3 John 1:11
| Overview - 3 John 1 | |
| 1 | He commends Gaius for his piety, |
| 5 | and hospitality, |
| 7 | to true preachers; |
| 9 | complaining of the unkind dealing of ambitious Diotrephes on the contrary side; |
| 11 | whose evil example is not to be followed; |
| 12 | and gives special testimony to the good report of Demetrius. |
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3 John 1:11 (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.
- Beloved
- Beloved, [agapetos
,] is in the vocative singular, and therefore refers to Gaius. - follow
- Rather, imitate [mimou.]
- Exodus 23:2 ; Psalms 37:27 ; Proverbs 12:11 ; Isaiah 1:16 Isaiah 1:17 ; John 10:27 ; 12:26
- 1 Corinthians 4:16 ; 11:1 Ephesians 5:1 ; Philippians 3:17 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:6 ; 2:14 2 Timothy 3:10 ; *marg:
- Hebrews 6:12 ; 1 Peter 3:13
- He that doeth good
- 1 Peter 3:11 ; 1 John 2:29 ; 3:6-9
- he that doeth evil
- John 3:20
