Like a neighbor, and like our brother, so did I please; like one mourning and contrite, so was I humbled.
3 John 1:11 - Catholic Public Domain Version 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. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. English Standard Version 2016 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. |
Like a neighbor, and like our brother, so did I please; like one mourning and contrite, so was I humbled.
You shall not follow the crowd in doing evil. Neither shall you go astray in judgment, by agreeing with the majority opinion, apart from the truth.
Whoever works his land shall be satisfied with bread. But whoever continually pursues leisure is most foolish. Whoever is soothed by lingering over wine leaves behind contempt in his strongholds.
If anyone serves me, let him follow me. And where I am, there too my minister shall be. If anyone has served me, my Father will honor him.
For everyone who does evil hates the Light and does not go toward the Light, so that his works may not be corrected.
Be imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who are walking similarly, just as you have seen by our example.
And so, you became imitators of us and of the Lord, accepting the Word in the midst of great tribulation, but with the joy of the Holy Spirit.
For you, brothers, have become imitators of the churches of God which are at Judea, in Christ Jesus. For you, too, have suffered the same things from your fellow countrymen as they have suffered from the Jews,
But you have fully comprehended my doctrine, instruction, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,
so that you may not be slow to act, but instead may be imitators of those who, through faith and patience, shall inherit the promises.
If you know that he is just, then know, too, that all who do what is just are born of him.
In this way, the sons of God are made manifest, and also the sons of the devil. Everyone who is not just, is not of God, as also anyone who does not love his brother.
Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.