¹¹ My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.

¹⁶ Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;

¹⁷ Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

²⁹ If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.

²⁷ Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

¹⁴ Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

²⁰ The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

¹ Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

¹⁰ But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;

¹¹ And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.

¹³ Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?

⁶ Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.

⁷ My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

⁸ The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.

⁹ Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.

¹² So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

¹¹ He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

²⁷ My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:

²⁶ If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

¹⁶ So my desire is that you take me as your example.

¹ So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.

¹⁷ Brothers, take me as your example, and take note of those who are walking after the example we have given.

⁶ And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

¹⁴ For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;

² Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision: