2 John 1:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ for he who greets him shares his wicked work.

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

Psalm 50:18

If you see a thief, you are a friend of his; and you keep company with adulterers.

Ephesians 5:11

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor participate in another man's sins; keep yourself pure.

Hebrews 5:13

for every one who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a child.

Jude 1:23

save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Revelation 18:4

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;