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10 For this reason, if I come I will call-to-mind[a] his deeds which he is doing— talking-nonsense-about[b] us with malicious words. And not being content with these things, neither is he himself accepting the brothers. And he is forbidding and putting-out[c] of the church the ones wanting to do so. 11 Beloved, do not be imitating the evil, but the good. The one doing-good is from God. The one doing-evil has not seen God.

Demetrius Is Attested By Everyone

12 With regard to Demetrius, he has been attested by everyone, and by the truth itself. And we also are testifying, and you know that our testimony is true.

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Footnotes

  1. 3 John 1:10 Or, remember.
  2. 3 John 1:10 Or, more formally, bringing-unjustified-charges-against.
  3. 3 John 1:10 Or, expelling, driving-out.

10 So when I come,(A) I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome other believers.(B) He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.(C)

11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good.(D) Anyone who does what is good is from God.(E) Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.(F) 12 Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone(G)—and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true.(H)

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