Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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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Interlinear
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οὐ
Ou
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032
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Kakos
Alla
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but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
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Agathos
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 3 John 1:11
Prayers for 3 John 1:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Diotrephes And Demetrius
10 So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do. 11 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. 12 Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.
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Cross References
Psalm 37:27
Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.
1 John 2:29
If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.
Isaiah 1:16-17
Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
John 3:20
The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
Ephesians 5:1
Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;
2 Timothy 3:10
But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;
Exodus 23:2
Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:
Psalm 34:14
Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.
Proverbs 12:11
He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
John 10:27
My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:
John 12:26
If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.
1 Corinthians 4:16
So my desire is that you take me as your example.
1 Corinthians 11:1
So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.
Philippians 3:17
Brothers, take me as your example, and take note of those who are walking after the example we have given.
1 Thessalonians 1:6
And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;
1 Thessalonians 2:14
For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;
Hebrews 6:12
So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.
1 Peter 3:11
And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.
1 Peter 3:13
Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?
1 John 3:6-9
Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.