Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in 3 John 1:11, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- Isaiah 1:16
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
- Psalms 37:27
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
- Ephesians 5:1
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
- 1 Peter 3:11
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
- 1 Peter 3:13
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
- John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
- Psalms 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
- 1 John 3:6
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
- 2 Timothy 3:10
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
- 1 John 2:29
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
- John 12:26
If 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.
- John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.