3 John 11-12

Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God. Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone--and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true.

 

Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good.

Psalm 34:12-14  Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. (see all Psalm 34)

Psalm 37:27-29  Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever. For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish. The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

 

Anyone who does what is good is from God. 

1 John 2:29  If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him. (see all chapter 2)

 

Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God. 

1 John 3:6  No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.

1 John 3:9-10  No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God's child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister. (see all chapter 3)

 

Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone--and even by the truth itself.

1 Timothy 3:7  He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap. (see verses 1-7)

 

We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true. 

John 19:35  The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. (see verses 28-36)

John 21:24  This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true. (see the whole gospel of John)

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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