3 John 1:11–14

¹⁶¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

¹⁷Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

²⁷Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

¹BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

¹¹Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

¹³And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

²⁰For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

¹⁴Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

⁶Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

⁷Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

⁸He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

⁹Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

²⁹If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

¹⁰But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

²¶ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

²⁶If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

⁶And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

¹⁴For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judæa are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:

¹²That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

¹⁶Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

¹¹He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

¹BE ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

¹⁷Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

⁷Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

²⁴This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.

²²And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.

¹²And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

³⁵And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

¹²That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

¹²Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

¹⁴Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

¹NEBUCHADNEZZAR the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

²³Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁶This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

²³And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

¹I COMMEND unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

²That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.

³Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:

⁴Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

⁵Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epænetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

⁶Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.

⁷Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

⁸Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.

⁹Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.

¹⁰Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus’ household.

¹¹Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.

¹²Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.

¹³Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

¹⁴Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them.

¹⁵Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.

¹⁶Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.