3 John 1:11 Parallel Translations

Dear friend, never imitate evil, but imitate good. The person who does good is from God. The person who does evil has never seen God.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.

DBY:

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He that does good is of God. He that does evil has not seen God.

ERV:

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.

WEY:

My dear friend, do not follow wrong examples, but right ones. He who habitually does what is right is a child of God: he who habitually does what is wrong has not seen God.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.

YLT:

Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;

3 John 1:11 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 34:14 Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.

Psalm 37:27 Depart from evil and do good, So you will abide forever.

1 John 2:29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.

1 John 3:6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him.

1 John 3:10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:11 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 {e} seen God.
(e) Has not known God.

PNT:

1:11 Follow not that which is evil. The wicked example of one like Diotrephes.

WES:

1:11 Follow not that which is evil - In Diotrephes. But that which is good - In Demetrius. He hath not seen God - Is a stranger to him.

MHC:

1:9-12 Both the heart and mouth must be watched. The temper and spirit of Diotrephes was full of pride and ambition. It is bad not to do good ourselves; but it is worse to hinder those who would do good. Those cautions and counsels are most likely to be accepted, which are seasoned with love. Follow that which is good, for he that doeth good, as delighting therein, is born of God. Evil-workers vainly pretend or boast acquaintance with God. Let us not follow that which is proud, selfish, and of bad design, though the example may be given by persons of rank and power; but let us be followers of God, and walk in love, after the example of our Lord.

CONC:

Anyone Beloved Child Copying Dear Evil Examples Follow Friend Habitually Hasn't Imitate Loved Ones Wrong

Beloved Child Dear Evil Examples Follow Following Friend Good Habitually Hasn't Imitate Loved Ones Right Wrong

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