Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Ou
not, no, cannot ,
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Alla
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but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
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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 Because of this, if I come, I will remember his works that he does, prating against us with evil words. And not being satisfied in these, he himself does not even accept the brothers, and he forbids those who would, and expels them 11 Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. The man doing right is of God. The man doing wrong has not seen God. 12 Demetrius has been testified by all, and by the truth itself. But we also testify, and ye know that our testimony 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 ye that every man doing righteousness has been begotten of him.
Isaiah 1:16-17
Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.
John 3:20
For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed.
Ephesians 5:1
Become ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
2 Timothy 3:10
But thou have closely followed my doctrine, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance,
Exodus 23:2
Thou shall not follow a multitude to do evil, neither shall thou speak in a case to turn aside after a multitude to distort [justice],
Psalm 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.
Proverbs 12:11
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities 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 serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there my helper will also be. And if any man serves me, the Father will value him.
1 Corinthians 4:16
I beseech you therefore, become followers of me.
1 Corinthians 11:1
Become ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Philippians 3:17
Brothers, become fellow-imitators of me, and watch those who so walk, just as ye have us for an example.
1 Thessalonians 1:6
And ye became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of Holy Spirit,
1 Thessalonians 2:14
For ye, brothers, became imitators of the congregations of God, which are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because ye also suffered the same things by your own countrymen, just as also they by the Jews.
Hebrews 6:12
so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, 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 he who will harm you, if ye become imitators of the good?
1 John 3:6-9
Every man abiding in him does not sin. Every man who is sinning has not seen him, nor has known him.