Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
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.
New American Standard Bible
Beloved,
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Dear friend,
International Standard Version
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The person who does what is good is from God. The person who does what is evil has never seen God.
A Conservative Version
Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. The man doing right is of God. The man doing wrong has not seen God.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but [imitate] what is good. The one who practices good [exhibiting godly character, moral courage and personal integrity] is of God; the one who practices [or permits or tolerates] evil has not seen God [he has no personal experience with Him and does not know Him at all].
An Understandable Version
Dear [friend], do not imitate what is evil, but [only] what is good. The person who does what is good is [a child] of God; the one who does evil has not seen God [spiritually].
Anderson New Testament
Beloved, do not imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He that does good is of God: he that does evil has not seen God.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
my beloved, don't imitate vice, but virtue. he that does good, is a child of God: he that does evil, is not acquainted with God.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good, is of God; but he who does evil, has not seen God.
Godbey New Testament
Beloved, imitate not the evil, but the good. The one doing good is of God: the one doing evil has not seen God.
Goodspeed New Testament
Dear friend, do not follow bad examples, but good ones. The man who does right is a child of God; the man who does wrong has never seen God.
John Wesley New Testament
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that is a doer of good is of God, but he that is a doer of evil, hath not seen God.
Julia Smith Translation
Dearly beloved, imitate not evil, but good. He doing good is of God: and he doing evil has not seen God.
King James 2000
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that does good is of God: but he that does evil has not seen God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Dear friend, do not imitate [what is] evil, but [what is] good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
Modern King James verseion
Beloved, do not imitate the bad, but the good. He who does good is from God, but he who does evil has not seen God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good: He that doeth well is of God: but he that doeth evil seeth not God.
Moffatt New Testament
Beloved, do not imitate evil but good; he who does good belongs to God, he who does evil has never seen God.
Montgomery New Testament
Do not imitate what is evil, beloved, but that which is good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has never gazed on God.
NET Bible
Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.
New Heart English Bible
Beloved, do not 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.
Noyes New Testament
Beloved, do not imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God; he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
Sawyer New Testament
Beloved, do not imitate evil but good. He that does good is of God; he that does evil has not seen God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Beloved, be not an imitator of what is evil, but of that which is good. He that doeth good is of God, but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Dear friend, take what is good for your example, not what is bad. The man who does what is good is from God; the man who does what is bad has never seen God.
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
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.
Williams New Testament
Dearly beloved, do not follow bad examples but good ones. Whoever practices doing right is God's child; whoever practices doing wrong has never seen God.
World English Bible
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.
Worrell New Testament
Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. He that does good is of God; the evil-doer has not seen God.
Worsley New Testament
Beloved, do not thou follow that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doth good is of God: but he, that doth evil, hath not seen God.
Youngs Literal Translation
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;
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not, no, cannot ,
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 3 John 1:11
Images 3 John 1:11
Prayers for 3 John 1:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Diotrephes And Demetrius
10 For this reason, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, babbling against us with wicked words; and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brethren; and those who would he prevents, and casts them out of the assembly. 11 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. 12 Demetrius has witness borne to him by all, and by the truth itself; and we also bear witness, and thou knowest that our witness is true.
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Cross References
Psalm 37:27
Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell for evermore;
1 John 2:29
If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him.
Isaiah 1:16-17
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil,
John 3:20
For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are;
Ephesians 5:1
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
2 Timothy 3:10
But thou hast been thoroughly acquainted with my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, endurance,
Exodus 23:2
Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert judgment.
Psalm 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Proverbs 12:11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless 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 one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be my servant. And if any one serve me, him shall the Father honour.
1 Corinthians 4:16
I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.
1 Corinthians 11:1
Be my imitators, even as I also am of Christ.
Philippians 3:17
Be imitators all together of me, brethren, and fix your eyes on those walking thus as you have us for a model;
1 Thessalonians 1:6
and ye became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit,
1 Thessalonians 2:14
For ye, brethren, have become imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for ye also have suffered the same things of your own countrymen as also they of the Jews,
Hebrews 6:12
that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.
1 Peter 3:11
And let him avoid evil, and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it;
1 Peter 3:13
And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which is good?
1 John 3:6-9
Whoever abides in him, does not sin: whoever sins, has not seen him or known him.