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11\u00a0<\/sup>Beloved,\u00a0do not imitate what is evil, but what is good.\u00a0He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen\u00a0God.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

12\u00a0<\/sup>Demetrius\u00a0has a\u00a0good\u00a0testimony from all, and from the truth itself. And we also bear witness,\u00a0and you know that our testimony is true.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

13\u00a0<\/sup>I had many things to write, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

14\u00a0<\/sup>but I hope to see you shortly, and we shall speak face to face. <\/span>Peace to you. Our friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

He who does good (v.11) \u2014 tense indicates habitual good, not a specific act<\/h3>\n

Demetrius (v.12) \u2014 Possibly he was the bearer of this letter. The suggestion that this is the Demetrius of Acts 19:24<\/span><\/a> is mere conjecture and improbable. \u2014 Vine, page 126.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

from the truth (v.12) \u2014 His life corresponded to the truth of Scripture and therefore was directed by “the Spirit of Truth” (1 John 5:6<\/span><\/a>), the truth thus vindicating his conduct. … There was a threefold testimony to Demetrius [“from all,” “from the truth,” and from John (“we also”)] \u2014 Vine, page 127.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

pen (v.13) \u2014 A reed (which has several meanings) is used of a writing reed or pen here only. It was used for writing on papyrus and leather. \u2014 Vine, page 127.<\/span><\/h3>\n

shortly (v.14) = straightway (sooner than “shortly”)<\/h3>\n

by name (v.14) \u2014 individually<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

11\u00a0Beloved,\u00a0do not imitate what is evil, but what is good.\u00a0He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen\u00a0God. 12\u00a0Demetrius\u00a0has a\u00a0good\u00a0testimony from all, and from the truth itself. And we also bear witness,\u00a0and you know … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-john"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10015,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10014\/revisions\/10015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}