10 This is why, if I come, I will remind him of the works he is doing, slandering(A) us with malicious words. And he is not satisfied with that! He not only refuses to welcome fellow believers, but he even stops those who want to do so and expels them from the church.

11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil,(B) but what is good. The one who does good is of God;(C) the one who does evil has not seen God.(D) 12 Everyone speaks well of Demetrius—even the truth itself. And we also speak well of him, and you know(E) that our testimony is true.(F)

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