3 John 1:11 - The Scriptures 2009

¹¹ Beloved ones, do not imitate the evil, but the good. The one who is doing good is of Elohim, but he who is doing evil has not seen Elohim.

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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.

3 John 1:11 Cross References

Psalm 34:14

Sameḵ Turn away from evil and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalm 37:27

Sameḵ Turn away from evil, and do good; And dwell forever.

Exodus 23:2

Do not follow a crowd to do evil, nor bear witness in a strife so as to turn aside after many, to turn aside what is right.

Proverbs 12:11

He who tills his land is satisfied with bread, But he who pursues vanities is lacking heart.

John 10:27

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

John 12:26

“If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me. And where I am, there My servant also shall be. If anyone serves Me, the Father shall value him.

John 3:20

For everyone who is practising evil matters hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Become imitators of me, as I also am of Messiah.

1 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore I appeal to you, to become imitators of me.

Ephesians 5:1

Become, then, imitators of Elohim as beloved children.

Philippians 3:17

Become joint imitators of me, brothers, and look at those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became imitators of us and of the Master, having received the word in much pressure, with joy of the Set-apart Spirit,

1 Thessalonians 2:14

For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of Elohim which are in Yehuḏah in Messiah יהושע, because you also suffered the same treatment from your own countrymen as they also from the Yehuḏim,

2 Timothy 3:10

But you did closely follow my teaching, the way of life, the purpose, the belief, the patience, the love, the endurance,

Hebrews 6:12

in order that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through belief and patience inherit the promises.

1 Peter 3:11

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

1 Peter 3:13

And who is the one doing evil to you, if you become imitators of the good?

1 John 2:29

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone doing righteousness has been born of Him.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of Elohim and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone not doing righteousness is not of Elohim, neither the one not loving his brother.

1 John 4:1

Beloved ones, do not believe every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of Elohim, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.