3 John 1:11
9 I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
10 So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
12 Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true.
13 I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Du elskede! ta ikke etter det onde, men det gode! Den som gjør det gode, er av Gud; den som gjør det onde, har ikke sett Gud.
- OTB
- Kjære venn, ikke etterlign det som er ondt, men det som er godt. Den som gjør godt er fra Gud; den som gjør ondt har ikke sett Gud.
- B1930
- Du elskede! ta ikke efter det onde, men det gode! Den som gjør det gode, er av Gud; den som gjør det onde, har ikke sett Gud.
- BSB
- Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.
- ASV
- Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
- DARBY
- Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He that does good is of God. He that does evil has not seen God.
- BLB
- Beloved, do not imitate what [is] evil, but what [is] good. The one doing good is of God; the one doing evil has not seen God.
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Kryssreferanser
Isaiah 1:16–17
Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
Les i sammenhengPsalms 37:27
Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.
Les i sammenhengEphesians 5:1
Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
Les i sammenheng1 Peter 3:11
He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
Les i sammenheng1 Peter 3:13
Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
Les i sammenhengJohn 3:20
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
Les i sammenhengPsalms 34:14
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Les i sammenheng1 John 3:6–9
No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.
Les i sammenheng