Highlights
- Love others, do good, be imitator of GOOD – culd of God;
- Stay away from gossiping, slandering, speaks maliciously of others etc; do not imitate EVIL
3 John 1:5-15
[5]My dear friend, you are so faithful in the work you do for your fellow-Christians, even when they are strangers.
[6]They have spoken to the church here about your love. Please help them to continue their journey in a way that will please God.
[7]For they set out on their journey in the service of Christ without accepting any help from unbelievers.
[8]We Christians, then, must help these people, so that we may share in their work for the truth.
[9]I wrote a short letter to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to be their leader, will not pay any attention to what I say.
[10]When I come, then, I will call attention to everything he has done: the terrible things he says about us and the lies he tells! But that is not enough for him; he will not receive our fellow-Christians when they come, and even stops those who want to receive them and tries to drive them out of the church!
[11]My dear friend, do not imitate what is bad, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good belongs to God; whoever does what is bad has not seen God.
[12]Everyone speaks well of Demetrius; truth itself speaks well of him. And we add our testimony, and you know that what we say is true.
[13]I have so much to tell you, but I do not want to do it with pen and ink.
[14]I hope to see you soon, and then we will talk personally.
[15]Peace be with you.All your friends send greetings. Greet all our friends personally.