3 John 1:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹¹ Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Beloved, do not imitate evil, but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen (discerned or experienced) God [has enjoyed no vision of Him and does not know Him at all].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Dear friend, don’t imitate what is bad but what is good. Whoever practices what is good belongs to God. Whoever practices what is bad has not seen God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Most beloved, do not be willing to imitate what is evil; instead imitate what is good. Whoever does good is of God. Whoever does evil has not seen God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doth good, is of God: he that doth evil, hath not seen God.

3 John 1:11 Cross References

Psalm 34:14

Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalm 37:27

Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.

Exodus 23:2

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest judgement:

Proverbs 12:11

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

John 12:26

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honour.

John 3:20

For every one that doeth ill hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

1 Corinthians 4:16

I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

Ephesians 5:1

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

Philippians 3:17

Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them which so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost;

1 Thessalonians 2:14

For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;

2 Timothy 3:10

But thou didst follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,

Hebrews 6:12

that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

1 Peter 3:11

And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

1 Peter 3:13

And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?

1 John 2:29

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.