3 John 11-13

Expanded Bible

¹¹ ·My dear friend [Beloved], do not ·follow [imitate] what is ·bad [evil]; ·follow [imitate] what is good [1 Cor. 4:16; 11:1; 1 Thess. 1:6; 2:14; 2 Thess. 3:7; Heb. 6:12; 13:7]. The one who does good ·belongs to [is from] God. But the one who does evil has never ·known [^Lseen] God.

¹² Everyone ·says [witnesses/testifies to] good things about Demetrius [^Clikely the bearer of the letter to Gaius; otherwise unknown], and the truth agrees with what they say. We also ·speak [witness; testify] well of him, and you know ·what we say [our witness/testimony] is true.

¹³ I have many things I want to write you, but I do not want to use pen and ink.