3 John 1:11
KJV
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
NIV
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.
Why is the KJV sanctified and safer? “follow not that which is evil” warns the believer not to pursue or walk in the direction of evil at all. Modern versions shift this command to imitation: something that occurs only after observing and following an evil influence. A person may follow evil long before they ever imitate it. The KJV cuts off the path to sin at the source; the modern rendering warns only at the later stage, when one is already dangerously close to acting it out.
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