth with his wicked works.

2 John 1:11 Cross References

Ephesians 5:11

Do not have fellowship with [people who practice] worthless deeds of darkness [i.e., sinful living], but expose them instead.

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not be in a hurry to lay hands on anyone [i.e., to appoint them to office. See 4:14], and do not participate in the sins of other people. [Note: If Timothy failed to carefully determine the qualifications of a prospective elder before appointing him, it would make him partially responsible for any wrongdoing by that elder]. Keep yourself pure [i.e., of involvement in anyone’s sins].

Hebrews 5:13

For everyone who has to drink “milk” is inexperienced in the teaching about righteousness, for he is [still] a [spiritual] baby.

Jude 1:23

you should save others [from hell, as though you were] snatching them out of the fire. And you should show pity toward some people, [coupled] with a fear [of the consequences of sin], hating the clothing contaminated by a physical sore [i.e., hating sin so much as to avoid it at all costs].

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you do not share in her sins, and so that you do not receive her plagues [i.e., judgments].