3 John 1:11

Geneva Bible (1560)

Beloued, followe not that which is euill, but that which is good: he that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euill, hath not seene God.

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  • Isa 1:16-17 : 16 Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill. 17 Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.
  • Ps 37:27 : 27 Flee from euill and doe good, and dwell for euer.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If ye know that he is righteous, know ye that he which doeth righteously, is borne of him.
  • Ps 34:14 : 14 Eschewe euill and doe good: seeke peace and followe after it.
  • John 3:20 : 20 For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.
  • Eph 5:1 : 1 Bee yee therefore followers of God, as deare children,
  • 2 Tim 3:10 : 10 But thou hast fully knowen my doctrine, maner of liuing, purpose, faith, long suffering, loue, patience,
  • 1 Pet 3:11 : 11 Let him eschew euil, and do good: let him seeke peace, and folow after it.
  • 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 And who is it that will harme you, if ye folow that which is good?
  • Heb 6:12 : 12 That ye be not slouthfull, but followers of them, which through faith and patience, inherite the promises.
  • Phil 3:17 : 17 Brethren, bee followers of mee, and looke on them, which walke so, as yee haue vs for an ensample.
  • 1 Thess 1:6 : 6 And ye became followers of vs, and of the Lorde, and receiued the worde in much affliction, with ioy of the holy Ghost,
  • 1 Thess 2:14 : 14 For brethren, ye are become folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iudea are in Christ Iesus, because ye haue also suffred the same things of your owne countrey men, euen as they haue of the Iewes,
  • John 10:27 : 27 My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they follow me,
  • John 12:26 : 26 If any man serue me, let him followe me: for where I am, there shall also my seruant be: and if any man serue me, him will my Father honour.
  • 1 Cor 4:16 : 16 Wherefore, I pray you, be ye folowers of me.
  • 1 Cor 11:1 : 1 Be yee followers of mee, euen as I am of Christ.
  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Thou shalt not followe a multitude to do euil, neither agree in a controuersie to decline after many and ouerthrowe the trueth.
  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He that tilleth his lande, shalbe satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, is destitute of vnderstanding.
  • 1 John 3:6-9 : 6 Whosoeuer abideth in him, sinneth not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither hath knowen him. 7 Litle children, let no man deceiue you: he that doeth righteousnes, is righteous, as hee is righteous. 8 He that comitteth sinne, is of the deuil: for the deuill sinneth from the beginning: for this purpose was made manifest that Sonne of God, that he might loose the workes of the deuil. 9 Whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: for his seede remaineth in him, neither can hee sinne, because he is borne of God.

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  • 2 John 1:7-11
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    7 For many deceiuers are entred into this worlde, which confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh. He that is such one, is a deceiuer and an Antichrist.

    8 Looke to your selues, that we lose not the things which we haue done, but that we may receiue full reward.

    9 Whosoeuer transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that continueth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Sonne.

    10 If there come any vnto you, and bring not this doctrine, receiue him not to house, neither bid him, God speede:

    11 For he that biddeth him, God speede, is partaker of his euill deedes.

  • 1 John 3:6-12
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    6 Whosoeuer abideth in him, sinneth not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither hath knowen him.

    7 Litle children, let no man deceiue you: he that doeth righteousnes, is righteous, as hee is righteous.

    8 He that comitteth sinne, is of the deuil: for the deuill sinneth from the beginning: for this purpose was made manifest that Sonne of God, that he might loose the workes of the deuil.

    9 Whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: for his seede remaineth in him, neither can hee sinne, because he is borne of God.

    10 In this are the children of God knowen, and the children of the deuil: whosoeuer doeth not righteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother.

    11 For this is the message, that ye heard from the beginning, that we should loue one another,

    12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good.

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15 See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer folow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.

  • 3 John 1:12
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    12 Demetrius hath good report of al men, and of the trueth it selfe: yea, and wee our selues beare recorde, and ye know that our record is true.

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    19 And this is the condemnation, that that light came into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then that light, because their deedes were euill.

    20 For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.

    21 But he that doeth trueth, commeth to the light, that his deedes might bee made manifest, that they are wrought according to God.

  • 1 Pet 3:11
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    11 Let him eschew euil, and do good: let him seeke peace, and folow after it.

  • 3 John 1:8-10
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    8 We therefore ought to receiue such, that we might be helpers to the trueth.

    9 I wrote vnto the Church: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not.

    10 Wherefore if I come, I will call to your remembrance his deedes which he doeth, pratling against vs with malicious wordes, and not therewith content, neither he himselfe receiueth the brethren, but forbiddeth them that woulde, and thrusteth them out of the Church.

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5 Beloued, thou doest faithfully, whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,

  • 1 John 4:11-12
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    11 Beloued, if God so loued vs, we ought also to loue one another.

    12 No man hath seene God at any time. If we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfect in vs.

  • 1 Tim 6:11
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    11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and followe after righteousnesse, godlines, faith, loue, patience, and meekenes.

  • 1 Thess 5:21-22
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    21 Try all things, & keepe that which is good.

    22 Absteine from all appearance of euill.

  • 1 John 1:5-6
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    5 This then is the message which wee haue heard of him, and declare vnto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkenes.

    6 If wee say that wee haue fellowship with him, and walke in darkenesse, we lie, and doe not truly:

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    13 And who is it that will harme you, if ye folow that which is good?

  • Rom 12:9
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    9 Let loue be without dissimulation. Abhorre that which is euill, and cleaue vnto that which is good.

  • Eph 5:1
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    1 Bee yee therefore followers of God, as deare children,

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15 Loue not this world, neither the things that are in this world. If any man loue this world, the loue of the Father is not in him.

  • 1 John 4:7
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    7 Beloued, let vs loue one another: for loue commeth of God, & euery one that loueth, is borne of God, and knoweth God.

  • 1 John 3:18
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    18 My litle children, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue onely, but in deede and in trueth.

  • 1 Cor 15:33
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    33 Be not deceiued: euill speakings corrupt good maners.

  • 2 Cor 13:7
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    7 Nowe I pray vnto God that yee doe none euill, not that we should seeme approued, but that ye should doe that which is honest: though we be as reprobates.

  • Rom 12:21
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    21 Bee not ouercome of euill, but ouercome euill with goodnesse.

  • Ps 37:27
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    27 Flee from euill and doe good, and dwell for euer.

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    6 He that saith he remaineth in him, ought euen so to walke, as he hath walked.

  • 1 John 5:18
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    18 We know that whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himselfe, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

  • Jude 1:17
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    17 But, yee beloued, remember the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lord Iesus Christ,

  • 1 John 2:29
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    29 If ye know that he is righteous, know ye that he which doeth righteously, is borne of him.

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    22 Hauing purified your soules in obeying the trueth through the spirite, to loue brotherly without faining, loue one another with a pure heart feruently,

  • Rom 14:16
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    16 Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.

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    21 And this comandemet haue we of him, that he that loueth God, should loue his brother also.

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    1 The Elder vnto the beloued Gaius, whom I loue in the trueth.

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    1 Be yee followers of mee, euen as I am of Christ.

  • 2 John 1:5
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    5 And nowe beseeche I thee, Lady, (not as writing a newe commandement vnto thee, but that same which we had from the beginning) that we loue one another.

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    11 But he that hateth his brother, is in darkenesse, and walketh in darkenesse, and knoweth not whither hee goeth, because that darkenesse hath blinded his eyes.