3 John 1:11

Coverdale Bible (1535)

My beloued, folowe not yt which is euell, but that which is good. He that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euell, seyth not God.

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  • Isa 1:16-17 : 16 Wash you, make you clene, put awaye yor euell thoughtes out of my sight, cease from doinge of euell and violence. 17 Lerne to do right, applie youre selues to equyte, delyuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his right, let the wydowes complaynte come before you.
  • Ps 37:27 : 27 Fle fro euell, & do ye thinge that is good, so shalt thou dwell for euer.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 Yf ye knowe yt he is righteous, knowe also that he which doth righteousnes, is borne of him.
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Let him eschue euell, and do good: Let him seke peace & ensue it.
  • John 3:20 : 20 Whosoeuer doth euell, hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his dedes shulde not be reproued.
  • Eph 5:1 : 1 Be ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children,
  • 2 Tim 3:10 : 10 But thou hast sene the experience of my doctryne, my fasshion of lyuynge, my purpose, my faith, my longsufferynge, my loue, my pacience,
  • 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 Let him eschue euell, & do good: Let him seke peace and ensue it.
  • 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 And who is it that can harme you, yf ye folowe that which is good?
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 that ye faynte not, but folowe them which thorow faith and paciece inheret the promyses.
  • Phil 3:17 : 17 Brethren, be ye ye folowers of me, and loke on the which walke eue so as ye haue vs for an ensample.
  • 1 Thess 1:6 : 6 And ye became the folowers of vs and of the LORDE: and receaued the worde in moch affliccion with ioye of the holy goost:
  • 1 Thess 2:14 : 14 For ye brethren are become the folowers off the congregacions off God which in Iewry are in Christ Iesu, so that ye haue suffred euen like thinges of youre kynsmen, as they haue suffred of the Iewes.
  • John 10:27 : 27 My shepe heare my voyce, & I knowe the, & they folowe me.
  • John 12:26 : 26 He that wyl serue me, let him folowe me. And where I am, there shal my seruaunt be also: and he that serueth me, him shal my father honoure.
  • 1 Cor 4:16 : 16 Wherfore I exhorte you, be ye my folowers.
  • 1 Cor 11:1 : 1 I commende you
  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Thou shalt not folowe the multitude vnto euell, ner answere at the lawe that thou woldest (to folowe the multitude) turne a syde from the right.
  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He that tilleth his lode, shal haue plenteousnesse of bred: but he yt foloweth ydylnes, is a very foole.
  • 1 John 3:6-9 : 6 Who so euer abydeth in him, synneth not: who soeuer synneth, hath not sene him nether knowne him. 7 Babes, let noman disceaue you. He that doeth righteousnes, is righteous, euen as he is righteous. 8 He that commytteth synne, is of the deuell: for the deuell synneth sence ye begynnynge. For this purpose appeared the sonne of God, to lowse the workes of the deuell. 9 Who so euer is borne of God, synneth not: for his sede remayneth in him, & he ca not synne, because he is borne of God.

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    8 Take hede to youre selues, that we lose not that which we haue wrought, but that we maye receaue a full rewarde.

    9 Whoso euer transgresseth, and abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ, hath not God: he that abydeth in ye doctryne of Christ, hath both the father and the sonne.

    10 Yf eny man come vnto you, and brynge not this doctryne, receaue him not in to the house, nether salute him:

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    6 Who so euer abydeth in him, synneth not: who soeuer synneth, hath not sene him nether knowne him.

    7 Babes, let noman disceaue you. He that doeth righteousnes, is righteous, euen as he is righteous.

    8 He that commytteth synne, is of the deuell: for the deuell synneth sence ye begynnynge. For this purpose appeared the sonne of God, to lowse the workes of the deuell.

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    10 By this are the children of God knowne & the children of the deuell. Who so euer doeth not righteousnes, is not of God, nether he thath loueth not his brother.

    11 For this is the tydinges which ye haue herde from the begynnynge, that ye shulde loue one another,

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