3 John 1:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Isa 1:16-17 : 16 Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning; 17 Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.
  • Ps 37:27 : 27 Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.
  • John 3:20 : 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.
  • Eph 5:1 : 1 Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;
  • 2 Tim 3:10 : 10 But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;
  • 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.
  • 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?
  • Heb 6:12 : 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.
  • Phil 3:17 : 17 Brothers, take me as your example, and take note of those who are walking after the example we have given.
  • 1 Thess 1:6 : 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 Thess 2:14 : 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;
  • John 10:27 : 27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:
  • John 12:26 : 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 Cor 4:16 : 16 So my desire is that you take me as your example.
  • 1 Cor 11:1 : 1 So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.
  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:
  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
  • 1 John 3:6-9 : 6 Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him. 7 My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright; 8 The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One. 9 Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.

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  • 2 John 1:7-11
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    7Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist.

    8Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.

    9Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.

    10If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love:

    11For he who gives him words of love has a part in his evil works.

  • 1 John 3:6-12
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    6Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.

    7My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

    8The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.

    9Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.

    10In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

    11Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

    12Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

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    12Demetrius 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.

  • John 3:19-21
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    19And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

    20The 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.

    21But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

  • 1 Pet 3:11
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    11And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.

  • 3 John 1:8-10
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    8So it is right for us to take in such men as guests, so that we may take our part in the work of the true faith.

    9I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.

    10So 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.

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    5My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;

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    11My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

    12No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

  • 1 Tim 6:11
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    11But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

  • 1 Thess 5:21-22
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    21Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;

    22Keep from every form of evil.

  • 1 John 1:5-6
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    5This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

    6If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

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    13Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?

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    9Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

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    1Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

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    15Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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    7My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

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    18My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

  • 1 Cor 15:33
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    33Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

  • 2 Cor 13:7
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    7Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem.

  • Rom 12:21
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    21Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

  • Ps 37:27
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    27Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

  • 1 John 2:6
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    6He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.

  • 1 John 5:18
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    18We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.

  • Jude 1:17
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    17But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • 1 John 2:29
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    29If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.

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    22And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

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    16Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:

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    21And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

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    1So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.

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    5And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another.

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    11But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.